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 Placements and Salaries Survey 2020 By Suzie Allard Salaries and full-time employment are up, but so are unemployment and the gender gap; 2019 graduates faced a mixed job market even before the pandemic. |
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 Virtually Charleston: 2020 Conference Preview By LJ Editors The Charleston Conference, taking place virtually November 2–6, responsibly balances up-to-the-minute issues with the evergreen matter of scholarly library work. But it’s the former that primarily caught our eye. Here are a smattering of sessions selected by LJ editors. |
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| SPONSORED BY UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA ONLINE  Start This Spring! Application Deadlines Approaching Take the next step to position yourself for success in today’s modern libraries. The University of Nebraska at Omaha’s online bachelor’s degrees in library science allow students to pursue their passions in information. Students choose these programs for real-world application opportunities, award-winning faculty and high employment placement rates. Learn More››› |
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 COVID-19 Resources By LJ Reviews Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of books on the subject has been increasing exponentially. This introductory list, which will be updated regularly, is meant to help collection development librarians get started on determining which books work best for their collections. |
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 Ways to Celebrate Halloween By Melanie Kletter The candy, the costumes, the haunted houses. As we all know, many people—and not just kids—wait all year for Halloween. And while the pandemic is definitely changing how the holiday is celebrated this year, the fun will still go on. |
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| "Many indicators, such as salary levels and full-time appointments, are moving in a positive direction for the class of 2019, however there are also areas for concern, such as unemployment levels and increasing gender salary disparity." | | |
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 Movers & Shakers 2021 | Call for Nominations The editors of Library Journal need your help identifying the emerging leaders in the library world. Movers & Shakers profiles 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, including programs developed this year in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
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| SPONSORED BY BAKER & TAYLOR INC.  Impacting Community Outcomes Webinar
Join Wendy Cornelisen, Assistant State Librarian for GA, Dee Brennan, Executive Director at RAILS and Kelvin Watson, Executive Director at Broward County, FL as they discuss how innovators at the state, consortia and local level are using digital services to drive literacy in the communities they serve. Register Now!››› |
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 TIME's 100 Best Fantasy Books Ever | Book Pulse By Neal Wyatt Time picks “The 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time.” N.K. Jemisin has an introduction to the list with The Timeless Power of Fantasy. Rebecca, based on the book by Daphne du Maurier, and The Witches, based on the book by Roald Dahl, lead a host of new adaptations for the week. The November LibraryReads and Indie Next picks are announced. |
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 Gaming Lives | Social Sciences Reviews By LJ Reviews David Polfeldt, of Massive Entertainment, offers insight on working in the video game industry. Sid Meier tells the story of creating the influential gaming series, "Civilization." |
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 In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren Leads Holds | Book Pulse By Neal Wyatt In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren leads holds this week. People’s “Book of the Week” is Eleanor by David Michaelis. The November issue of Entertainment Weekly has published. It has a fair amount of book coverage and a great deal of adaptation news. The L.A. Times writes about paper’s Festival of Books, the lineup and ways to watch. |
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| Reviews WEB-FIRST REVIEWS OF BOOKS AND MEDIA  Life and Culture in Northeast India, by Dipti Bhalla Verma and Shiv Kunal Verma, is one of this week's starred social sciences selections. "Highly recommended for adventurers and armchair travelers who appreciate geographically isolated locales." And John Harris's starred history selection, The Last Slave Ships: New York and the End of the Middle Passage, is "a signal contribution to U.S. antebellum historiography. Highly recommended for U.S. Middle Period, African American, and Civil War historians, and for all general readers. See All Reviews››› |
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