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September 26, 2024

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ALA Issues First Revision to Standards for Incarcerated and Detained Individuals in 32 Years
By Lisa Peet and Victoria Van Hyning
ALA has recently issued a revised document, Standards for Library Services for the Incarcerated or Detained. It will help support libraries and library staff to meet the literacy, learning, and recreational needs of people held in jails, prisons, detention facilities, juvenile facilities, immigration facilities, prison work camps, and segregated units within any facility, whether public or private, military or civilian, in the United States and its territories.
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Disposal of Books at Florida’s New College Results in Library Director Termination
By April Witteveen
On August 13, a New College of Florida student posted images to social media showing a dumpster full of books situated outside the campus library. As the story and images went viral, New College issued a statement that the library’s weeding project was separate from the removal of items from the GDC, and that the center was being “repurposed.”
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MIT Press’s Direct to Open (D2O)


At the MIT Press, we believe that everyone deserves access to scholarship. Our dedication to this mission remains strong as we head into the fourth funding cycle for Direct to Open (D2O), our model for open access monographs. Libraries and consortia can commit to support the program through November 30, 2024.

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The Eleanor Roosevelt Center Seeks to Honor Authors Facing Censorship
By Hallie Rich
The Eleanor Roosevelt Center is seeking nominations for its 2025 Banned Book Awards now through September 30, 2024.
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How to Effectively Message Against Book Bans | Back Talk
By P.C. Sweeney
For the past four years, EveryLibrary has been working to fight the book-banning movement. A large part of that fight is developing effective messaging against book bans, as well as conducting extensive message testing, surveys, and focus groups to understand the impact of messaging and determine which messages perform best.
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LJ Digital Magazine Survey of Public Libraries 2024

A North American sample of 327 public libraries weighs in on digital magazines. The report includes figures on digital magazine spending, preferred access models, selection criteria, user experience, and popular magazine titles and topic areas. 

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LJ Digital Magazine Survey of Public Libraries 2024
Call for Nominations | LJ Movers & Shakers 2025
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 23rd annual round of Movers & Shakers will profile up-and-coming individuals from around the world who are innovative, creative, 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 2025 will celebrate those people who are moving all types of libraries ahead!
Deadline to submit: October 18, 2024
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“For many of the folks who worked on the standards, I think we are examples of people for whom being incarcerated and knowing someone who was incarcerated is everyday—it is a part of what we think about.” 

 

—From “ALA Issues First Revision to Standards for Incarcerated and Detained Individuals in 32 Years”
Gale Presents: Peterson’s Test and Career Prep | eReview
By James Rhoades
The Gale Peterson’s Test and Career Prep database is an outstanding resource that provides a plethora of tools and tests to help learners prepare for exams and career challenges.   
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SPONSORED BY OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

 

How Well Do You Know Your Ancient Greek Literature?

From Homer to Euripides, ancient Greek literature has an abundance in poetry, prose and plays—but how well do you think you know these works? Test your knowledge with our short, fun quiz and don’t forget to let us know how you did!

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From LJ Reviews:

NONFICTION
PREMIUM
The Ultimate Book of Blues Guitar Legends: The Players and Guitars That Shaped the Music
By Pete Prown
A visual feast of blues guitar icons.
 
PREMIUM
Best Possible Place, Worst Possible Time: True Stories from a Career in Hollywood
By Barry Sonnenfeld
As they say in Hollywood, you’re only as good as your last movie, and Sonnenfeld is in top form.
 
PREMIUM
Dorothy Parker in Hollywood
By Gail Crowther
Well-researched with many absorbing anecdotes and behind-the-scenes accounts, this thoughtful work will provide a fascinating and satisfying read for devotees of Parker and Hollywood history.
SOCIAL SCIENCES
PREMIUM
The Painful Truth About Hunger in America: Why We Must Unlearn Everything We Think We Know—and Start Again
By Mariana Chilton
A powerful, necessary read and crucial contribution to the conversation on hunger and inequality that demands to be read with an open mind and a compassionate heart. It offers a fair, unflinching examination of the structural forces that drive hunger in the United States.
 
