The six-person marketing department at Nashville Public Library is made up of enthusiastic collaborators—willing to listen, iterate, contribute to each other’s strengths, and involve the rest of the library in coming up with great ideas—with a strong leader who inspires creativity and teamwide respect. Los Angeles and Virginia Beach received honorable mentions.
Teachers, librarians, and nurses have some important things in common. They do essential, mission-driven work. They’re mostly women (from 74 percent of teachers to 90 percent of nurses). They’re often underpaid. They’ve faced increased job stressors in the last few years. Many are thinking of leaving their jobs, if not fields—up to 77 percent of Texas teachers in a recent poll. The resulting shortages put more pressure on those who stay.
On September 7, American Library Association executive director Tracie D. Hall was awarded the National Book Foundation (NBF) Literarian Award for 2022. The annual award celebrates an individual “for a lifetime of achievement in expanding the audience for books and reading,” the NBF website states. This marks the second year that the honor has gone to a librarian; 2021’s award was given to Nancy Pearl.
Like many academics, a research rabbit hole is my happy place! But surprisingly, I found very little existing scholarship on Renaissance tarot. When that happens, as a researcher, you start to look at topics that might intersect or surround the lacuna so you can set the scene.
The LJ editors are seeking nominations for the 34th annual Library Journal Librarian of the Year Award to honor a professional librarian for outstanding achievement and accomplishments reflecting the loftiest service goals of the library profession. Nominations for Librarian of the Year are sought and welcome from the entire profession as well as from trustees, administrators, officials, colleagues, and library users. Nomination postmark or email deadline is October 29, 2022.
“If you have the boldness and ferocity to raise your hand and say, ‘I’m a member of a community and I have something to say, what we want you to hear from the library is: we hear you, we see you, your voice matters, and we’re listening.”
Graphic novels deliver on the thrills and chills, and middle grade readers have plenty to choose from. Brigid Alverson examines the format and recommends 13 titles that deftly blend scary and fun.
The editors of Library Journal need your help in identifying emerging talents in the library world—both great leaders and behind-the-scenes contributors who are providing inspiration and model programs for others. Our 21st annual round of Movers & Shakers will profile up-and-coming individuals from around the world who are innovative, creative, and making a difference fighting against censorship, and helping improve their workplace. From librarians and non-degreed library workers to publishers, vendors, coders, entrepreneurs, reviewers, and others who impact the library field—Movers & Shakers 2023 will celebrate those people who are moving all types of libraries ahead! Please let us know about anybody you think we should be aware of. Submissions will close on November 14, 2022.
Audiobooks have the power to immerse readers in their world, but a lot of work happens behind the scenes to create these experiences. The process begins with finding the right talent. “Casting the right narrator is the cornerstone for a great listening experience,” says Senior Marketing Associate Andrew Kaberline of HarperAudio.
Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng leads holds and coverage this week. It is also People's book of the week and Reese Witherspoon's October book club pick. Audiofile announces the October Earphones Award Winners. Six LibraryReads and eight Indie Next picks publish this week. October’s Costco Connection is out featuring It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover and Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan.
Shortlists are announced for the 2022 Diverse Book Awards and Kindle Storyteller Award. Author interviews are plentiful this week, including conversations with Jarvis Jay Masters, Melissa Villaseñor, Kamila Shamsie, Ling Ma, Sonya Huber, Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemim, Chelsea Martin, Linda Ronstadt, Constance Wu, Calvin Kasulke, Abdulrazak Gurnah, and Dr. John Gottman and Dr. Julie Schwartz Gottman; also, rare and early interviews with Cormac McCarthy.
James Patterson donates $5.3M to Howard University, PEN America, and Scholastic Book Clubs. LibraryReads and LJ offer read-alikes for Fredrik Backman’s buzzy novel The Winners. Tom Hanks previews his debut novel, The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece, due out from Knopf in May 2023. Constance Wu’s memoir Making a Scene gets buzz, and Namwali Serpell’s novel The Furrows: An Elegy gets reviewed.
In nonfiction, Haruki Murakami's Novelist as a Vocation is a starred title. "Although this is a concrete and practical guide, as Murakami intended, it is also a fascinating personal and professional memoir." Also in nonfiction, Mr. B: George Balanchine’s 20th Century, by Jennifer Homans, is another starred selection. "This empathetic biography of master choreographer [and co-founder of the New York City Ballet] George Balanchine (1904–83) is an unqualified success.... This book will fly off the shelves. It’s that good and the subject that absorbing." Kevin Grant's Roots of Film Noir: Precursors from the Silent Era to the 1940s is another starred nonfiction title. "Between his introductory essay and his reviews, Grant provides an extremely helpful commentary on a major film genre. Film buffs will adore this book." And Joyce Chopra's memoir, Lady Director: Adventures in Hollywood, Television and Beyond, is also a starred nonfiction selection. "A strong, engaging read that offers insight into Chopra’s life and career and the all-too-familiar struggles of women professionals in misogynistic workspaces."
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