Clarivate To Acquire ProQuest
By Matt Enis 
On May 17, Clarivate announced a definitive agreement to acquire ProQuest from Cambridge Information Group for $5.3 billion, including approximately $4 billion in cash and $1.3 billion in Clarivate stock. Pending regulatory approvals, the transaction is expected to close during the third quarter of 2021.  

University of Rhode Island Launches MLS Track in Information Equity, Diverse Communities, and Critical Librarianship
By Lisa Peet 
In fall 2020, the Graduate School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Rhode Island (URI) launched a master’s track in Information Equity, Diverse Communities, and Critical Librarianship.  

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Improving Student Success with Course Resource Lists

Academic libraries play a critical role in student success initiatives. For instance, libraries can help ensure that students have easy access to course materials—and course resource lists are an ideal way to accomplish this goal.

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Top Docs: 21st-Century Cowboys, a Utopian Florida Retirement Village, and the Romanian Health Care System
By Joshua Blevins Peck 
LJ’s documentary film reviewer picks four stirring new works, now available on DVD/Blu-ray. 

Roxane Gay Starts New Imprint With Grove Atlantic | Book Pulse
By Kate Merlene  
Roxane Gay starts a new imprint with Grove Atlantic. Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi and Patrice Lawrence win Jhalak prizes for writers of colour. Jalal Barjas wins the 2021 International Prize for Arabic Fiction.

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A New Resource Helps Students Learn How to Use Primary Sources Effectively

Instructors and librarians don’t have to look very far to find examples of how college students often struggle to use primary sources effectively in their research. Now, a new resource from academic publisher Adam Matthew Digital aims to fill this essential need.

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Top Film Picks on DVD/Blu-Ray: An Early Bong Joon-ho Police Procedural; Julie Christie & Donald Sutherland in a Foreboding Wintry Venice
By Jeff T. Dick
LJ’s film columnist picks the month’s top indie, foreign, and classic films, now available on DVD and Blu-ray. 

Digital Resources for Gardening DIY
By Elissa Petruzzi 
From getting your fickle Fiddle Leaf Fig to flourish to knowing which roots to keep your newly adopted dog from nosing around, here are some of the best digital plant tools out there. 

HISTORY
PREMIUM
The Verge: Reformation, Renaissance, and Forty Years That Shook the World
By Patrick Wyman  
This work of popular history will appeal to readers of Stephen Greenblatt’s The Swerve or William H. McNeill’s earlier The Rise of the West. 

PREMIUM
The Florentines: From Dante to Galileo; The Transformation of Western Civilization
By Paul Strathern  
Bringing the Renaissance into better focus, this well-researched work is highly recommended for readers with an interest in the era, art history, and Italian history. 

PREMIUM
The Man Who Hated Women: Sex, Censorship, and Civil Liberties in the Gilded Age
By Amy Sohn  
Both entertaining and informative, this volume will appeal to readers interested in feminism, freedom of speech and the press, and U.S. history in general.

SOCIAL SCIENCES
PREMIUM
Love Lockdown: Dating, Sex, and Marriage in America’s Prisons
By Elizabeth Greenwood  
This work by Greenwood (Playing Dead: A Journey Through the World of Death Fraud) offers an engaging, informative, open-minded account of family dynamics that are often overlooked.

PREMIUM
The Architecture Lover’s Guide to Paris
By Ruby Boukabou 
Lively prose and great photography bring the architecture of Paris to travelers and armchair explorers alike.  

PREMIUM
All Made Up: The Power and Pitfalls of Beauty Culture, from Cleopatra to Kim Kardashian
By Rae Nudson  
While at times this book can feel jumbled because of how much content it seeks to cover, the topic and analysis are welcome and insightful, and the global nature of the coverage is especially appreciated.

SCIENCES
PREMIUM
The Memory Thief, and the Secrets Behind How We Remember: A Medical Mystery
By Lauren Aguirre  
Opioid use and Alzheimer’s disease are two subjects affecting large swaths of Americans. A fascinating window into the search of one scientist (with a lot of help) to connect the dots and make a difference. 

PREMIUM
The Atlas of Disappearing Places: Our Coasts and Oceans in the Climate Crisis
By Christina Conklin & Marina Psaros
While the case studies themselves are fairly discouraging, the beautiful maps and hopeful vignettes about the future temper this important book about climate change in our world.    

Valeria Luiselli Wins 2021 Dublin Literary Award | Book Pulse
By Anita Mechler
Valeria Luiselli wins the 2021 Dublin Literary Award for Lost Children Archive. The 2021 RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers finalists, Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize published shortlist, and the Photography and Moving Image Book Award winners are announced.

New on DVD/Blu-ray: Dennis Hopper’s Campy Neo-Noir; Robin Wright’s Directorial Debut
By Jeff T. Dick 
Ten new and classic films now available on DVD and Blu-ray. 

ACADEMIC BESTSELLERS: Philosophy
By LJ Reviews 

How Technology Transforms Our Ethics, Morality, Theory of the Gimmick, and more in philosophy titles: May 2020 to date as identified by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO.

1. Right/Wrong: How Technology Transforms Our Ethics.
Enriquez, Juan
MIT Press
2020. ISBN 9780262044424. $24.95

2. Morality: Restoring the Common Good in Divided Times.
Sacks, Jonathan
Basic Books
2020. ISBN 9781541675315. $30.00

3. Theory of the Gimmick: Aesthetic Judgment and Capitalist Form.
Ngai, Sianne
Belknap Harvard
2020. ISBN 9780674984547. $35.00 

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