Washington State Library Systems Collaborate To Help Local Voters
By Elizabeth Kobert
Washington State has made great strides in helping its citizens exercise their right to vote, but gaps in service and information remain. Public libraries have stepped in to ensure that all voters have access to the ballot box on Election Day.

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Staff Votes To Unionize
By Lisa Peet
On August 14, staff members of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh voted 173–106 to form a union for more than 300 full- and part-time workers.

Highlights from Flame Con 2019
By Stephanie Sendaula
Since its launch in 2015, Flame Con, the LGBTQ-themed comic convention created by nonprofit Geeks OUT, has had increasingly more to offer: a multitude of panels, several workshops, and an increasing number of vendors.

Guy LeCharles Gonzalez: Making Library Ebook Access Personal at the Panorama Project
By Matt Enis
Last month, the Panorama Project announced that Guy LeCharles Gonzalez would be taking over as Project Lead. The initiative aims to quantify the impact that libraries have on the publishing ecosystem—specifically the digital publishing ecosystem.

Kaetrena Davis Kendrick on Low Morale Among Academic Librarians
By Deimosa Webber-Bey
Kaetrena Davis Kendrick, associate professor and associate librarian at Medford Library, University of South Carolina–Lancaster, is the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) 2019 Academic/Research Librarian of the Year.

Christina McPhillips of Carl Bloom Associates on Marketing Firms for Library Boards
By Lisa Peet
What can a marketing firm offer library boards, Friends, or foundations, and can your average library support organization—which may not have deep pockets or a large existing donor base—afford one?

College Costs Are Changing the Undergraduate Experience | From the Bell Tower
By Steven Bell
Cost has always been a factor in the college selection process. New surveys reveal that cost is no longer merely one factor but the overriding decision element. Academic librarians can contribute to affordability.

Run Your Week: Big Books, Sure Bets, & Titles Making News | Book Pulse
By Neal Wyatt
A Better Man: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel, by Louise Penny, leads holds this week. Time magazine’s “World’s Greatest Places 2019” includes libraries. The Black Panther sequel will arrive in Summer 2022.

Starting Fall with Great Poetry: 13 Collections from Award Winners and Newcomers Alike
By Barbara Hoffert
Almallah’s poetry-cum-memoir doesn’t shout but with pointed, persistent, limpid lines minimized to the very essence sums up loss and fractured identity; Belcourt is not just a poet to watch but one to read now; the masterly Flynn doesn’t drag us into the depths but rises to meet us.

Page to Screen | Book Pulse
By Neal Wyatt
A controversial series and fascinating women lead adaptations this week. A bevy of booklists are out, including those addressing science, poetry, and music. Stephen King’s The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon is headed to the movies. Motherless Brooklyn gets a trailer.

Obituary: Lee Bennett Hopkins Left Legacy of Careers Launched
By Kara Yorio
When Lee Bennett Hopkins died on August 8, he left a legacy that showed his incredible impact on poetry in general and poetry for children, specifically: More than 120 anthologies of poetry for children, his own work, countless poets whose careers he launched or who he inspired and helped, poetry awards he founded and funded, and story after story of blunt criticism and seemingly limitless generosity of time and spirit with fellow poets.

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WEB-FIRST REVIEWS OF BOOKS AND MEDIA

Frankissstein: A Love Story is one of this week's starred fiction selections. "In this bold and humorous narrative, award-winning author Winterson connects the past and the present." In nonfiction, Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories in American History is a starred reference title. "This informative compilation on fascinating conspiratorial topics that will continue to be debated for decades will be a solid addition for all libraries." And Jojo Moyes's latest novel, The Giver of Stars, is another starred fiction selection. "Rich in history, with well-developed characters and a strong sense of place, this book will fit well in any library’s fiction collection. For fans of Sara Gruen’s Water for Elephants or Catherine Marshall’s Christy."

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