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| February 19, 2019 |  St. Paul Citywide Read Brave Takes on Tough Topics By Erica Freudenberger How can a community have brave, challenging conversations? That was the question St. Paul, MN Mayor Melvin Carter III posed to Catherine Penkert, director of the St. Paul Public Library. Her response was to launch the citywide reading initiative, Read Brave St. Paul, in January and February. |
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 A Human-Centered Conference | ALA Midwinter 2019 By LJ Staff The American Library Association (ALA) 2019 Midwinter Meeting in Seattle, January 25–29, saw uncharacteristically sunny skies, a busy exhibit floor at the Washington State Conference Center, and a host of well-attended offerings that addressed civic and social innovation, human-centered design, and support for future leadership. |
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| SPONSORED CONTENT  Essential Techniques for Life Science Research
On May 3, Library Journal and EBSCO hosted the webinar, “Essential Techniques for Life Science Research.” Nigel Robinson, Director of Content Management at Clarivate Analytics, demonstrates the power of a subject index created by life scientists for thorough life sciences research. Read More››› |
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 News from the Show Floor | ALA Midwinter 2019 By Matt Enis The Washington State Convention Center exhibit hall was a hive of activity during the American Library Association’s Midwinter conference in Seattle last month. Here are a few of the vendor announcements LJ had the opportunity to hear about in person. |
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| "What has been really powerful has been drafting off the mayor and positioning the library at the center of public discourse and our community—using all of the library’s strengths to connect people and ideas—this is our work." | | |
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 NJ Teacher Creates Global Connections By Christina Vercelletto Most parents want to give their kids the world. But the moms and dads of children in Julia Guthrie’s class are getting a lot of help. |
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 Run Your Week: Big Books, Sure Bets, & Titles Making News | Book Pulse By Neal Wyatt The Chef by James Patterson and Max DiLallo leads holds this week, followed by four more big books. Tana French, Nico Walker, and Marlon James get interviewed. The opening credit sequence for Good Omens is out, as are the British Science Fiction Association finalists. |
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 Summer Scares First Annual Reading List Announced By LJ Staff In celebration of National Library Lover’s Day, the Horror Writers Association (HWA), in partnership with United for Libraries, Book Riot, and Library Journal / School Library Journal, is delighted to announce the first annual Summer Scares Reading List. |
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 Page to Screen and Another Trump Book | Book Pulse By Neal Wyatt Four new adaptations come to screens big and small today. The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump by Andrew G. McCabe is the newest Trump book to break big and make news. There is more on literary (and maybe musical) fakers. |
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| Xpress Reviews WEB-FIRST REVIEWS OF BOOKS AND MEDIA  Devi S. Laskar's The Atlas of Reds and Blues is one of two starred fiction titles this week. "Pushcart Prize nominee Laskar here draws on unsettling personal experience to craft a kaleidoscope-like story of bias in America.... An important story, inventively structured." Shannon Sedgwick Davis's To Stop a Warlord: My Story of Justice, Grace, and the Fight for Peace is this week's starred nonfiction title. "Davis’s bold approach to nonprofit management is attention worthy and undoubtedly controversial. While this book should have broad appeal, it is highly recommended for Christian book clubs and readers who enjoy women’s biographies." Guantánamo Kid: The True Story of Mohammed El-Gharani, by Jérôme Tubiana, with illustrations by Alexandre Franc, is one of three starred graphic novels. "A thoughtful nonfiction addition to any adult collection and, considering there are still 40 detainees at Guantánamo in 2019, as relevant as ever." And in e-originals, Mia Sosa's "multicultural and multidimensional characters rely on family and friends to help navigate through both life and love" in Crashing into Her, the third title in the "Love on Cue" series.
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