DPLA Takes a Look Ahead | ALA Annual 2022 By Matt Enis Recent months have been active for the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), which will celebrate its 10-year anniversary in 2023. In May 2021, the organization announced an agreement with Amazon Publishing that would make the company’s ebooks available for libraries to license for the first time. |
“If you like our defaults, that’s great, but we want you to understand them. Is this good for your end users? If not, here’s how to change things—something as simple as enabling full-text search as a default [for example]. The user can still change settings on the front end, but let’s optimize it best for what your users are [typically] doing.” From “Value Added: Getting the Most Out of Databases” |
Call for Information: Completed library renovation or construction projects Library Journal is collecting information about recently completed library construction/renovation projects for our annual Year in Architecture feature. If your institution completed a library construction or renovation project between July 1, 2021 and June 30, 2022, please tell us about it! The link above will direct you to download a pdf of the form before filling out your responses online. THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 2022 |
Bloomsbury History: Theory & Method | eReviews By Michael Rodriguez An educational resource comprised of 100-plus exclusive articles by scholars from 25 countries, a four-volume collection of critical readings on historiography, and 60+ scholarly books from Bloomsbury’s catalog. |
Goal! | Building a Collection of Soccer Titles By Steve Dixon The FIFA World Cup 2022 is scheduled to take place in Qatar from November 21 to December 18 and in anticipation, many libraries should consider building a small collection or updating the collection they currently have. |
Orwell Prize Winners | Book Pulse By Anita Mechler The winners of the 2022 Orwell Prize and the Whiting Foundation’s Literary Magazine Prize are announced. Also, the Mo Siewcharran Prize longlist is out. |
REFERENCE PREMIUM A Concise Dictionary of Comics By Nancy Pedri This reference is useful and recommended for most libraries so that they can support the growing interest in comic books within many user groups. PREMIUM The Constitution Explained: A Guide for Every American By David Hudson Despite its limited coverage of amendments, this adds to the content in Bloch and Jackson’s and Vile’s works, and will interest general readers as well as students of political science, government, and teacher education. PREMIUM Chocolate: A Cultural Encyclopedia By Ross F. Collins This well-researched work provides a useful discussion of the historical, cultural, and commercial aspects of chocolate. |
ACADEMIC BESTSELLERS: Geology By LJ Reviews Super Volcanoes, Song of the Earth, How the Mountains Grew, and More in geology titles: July 2021 to date as identified by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO. 1. Super Volcanoes: What They Reveal about Earth and the Worlds Beyond.
Andrews, Robin George
W. W. Norton
2022. ISBN 9780393542066. $27.95 2. Song of the Earth: Understanding Geology and Why It Matters.
Ervin-Blankenheim, Elisabeth
Oxford University Press US
2021. ISBN 9780197502464. $44.95 3. How the Mountains Grew: A New Geological History of North America.
Dvorak, John
Pegasus Books
2021. ISBN 9781643135748. $29.95 |
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