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Charleston Conference Panel Discusses Getting Back To Business Post-COVID By Lisa Peet Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, this year the Charleston Conference took place virtually from November 2–6. Video recordings of the sessions will be available on their pages in Pathable for one year after the conference ends; content will then move to the conference website and be available OA from there. |
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LJ Librarian of the Year Award | Call for Nominations The LJ editors are seeking nominations for the 33rd annual Library Journal Librarian of the Year Award to honor a professional librarian for outstanding achievement and accomplishments reflecting the loftiest service goals of the library profession. Submit your nominations by November 21. |
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The Law of Innocence by Michael Connelly Tops Holds This Week | Book Pulse By Mary Bakija The Law of Innocence by Michael Connelly tops holds this week, and LibraryReads and Indie Next offer several recommendations for additional buzzy new releases. Infinite Cities: A Trilogy of Atlases—San Francisco, New Orleans, New York by Rebecca Solnit, Joshua Jelly-Schapiro, and Rebecca Snedeker wins the 2020 Alice Award. |
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Movers & Shakers 2021 | Call for Nominations The editors of Library Journal need your help identifying the emerging leaders in the library world. Movers & Shakers profiles up-and-coming, innovative, creative individuals from around the world—both great leaders and behind-the-scenes contributors—who are providing inspiration and model programs for others, including programs developed this year in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
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Luster and Stakes Is High Win 2020 Kirkus Prize | Book Pulse By Mary Bakija Luster by Raven Leilani, Stakes Is High: Life After the American Dream by Mychal Denzel Smith, and I Am Every Good Thing by Derrick Barnes, illustrated by Gordon C. James, win the 2020 Kirkus Prize. Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May tops the December Indie Next List. |
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Reviews WEB-FIRST REVIEWS OF BOOKS AND MEDIA Violence in American Society: An Encyclopedia of Trends, Problems, and Perspectives, edited by Chris Richardson, is one of this week's starred social sciences selections. "An ideal overview of American violence that will pique the interest of general readers and provide high school students and undergraduates with an outstanding resource for reports and background research." Michelle Gallen's debut novel Big Girl, Small Town is a starred fiction selection. "With echoes of Gail Honeyman’s Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine crossed with the 1990s-set British sitcom Derry Girls, this debut is recommended for fans of Ottessa Moshfegh, Emma Donoghue, and Sally Rooney." Also in fiction, Chelsea G Summers's starred debut A Certain Hunger is "presented as a prison memoir...narrated by the funny and astute Dorothy Daniels, a food critic who just happens to be an unrepentant cannibalistic serial killer.... You won’t soon forget Dorothy or her delicious insights, but fair warning: This book might turn you into a vegetarian, if you aren’t already." Robert E. Lee and Me: A Southerner’s Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause, by Ty Seidule, is another starred social sciences selection. "Seidule openly confronts his own indifference to racism, and this absorbing book will be of value to anyone interested in how history informs our present." See All Reviews››› |
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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 American Library Association seeks an Executive Director, Public Library Association (PLA) |
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