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 Straight from the Source | Innovation By Jennifer A. Dixon Libraries possess a not-so-secret weapon when it comes to assessing the needs of their patrons—the frontline staff who engage with their communities every day. |
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| SPONSORED BY BLOOMSBURY DIGITAL RESOURCES |
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 Indie Ebook Award Winners 2017 By Kate DiGirolomo The third annual LJ Indie Ebook Awards has now come to a close. Committees of librarians—plus the authors of some of last year’s winners—volunteered their time to evaluate hundreds of submissions and determine the best ebooks self-publishing has to offer in Sf/Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, and YA. |
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 Faculty and Archives Partner on MIT and Slavery Project By Lisa Peet One of the newest courses on offer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is “MIT and Slavery,” collaboratively taught by Steven Craig Wilder, Barton L. Weller Professor of History, and Nora Murphy, archivist for reference, outreach, and instruction. |
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| "They spent the time talking neighbor-to-neighbor and voter-to-voter about the value system in the community that includes the library at the center." | | |
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 Reading Is Its Own Reward | One Cool Thing By Meredith Schwartz Iowa’s Lake City Public Library has found a clever way to honor and reward summer reading participants while presenting reading as an intrinsically pleasurable activity. |
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| SPONSORED BY EBSCO, LEARNINGEXPRESS  Information & Media Literacy: Skills Needed in Today’s World Extraordinary digital innovation has brought about a global information society and has radically changed information access and standards of authority and reliability — straining the educational and labor market infrastructures needed to confront this change. Read the LearningExpress-sponsored white paper on skills needed in today’s world to decipher information sources. Read More››› |
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From the Pages of infoDOCKET... |
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| SPONSORED BY BAKER & TAYLOR INC. |
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| Xpress Reviews WEB-FIRST REVIEWS OF BOOKS AND MEDIA  In fiction, Julie Wright's Lies Jane Austen Told Me "is a cute play on the world of Jane Austen and those who love her. The romance is sweet as sugar and takes a while to resolve, allowing for a bit of will she or won’t she (or he, for that matter)." In nonfiction, the "message of 'stubborn positivity'" in Craig Grossi's Craig & Fred: A Marine, a Stray Dog, and How They Rescued Each Other "is subtle and therein lies its appeal. [Grossi] brings readers into the day-to-day experiences of being deployed during conflict, without romanticizing or demonizing the people involved." Ray Fawkes's Underwinter, Vol. 1, Symphony is this week's starred graphic novel. "Eisner nominee Fawkes’s (Intersect; Gotham by Midnight) latest work is an overture of mythological imaginings, delicately rendered in impressionistic watercolor that perfectly matches the esoteric tale of performance and magic. Highly recommended." And in e-originals, Shona Husk's Maid of Ice, the third title in the "Blood & Silver" series, is "smooth and suspenseful, with just enough sexual tension.... This should appeal to those who enjoy their paranormal with a decent plot."
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 What is Design Thinking? From space planning, redesigning services and staffing, to developing more user-centric approaches, design thinking can help you problem-solve through ingenuity and creativity, and better understand and serve your patrons. Our introductory online workshop, Demystifying Design Thinking is designed for library professionals who want to take a fresh approach to tackling their library’s challenges through human-centered design. |
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 Job Zone utilizes unique job matching technology to help you find the perfect job (and employers find the perfect candidate), whether you’re actively seeking or just keeping an eye out for your possibilities. Log on today and check out our newest features, including automated job and candidate matches, and email alerts. JOB OF THE WEEK University of North Carolina School of the Arts seeks a University Librarian |
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