LSU Renames Library; Schools Across the Nation Take Similar Steps To Address Racist Past
By Lisa Peet
Recently the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University (LSU) unanimously voted to remove the name of former university president Troy H. Middleton, whose 1961 correspondence stated his wish to keep the school segregated, from the LSU Library.

Reopening Libraries: Campus Concerns
By Jennifer A. Dixon
As states have taken steps toward reopening, academic institutions are now looking at the fall semester and considering how they might safely open their own facilities.

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Reopening Libraries: Designing for Health
By Emily Puckett Rodgers

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Intersections of Women, Libraries, and Activism | ALA Virtual 2020
By Lisa Peet
The ALA Virtual Conference panel “Herstory Through Activism: Women, Libraries, and Activism” offered a compelling look at the intersections of feminist activism in libraries from three academic librarians, and examined how the current era of COVID-19 has changed their priorities for urgent change. 

ALA Governance: Change Inside and Out | ALA Virtual 2020
By Meredith Schwartz
Pandemic response, financial challenges, subtracting divisions, and more council activity from ALA Virtual.

Privacy, Digital Inclusion, and Remote Programming Are LITA’s Top Tech Trends | ALA Virtual 2020
By Matt Enis
Seven experts discussed long-term trends that are becoming even more significant in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Serving the Transgender Community: It's More Than Just Bathrooms! | ALA Virtual 2020
By Lisa Peet
A panel of transgender and nonbinary librarians and allies held at the ALA Virtual conference offered an abundance of useful information and resources for libraries to better serve their transgender communities and ensure that transgender staff are comfortable in the workplace.

Black Voices Matter 2020
By Barbara Hoffert
#BlackLivesMatter—and Black voices matter, too. Here is a necessarily selective list of nonfiction, fiction, and poetry from Black authors appearing in 2020.

SOCIAL SCIENCES
Separated: Inside an American Tragedy
By Jacob Soboroff
Readers interested in learning more about immigration policy will be drawn to this captivating account, which deftly weaves together the political and the personal.

Two Trees Make a Forest: In Search of My Family’s Past Among Taiwan’s Mountains and Coasts
By Jessica J. Lee 
A poignant and beautifully written account of family, time, and place. Readers of Rowan Hisayo Buchanan’s Go Home!, which discusses home and belonging from the perspective of the Asian diaspora, or Anna Sherman’s The Bells of Old Tokyo, which explores a place alternately in the present and the past, will also enjoy.

POLITICAL SCIENCE
She Will Rise: Becoming a Warrior in the Battle for True Equality
By Katie Hill 
An empowering introduction to key issues facing women; however, readers familiar with current events will be unlikely to discover new material. For readers interested in feminism and political activism.

AOC: The Fearless Rise and Powerful Resonance of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
By Lynda Lopez 
While there are several articles about Ocasio-Cortez, this book dives deep into her background, image, and ideas, and comes up with important insights. For readers interested in aspiring to politics.

ECONOMICS
The Heart of a Leader: Fifty-Two Emotional Intelligence Insights To Advance Your Career
By Kristin Harper
This informative, detailed guide to using emotional intelligence on the job is tailored to those in midcareer, seeking careers in business, or wishing to learn more about emotional intelligence. Business administration students could use this as supplemental reading for management courses.

Zconomy: How Gen Z Will Change the Future of Business—and What To Do About It 
By Jason Dorsey & Denise Villa 
Vital for all businesses and organizations with any direct contact with Gen Z. Highly recommended for all university libraries supporting business and psychology curriculum.

The Infinite Machine: How an Army of Crypto-hackers Is Building the Next Internet with Ethereum
By Camila Russo 
This will appeal to people fascinated with the possibilities of cryptocurrency, as well as those interested in the personalities involved and the business history of the concept.

Stacey Abrams: Libraries Must Tell the Story of America | ALA Virtual 2020
By Meredith Schwartz
ALA President Wanda Brown invited as her ALA Virtual President’s Program speaker Stacey Abrams—author, Georgia gubernatorial candidate, and founder of the organizations Fair Fight (for voting rights) and Fair Count (for census participation).

Adult Nonfiction Struggles, but Antiracism Titles Make an Impact
By Barbara Hoffert
Though the sale of adult nonfiction hasn't returned to pre-COVID levels, the recent interest in antiracist titles has led to an uptick.

 

Put Your Nose in a Book: Masks, Library Style
By Meredith Schwartz
With some libraries reopening for at least limited services, and many others doing curbside pickup, face masks are a necessity for library workers and patrons alike. These library- and book-themed offerings can make it fun and show your library love all over your face.

Judge Temporarily Halts Mary Trump’s Presidential Exposé | Book Pulse
By Neal Wyatt 
A judge has temporarily blocked publication of Mary Trump’s Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man. Appeals are in the works. The NYT reports on "What It’s Like to Be Black in Publishing.”

REALM Project: Coronavirus Undetectable on Library Materials After Three Days
By Gary Price
IMLS: In the first phase of a project to disseminate and develop science-based information about how materials can be handled to mitigate exposure to staff and visitors, scientists have found that the virus SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19 is not detectable on five common library materials after three days.

Gun Violence, Immigration, Private Spying, & More: Current Events Previews, Jan. 2021. Pt. 2 | Prepub Alert
By Barbara Hoffert
Roya Hakakian limns the immigrant experience, Pulitzer Prize worthies cover leading issues, the president of Emily's list explains campaigning, and a just-dropped-in September title considers the political consequences of pandemic.

ACADEMIC BESTSELLERS: Microbiology
By LJ Reviews

A riveting insider's look at the race to find a cure for antibiotic-resistant infections; the fascinating story of the search for cancer viruses in the US; and an insight into contemporary, robust methodologies for studies into the pathogenicity and virulence of human and animal bacterial pathogens top the list of best-selling microbiology books, as compiled by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO.

1. Superbugs: The Race To Stop an Epidemic
McCarthy, Matt
Penguin Random House. 2019. ISBN 9780735217508. $26.

2. Contagious Cause: The American Hunt for Cancer Viruses and the Rise of Molecular Medicine
Scheffler, Robin Wolfe
University of Chicago Press. 2019. ISBN 9780226458892. $120.

3. Bacteriology Methods for the Study of Infectious Diseases
Jenkins, Rowena
Elsevier Academic Press. 2019. ISBN 9780128152225. $150.

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