For years, library Pride Month offerings reflected the upbeat tone of their rainbow decor, celebrating and commemorating LGBTQIA+ people and experiences. Putting up a Pride display in 2023 has, in many parts of the country, become an act of resistance—part of a long-standing and honorable tradition of stepping forward for, and within, the LGBTQIA+ community.
The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Seventh Edition and the Concise Guide to APA Style, Seventh Edition are the ultimate portable resources. Both are available as ebooks on Amazon Kindle, RedShelf, and VitalSource, alongside the Wall Street Journal and Publishers Weekly best-selling print editions.
Dr. Shannon Jones, director of libraries and professor at the Medical University of South Carolina–Charleston, was named a 2021 Library Journal Mover & Shaker for her significant commitment to mentoring other library workers in medical and academic librarianship, as well as creating a Medical Library Association book club focused on books discussing diversity, equity, and inclusion. LJ recently talked with her to learn what she’s been doing since then.
Kid lit authors attending ALA Annual are ready to support and work with embattled librarians as they manage attacks on their work. SLJ spoke with Samira Ahmed, Jas Hammonds, Angela Joy, and Eliot Schrefer about the importance of spending time with librarians at the conference discussing books, censorship, and supporting young readers.
Library Journal's annual award for the Best Small Library in America was founded in 2005 to encourage and showcase the exemplary work of these libraries. It honors the U.S. public library that most profoundly demonstrates outstanding service to populations of 25,000 or less. The winner will be announced at the 2023 Association for Rural & Small Libraries (ARSL) Conference, and thanks to support from ARSL, will receive a scholarship to attend and the opportunity to speak. The winning library will also receive a cash award, and two finalist libraries will be also be honored.
“A lot of people are making it up as they go along, and they’re not getting that step-by-step process, either from administrators or fellow library workers.”
A new national NPR/Ipsos poll reveals that 52% of Republicans are opposed to banning books from schools, whereas book bans are supported by 5% of Democrats, 16% of Independents, and 35% of Republicans. Paige Cowan-Hall has won the Women’s Prize Trust 2023 Discoveries Prize for her yet-to-be-published historical fiction novel Marooned. The Society of Authors announced this year’s Authors’ Awards shortlists across 11 categories.
While Open Access has been a frequent topic of discussion in academic libraries for more than a decade, Open Access materials can play a role in public libraries. The challenge is to curate the ones patrons need and make them findable. Through panel discussions with public library staff who are developing OA collections, this series provides an overview of the current OA landscape and offers advice for implementing an OA strategy.
Cross Down by James Patterson and Brendan DuBois leads holds this week. Other buzzy books include: Unfortunately Yours by Tessa Bailey, Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan, The Paris Daughter by Kristin Harmel, and Pageboy by Elliot Page. AudioFile announces the June 2023 Earphones Award Winners. The 2022 Aurealis Awards winners are announced, along with the 37th Annual Asimov’s Readers’ Award winners.
USA Today’s June Book Club pick is T.J. Newman’s Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 1421. The July Indie Next List is out; the top pick is The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession by Michael Finkel. Crime Writers’ Association appoints Vaseem Khan as its first non-white chair. The 2023 Premios Kelvin finalists are announced. Jasmine Sealy’s The Island of Forgetting wins the Amazon First Novel Award, honoring the best debut Canadian novel.
Pulling data from several different sources and making sense of all this information is a significant hurdle for academic librarians. Yet, librarians must be able to do this effectively not only to make sound, evidence-based decisions about their use of campus resources—but also to meet federally mandated reporting requirements (such as IPEDS). Learn how Panorama, a next-gen analytics platform can simplify this process.
Rose Wilding's debut thriller Speak of the Devil is a starred mystery. The novel "entwines the searing stories of several women who suffered at the hands of the same man. This cautionary tale satisfies in its culmination of long-overdue justice for spurned women." Chasing Shadows: My Life Tracking the Great White Shark, by Greg Skomal and Ret Talbot, is a starred sciences selection. "Fans of Jaws and 'Shark Week' will love this book, but it’s also a compelling read for anyone interested in oceans, wildlife, conservation, or scientific adventures. An excellent title for readers who’ve ever been at the ocean’s edge and wondered what was out there." Also in sciences, Benyamin Cohen's The Einstein Effect: How the World’s Favorite Genius Got into Our Cars, Our Bathrooms, and Our Minds is another starred title. "Readers won’t find a livelier celebration of Einstein’s work and life. A great recommendation for teens and adults alike." And The Elissas: Three Girls, One Fate, and the Deadly Secrets of Suburbia, by Samantha Leach, is a starred social sciences selection. "An intimate, moving narrative peppered with harsh statistics, love, angst, and the author’s own admirable vulnerability."
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