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December 19, 2024

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Academic Movers Q&A: Shamella Cromartie on Opening More Access to Academic Librarianship
By Amy Rea
Shamella Cromartie, associate dean of organizational performance and administration at Clemson University Libraries, was named a 2024 Library Journal Mover & Shaker for her work to expand outreach, membership, and support for Black librarians in South Carolina. We recently spoke with Cromartie to learn more about these projects.
 
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Facing Book Bans, Libraries Need to Skill Up. Enter READCON.
By Kathy Ishizuka
IMLS-funded READCON provides free, self-guided training to help library practitioners build strong community relationships, manage difficult situations, and engage stakeholders. Public, school, and academic library workers are also welcome to READCON's Legal Landscape of Librarianship Forum, February 18–20.
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A Cinema Maestro, Environmental Catastrophe, and Hope After Breast-Reconstructive Surgery | Real Reels
By Joshua Blevins Peck
This month’s can’t-miss documentaries include the shocking story of Love Canal, a harrowing depiction of sexual assault, and a joyous celebration of composer Ennio Morricone.
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Mexican American Coal Miners, a Young Donald Trump, and the Cinematic Art of Lee Chang-dong | Fast Scans
By Jeff T. Dick
This month’s top indie and foreign films feature a biopic of 1970s Donald Trump, a dramatization of a New Mexican coal strike, and a quartet of works from South Korean filmmaker Lee Chang-dong.
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History of Disabilities: Disabilities in Society, Seventeenth to Twentieth Century | eReviews
By Gricel Dominguez
This unique Gale collection offers valuable materials about the perception of disability in the late 19th and 20th centuries.
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“The questions that we’re trying to answer are how do racially and ethnically minoritized library academic support staff describe the work they do in academic libraries, how do they perceive the career ladder within academic libraries, what barriers do they perceive in career advancement, and what incentives or motivations would cause this group to pursue career advancement toward professional librarian positions?” 

 

—From “Academic Movers Q&A: Shamella Cromartie on Opening More Access to Academic Librarianship”
Gale Literature Resource Center | eReview
By Sarah Hashimoto
This database includes intuitive tools that help students learn how to approach literary works, make assessments, and formulate arguments. 
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Choosing the Right Academic Journal: Four Key Factors for Researchers


Publishing in a journal that isn’t reputable can reduce the credibility of research, hinder one’s career, and lessen the impact of research findings. When choosing a journal, researchers should talk with their colleagues, supervisors, and librarians to find out which publications they read regularly and which they perceive as the most highly respected in their field.

 

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From LJ Reviews:

HISTORY
PREMIUM
The Discovery of Ottoman Greece: Knowledge, Encounter, and Belief in the Mediterranean World of Martin Crusius
By Richard Calis
This work aptly illustrates a lesser-known link in classical reception. It will have broad scholarly appeal between both religious history and classical studies readers.
 
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The African Revolution: A History of the Long Nineteenth Century
By Richard Reid
An interactive history in which Africans and Europeans together played parts in transforming the continent in the modern age. Will appeal to students of Africa and general readers prepared for a fresh perspective.
 
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American Oasis: Finding the Future in the Cities of the Southwest
By Kyle Paoletta
A thoughtful exploration of the realities and history of the Southwest in the U.S.
RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY
PREMIUM
Experiments in Mystical Atheism: Godless Epiphanies from Daoism to Spinoza and Beyond
By Brook Ziporyn
Philosophically minded thinkers will find this clearly written, accessible work to be rewarding as a challenge to consider other perspectives.
 
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Happy Lies: How a Movement You (Probably) Never Heard Of Shaped Our Self-Obsessed World
By Melissa Dougherty
Dougherty is one of only a few people challenging the New Thought philosophy, which has influenced current culture and thinking in the United States. Her book’s tone is conversational and integrates her personal experiences, which is an approach that will appeal to many general readers. It makes a good addition to religion and philosophy collections.
 
Francis of Assisi: The Life of a Restless Saint
By Volker Leppin
Easily the most comprehensive and scholarly work ever written on Francis of Assisi, this highly recommended work belongs in all religious collections.
ECONOMICS
PREMIUM
99% Perspiration: A New Working History of the American Way of Life
By Adam Chandler
An articulate critique of rags-to-riches mythology and government policies about labor in the United States.
 
Industrial Policy for the United States: Winning the Competition for Good Jobs and High-Value Industries
By Marc Fasteau & Ian Fletcher
This is a rich, thought-provoking study that will appeal to readers interested in the practicalities of public policy.
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Social Sciences | Prepub Alert, June 2025 Titles
By Melissa DeWild and Neal Wyatt
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers makes her nonfiction debut, Sara Kehaulani Goo describes her family’s journey to keep their ancestral Hawaiian lands, and Brando Simeo Starkey writes a history of the Supreme Court’s role in sustaining white supremacy
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Biography & Memoir | Prepub Alert, June 2025 Titles
By Melissa DeWild and Neal Wyatt
A central figure in the Harlem Renaissance, the members of ABBA, and the outlaw Belle Starr are among the subjects of this month's key life stories.
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Literary Fiction | Prepub Alert, June 2025 Titles
By Melissa DeWild and Neal Wyatt
Award-winning Susan Choi and Joyce Carol Oates offer new novels, and Ho-Yeon Kim's international bestseller is released in the U.S.
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NYT’s Best Book Covers of 2024 | Book Pulse
By Sarah Wolberg
NYT chooses the best book covers of 2024, CrimeReads selects the year’s best espionage fiction, and CBC names the year’s best Canadian nonfiction. The Bookseller analyzes over 900 titles named in the media’s best books lists this year and finds that Percival Everett’s James features most prominently. The longlists for the Porchlight Business Book Awards are revealed.
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Joseph Earl Thomas Wins Center for Fiction First Novel Prize | Book Pulse
By Sarah Wolberg
Joseph Earl Thomas’s God Bless You, Otis Spunkmeyer wins the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. Poets & Writers shares its 20th annual look at debut poets. Tessa Hull’s Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir and Leela Corman’s Victory Parade top Publishers Weekly’s 2024 Graphic Novel Critics Poll.
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From the Pages of infoDOCKET...

  • Research Tools: Introducing DiscoverGov: GPO’s (U.S. Government Publishing Office) New Discovery Search Tool
  • HathiTrust Provides a Sneak Peek of Some of the Titles Entering the Public Domain in January 2025
  • Research Paper (Preprint): “Are There Stars in Bluesky? A Comparative Exploratory Analysis of Altmetric Mentions Between X and Bluesky”
  • A New Research Initiative from the Harvard Law School Library: The Institutional Data Initiative (IDI) Launches Today
  • Sage is Acquiring Scientific and Medical Publisher Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
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