A Reference Revolution: Reference Providers Address Deficits in Historically Marginalized and Non-Eurocentric Subjects By Susannah Goldstein Teachers and students want to research topics that simply aren’t represented in nonfiction sources. We can’t give information to patrons if we can’t collect it, and we can’t collect information that isn’t being created. We want nonfiction information that represents the world around us. Our patrons want the same thing. Where is it?
Mask Up | Editorial By Meredith Schwartz It remains to be seen whether governments that relaxed or eliminated their mask mandates will move as quickly and decisively to put them back in place. But libraries shouldn’t wait for them to do so.
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"It remains to be seen whether governments that relaxed or eliminated their mask mandates will move as quickly and decisively to put them back in place. But libraries shouldn’t wait for them to do so."
AudioFile’s September 2021 Earphones Award Winners Announced | Book Pulse By Anita Mechler AudioFile’s September 2021 Earphones Award Winners are announced. The Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny, The Love Songs of W. E. B. Du Bois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, Lightning Strike by William Kent Krueger, Hero of Two Worlds by Mike Duncan, Dopamine Nation: Finding a Balance in the Age of Indulgence by Anna Lembke top hardcover best sellers lists, while Billy Summers by Stephen King and Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey are the top audiobooks for September.
S.A. Cosby’s Blacktop Wasteland Wins Anthony Award | Book Pulse By Kate Merlene The 2021 Anthony Awards Winners are announced at Bouchercon, including S.A. Cosby's Blacktop Wasteland. Readings announces the 2021 New Australian Fiction Prize shortlist. Good Morning America selects Several People Are Typing by Calvin Kasulke for its September book club. LibraryReads and Library Journal offer read-alikes for the buzziest book of the week, A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins, which is also the buyer’s pick in September's Costco Connection.
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