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ACRL President’s Program Tackles Organizing for Action While Caring for One Another | ALA Annual 2021
By Lisa Peet
The American Library Association (ALA) Virtual Annual Meeting session Making Change: Organizing for Action While Caring for Each Other, on June 24, was a timely one for library workers keeping their advocacy energy up after a challenging year and a half. Speakers discussed taking community organizing approaches to the work of dismantling institutional racism, widening the circle to care for colleagues and community in the ways they need without burning out. |
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Publishers, Libraries Making Progress on Accessibility | ALA Annual 2021
By Matt Enis
“The importance of providing equal access to information and learning experiences is nothing new, yet we consistently find that digital resources and technologies fall short” of accessibility for patrons and students with print and other disabilities, Trisha Prevett, eLearning librarian for Southern New Hampshire University, said to open the "Born Accessible: Creating Equal Digital Learning Experiences for All" panel at the ALA 2021 Annual Conference and Exhibition, held virtually from June 23–29. |
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The SAGE Encyclopedia of Trans Studies
Ed. by Abbie E. Goldberg & Genny Beemyn
An excellent, well-written starting point for researchers. Will interest a wide variety of readers, including people considering transition and people studying or working in a variety of fields (social sciences, family studies, law, history, think tanks, counseling, medicine). |
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PREMIUM
Academic Library Job Descriptions
By Kathleen Baril & Jennifer Donley
This short overview will be useful for hiring managers in small to mid-size academic libraries who wish to discover hiring practice trends. |
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APALA President's Program Looks at Strategies for Community-Driven Justice in Library and Archive Work | ALA Annual 2021
By Lisa Peet
The Asian Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA) President's Program at the 2021 ALA Virtual Annual Meeting continued the theme of social justice prevalent in many of the conference offerings. The session’s title, Community Driven Justice in Our Work: Library and Archival Workers of Color Advocating for Self-Preservation, Solidarity, Change, and Justice in Communities, Workplace, and in the Profession at Large, proposed a wide cross-section of work; panelists kept the focus on their own advocacy efforts within their libraries. |
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Call for Information: Completed library renovation or new construction projects
Library Journal is collecting information about recently completed library construction projects for inclusion in our upcoming architecture issue. Coverage will include project images as well as an architect listing. If your library completed a library construction or renovation project between July 1, 2020 and June 30, 2021, please tell us about it! Click on the link below where you can download a pdf of the form and fill out your responses online. There are separate links for public and college/university library projects: Public libraries: www.LibraryJournal.com/PublicArch2021
Academic libraries: www.LibraryJournal.com/AcademicArch2021 THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 2021. We are especially interested in any special features or design elements of your project (e.g., green, flexible design, etc.). High quality images of your completed project are encouraged and you will find digital specifications in the gray box on the form. If you have questions, please email Laura Girmscheid at Lgirmscheid@mediasourceinc.com |
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Mass Observation Project, Module II: 1990s | Reference eReviews
By Gricel Dominguez
Adam Matthew Digital’s Mass Observation Archive collects surveys and directives issued by the Mass Observation Project from the 1980s to the 2000s that documented Britons’ opinions on current events, political movements, and everyday experiences. |
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PressReader | Reference eReviews
By Michael Rodriguez
PressReader is a wonderful way to read the news. Simply and gracefully designed, it enables readers to search, browse, and page through interactive digital editions of thousands of newspapers and magazines from all over the world. |
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How the American Rescue Plan Act Works for Libraries
By Elizabeth Kobert
The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) is a $1.9 trillion stimulus package passed by Congress on March 10. It includes targeted funding for various sectors of the economy and government impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, ranging from agriculture to small businesses to education—and libraries. Here are the ins and outs of how new federal funds will reach public libraries and how they can be spent. |
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Of Current Interest: Nonfiction Previews, Jan. 2022, Pt. 1 | Prepub Alert
By Barbara Hoffert
Present conflicts and future dangers to U.S. society. | | ACADEMIC BESTSELLERS: Physiology
By LJ Reviews
Fat (Object Lessons), the Breadth of Visual Attention, Cybernetic Psychology, and more in physiology titles: June 2020 to date as identified by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO. 1. Fat (Object Lessons).
Blank, Hanne
Bloomsbury Academic
2020. ISBN 9781501333286. $14.95 2. Breadth of Visual Attention.
Goodhew, Stephanie C.
Cambridge University Press
2020. ISBN 9781108796217. $20.00 3. Cybernetic Psychology and Mental Health: A Circular Logic of Control Beyond the Individual.
Beck, Timothy J.
Routledge
2020. ISBN 9780367252939. $160.00 |
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