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Teaming up for College Readiness Teaming Up for College Readiness
By Christina Vercelletto
High school educators are joining forces with their academic counterparts to make sure students are prepared to ace college research.
Gale Launches Digital Scholar Lab Gale Launches Digital Scholar Lab
By Matt Enis
Following two years in development, Gale launched its Digital Scholar Lab, a cloud-based text mining and natural language processing solution that facilitates analysis of raw text data from 160 million pages of Gale Primary Sources content.
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Stephanie Davis-Kahl Inspiring Advanced Research by Cultivating Information Literacy

Stephanie Davis-Kahl is the Scholarly Communications Librarian and Professor at The Ames Library at Illinois Wesleyan University. Her role includes providing leadership for scholarly communication programs, acting as the liaison to nine departments, including the Design, Entrepreneurship & Technology program, and serving as the Managing Faculty Co-Editor of the Undergraduate Economic Review.

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John Tanton Attorney Sues for Access to Tanton Papers in Closed Archive
By Lisa Peet
Hassan Ahmad, a Virginia-based immigration attorney, has filed a Freedom of Information Act request and a lawsuit to view the papers of John Tanton held at the University of Michigan’s Bentley Historical Library.
Financial Management for Libraries How To Manage Electronic Resources and Library Finances | Professional Reading Reviews
By LJ Reviews
Required reading for all library directors and technical services librarians; this clearly written tutorial will be a welcome addition for any librarian with financial responsibilities.
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Unified Research Platform How a Unified Research Platform Can Improve the Efficiency of Academic Libraries

England’s Lancaster University is one of the top 10 research institutions in the United Kingdom and among the top 150 worldwide. To maintain the university’s status as a premier research institution, the Lancaster University Library supports the efforts of some 1,700 faculty members throughout the research lifecycle.

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Flights National Book Awards Longlists Offer Fresh Voices, Cutting-Edge Content
By Barbara Hoffert
The National Book Awards longlists were rolled out September 12 through 14, with translated literature making its debut and lots of new voices in evidence.
"In general, for the sake of obtaining a valuable private collection, most archives are willing to be flexible about the date at which something might open—frankly, these conversations frequently have to do with the date at which everyone who is in the collection is dead."
The Path to Vietnam The Path to Vietnam | History Reviews
By LJ Reviews
Max Hastings's Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945–1975 will appeal to more than military and political history lovers; it's for anyone trying to understand America's most outstanding military fiasco.
The Spy in Moscow Station History, True Crime, & the Law: Nonfiction Previews, Mar. 2019, Pt. 2 | Prepub Alert
By Barbara Hoffert
Reviews of Murder by the Book: The Crime That Shocked Dickens’s London, The Spy in Moscow Station: A Counterspy’s Hunt for a Deadly Cold War Threat, The Washington War: FDR’s Inner Circle and the Politics of Power That Won World War II, and more.
My Darling Winston Nonfiction, September 14, 2018 | Xpress Reviews
By LJ Reviews
Reviews of My Darling Winston: The Letters Between Winston Churchill and His Mother, Thirst: A Story of Redemption, Compassion, and a Mission To Bring Clean Water to the World, I’m Afraid of Men, and more.
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The Last Samurai The Most Important Books of the 2000s, Sept. 18, 2018 | Book Pulse
By Neal Wyatt
Vulture names the 100 most important books of the 2000s.
Berthe Morisot Berthe Morisot | Fine Arts Reviews
By LJ Reviews
Recommended for readers with a basic knowledge of the subject but wishing to know more; lovely color images and details of the artworks comprise this excellent overview of an important impressionist artist.
BESTSELLERS: U.S. History
By LJ Reviews

1. Friends Divided: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
Wood, Gordon S.
Penguin Books
2017. ISBN 9780735224711. $35

2. The Indian World of George Washington: The First President, the First Americans, and the Birth of the Nation
Calloway, Colin G.
Oxford University Press
2018. ISBN 9780190652166. $34.95

3. Reparations for Slavery and the Slave Trade: A Transnational and Comparative History
Araujo, Ana Lucia
Bloomsbury Academic
2017. ISBN 9781350010598. $88

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