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In the Classroom, In Life: Academic Librarians Combat Misinformation On Campus and Off
By Jennifer A. Dixon
Information is now, more than ever, available and shareable in an instant—but many struggle to parse reliable facts from inaccuracies, with sometimes dangerous consequences. Academic librarians are uniquely situated to connect with people who want to learn, and to shape responsible information consumers for both their classroom work and for life. |
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Best Reference Works of 2020
By Mahnaz Dar, Maggie Knapp, Patricia Lothrop, Dave Pugl, Laurie Selwyn, and Rob Tench
The reference titles honored as the best of 2020 speak to today’s issues—no mean feat, considering that the world looks remarkably different now than it did when these texts were published. |
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Mohegan Tribe, Cornell Partner to Repatriate Fidelia Fielding Diaries
By Lynn Malerba, Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel, & Tamar Evangelestia-Dougherty
The Mohegan tribe recently partnered with Cornell University Library to repatriate the papers of Fidelia Fielding, one of the last fluent speakers of the Mohegan language, as part of the tribe’s efforts to revive it as a spoken tongue. |
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SPONSORED BY SPONSORED CONTENT Self-Help Books Fill a Burgeoning Need
The self-help industry has exploded in recent years: According to NPD Group, U.S. sales of self-help books grew annually by 11 percent from 2013 to 2019, reaching 18.6 million volumes. Meanwhile, the number of self-help titles in existence nearly tripled during that period, from 30,897 to 85,253.
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Readers’ Advisory Survey for Public Libraries
Library Journal, in partnership with NoveList and with support from RUSA/CODES, LibraryReads, and ARRT, is conducting a survey to learn more about the role of readers’ advisory (RA) in public libraries. The results will be the basis of an upcoming article in LJ. Respondents will have the opportunity to receive a summary of the overall results and be entered into a drawing to win a $100 Visa electronic gift card. Please click on the headline to take our survey before the March 21 deadline. |
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Califa’s Veronda Pitchford on Libraries as Second Responders
By Lisa Peet
The Califa Group—a nonprofit membership consortium of public, academic, school, research, corporate, medical, law, and special libraries across California—was recently awarded an Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grant for the Libraries as Second Responders project, which will help train library staff to serve communities that have been, and continue to be, highly impacted by COVID-19. Califa Assistant Director Veronda J. Pitchford is the principal investigator. |
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The Rose Code by Kate Quinn Tops Holds Lists | Book Pulse
By Mary Bakija
The Rose Code by Kate Quinn leads library holds this week. Other titles in demand include Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert, Fast Ice by Clive Cussler and Graham Brown, The Code Breaker by Walter Isaacson, and Transient Desires by Donna Leon. The People "Picks" book of the week is Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro. |
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Billie Jean King’s Memoir All In Coming This Summer | Book Pulse
By Mary Bakija
Tennis trailblazer Billie Jean King will publish All In: An Autobiography in August. Other forthcoming book news includes the first print volume of the romance webcomic Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe, and a a graphic novel adaptation of Neil Gaiman's short story Chivalry. Torrey Peters will write and produce the series adaptation Detransition, Baby. |
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Reviews WEB-FIRST REVIEWS OF BOOKS AND MEDIA Michael Koryta’s Never Far Away is this week’s starred mystery. "Fans of the author’s previous works will be on the edge of their seats as they follow his characters’ attempts to survive vicious assassins. As he often does, Koryta provides strong character development, believable dialogue, and a fast-paced narrative. Keen observers will notice a brief sighting of two brothers (and evil murderers) who were introduced in Koryta’s Those Who Wish Me Dead."
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Sonoma County Library seeks a Deputy Library Director |
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