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LJ's Placements and Salaries Survey 2020
By Suzie Allard
Library Journal’s annual Placements & Salaries survey reports on the experiences of LIS students who graduated and sought their first librarian jobs in the previous year: in this case, 2019. 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. Here are a smattering of sessions selected by LJ editors. |
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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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Neal Wyatt Named Reviews Editor of Library Journal
By LJ
Wyatt has been part of LJ's team for well over a decade as a freelance contributor and most recently, creator of the Book Pulse daily book news bulletin. She is also co-editor of Reference and User Services Quarterly’s RA column and has served as president of the American Library Association’s Reference and User Services Association and chair of the Collection Development and Evaluation Section. |
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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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SCIENCES
PREMIUM
IRL: Finding Realness, Meaning, and Belonging in Our Digital Lives
By Chris Stedman
Stedman remains accessible as he places himself into this technological yet jargon-free narrative; anyone looking to learn more about digital culture and its impact on society will be interested in and able to follow the concepts the author puts forth. |
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SPIRITUALITY & RELIGION
PREMIUM
Mother of American Evangelicalism: The Life and Legacy of Henrietta Mears
By Arlin C. Migliazzo
Mears herself almost disappears from view under all her accomplishments in this work that is clearly aimed at those immersed in the Evangelical ethos and may be difficult for nonreligious readers to grasp fully her influence on the character and culture of Evangelicalism. |
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Where To Start with Louise Glück | Book Pulse
By Neal Wyatt
There is much more coverage of Louise Glück’s Nobel win, including interviews and suggested readings. The 2020 Neukom Institute Literary Arts Awards go to Cadwell Turnbull for The Lesson and Ted Chiang for Exhalation. |
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Obituary: John N. Berry III
By LJ
John Nichols Berry III, Library Journal editor for more than half a century, died on October 10, 2020, at the age of 87, of an apparent heart attack. |
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ACADEMIC BESTSELLERS: Religion
By LJ Reviews
Puritans, pure filth, How the Christian revolution remade the world, spying missionaries, and more in Religion titles: October 2019 to date as identified by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO.
1. Gun Island.
Ghosh, Amitav
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
2019. ISBN 9780374167394. $27.00
2. Endless Periphery: Toward a Geopolitics of Art in Lorenzo Lotto's Italy.
Campbell, Stephen J.
University of Chicago Press
2019. ISBN 9780226481456. $65.00
3. Puritans: A Transatlantic History.
Hall, David D.
Princeton University Press
2019. ISBN 9780691151397. $35.00 |
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