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With a Little Twist | Office Hours
By Michael Stephens
Next Library 2019 in Aarhus, Denmark was just as engaging and enjoyable as the first time I attended in 2017. A conference that demands active participation, requires outside the box thinking, and reserves “the right to alterations and surprises” is an enjoyable challenge. |
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| "We’re at a very pivotal time in academic publishing, when the appetite for transformation, for a move to open publishing and open science more broadly, is greater than ever.... Publishers that are willing to take a leadership role in this transition, even if it means taking risks and sacrificing short term gain, will find willing partners within the academic community" | | From "Virginia Next in Line for New OA, Sustainability Wiley Pilot" |
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SCIENCES
PREMIUM
Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans
By Melanie Mitchell
This work will mainly interest technologists who are exploring the computational and technological foundations of AI and the present implications these bring to the digital era. |
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REFERENCE
PREMIUM
The World of the Crusades
By Andrew Holt
High school students, undergraduates, and general readers will find this an invaluable and accessible synthesis of traditional sources and current scholarship. |
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Highlights from Flame Con 2019
By Stephanie Sendaula
Since its launch in 2015, Flame Con, the LGBTQ-themed comic convention created by nonprofit Geeks OUT, has had increasingly more to offer: a multitude of panels, several workshops, and an increasing number of vendors. |
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Embargoes Aren’t the Answer | Editorial
By Rebecca T. Miller
I join those from the library community urging a reconsideration of Macmillan’s recent decision to limit libraries to one copy of new ebooks for the first two months of publication. |
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ACADEMIC BESTSELLERS: History of Science
By LJ Reviews
1. The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life
Quammen, David
Simon & Schuster
2018. ISBN 9781476776620. $30 2. PTSD: A Short History
Horwitz, Allan V.
Johns Hopkins University Press
2018. ISBN 9781421426396. $28.95 3. American Overdose: The Opioid Tragedy in Three Acts
McGreal, Chris
Public Affairs
2018. ISBN 9781610398619. $27 |
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