America Under the Hammer: Auctions and the Emergence of Market Values
Ellen Hartigan-O’Connor
Well written and full of refreshing details, this economic picture of the early United States is a must for readers.
 
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Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want To Run the World
By Anne Applebaum
A fascinating and alarming look at authoritarian cooperation. Will appeal to readers interested in political science and the preservation of democracy.
SCIENCES 
We Will Be Jaguars: A Memoir of My People
By Nemonte Nenquimo & Mitch Anderson
This stunning memoir offers compelling details about Nenquimo’s parallel journeys from student to activist and from child to mother, in a way that will appeal to readers of many generations.
 
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Analog Superpowers: How Twentieth-Century Technology Theft Built the National Security State
By Katherine C. Epstein
Hard-core military historians and tech law aficionados will appreciate this thoroughly researched book.

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Conflicts of Interest: Exploring Military History through a Variety of Lenses

Military history plays a critical role in helping us understand and learn from past geopolitical conflicts. It helps us comprehend who we are as a nation and the events that have shaped our identity. For these reasons and more, books on military history continue to be quite popular among readers.


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Exact Editions: Literature Collection | eReview
By Gricel Dominguez
The Exact Editions Literature Collection is an attractive option for users who want easy and mobile access to a curated collection of popular literary journals and magazines.
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Gene Wilder, the Peace Corps, and Video Rental Nostalgia | Real Reels
By Joshua Blevins Peck
This month’s can’t-miss documentaries include a heartwarming exploration of the life of actor Gene Wilder, an exploration of Armenian culture, and remembrances of an iconic video rental shop.
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London’s Criminal Underworld, a Mexican Melodrama, and a Grandma on a Mission | Fast Scans
By Jeff T. Dick
This month’s top indie and foreign films feature a poignant depiction of queer loneliness, a child caught up in 19th-century religious and political conflicts, and Bob Hoskins as big-shot London gangster Harold Shand.
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Call for Nominations | LJ Librarian of the Year 2025
The LJ editors are seeking nominations for the 36th annual Library Journal Librarian of the Year Award, sponsored by Baker & Taylor, to honor a professional librarian for outstanding achievement and accomplishments reflecting the loftiest service goals of the library profession.
Deadline to submit: October 23, 2024
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History | Prepub Alert, April 2025 Titles
By Melissa DeWild and Neal Wyatt
Rick Atkinson and John Ferling offer books about the Revolutionary War on its 250th anniversary, while Ojibwe journalist Mary Annette Pember writes a mix of history and personal biography about Indigenous boarding schools in the U.S.
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Washington State Book Award Winners | Book Pulse
By Kate Merlene
The Washington State Book Award and Dream Foundry Award winners are announced. Elly Griffiths wins Author of the Year at the BA Conference Awards
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Victor Luckerson & Paul Lynch Win Dayton Literary Peace Prizes | Book Pulse
By Sarah Wolberg
Victor Luckerson’s Built from the Fire: The Epic Story of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, America’s Black Wall Street and Paul Lynch’s Prophet Song win Dayton Literary Peace Prizes. Writers’ Trust of Canada announces shortlists for the Dayne Ogilvie Prize for 2SLGBTQ+ Emerging Writers and the Hilary Weston Prize for Nonfiction.
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  • Digital Collections: NAACP Legal Defense Fund Records Newly Digitized and Now Available Online from the Library of Congress
  • Research Tools: Find the Right Open Source Tools with Bellingcat’s New Online Investigations Toolkit
  • EBSCO Releases 2025 Serials Price Projections Report
  • Journal Article: “Responsible AI Practice in Libraries and Archives: A Review of the Literature” 
  • SPARC Awarded $6 Million, 6-Year Grant from Arcadia
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