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| October 11, 2018 | Ithaka Report Offers Equity Best Practices
By Lisa Peet
A new report from Ithaka S+R published on September 20 looks at eight case studies of best practices and methods for addressing institutional challenges around equity, diversity, and inclusion. |
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Overcome the Fear of Being Challenged | From the Bell Tower
By Steven Bell
Being challenged can keep some librarians from finding their voice and sharing it. A question or a comment could be intended as an attack or it might just be a benign desire to learn more. Knowing how to respond can make a difference. |
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"What I took away...was the need to get away from thinking about ‘here's our list of services’ to ‘here are the genuine ways that we're engaging’—not asking the community to reach into us, but ‘here's how we are reaching out to this community that we're here to serve.' "
| | From "Ithaka Report Offers Equity Best Practices” |
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Our Impossible Duty | Blatant Berry
By John N. Berry III
To say “times have changed” is an understatement. The advent of a blizzard of digital resources means that we simply don’t have the people or means to evaluate sources as we once did. |
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Nonfiction, October 5, 2018 | Xpress Reviews
By LJ Reviews
Reviews of In Pieces; Sitcom Writers Talk Shop: Behind the Scenes with Carl Reiner, Norman Lear, and Other Geniuses of TV Comedy; The Dead Rabbit Mixology & Mayhem: The Story of John Morrissey and the World’s Best Cocktail Menu; and more. |
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BESTSELLERS: Geology
By LJ Reviews
1. The Story of the Earth in 25 Rocks: Tales of Important Geological Puzzles and the People Who Solved Them
Prothero, Donald R.
Columbia University Press
2018. ISBN 9780231182607. $35
2. The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
Brusatte, Stephen
William Morrow
2018. ISBN 9780062490421. $29.99
3. Mountains: The Origins of the Earth’s Mountain Systems
Park, R.G.
Dunedin Academic Press
2018. ISBN 9781780460666. $40 |
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