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2022 Movers & Shakers Announced This Week By LJ It is our great pleasure to congratulate and welcome the 41 individuals named 2022 Movers & Shakers. They join a distinguished group that is now nearly 1,000 strong. Advocates were announced on Monday, and Change Agents were announced this morning. Check back throughout the week as other groups are published each day. All LJXpress subscribers will receive a special edition newsletter this Friday that will feature links to every group in this 2022 class. Thanks to our sponsors Baker & Taylor and D-Tech International USA for making this possible. |
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Business as Unusual: LJ’s 2022 Public Library Fundraising Survey By Andrew Gerber The results from LJ’s Fall 2021 Public Library Fundraising Survey demonstrate how the the COVID-19 pandemic changed the ways libraries conducted their fundraising. Like so much else in the library field, the pandemic forced library staff, administrators, and Friends groups to reconsider the best ways both to raise funds and utilize them. |
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SPONSORED BY UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA ONLINE Apply Now to Start this Summer The evolving global information society has created a high-demand for well educated, digitally-skilled information professionals. Set yourself apart in the workforce by earning your bachelor’s degree in library science completely online from the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO). The application deadline to start this summer is June 1.
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Q & A with Nichelle Hayes, Indianapolis Public Library Interim CEO By Lisa Peet Hayes, an Indianapolis native, has been with IndyPL since 2015. She helped spearhead the creation of the award-winning Center for Black Literature and Culture, located at the Central Library, and has led it since it opened in 2017. LJ caught up with Hayes shortly after she stepped into the role on April 2, to hear more about her path to interim CEO. |
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SPONSORED BY EX LIBRIS, PART OF CLARIVATE Initiatives for Student Success: The Key Role of the Library Academic libraries are investing many efforts in supporting student success. Nevertheless, when higher-ed institutions embark on formal student success programs, the library is often on the outside looking in. To become a partner, libraries should consider new services and tools to extend, evaluate, and demonstrate their contribution to student success. Read More››› |
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2022 Edgar Allan Poe Award Winners Announced | Book Pulse By Anita Mechler The Edgar Allan Poe Award winners are announced. A new book podcast, hosted by news anchor Charlie Gibson and his daughter, arrives. It starts with an Oprah Winfrey interview. There is adaptation news for Elizabeth McCracken’s The Giant’s House and Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire and Mayfair Witches. |
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Book Lovers by Emily Henry Tops Holds Lists | Book Pulse By Kate Merlene Book Lovers by Emily Henry leads holds this week. Four Library Reads and ten Indie Next picks publish this week. People’s book of the week is The Good Left Undone by Adriana Trigiani. May’s Costco Connection is out, featuring two buyers’ picks: Lily's Promise: Holding On to Hope Through Auschwitz and Beyond—A Story for All Generations by Lily Ebert and Dov Forman and The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell. |
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Reviews WEB-FIRST REVIEWS OF BOOKS AND MEDIA Dangerous Consequences, by Claire Booth, is one of this week's starred mysteries. "The latest in Booth’s 'Hank Worth' series balances well-developed characters and dry humor with a solid police procedural. Readers who appreciate the teamwork in Steven F. Havill’s 'Posadas County' books or Linda Castillo’s Kate Burkholder mysteries should catch up with the sheriff’s department in Branson." In history, Incomparable Realms: Spain During the Golden Age, 1500–1700, by Jeremy Robbins, is one of this week's starred selections. "The illustrations alone make Robbins’s book worth purchasing, but it is also a defining study of a seminal period in the history of Western art." Ned Kelly Award winner Sulari Gentill's The Woman in the Library is another starred mystery. "The fictional story of an author writing about another writer with messy, complicated friendships and suspicion is an innovative literary mystery." And in political science, One Person, One Vote: A Surprising History of Gerrymandering in America, by Nick Seabrook, is this week's starred selection. "A timely and powerful book that should be read by everyone interested in preserving American democracy." See All Reviews››› |
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Job Zone utilizes unique job matching technology to help you find the perfect job (and employers find the perfect candidate), whether you’re actively seeking or just keeping an eye out for your possibilities. Log on today and check out our newest features, including automated job and candidate matches, and email alerts. JOB OF THE WEEK Tillamook County, Oregon seeks Library Director |
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