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 Stanford U. To Debut Archive of African American History in Silicon Valley By Kelli Nero Brooks The lives and experiences of African Americans past and present in California’s Silicon Valley will be featured in a new collection at Stanford Libraries. Set to debut online later this year, “Histories of African Americans in Silicon Valley” is a project within the university’s Silicon Valley Archives. |
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 What We Miss About Misinformation: Q&A with Dr. Nicole Cooke By Meredith Schwartz LJ caught up with Dr. Nicole Cooke, Augusta Baker endowed chair and associate professor at the School of Library and Information Science, University of South Carolina, to ask what librarians need to know about how misinformation and disinformation work in the modern era and how they can be combated effectively. |
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 Best Reference Works of 2020 By Mahnaz Dar, Maggie Knapp, Patricia Lothrop, Dave Pugl, Laurie Selwyn, and Rob Tench The 30+ reference titles honored as the best of 2020 speak to today’s issues and range across arts, literature, health, science, history, and more. |
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 LJ Talks to Science Writer Mary Roach By Stephanie Sendaula In Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex, Mary Roach examines the science of human sexuality through a racy—but not salacious—lens. LJ caught up with Roach ahead of the publication of her new book, Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law. |
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| "It's a time when the archival community, I think, is generally paying more attention to areas in which there needs to be more archival activism." | | |
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SPONSORED BY MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION  What’s New in the Ninth Edition of the MLA Handbook Join us on Wednesday, 24 March, for a free webinar to learn what’s new in the ninth edition of the MLA Handbook, forthcoming in April. Modern Language Association editors will provide an overview of what’s covered in each chapter, discuss style changes, highlight new material, and answer questions. Register today!››› |
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LAW & CRIME
PREMIUM Fat Chance: Diet Mania, Greed, and the Infamous Fen-Phen SwindleBy Rick Christman The rotating cast of unscrupulous lawyers may exhaust readers’ patience; as the author notes early on, there are no heroes in this book. Still, it’s an absorbing tale that’s sure to hold the interest of those interested in books on corporate crime. PREMIUM Right Here, Right Now: Life Stories from America’s Death RowEd. by Lynden Harris This volume packs a punch and gives a voice to those whose stories need to be fully heard. Libraries, especially those seeking to expand collections related to criminal justice and the politics surrounding issues of race and class, should purchase this title. |
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 Califa’s Veronda Pitchford on Libraries as Second Responders By Lisa Peet The Califa Group—a nonprofit membership consortium of public, academic, school, research, corporate, medical, law, and special libraries across California—was recently awarded an Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grant for the Libraries as Second Responders project. LJ caught up with Califa Assistant Director Veronda J. Pitchford to find out more. |
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| SPONSORED CONTENT  Tech Tools: Reopening and Beyond Even before the pandemic emerged, libraries were investing in new technologies designed to save time and improve efficiency by supporting customer self-service, freeing up library staff to focus on more strategic work. COVID-19 has accelerated this trend and in the process, is transforming how libraries function in the 21st century. Read More››› |
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