UBC Library Partners with French Department on Revolution Pamphlet Collection
By Lisa Peet
At the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, a partnership between the Department of French, Hispanic, and Italian Studies and the Library will provide new levels of access to a growing collection of original pamphlets from the French Revolution.

Administrative Bloat: What We Know and Where Libraries Fit | From the Bell Tower
By Steven Bell
Administrative bloat is often blamed for the spiraling cost of higher education. Is this a real or imagined problem? In what ways, if any, do academic libraries have an impact?

Library Promo Boosts Sales for Debut Memoir
By Matt Enis
The Panorama Project—a multiyear library and publishing industry initiative focused on researching the impact that libraries have on book and author discovery, brand development, and retail sales—released its first report last week, indicating that a recent, national library promotion led to a significant sales increase for the promoted title.

PEN America Files Brief For Court To Recognize Constitutional Right To Literacy
By SLJ Staff
In connection with the lawsuit filed against the state of Michigan asserting it denied Detroit Public School students their fundamental right to literacy, PEN America has filed a friend of the court brief to urge the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals to recognize a constitutional right to literacy.

ISIS, Authoritarianism, and Sexual Harassment: Today's Stories, Jun. 2019, Pt. 1 | Prepub Alert
By Barbara Hoffert
Reviews of Ill Winds: Saving Democracy from Russian Rage, Chinese Ambition, and American Complacency; Superpower: One Man’s Quest To Transform American Energy; Degrade and Destroy: The Inside Story of the War Against the Islamic State; and more.

School, Youth Librarians Among "I Love My Librarian Award" Winners
By SLJ Staff
School, public, and academic librarians were among the ten winners of the American Library Association’s I Love My Librarian Awards.

Academic Libraries Data | Year in Architecture 2018
By Bette-Lee Fox
For the Year in Architecture 2018, Library Journal solicited information from academic libraries nationwide that had undergone new builds and renovation/addition projects completed between July 1, 2017, and June 30, 2018.

Historians on Hamilton: How a Blockbuster Musical Is Restaging America’s Past
Romano, Renee C.
Rutgers University Press
2018. ISBN 9780813590301. $75

May We Forever Stand: A History of the Black National Anthem

Perry, Imani
University of North Carolina Press
2018. ISBN 9781469638607. $26

Spirituals and the Birth of a Black Entertainment Industry

Graham, Sandra Jean
University of Illinois Press
2018. ISBN 9780252041631. $99

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