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 Never Forget the High John Experiment By Laurier L. Cress in 1967 the University of Maryland’s School of Library and Information Sciences (SLIS) offered a comprehensive program that focused on topics designed to better serve the disadvantaged. It included an experimental library, High John, created and facilitated by SLIS in a predominately African American community named Fairmount Heights. |
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 Security Experts on How To Reopen Safely By Lisa Peet As libraries prepare to reopen, measures to keep staff and patrons as safe as possible from coronavirus infection are being instituted across the country. But most of those measures require patron cooperation. General worries over lack of compliance or having to enforce new rules have added an extra layer of uncertainty for those returning to work. |
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 National Emergency Library Is Closing Two Weeks Early By Gary Price From an Internet Archive blog post by Brewster Kahle: Today we are announcing the National Emergency Library will close on June 16th, rather than June 30th, returning to traditional controlled digital lending. |
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| "There’s no question that it’s been hard for the library team to go from working in the building to working remotely. We want to know what issues they’re having, and they shouldn’t have to raise them during a live forum. You have to reassure your people that these are things we all understand." | | |
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 Joy Bivins, Maureen Sullivan, Chad Helton, and More Library People News By Lisa Peet Joy Bivins is the new Associate Director of Collections and Research Services at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Maureen Sullivan is the Interim State Librarian at the Connecticut State Library, Chad Helton was named director of the Hennepin County Library system, and more library people news. |
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| | A Woman's Place: Inside the Fight for a Feminist Future By Kylie Cheung Accessible and important, this resource would be a suitable addition to introductory-level women's, gender, and sexuality studies courses, and will also appeal to readers interested in expanding on or challenging narratives about the waves of feminism. |
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 Didion, Saunders, Seidule, & Winchester: Sneak-Preview Nonfiction, Jan. 2021, Pt. 1 | Prepub Alert By Barbara Hoffert New works from Joan Didion, George Saunders, and Simon Winchester always excite, and Ty Seidule, a Southern-raised retired brigadier general, demands a reckoning with the Confederacy. |
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 ACADEMIC BESTSELLERS: Geography By LJ Reviews The last untold tale from the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, a treasure trove of cartographic delights, and collection of new insights about the relationships between networks and maps top the list of best-selling geography books, as compiled by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO. 1. A Polar Affair: Antarctica's Forgotten Hero and the Secret Love Lives of Penguins Davis, Lloyd Spencer Pegasus Books. 2019. ISBN 9781643131252. $29.95. 2. Fifty Maps and the Stories They Tell Brotton, Jerry Bodleian Library University of Oxford. 2019. ISBN 9781851245239. $20. 3. Connections and Content: Reflections on Networks and the History of Cartography Monmonier, Mark S. Esri. 2019. ISBN 9781589485594. $39.99. |
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 Job Zone utilizes unique job matching technology to help you find the perfect job (and employers find the perfect candidate), whether you’re actively seeking or just keeping an eye out for your possibilities. Log on today and check out our newest features, including automated job and candidate matches, and email alerts. JOB OF THE WEEK Allen County Public Library (IN) seeks an Assistant Library Branch Manager |
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