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Global Change Games | Programs That Pop
By Karen Ciccone
A team at North Carolina State University Libraries has created the Global Change Games series to help engage students with global change topics. |
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Catherine Sheldrick Ross | Remembrances
By Lisa Henderson, Lynne McKechnie, Pam McKenzie, Paulette Rothbauer, and Lucía Cedeira Serantes
Catherine Sheldrick Ross died on September 11. Professor, dean, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, she was a renowned library and information scholar. She leaves a legacy of research and publications critical to reader, reference, and public services. |
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Movers & Shakers 2022 | Call for Nominations
The editors of Library Journal need your help identifying the emerging leaders in the library world. Movers & Shakers profiles up-and-coming, innovative, creative individuals from around the world—both great leaders and behind-the-scenes contributors—who are providing inspiration and model programs for others, including programs developed this year in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Please use this form to let us know about anybody you think we should be aware of. Submissions will close on December 6, 2021. |
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| “We exist first and foremost to help our students succeed. We are there as a teaching institution. Yes, we are professionals, and yes, we conduct our own research as part of our work, but very often we’re doing that alongside and with our students because working with them and uplifting them in their educational experience is what we’re there to do first.” | | From "Community College Reference Librarians Support the Whole Student" |
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SAGE Campus | Reference eReviews
By Michael Rodriguez
Designed for graduate and undergraduate students, SAGE Campus is an online learning platform that offers nearly 30 self-paced courses covering the fundamentals of data literacy, social science research methods, data science, and publication. Courses include interactive text and video content, lectures, quizzes, and practical exercises. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCES
PREMIUM
Inequality in America: Causes and Consequences
Ed. by Robert Rycroft & Kimberley Kinsley
A well-written and cogently organized work that expertly reflects the current financial and social inequalities in American life and possible ramifications if they go unaddressed. |
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Modern Sports Around the World: History, Geography, and Sociology
By David Asa Schwartz
This superbly written volume will appeal to sports and physical education students; researchers in foreign policy, gender studies, history, politics, sociology, and technology; and general high school and college readers who enjoy the odd sports history factoid. |
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The Library: A Fragile History
By Andrew Pettegree & Arthur Der Weduwen
This is sure to be a new addition to library and information school curricula and will be fascinating for all bibliophiles and people who want libraries to survive and improve. |
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Joy Williams and Brian Broome Win the 2021 Kirkus Prize | Book Pulse
By Anita Mechler
Congratulations to Joy Williams, Harrow, and Brian Broome, Punch Me Up to the Gods, for winning the 2021 Kirkus Prize for fiction and nonfiction. Also, kudos to the 2021 Barnes & Noble Book of the Year Finalists, Waterstones Book of the Year shortlist, and Warwick Prize for Women in Translation longlist. |
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Comics Plus | Reference eReviews
By Francisca Goldsmith
Comics Plus is an excellent resource to build and expand both sequential art collections and public awareness of the format’s diversity and appeal. The content is broad, deep, rich, and nuanced and offers high-interest options for dedicated and novice comics readers alike. |
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Fine-Free: It’s Time | Editorial
By Meredith Schwartz
The movement in public libraries toward eliminating late fines for borrowed materials is equitable—and practical. |
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