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November 1, 2018
Placements and Salaries 2018 Foundations and Futures | Placements and Salaries 2018
By Suzie Allard
What’s old is new again in this year’s job market for newly credentialed librarians. Our snapshot shows placements resurging in traditional library settings, as well as continuing to gain strength in nontraditional areas.

image Organizing for Inclusion in Scholarly Publishing | Peer to Peer Review
By Alice Meadows, Lori Carlin, & Melanie Dolechek
It’s no secret that scholarly publishing is overwhelmingly white; 83 percent, according to the Workplace Equity Project’s recent survey. Nor that there is a dearth of women at the top—and that there is a very real gender pay gap.
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What's New in Reference What’s New in Reference
By Jason Steagall
Though print reference works continue to see a decline as many materials move online, there are still many new and noteworthy books that will find homes in general reference, ready reference, and academic collections.
Project Information Literacy' Project Information Literacy News Study: A New Study on New Adults and News
By Joyce Valenza
The Project Information Literacy research team released findings of a new national study on college students and how they consume and interact with a vast and deeply polarized news ecosystem.
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Movers & Shakers Movers & Shakers 2019 | Call for Nominations
The editors of Library Journal need your help identifying the emerging leaders in the library world. Movers & Shakers profiles 50 or more up-and-coming, innovative, creative individuals from around the world—both great leaders and behind-the-scenes contributors—who are providing inspiration and model programs for others.
EXTENDED DEADLINE: November 9
"There is strong and explicit agreement, understanding, and acknowledgement among C4DISC members that our industry is not diverse, inclusive, or equitable at present; that we (collectively and individually) bear responsibility for this; and that it needs to change."
Academic Libraries for Commuter Students Libraries for Commuter Students, Cataloging Tips, Reputable Reference | Pro Media Reviews
By  LJ Reviews
Reviews of Academic Libraries for Commuter Students: Research-Based Strategies; Text, Lies and Cataloging: Ethical Treatment of Deceptive Works in the Library; and The Reference Librarian’s Bible: Print and Digital Reference Resources Every Library Should Own.
Down from the Mountain Science, Medicine, & Technology: Nonfiction Previews, Apr. 2019, Pt. 4 | Prepub Alert
By Barbara Hoffert
Visit grizzlies with rancher/conservationist Bryce Andrews, go beyond quantum physics with Lee Smolin, and more.
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone Feeling Good: Wellness & Psychology Previews, Apr. 2019, Pt. 4 | Prepub Alert
By LJ Reviews
Reviews of The Second Mountain: The Joy of Giving Yourself Away ; Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed ; Eye Contact: The Power of Human Connection ; and more.
Truth and Beauty The Pre-Raphaelites | Fine Arts Reviews
By LJ Reviews
Scholarly yet readable essays for lovers of the Pre-Raphaelites as well as those who want to learn more about them; for scholars of British art, Victorian culture, and the history of science.
BESTSELLERS: Business & Economics
By LJ Reviews

1. Mass Starvation: the History and Future of Famine
De Waal, Alex
Polity Press
2018. ISBN 9781509524662. $69.95

2. Neoliberalism
Cahill, Damien
Polity Press
2017. ISBN 9780745695525. $64.95

3. Radical Markets: Uprooting Capitalism and Democracy for a Just Society
Posner, Eric A.
Princeton University Press
2018. ISBN 9780691177502. $29.95
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JOB OF THE WEEK
City of Cedar Falls (IA) seeks a Library Director

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