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 ALA Takes 2021 Midwinter Meeting Virtual By Lisa Peet The American Library Association announced on August 6 that in light of the continuing pandemic, the next Midwinter meeting, originally scheduled to be held in Indianapolis in January 2021, will be an all-virtual event. |
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 The Linked Data Myth By Kyle Banerjee Linked Data is only as useful as the metadata on which it depends, and poor quality metadata ultimately causes the challenges many librarians hope to address with Linked Data. |
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 Request for Info: Library Renovation or Construction Projects Library Journal is collecting information about recently completed library construction projects for inclusion in an upcoming issue. If you completed a library construction or renovation project between July 1, 2019 and June 30, 2020, please tell us about it! Click on the link below where you can download a working copy of the form and fill out your responses online. We have separate links for public and academic libraries. Public libraries: www.LibraryJournal.com/PublicArch2020 Academic libraries: www.LibraryJournal.com/AcademicArch2020 The deadline for submissions is Monday, August 28, 2020. |
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| "Sometimes, out of disaster and catastrophe, we're forced to do something that we already knew was possible but became essential.” | | |
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 A Call for Action | BackTalk By Cindy Hohl Black Lives Matter. Indigenous people should be honored and recognized. Xenophobia is not acceptable. This movement across our country is a call to action, and libraries are redefining what the scope of this work entails and how we need to take the appropriate action to create a safe space for everyone. |
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 Act Locally, Lobby Nationally| Editorial By Meredith Schwartz There is a limit to what even the most nimble, inventive, and dedicated libraries—or even consortia or associations—can fix. But that doesn’t mean there is nothing we can do. We need to think bigger and to throw the collective power of our profession toward advocacy for large-scale solutions. |
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 ACADEMIC BESTSELLERS: Language By LJ Reviews An enlightening and concise overview of the life and times of irony and sarcasm, an analysis of how state and non-state actors leverage digital rhetoric as a twenty-first-century weapon of war, and an examination of the evolution of emoji top the list of best-selling language books, as compiled by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO. 1. Irony and Sarcasm Kreuz, Roger J. MIT Press. 2020. ISBN 9780262538268. $15.95. 2. Rhet Ops: Rhetoric and Information Warfare Ridolfo, Jim University of Pittsburgh Press. 2019. ISBN 9780822945895. $40. 3. The Emoji Revolution: How Technology is Shaping the Future of Communication Seargeant, Philip Cambridge University Press. 2019. ISBN 9781108496643. $79.99. |
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