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Library of Congress Trains Machine Learning Tool with Crowdsourcing
By Matt Enis
The LC Labs department of the Library of Congress recently published a comprehensive report on its Humans-in-the-Loop initiative, which crowdsourced volunteers to train a machine learning (ML) tool to extract structured data from one of the library’s digital collections. |
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A Catalog of Birds | Peer to Peer Review
By Brad Snelling
Librarians at the College of St. Scholastica, Duluth, MN, have created an interdisciplinary guide dedicated to the birds found on their campus. |
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SPONSORED BY EX LIBRIS A PROQUEST COMPANY Three Trends Shaping the Future of Libraries
Libraries have experienced dramatic changes in the last several years as a result of COVID and other external forces. As librarians look ahead to the future, here are three key trends that will shape their needs going forward.
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Maya Angelou Appears on U.S. Quarter | Book Pulse
By Kate Merlene
Maya Angelou becomes the first Black woman to appear on a U.S. quarter. Joelle Taylor wins the TS Eliot poetry prize. The National Endowment for the Humanities announces new grants. Neil MacGregor is named jury chair for the Booker Prize 2022. You Don’t Know Us Negroes and Other Essays by Zora Neale Hurston is featured in the NYT. |
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PREMIUM
What Bees Want: Beekeeping as Nature Intended
By Susan Knilans & Jacqueline Freeman
An informative, captivating look at natural beekeeping useful for backyard beekeepers and anyone fascinated by bees; however, not for those looking to maximize honey production. |
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From Hollywood with Love: The Rise and Fall (and Rise Again) of the Romantic Comedy
By Scott Meslow
Fans of the popular but often under-appreciated genre of romantic comedy will appreciate Meslow’s book, which offers insight on the development of landmark films and how some of Hollywood’s biggest names launched their careers. | The New Female Antihero: The Disruptive Women of Twenty-First-Century US Television
By Sarah Hagelin & Gillian Silverman
This extremely thought-provoking look at radical changes in depictions of women on TV will appeal to readers interested in media and cultural theory. | HISTORY
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The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry That Forged the Medieval World
By Shelley Puhak
A compelling read for those with an interest in early medieval European history, Merovingian history, and women in power. | PREMIUM
Crown & Sceptre: A New History of the British Monarchy, from Willam the Conqueror to Elizabeth II
By Tracy Borman
Those already familiar with English history won’t find new material here but this would be a good introduction for others, and Borman’s bibliography leads to more focused biographies and histories. | PREMIUM
The Color of Abolition: How a Printer, a Prophet, and a Contessa Moved a Nation
By Linda Hirshman
Hirshman brings much-needed attention to the little-known triangulation between Garrison, Douglass, and Chapman, opening a new realm of inquiry for readers of the history of slavery and abolition. |
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ACADEMIC BESTSELLERS: Music and Art
By LJ Reviews
The Story of Contemporary Art, Latinx Photography, Black Feminist Sound, and more in music and art titles: January 2021 to date as identified by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO. 1. Story of Contemporary Art.
Godfrey, Tony
MIT Press
2020. ISBN 9780262044103. $39.95 2. Latinx Photography in the United States: A Visual History.
Ferrer, Elizabeth
University of Washington Press
2020. ISBN 9780295747620. $99.00 3. Liner Notes for the Revolution: The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound.
Brooks, Daphne
Belknap Harvard
2021. ISBN 9780674052819. $39.95 |
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Association for Computing Machinery seeks a Digital Library Account Manager |
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