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Enslaved.org Uses Linked Open Data To Connect Enslavement Records
By Lisa Peet
When Slave Biographies: The Atlantic Database Network launched in 2011, it aggregated data on slavery and enslaved people from three scholarly sources. Nearly 10 years later, Enslaved.org: Peoples of the Historic Slave Trade—built on the original project and using linked open data technology for a new, more comprehensive iteration—launched in December 2020. |
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| "The typical model is, the historian goes off to the archive, does all this really hard work, and comes out with this monograph. What's often ignored is all the work of the librarians and archivists, the really hard intellectual work that goes into putting all the information together." | | From "Enslaved.org Uses Linked Open Data To Connect Enslavement Records" |
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SPONSORED BY EX LIBRIS How Libraries Can Become Essential Partners in Academic Research
A university’s research output is only beneficial when others can easily find it. This is where libraries can add tremendous value to the research process: By leveraging their expertise in collecting, organizing, and making information easily discoverable, academic libraries can help raise the profile of their institution’s research.
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Mouths of Rain: An Anthology of Black Lesbian Thought
Ed. by Briona Simone Jones
It’s time people listen to Black lesbians and utilize that knowledge into action to improve lives. This book is a gateway into that action. An essential component to any social science shelf, this is transformative, vital reading. |
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HISTORY
PREMIUM
Unsung: Unheralded Narratives of American Slavery & Abolition
Ed. by Michelle D. Commander & Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
As a whole, this collection showcases the vastness of Black thinking and writing, and nicely complements works by Martha S. Jones and Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers. Complete with a list of suggestions for further reading, this winning anthology is a must for all interested in Black history, but unsure where to start. |
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PREMIUM
Horizontal Vertigo: A City Called Mexico
By Juan Villoro
Villoro is not for the casual reader but for those who are interested in a deeply complex yet personal social history of Mexico City. The book serves as a nice complement to The Mexico City Reader (2004). |
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Birding for Beginners
By Mary Bakija
Whether you want to start simply in your backyard or make dedicated birding treks, these suggestions will help you get started. |
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NYC Library Systems See Cuts for FY21, 22 in Mayor’s Preliminary Budget
By Lisa Peet
On Thursday, January 14, New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio released his preliminary FY22 budget, as well as outlining cuts to be enacted this year. All three of the city’s library systems—Brooklyn Public Library (BPL), New York Public Library (NYPL), and Queens Public Library (QPL)—will see cuts to their operating budgets, with subsequent reductions spread out through 2025. |
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ACADEMIC BESTSELLERS: Social Sciences
By LJ Reviews
What We Don't Know About Domestic Violence, Capital and Ideology, Resisting the Attention Economy, and more in social sciences titles: January 2020 to date as identified by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO.
1. No Visible Bruises: What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us.
Snyder, Rachel Louise
Scribe Publications
2020. ISBN 9781925849820. $24.69
2. Capital and Ideology.
Piketty, Thomas
Belknap Harvard
2020. ISBN 9780674980822. $39.95
3. How To Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy.
Odell, Jenny
Black Inc
2019. ISBN 9781760641795. $21.15 |
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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
Tompkins County Public Library (NY) seeks a Library Director IV |
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