Equity at All Levels | PLA Conference 2022
By Lisa Peet and Meredith Schwartz
At the 2022 PLA Conference, held from March 23–25 at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, many of the programs looked at equity work being done throughout organizations.

Queering the Library | PLA 2022
By Meredith Schwartz
A variety of public libraries shared their hands-on practices for improving and deepening their equity, diversity, and inclusion work at the Public Library Association conference, held in Portland, OR, March 23–25. Among them, the "Queering the Library: Strategically Creating Space for the LGBTQ+ Community" session was unusual in that, rather than being led by top leadership, the change was led by branch-level staffers.

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K.C. Boyd Named 2022 School Librarian of the Year
By Kara Yorio
Boyd, librarian at Jefferson Middle School Academy in Washington, DC, earned the annual honor for her innovative programming, advocacy, and dedication to her students and community.

Library of Congress Awards More than $500,000 to Support Contemporary Cultural Field Research within Diverse Communities
Filed by Gary Price
From the Library of Congress: The Library of Congress American Folklife Center is pleased to announce the inaugural recipient cohort of the Community Collections Grant program.

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BULCO and The University of Amsterdam Library: Leveraging Mobile Apps to Engage Patrons

Two early adopters of the Ex Libris Library Mobile app, Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale (BULCO) in France, and the University of Amsterdam Library in the Netherlands, are leveraging their apps to make library resources more readily available and to enhance digital library services.

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Books Take the Stage in Supreme Court Nomination Hearing | Book Pulse
By Anita Mechler
News about books discussed during Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court nomination hearing and a book banning bill in Oklahoma. The best sellers lists feature The War of Two Queens by Jennifer L. Armentrout, The Match by Harlan Coben, and Lessons From The Edge: A Memoir by Marie Yovanovitch.

September 2022 Prepub Alert: The Complete List
By Barbara Hoffert
All the September 2022 Prepub Alerts in one place, plus a downloadable spreadsheet of all titles from every post.

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What Happened To The Bennetts by Lisa Scottoline Tops Holds Lists | Book Pulse
By Kate Merlene
What Happened to the Bennetts by Lisa Scottoline tops holds lists. Several adaptations win Oscars. The 2022 British Book Awards, the Republic of Consciousness Award, and Best First Novel Award shortlists are announced. Three LibraryReads selections publish this week.

2022 CrimeFest and IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards Announcements | Book Pulse
By Anita Mechler
Shortlists and finalists are announced for the 2022 CrimeFest Awards and the IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award, respectively. Interviews abound with Eloghosa Osunde, George Saunders, Anne Tyler, Lucy Foley, Carell Augustus, Viet Thanh Nguyen, and Susan Cain. There is buzz around the adaptation of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.

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Janelle Monáe's debut SFF collection The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories from Dirty Computer "speaks to both the sf tradition of mind-control tyranny and the way that the powerful marginalize individuals in order to control the whole. Highly recommended for readers of conspiracy and thought-control sf or of Afrofuturist works by the likes of Octavia Butler, Nalo Hopkinson, N. K. Jemisin, and Nnedi Okorafor." Matilda’s Secret, by Corina Bomann, is one of this week's starred fiction selections. "Recommended for fans of interwar-era and World War II–era historical fiction, and general historical fiction, especially with a European setting." In social sciences, Rachelle M Smith's Lies: The Science Behind Deception is one of this week's starred titles. "A fascinating resource for anyone curious about why we lie and the physical and psychological effects of deception." And in biography, Mark Kurlansky's The Importance of Not Being Ernest: My Life with the Uninvited Hemingway is a starred selection. "An absolute delight! Full of personality, Kurlansky’s book will enchant history, literarature, and Hemingway fans alike."

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