The Hartford Public Library, CT, recently received a $14,000 grant from the Aurora Foundation for Women and Girls toward a new program, Barriers Can’t Stop Us: Building Immigrant Women’s Success. The program will help 30 female students who immigrated to the United States while they were in high school access the resources they need to stay in school and complete their college degrees.
In the archives profession, MLS/MLIS degrees are becoming more important; Black, Indigenous, and people of color continue to be underrepresented; and as many as 20 percent of workers are considering leaving the profession within the next five years. These are just a few of the findings in “A*CENSUS II All Archivists Survey Report” from Ithaka S+R and the Society of American Archivists.
Abstract: Librarians are feeling the squeeze. As they seek to meet changing patron expectations and a dynamic technological environment, they are often simultaneously faced with budget cuts and leadership looking over their shoulder for evidence of institutional value.
The proposed merger between Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster has attracted the attention of the Justice Department, which is concerned that the $2.2 billion deal will shrink opportunities for writers, and hurt consumers, by turning the Big Five publishers (once the Big Six, until Penguin and Random House completed their merger in 2013) into the Big Four.
“Students will graduate, they’re accepted, but getting from point A to point B there’s a lot of things that can fall apart.”
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O’Neill incorporates many examples from young-adult fiction as he provides clear, nonjudgmental evidence of the American fascination with, rather than fear of, life after death, focusing on the prevalent theme of optimism.
Despite some flaws, this wide-ranging, clearly written volume will help researchers understand the past, present, and potential future of Latinos in the United States.
While generously illustrated to elucidate the text, this is no coffee table book for casual readers. It’s a deeply researched, important contribution to the study of art history, with relevance to disciplines beyond the study of African art.
Abstract: Many technological trends in library management were evident before the Covid-19 pandemic. However, the pandemic significantly accelerated the pace of those changes. To boost agility, libraries are turning to SaaS solutions, analytics, digital transformation, open applications and their community of peers.
The 2022 Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award short list is announced, including works by Ash Davidson, Hermione Hoby, Kirstin Valdez Quade, and Dawnie Walton. Claire Oshetsky and Wayétu Moore win the 2022 William Saroyan International Prize. The 2022 Seiun Awards winners are announced.
Awards announcements abound with the 24th International Latino Book Awards, the 2022 Dayne Ogilvie Prize finalists, the 2022 Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize longlist, and the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Awards.
A recent study shows truth in the saying, “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.” Published in Nature, it examined Facebook relationships of 72 million people—84 percent of U.S. adults 25 to 44—and found that the biggest determining factor of a neighborhood’s less wealthy children obtaining positive economic mobility as adults was how much they connected with people outside their economic strata.
How COVID Shook the World Economy, Future of Money, Sanctions as a Tool of Modern War, and more in business and economicstitles: August 2021 to date as identified by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO.
1. Shutdown: How COVID Shook the World's Economy. Tooze, Adam Viking
2021. ISBN 9780593297551 $28.00
2. Future of Money: How the Digital Revolution Is Transforming Currencies and Finance. Prasad, Eswar S. Belknap Harvard
2021. ISBN 9780674258440 $35.00
3. Economic Weapon: The Rise of Sanctions as a Tool of Modern War. Mulder, Nicholas Yale University Press 2022. ISBN 9780300259360 $32.50
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