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SPONSORED BY OCLC  Rated #1 in Customer Satisfaction WorldShare Management Services (WMS), a fully integrated library platform, supports strategic priorities with actionable data and an experience designed with the user in mind. |
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 Climate Action Now | Sustainability By Rebekkah Smith-Aldrich There is no more time to waste. Climate action is needed NOW. Libraries should be visible leaders and partner in this effort not only to protect the assets the public has entrusted them with but also to ensure library workers and community members have the support they need, through libraries, in the face of disruption. |
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SPONSORED BY EX LIBRIS, PART OF CLARIVATE  Ex Libris Whitepaper Controlled Digital Lending Ex Libris' goal is to enable libraries to incorporate CDL into their workflows if they choose to do so. CDL allows libraries to cater to patrons with differing needs and gives them the option to borrow books in a way which suits them. Read More››› |
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| “Climate action is needed NOW. Libraries should be visible leaders and partner in this effort not only to protect the assets the public has entrusted them with but also to ensure library workers and community members have the support they need, through libraries, in the face of disruption.”
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SOCIAL SCIENCES
PREMIUM My BodyBy Emily Ratajkowski Ratajkowski does more than deliver an indictment against celebrity culture: she provides a vocabulary that anyone can access in order to identify and articulate their experiences of sexism. |
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PREMIUM Profit and Punishment: How America Criminalizes the Poor in the Name of JusticeBy Tony Messenger Messenger persuasively, passionately exposes these injustices and their devastating consequences, points to recent bipartisan reform efforts, and calls for nationwide dismantling of this system of profit over justice. His book merits a wide readership among policymakers, legal practitioners, students, and general audiences. |
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HISTORY
PREMIUM The Glass Wall: Lives on the Baltic FrontierBy Max Egremont Offering no easy answers but plenty to think about, this book will be of interest to readers interested in Eastern European history and current events. | | This well-reasoned survey of anthropological history should intrigue historians, social activists, and fans of Yuval Noah Harari’s Sapiens or Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs, and Steel. | | This accessible trip through the medieval world is well worth taking for anyone wishing to better understand its complexity. |
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Ungrading, Super Courses, Fugitive Pedagogy and More in education titles: December 2020 to date as identified by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO. 1. Ungrading: Why Rating Students Undermines Learning (and What to Do Instead).
Editor: Susan D. Blum
West Virginia University Press
2020. ISBN 9781949199819. $99.99 2. Super Courses: The Future of Teaching and Learning.
Bain, Ken
Princeton University Press
2021. ISBN 9780691185460. $24.95 3. Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching.
Givens, Jarvis R.
Harvard University Press
2021. ISBN 9780674983687. $35.00 |
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 Job Zone utilizes unique job matching technology to help you find the perfect job (and employers find the perfect candidate), whether you’re actively seeking or just keeping an eye out for your possibilities. Log on today and check out our newest features, including automated job and candidate matches, and email alerts. JOB OF THE WEEK UC San Diego Library seeks a Head of Digital Object Metadata Management |
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