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Academic Library Workers See Furloughs, Reduced Hours as Schools Anticipate Budget Cuts
By Lisa Peet
As they anticipate hits from lowered enrollment and decreased endowments, as well as declines in state funding for public universities and community colleges, and potential rollbacks of money that has already been authorized, academic institutions have begun hiring freezes and reductions, including furloughs, layoffs, and reduced hours for non-tenured faculty and staff. |
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Reading With Horror Movies
By Adam Cesare
Adam Cesare, author of Mercy House, Video Night, and the upcoming Clown in a Cornfield, discusses his lifelong love of horror across an array of formats and how readers' advisors can help connect scary film fans to great books—and vice versa. |
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Macmillan Establishes Committee to Improve Inclusion
By Elisa Shoenberger
In late June, Macmillan announced the creation of the Trade Management Committee, which will “set the goals and objectives for the publishers, divisions, and departments that comprise U.S. Trade and Shared Services.” However, the question remains whether this committee and other steps taken by the publisher will result in real change or are a temporary measure to placate criticism. |
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SPONSORED BY LIBRARYIQ Library Grants: Funding Options in Challenging Times
Grants are a great way to fund your library’s initiatives, especially during financially challenging times. Take 30 minutes to watch this on-demand free webinar from LibraryIQ and learn best practices, tips and strategies for planning, preparing, identifying and applying for grant funding.
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Marketer of the Year | Call for Nominations
Library Journal will honor one library staffer or a library team with its third annual Marketer of the Year award in its October 2020 issue. The award, sponsored by Library Ideas, comes with a $2,000 cash prize. The award recognizes the importance of innovative approaches to marketing of library services, the role of marketing in building library engagement, and the value of quality marketing collateral to help build a vibrant sense of the library and define its relevance in the community. Nominations are due August 6. |
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SPONSORED CONTENT The Impact of Remote Learning on Campus Libraries
Shifting instruction and campus services entirely online in a matter of days in response to the COVID-19 pandemic was a near-Herculean feat for the nation’s colleges and universities. But for institutions that have developed robust and forward-looking library programs, the transition has proceeded more smoothly.
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Dark Tales, Crime Stories, Rereads | What We’re Watching, Reading—and Weeding
By Liz French
The lockdown continues, but the “What We’re Reading & Watching” gang at LJ/ School Library Journal keep expanding our interior spaces: figuratively, with forays into organized crime, 1950s noir, Houston neighborhoods, German villages, and “difficult conversation” guidebooks; literally, with a big book clear-out by SLJ & Horn Book Production Manager Julie Sheridan, go Julie! |
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Announcing #LJReads
LJ is proud to announce a new initiative: #LJReads. Though we may be farther apart than ever, books have the power to forge community. |
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The Jerry Kline Community Impact Prize | Call for Nominations
The Jerry Kline Community Impact Prize, developed in partnership between the Gerald M. Kline Family Foundation and Library Journal, was created in 2019 to recognize the public library as a vital community asset. When libraries, civic entities, organizations, and the people they serve become close partners, their communities thrive. One winning library will receive $250,000 in unfettered grant monies from the Gerald M. Kline Family Foundation. Deadline: July 15, 2020. |
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Reviews WEB-FIRST REVIEWS OF BOOKS AND MEDIA Perry O’Brien's debut novel, Fire in the Blood, is one of this week's starred fiction selections. "Fans of Michael Connelly’s 'Harry Bosch' series will appreciate Coop’s brusque, principled personality." Lost Souls at the Neptune Inn, by Betsy Carter, is another starred fiction selection. "Carter writes movingly of a time when gender roles were clearly defined and stepping outside the norm was taboo. This title will appeal to women’s fiction and romance readers, and those looking for something a little different." Heather Cabot's The New Chardonnay: The Unlikely Story of How Marijuana Went Mainstream is one of this week's starred nonfiction selections. "Cabot cuts through the hype and romance of the counterculture to identify the emergence of a burgeoning industry focused on housewives and seniors. Highly recommended." Martin L. Shoemaker's starred sff title, The Last Campaign, is "a kind of Martian love story overlaying a suspense thriller. The characters feel as real as the Martian cities and landscapes. The harsh survival realities of the red planet clashes with a new civilization trying to find its own governing philosophy and economic stability." And Sasha Geffen's performing arts title, Glitter Up the Dark: How Pop Music Broke the Binary, is another starred nonfiction selection. "Geffen’s clear love and deep knowledge of the subject, along with insightful historical and critical arguments about the intertwining of gender and music, make this a deliciously necessary read for anyone interested in either pop culture or gender studies."
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