Emily Drabinski Steps Into ALA Presidency | ALA Annual 2023 By Claire Kelley On June 26, the eve of Emily Drabinski’s ALA presidency, campaign workers, school librarians, activists, colleagues, friends, and family members gathered in her suite in the Chicago Hilton Hotel on Michigan Avenue. Against the backdrop of boats slowly moving across Lake Michigan, she addressed supporters. “Tonight we’re celebrating library wins,” she said. “In our communities, against censorship, and for the common good.” |
AI, ChatGPT Are Focus at Top Tech Trends Panel | ALA Annual 2023 By Matt Enis OpenAI’s ChatGPT has been a hot topic ever since it debuted to the public seven months ago. So much so that the American Library Association’s (ALA) Core division decided to forgo its traditional wide-ranging approach to its Top Tech Trends panel and focus exclusively on the potential benefits and problems of generative artificial intelligence (AI) during the “Core Top Technology Trends: Libraries Take on ChatGPT” session at the ALA Annual Conference, held June 22–27 in Chicago. |
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The Collector by Daniel Silva Tops Holds Lists | Book Pulse By Kate Merlene The Collector by Daniel Silva leads holds this week. The Shirley Jackson Awards are announced, with Best Novel going to The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino Iglesias and Where I End by Sophie White, in a tie. The New American Voices Award longlist is announced. Thousands of authors, including Nora Roberts and Margaret Atwood, sign an open letter to AI companies. People’s book of the week is Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead. |
Library Marketer of the Year | Call for Nominations Library Journal will honor one library staffer or a library team with its Marketer of the Year award in its October 2023 issue. The award, sponsored by Library Ideas, comes with a $2,000 cash prize. The award recognizes the importance of innovative approaches to marketing of library services, the role of marketing in building library engagement, and the value of quality marketing collateral to help build a vibrant sense of the library and define its relevance in the community. This year's deadline for nominations is July 31. |
LJ Talks with Cookbook Author Helen Le By Neal Wyatt Helen Le, author of the forthcoming Vegan Vietnamese and creator of the YouTube channel Helen's Recipes, talks with LJ about designing cookbooks, crafting flavors, and starter recipes. |
Vegan Cookbooks | Tasty Variety By Emily Bowles From sweets to Vietnamese cooking to exploring veganism, these three books offer a wide range of recipes and approaches. |
Display Shelf | Pets By Melissa DeWild Attract animal lovers with a display shelf full of helpful books on cats, dogs, rabbits, and more. |
Display Shelf | Travel By Melissa DeWild Fill your display shelf with travel inspiration from these guides that highlight hikes, accessible travel, adventures across the world, and more. |
Display Shelf | Road Trip Reads By Melissa DeWild Whether readers are stocking up for vacation or looking to travel vicariously, these romances, thrillers, memoirs, and histories all feature memorable road trips and would make a great display. |
Display Shelf | Sea Stories By Melissa DeWild Swashbuckling adventures await readers on this display shelf of fictional forays and true tales of the high seas. |
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Erin Langston's debut romance, Forever Your Rogue, is a starred selection. "Wonderfully constructed from start to finish, with high notes of grace and humor, Langston has written a novel that romance fans will treasure." Time’s Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance, by Jeremy Eichler, the Boston Globe's chief classical music critic, is a starred performing arts selection. "An absorbing read for serious music lovers that may well become a classic in music criticism." And The Naked Tree by Park Wan-suh with illustrations by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim is a starred graphic novel. "A murmured wartime memory that speaks volumes about the difficult depths of the solitary human condition." See All Reviews››› |
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