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 The New Abnormal: Periodicals Price Survey 2021 By Stephen Bosch, Barbara Albee, and Sion Romaine Having spent over a decade adjusting to a “new normal” of serials inflation, harsh budget cuts, and a redirection of spending from collections to services, arguably few if any libraries were prepared for the turmoil wrought by a pandemic. |
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 Princeton “Language To Be Looked At” Course Involves Students in Special Collections Acquisition By Lisa Peet Before the COVID pandemic, Princeton University instructors Joshua Kotin and Irene Small were looking forward to coteaching an undergraduate class, “Language To Be Looked At,” exploring concrete and visual poetry. In concrete poetry, the visual elements of a poem—typography and symbols and their arrangement on the page, as well as the printed matter itself—are critical components of its meaning. |
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 Social Explorer | Reference eReviews By Rob Tench Social Explorer enables users to create maps, reports, and presentations from a wide range of national and international survey data. An excellent resource, with customization tools that make data easy to create, and excellent visualization options for interpreting and presenting data. |
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SPONSORED BY PROJECT MUSE  Project MUSE Book Collections – Up to 20% Off through June 30th Order before June 30th and enjoy discounts on collections of university press humanities and social science titles. All books are DRM-free, with unlimited simultaneous usage, downloading and printing. New subject collections in 2021 include Art & Architecture, Education and Rhetoric, Gender Studies, Music, and Science, Technology, & Media. Learn More››› |
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| "Asking [the library] to buy a book is not like asking the Princeton Art Museum to buy a painting. They can really make it their own, or use the library to help them develop their interests." | | |
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 Library of the Year 2021 | Call for Nominations Nominations are open for the 2021 Library Journal/Gale Library of the Year. The award celebrates service to the community, creativity in developing programs or increasing library usage, leadership in launching initiatives that can be emulated by other libraries, and commitment to equity and inclusion. Enter by May 3. |
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HISTORY
African Europeans: An Untold HistoryBy Olivette Otele Meticulously researched and beautifully written, this is an essential work of historical scholarship that is highly recommended for all public and academic libraries. | | |
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SOCIAL SCIENCES
The 2000s Made Me Gay: Essays on Pop CultureBy Grace Perry A funny, accessible analysis of pop culture that will benefit nonfiction collections; it informs about gay history and grounds its importance in real experience. And for many gay readers, even if the cultural touchstones aren’t their own, Perry’s anecdotes will still be relatable and uplifting. |
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PREMIUM Archives 101By Lois Hamill This excellent and practical primer is a solid choice for staff of local collections, and educators and students of archiving. It dovetails well with the third edition of Gregory S. Hunter’s Developing and Maintaining Practical Archives: A How-To-Do-It Manual. | | |
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 Norton Takes Roth Bio Out of Print | Book Pulse By Kate Merlene W.W. Norton takes Blake Bailey's biography of Philip Roth out of print and cuts ties with the author. Canisia Lubrin wins the 2021 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature. The 2020 ReLit Awards shortlist honoring the best Canadian books published by independent presses is out while the Edgar Awards will be announced tomorrow. |
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 ACADEMIC BESTSELLERS: Language By LJ Reviews Linguistic Justice, How You Say It, How Dead Languages Work, and more in language titles: April 2020 to date as identified by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO. 1. Linguistic Justice: Black Language, Literacy, Identity, and Pedagogy. Baker-Bell, April Routledge 2020. ISBN 9781138551015. $160.00 2. How You Say It: Why You Talk the Way You Do and What It Says About You. Kinzler, Katherine D. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020. ISBN 9780544986558. $28.00 3. How Dead Languages Work. George, Coulter H. Oxford University Press 2020. ISBN 9780198852827. $25.00 |
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