Outlying Internships: Managing Remote Practicums and Internships During COVID-19
By Elizabeth Kobert
Internships and practicums are important to learning and jobseeking. During COVID, LIS programs and students have had to get creative at a distance.

ALA’s State of America’s Libraries Report Looks at a Year of COVID-19
By Lisa Peet
On April 5, the American Library Association (ALA) released its annual State of America’s Libraries Report —this year focusing on the COVID-19 pandemic and how public, school, and academic libraries stepped up to meet patrons’ and communities’ needs. Issued during National Library Week, April 4–10, the report features snapshots of libraries throughout the United States.

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Restorative Libraries: Restorative Justice Practices and How to Implement Them
By Stephen Jackson
Restorative justice is broadly defined as an approach to repairing and addressing harm done within a community. It can also be understood as a practice that emphasizes the importance of every voice being heard when harm is done, in order to repair the holistic well-being of the person harmed, the person responsible for the harm, and the community impacted by the offense.

Library of the Year 2021 | Call for Nominations
Nominations are open for the 2021 Library Journal/Gale Library of the Year. The award celebrates service to the community, creativity in developing programs or increasing library usage, leadership in launching initiatives that can be emulated by other libraries, and commitment to equity and inclusion. Enter by May 3.

Graphic Novels 2021 Preview: Read Between the Panels
By Kuo-Yu Liang
For LJ’s annual graphic novel and manga preview, our special investigation into the trends and current state of the format, we asked publishers what trends and concepts they’re seeing in the genre.

Public Library’s Cardboard Carnival STEM Program Successfully Goes Remote
By Kara Yorio
When the pandemic closed public libraries, it seemed like all hands-on programming would be lost for the duration. Sure, story time could go virtual, but makerspace and STEM programming felt doomed. Not so. Staff at schools and libraries around the country have found a way to continue.

Panels with a Purpose: An Interview with Mariko Tamaki
By Anja Webb
We asked Mariko Tamaki about Surely Books, her new line of graphic novels with Abrams ComicArts. The fall 2021 Surely Books titles are previewed in LJ’s April 2021 graphic novels preview. Here’s the scoop!

10 Graphic Biographies Bring Notable Figures to Life | Stellar Panels
By Brigid Alverson
As the graphic format has grown in recent years, so have the number and variety of graphic biographies. Publishers and creators are finding new people to profile and new formats for bringing their stories to readers.

Ocean Prey by John Sandford Tops Holds Lists | Book Pulse
By Kate Merlene
Ocean Prey by John Sandford tops holds this week. Four LibraryReads selections arrive along with one IndieNext pick. The Orwell Prize Longlists are revealed. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom and Nomadland continue to garner film awards. John Boehner's memoir On the House: A Washington Memoir gets attention and Paula McLain's When the Stars Go Dark is People's 'Pick of the Week.'

C Pam Zhang, Brandon Taylor Among NYPL Young Lions Fiction Award Finalists | Book Pulse
By Anita Mechler and Kate Merlene
The New York Public Library announces the Young Lions Fiction Award finalists, the Guggenheim Fellows of 2021 are announced, and the PEN America Literary Award Winners were celebrated last evening. Emma Cline, Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, Stephen Graham Jones, and Elizabeth McCracken get focused attention.

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WEB-FIRST REVIEWS OF BOOKS AND MEDIA

What the Devil Knows, the latest entry in C.S. Harris's "Sebastian St. Cyr" series, is one of this week's starred mysteries. "The St. Cyr series, and this entry in particular (following Who Speaks for the Damned), is highly recommended for readers who want their history appropriately dark and gritty, their politics dirty and corrupt, and their mystery fascinating, convoluted, and just as relevant now as it was then." A Lot Can Happen in the Middle of Nowhere: The Untold Story of the Making of Fargo, by Todd Melby, is this week's starred performing arts selection. "Much like the movie it dissects, this book is quirky and intelligent, with surprising revelations. A treat for cinephiles and fans of the Coen brothers." The Profession: A Memoir of Community, Race, and the Arc of Policing in America, by Bill Bratton and Peter Knobler, is a starred biography. "A candid, even-handed account that is highly recommended for popular collections. A natural fit for libraries where The Turnaround circulated well." Rosie Danan's The Intimacy Experiment is one of this week's starred romances. "Recommended for fans of Christina Lauren and Sally Thorne, as well as fans of the author’s debut." And You Love Me, the third installment of the "You" series by Caroline Kepnes, is another starred mystery. "Fans of the series will want to read this book in one sitting. It's wickedly full of twists, turns, and a dizzying array of pop culture references and witticisms."

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