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College Student Library Usage Survey LJ’s College Student Library Usage Survey Reveals Positive Views, Inconsistent Engagement
By Lisa Peet 
Library Journal’s recent survey on College Student Library Usage, sponsored by ProQuest, looks at how students in American colleges are universities use their institutions’ libraries, and whether those libraries are meeting students’ needs.
Female Forerunners Worldwide Gale Women’s Studies Archive: Female Forerunners Worldwide Gale | eReviews
By Gricel Dominguez
The collection emphasizes female trailblazers in areas such as pop culture, health care, social work, activism, and more. It is a solid selection for institutions that support advanced research in the humanities, history, gender studies, and other scholarly areas with a focus on women’s lived experiences.
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EBSCO Academic Librarians View Analytics as Vital, but Want Less Expensive, Easier Tools
By Matt Enis
Ninety-one percent of academic librarians believe that analytics improve their understanding of how students, faculty, and researchers engage with their library, and 85 percent believe analytics can help show the library’s value to administrators and help libraries justify budget decisions, according to a recent national survey of 196 academic librarians conducted by LJ in conjunction with EBSCO.
2022 Movers & Shakers Rollout Begins: 2022 Movers & Shakers Announced This Week
By LJ
It is our great pleasure to congratulate and welcome the 42 individuals named 2022 Movers & Shakers. They join a distinguished group of academic, public, and special library (and library-adjacent) workers. Advocates, Change Agents, Community Builders, and Innovators have been announced, with Educators coming on Friday, May 6.
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The Turnaway Study Legal Abortion in the United States | Recent Reviews in LJ
By LJ Reviews 
With the May 3 news that the U.S. Supreme Court may be poised to reverse Roe v. Wade, which held that pregnant Americans have a constitutional right to choose abortion, readers might be looking for titles addressing the topic to contextualize the issue. Here are five titles, all recently reviewed in LJ.
An ideal analytics tool “doesn't take more than about 20 [percent] of one FTE staff position to use for all library data gathering, analysis and reporting; costs less than $500/yr.; and can process store and report all types of library data in one easy-to-use dashboard, showing any permutation of interrelationships between data types.”
Tutankhamun’s Trumpet World History: Nov. 2022, Pt. 2 | Prepub Alert
By Barbara Hoffert 
From King Tutankhamun to North Korea.

 

 

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HISTORY 
PREMIUM

Sinkable: Obsession, the Deep Sea, and the Shipwreck of the Titanic
By Daniel Stone 
A delightful read about humanity’s fascination and obsession with the sea and sea-wrecks. 
PREMIUM
Hitler’s Girl
By Lauren Young 
Though it will be primarily of interest to history buffs, this may be a cautionary tale for today. Democratic institutions are fragile and many of the problems roiling the waters of the ’30s are ascendant again. 
PREMIUM
The School that Escaped the Nazis: The True Story of the Schoolteacher Who Defied Hitler
By Deborah Cadbury 
Cadbury’s captivating book enhances an already voluminous body of WWII writing and is a testament to the best humanity has to offer. It has the potential to be a book club favorite.
SOCIAL SCIENCES 
PREMIUM

Equal Partners: Improving Gender Equality at Home
By Kate Mangino 
An important purchase that will provide a variety of readers with an informative and actionable understanding of gender inequality in the United States today. 
PREMIUM
The Japanese Myths: A Guide to Gods, Heroes and Spirits
By Joshua Frydman 
Students, travelers, and all readers interested in the history of Japan, Japanese ideology, and the nation’s current cultural products, will find this authoritative work absorbing.
PREMIUM
Sexed Up: How Society Sexualizes Us, and How We Can Fight Back
By Julia Serano 
An engaging and thoughtful addition for any library’s popular human sexuality collection.
POLITICAL SCIENCE 
PREMIUM

The Digital Republic: On Freedom and Democracy in the Twenty-First Century
By Jamie Susskind  
Susskind provides historical background and philosophical underpinnings for a robust but admitted patchwork of efforts to get past political gridlock and on to adapting to the needs of the unfolding century.  
One Person, One Vote: A Surprising History of Gerrymandering in America
By Nick Seabrook  
A timely and powerful book that should be read by everyone interested in preserving American democracy.
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The Royal Danish Library: Supporting and Streamlining Services at a Uniquely Complex National Library

Alma and Primo help Denmark’s largest library consolidate resource management for five key universities, support a network of academic institutions, centralize interlibrary loan for public libraries, and preserve the nation’s heritage for all.

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Five December 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. 
image U.S. History: Nov. 2022, Pt. 2 | Prepub Alert
By Barbara Hoffert 
From Samuel Adams to the Father of the Underground Railroad and more. 

 

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The Magic Kingdom Literary Fiction: Nov. 2022, Pt. 2 | Prepub Alert
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Award winners and exciting books in translation. 
Crying in H Mart ACADEMIC BESTSELLERS: Asian History
By LJ Reviews 

Crying in H Mart, 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows, Sisters in the Mirror, and More in Asian history titles: April 2021 to date as identified by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO. 

1. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir.
Zauner, Michelle
Alfred A. Knopf
2021. ISBN 9780525657743. $26.95 

2. 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows: A Memoir; Trans. by Allan H. Barr.
Ai, Weiwei Crown
2021. ISBN 9780553419467. $32.00 

3. Sisters in the Mirror: A History of Muslim Women and the Global Politics of Feminism.
Shehabuddin, Elora
University of California Press
2021. ISBN 9780520342514. $29.95 

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