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Public Libraries and Open Government Data: Partnerships for Progress
By Carole L. Palmer, Nic Weber, Kaitlin Throgmorton, & Bree Norlander
University of Washington iSchool researchers present an overview of the Open Data Literacy project's work to date, and share highlights from a survey of the current landscape of open data in Washington State's public libraries. |
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City Lights Founder Lawrence Ferlinghetti Has Died | Book Pulse
By Mary Bakija
Poet and publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti died on Monday at the age of 101. He'll be remembered for his San Francisco bookstore City Lights, for inspiring many other independent publishers with his press City Lights Books, and for his role in the Beat poetry movement. The Audio Publishers Association announced finalists for the 2021 Audie Awards, including the Audiobook of the Year. |
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SPONSORED BY OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS What Everyone Needs to Know About 2020
Across the globe, 2020 has proved to be one of the most tumultuous years in recent memory. From COVID-19 to the US Election, gain insight into some of the many events of 2020 with OUP’s curated reading list from the What Everyone Needs to Know® series.
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Information: A Historical Companion
Ed. by Ann Blair & others
A fascinating multidisciplinary essay collection that will appeal to information history junkies as well as history, journalism, and library science students. |
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PREMIUM
New Yorkers: A City and Its People in Our Time
By Craig Taylor
A varied book that will appeal to armchair travelers and others curious about New York. Highly recommended for public libraries as well as large academic libraries the world over. |
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Christianity: A Historical Atlas
By Alec Ryrie
This cartographic chronicle of Christianity is an excellent, affordable resource for students of history, geography, and religion; both public and academic libraries will want to add it to their collections. |
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ACADEMIC BESTSELLERS: History of Science
By LJ Reviews
Hidden Valley Road, Inside Instagram, the Secret History of Nuclear War, and more in history of science titles: February 2020 to date as identified by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO. 1. Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family.
Kolker, Robert
Doubleday
2020. ISBN 9780385543767. $29.95 2. No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram.
Frier, Sarah
Simon & Schuster
2020. ISBN 9781982126803. $28.00 3. Bomb: Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War.
Kaplan, Fred M.
Simon & Schuster
2020. ISBN 9781982107291. $30.00 |
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Merrimack Valley Library Consortium (MA) seeks an Executive Director |
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