America's Star Libraries 2018
By Keith Curry Lance
Every public library is a star to the community it serves. LJ's Star Library Ratings and the LJ Index of Public Library Service spotlight the best of the best across America. The 2018 edition, sponsored by Baker & Taylor's CollectConnect, is the 11th.

ALA Reveals Short List for 2019 Carnegie Medals
By Barbara Hoffert
ALA's short-list for the Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction includes highly regarded fiction and nonfiction with a social edge.

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Adam Matthew Launches Quartex Digital Library Platform
By Matt Enis
Adam Matthew Digital, a SAGE company, has launched Quartex, a digital asset management solution designed to help libraries showcase archival collections.

Takei Opens SLJ Summit With Emotional, Inspiring History Lesson
By Kara Yorio
The actor and activist inspired a room of educators with an opening keynote address at the SLJ Leadership Summit. See also: Takeaways from Saturday and Sunday.

Can Diverse Books Save Us?
By Kathy Ishizuka
In a divided world, librarians are on a mission.

Movers & Shakers 2019 | Call for Nominations
The editors of Library Journal need your help identifying the emerging leaders in the library world. Movers & Shakers profiles 50 or more up-and-coming, innovative, creative individuals from around the world—both great leaders and behind-the-scenes contributors—who are providing inspiration and model programs for others.

Mapping the Journey
By David Mucz & Céline Gareau-Brennan
The Edmonton Public Library (EPL), Alta., wanted to shift its customer approach from a service-based to an experience-based delivery. In pursuit of that aim, EPL assigned two interns, recent MLIS grads from the University of Alberta, to undertake a yearlong project evaluating EPL’s customer experience.

PLEs @ ALA | Office Hours
By Michael Stephens
Have you noticed that more conferences are emphasizing interactive sessions and engagement these days? Organizers have recognized that people want to be active, exchange ideas, and be challenged by one another.

Awards and Adaptations Lead the News | Book Pulse
By Neal Wyatt

The Kirkus Prize winners are announced, as are the British CWA Awards. More Halloween reading is on offer and plenty of adaptations debut today and into next week. Speaking of adaptations, Jane Austen's Emma gets dual attention.

The Tweet Heard 'Round the Library: A Chat with Author Heather Havrilesky
By Kiera Parrott
Author and advice columnist Heather Havrilesky learned a great deal about libraries when she inadvertently sparked the ire of Library Twitter.

Run Your Week: Big Books, Sure Bets, & Titles Making News | Book Pulse
By Neal Wyatt
Dark Sacred Night by Michael Connelly leads holds this week. The new TV show Tell Me a Story picks up some buzz, even as Busy Philipps's This Will Only Hurt a Little keeps the spotlight. A previously unpublished story by Sylvia Plath is getting published.

Xpress Reviews

WEB-FIRST REVIEWS OF BOOKS AND MEDIA

Robert Michael Pyle's Magdalena Mountain is one of two starred fiction titles this week. "Luminous prose, highly original characters, and the Colorado Rockies setting add up to an outstanding debut from award-winning naturalist Pyle (Sky Time in Gray's River)." In nonfiction, Michael Caine's Blowing the Bloody Doors Off: And Other Lessons in Life is this week's starred selection. "This is no ordinary memoir. Caine's is a life well lived and well told. His fans will be rewarded, as will anyone seeking an enjoyable, inspirational read." Sebastien Samson's My New York Marathon is one of two starred graphic novels. "Any New York City marathon represents tens of thousands of stories, but few are as beautifully described or entertainingly told as this one." And in e-originals, America's Sweetheart, book five of Jessica Lemmon's "Real Love" series, is one of two starred titles. "While it is usually hard to feel sorry for Hollywood starlets, America's Sweetheart gives a peek at life behind the curtain.... True love and steamy seduction, with a healthy dose of destiny, make this latest entry a success."

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