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June 20, 2019
Audio-Visual Archival Summer School Indiana University Libraries Hosts First AV Archival Summer School
By Matt Enis
The Indiana University Libraries Moving Image Archive hosted the first Biennial Audio-Visual Archival Summer School, May 13–26, in collaboration with the International Federation of Film Archives and the Coordinating Council of Audiovisual Archives Associations.
Steven Bell Academic Librarians’ Extra Credit Conundrum | From the Bell Tower
By Steven Bell
No matter what your teaching responsibilities are in higher education, you likely have opinions about extra credit. The challenge for librarians is how to deal with extra credit when they have no control over it.
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RapidILL Ex Libris Buys Colorado State’s RapidILL Solution
By Matt Enis
Ex Libris announced the acquisition of RapidILL, the resource sharing system developed by Colorado State University Libraries that now provides more than 330 academic libraries in the United States, Canada, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand with interlibrary lending services for articles, returnables, and open access materials.
Brothers Down World War II in Focus | History, June 2019
By LJ Reviews
From Pearl Harbor to D-Day and beyond, these seven new titles reexamine the events and repercussions of World War II.
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Claudia Rankine Rankine’s The White Card Debuts at NYPL
By Vanesa Willoughby
On June 6, poet, essayist, playwright, and 2016 MacArthur Fellow Claudia Rankine launched the New York premiere of her first published play, a new one-act titled The White Card, at the New York Public Library Steven A. Schwarzman building.
"On the plus side, extra credit can be a significant motivator for some students. It can encourage them to try something new, attend a program, see an exhibit, discover a new destination, or go the extra step to learn something new...but the joy is diminished by knowing what’s motivating the students is an extrinsic incentive rather than the student’s own intrinsic thirst for discovery."
ransforming Libraries To Serve Graduate Students Global Library Perspectives, Information Literacy, Campus Outreach | Professional Reading, May 2019
By LJ Reviews
A fascinating look at the kinds of “mind-set, skill sets” academic libraries and librarians need to excel in the 21st century; an excellent resource for any library that serves graduate and professional students.
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SCIENCES
PREMIUM

Gender and Our Brains: How New Neuroscience Explodes the Myths of the Male and Female Minds
By Gina Rippon
This book serves as a warning of all the ways we limit children, especially girls, without even realizing it. Best for readers with a strong interest in girls’ education and a background in science.
PREMIUM
The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator
By Timothy C Winegard
There’s room for a popular history on this fascinating topic, but readers should be cautioned that this study is uneven.
SOCIAL SCIENCE
PREMIUM

Skin Deep: Journeys in the Divisive Science of Race
By Gavin Evans
An easy read for casual audiences. Those without much prior knowledge of the development of racial science and where it stands today will find this to be a thorough historical introduction..
POLITICAL SCIENCE
PREMIUM

Syria’s Secret Library: Reading and Redemption in a Town Under Siege
By Mike Thomson
A compelling window into the lives of Syrians’ living in a war zone. Recommended for readers interested in the Syrian civil war and the refugee crisis.
PREMIUM
How To Read the Constitution and Why
By Kim Wehle
People of all political persuasions will benefit from this book, especially with a battle looming between Congress and the president in the coming months.
HISTORY
PREMIUM

The Great Partnership: Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, and the Fate of the Confederacy
By Christian B Keller
Readers interested in the American Civil War and its leaders will find much to enjoy in this fresh, new interpretation.
The Bastard Brigade: The True Story of the Renegade Scientists and Spies Who Sabotaged the Nazi Atomic Bomb
By Sam Kean
An exciting read for fans of World War II history, espionage tales, and the development of nuclear weapons.
Day of Dialog 2019 In the News | Day of Dialog 2019
By Liz French
LJ Day of Dialog 2019's nonfiction panel, "In the News," featured Karine Jean-Pierre, Dina Nayeri, James Poniewozik, and Matt Taibbi.
Rebekkah Smith Aldrich Sustainability | Next, Do These 5 Things
By Rebekkah Smith Aldrich
Sustainability is no longer to be relegated to the “green team” (as awesome as they can be!). It is no longer a once-a-year theme we address in April or on Earth Day. This topic is, or should be, front-and-center in how we think about everything we do.
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The Dreamt Land Notes on Nature
By LJ Reviews
Reviews of The Dreamt Land: Chasing Water and Dust Across California; The Honey Bus: A Memoir of Loss, Courage and a Girl Saved by Bees; and Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love.
American Moonshot The Space Race
By LJ Reviews
Reviews of American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race; One Giant Leap: The Impossible Mission That Flew Us to the Moon; and Chasing the Moon: The People, the Politics, and the Promise That Launched America into the Space Age.
Collecting Mental Health Collecting Mental Health | Mental Wellness Management
By Laurie Selwyn
Nineteen titles on mental health and wellness.
The Shadow of Vesuvius End-of-Year History: Nonfiction Previews, Dec. 2019, Pt. 3 | Prepub Alert
By Barbara Hoffert
From Pliny the Younger and God’s mission in America to the sinking of the Titanic and the tragic 1983 Beirut bombing of the U.S. Marines barracks.
Vincent van Gogh Van Gogh's Life & Works | Fine Arts, June 2019
By LJ Reviews
Art students, scholars, and anyone with a general interest in art and art history will enjoy this informative volume; this book makes accessible artworks that are not readily available to many.
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