Telling the Story | LJ Marketer of the Year Award 2023 By Amy Rea & Lisa Peet Faced with a major post-lockdown attendance drop, the marketing team at Baltimore's Enoch Pratt Free Library is re-engaging patrons with creative, data-driven campaigns. Patchogue Medford Library, NY, received honorable mention. |
| No Time to Waste | Editorial By Hallie Rich We already recognize the profound impact of pandemic learning loss: student performance in math and reading has hit its lowest levels in decades. What’s more, students demonstrated slower than average growth in the last school year, meaning learning gaps aren’t closing—in some cases, they’re growing. That’s where libraries can step in. |
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| Call for Nominations | LJ Movers & Shakers 2024 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 22nd 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 2024 will celebrate those people who are moving all types of libraries ahead! Deadline to submit: October 23, 2023 |
| Banned Books Week Is Underway | Book Pulse By Kate Merlene Banned Books Week gets underway. Wildfire by Hannah Grace leads holds this week. Audiofile announces the October 2023 Earphones Award winners. Seven LibraryReads and eight Indie Next picks publish this week. People’s book of the week is The Museum of Failures by Thrity Umrigar. |
| FTC Sues Amazon | Book Pulse By Kate Merlene The FTC sues Amazon for illegally maintaining monopoly power. Jorie Graham wins the Laurel Prize. Naomi Wood wins the 2023 BBC National Short Story Award. Finalists are named for the 2023 Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize. Hollywood Reporter goes behind the scenes during the final negotiations that ended the WGA strike. LibraryReads and LJ offer read-alikes for The Running Grave by Robert Galbraith. Plus, CrimeReads celebrates 50 years of Spenser, Robert B. Parker’s iconic character. |
| Call for Nominations | LJ Librarian of the Year 2024 The LJ editors are seeking nominations for the 35th 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: November 6, 2023 |
WEB-FIRST REVIEWS OF BOOKS AND MEDIA |
In social sciences, Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South is a starred selection. "This biography offers a fresh and balanced appraisal of Longstreet’s life and postwar career. Readers interested in American history, the Civil War, and biographies will enjoy this well-written treatment." Also in social sciences, Raymond Aron's Liberty and Equality is a starred title. "Relevant for many disciplines such as philosophy, political science, sociology, and more. An essential purchase for college and university libraries." And Hailey Piper's A Light Most Hateful is a starred horror title. "A stunning novel that purposefully plays with genre conventions and centers love, even as it actively terrifies readers to their core, much like recent novels from Victor LaValle, Rachel Eve Moulton, and Chuck Tingle." See All Reviews››› |
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