Some Alaska University Cuts Rolled Back, Public Libraries Still Threatened
By Lisa Peet
After months of back-and-forth with state officials over Alaska’s FY20 operating budget, Gov. Mike Dunleavy relented on a plan to cut funds for the University of Alaska by 41 percent.

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.

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.

Bolstering the MLS: What Librarians Need To Know About Certification, Badging, and Microcredentials
By April Witteveen
School librarians expand their skills with offerings from Google and Discovery Education to the Library of Congress. Here's what they have to say.

Barbara’s Picks (the NRA, the Local Ballot Box, and Sexual Violence at Home and Work), plus Economic and Election Woes: In the News Previews, Mar. 2020, Pt. 1 | Prepub Alert
By Barbara Hoffert
Reviews of Whistleblower: My Journey to Silicon Valley and Fight for Justice at Uber; Somebody’s Gotta Do It: Why Cursing at the News Won’t Save the Nation, but Your Name on a Local Ballot Can; Assume Nothing: A Story of Intimate Violence; and more.

AAP Names Racism As Critical Child Health Issue, Asks Pediatricians To Step Up. What Can Educators Do?
By Kara Yorio
The American Academy of Pediatrics released a policy statement on the continued impact of racism on children's health and what pediatricians must do to combat it. Educators, too, can help, and organizations offer professional development and training on anti-racism.

SCIENCES
PREMIUM
Radical: The Science, Culture, and History of Breast Cancer in America
By Kate Pickert
Combining historical research, interview information, and personal accounts, Pickert creates a well-rounded and informative overview of breast cancer and its many treatments. Her book leaves readers hoping that progress will continue in a positive direction.

PREMIUM
The Number of the Heavens: A History of the Multiverse and the Quest To Understand the Cosmos
By Tom Siegfried
This well-written book explores the concept of more than one universe than ours, drawing on the musings of philosophers, astronomers, and physicists from the ancient Greeks, through medieval thinkers such as Nicolaus Copernicus and Max Planck to Albert Einstein and current cosmologists Rocky Kolb and Joe Lykken.

PREMIUM
Troubled Water: What’s Wrong with What We Drink
By Seth M. Siegel
Siegel makes excellent arguments in favor of producing purer public drinking water. His proposals for doing that deserve serious consideration.

REFERENCE
PREMIUM
The World of the Crusades
By Andrew Holt
High school students, undergraduates, and general readers will find this an invaluable and accessible synthesis of traditional sources and current scholarship.

 
Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories in American History
This informative compilation on fascinating conspiratorial topics that will continue to be debated for decades will be a solid addition for all libraries.

PREMIUM
Daily Life of U.S. Soldiers: From the American Revolution to the Iraq War
Highly recommended for undergraduate majors and graduate students of history or military science, or general adult history buffs.

HISTORY
PREMIUM
Betrayal in Berlin: The True Story of the Cold War’s Most Audacious Espionage Operation
By Steve Vogel
This captivating study will thrill World War II buffs as well as mystery readers of all ages.

PREMIUM
The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11
By Garrett M. Graff
This excellent oral history provides a much-needed perspective of the events and aftermath.

PREMIUM
This Land Is Their Land: The Wampanoag Indians, Plymouth Colony, and the Troubled History of Thanksgiving
By David J. Silverman
Silverman’s reconstruction of the world of the Wampanoag provides fascinating insights for both general readers and scholars into the early years of the colonization of Massachusetts, situating not only Thanksgiving within the nation’s history but also the tragedy of King Philip’s War.

California Grand Jury: Data Analytics Threaten Patron Privacy
By Matt Enis
Following an investigation into Santa Cruz Public Libraries’ use of Gale Analytics on Demand, a California grand jury reported on June 24 that the use of data analytics tools by libraries “is a potential threat to patron privacy and trust.”

Barbara’s Picks Ali, Gornick, Greene, Hammer, & Hvistendahl, Plus Parenting, Sports, & More: General Nonfiction, Feb. 2020, Pt. 4 | Prepub Alert
By Barbara Hoffert
Reviews of Prey: Immigration, Islam, and the Erosion of Women’s Rights; Until the End of Time: Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe; The Scientist and the Spy: A True Story of China, the FBI, and Industrial Espionage; and more.

Cynthia Landrum Sees IMLS from Both Sides
By Lisa Peet
Cynthia Landrum joined the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) as the new Deputy Director of Library Services in May. LJ caught up with her in July to find out more about the transition from public library to federal agency.

ACADEMIC BESTSELLERS: Politics and Law
By LJ Reviews

1. Becoming
Obama, Michelle
Crown
2018. ISBN 9781524763138. $32.50

2. American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment
Bauer, Shane
Penguin Books
2018. ISBN 9780735223585. $28

3. Enemies of the State: The Radical Right in America from FDR To Trump
Mulloy, D. J.
Rowman & Littlefield
2018. ISBN 9781442276512. $34.

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