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October 26, 2023

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Holding Steady | Placements and Salaries Survey 2022

By Andrew Gerber 

Although lacking 2022’s dramatic job market gains, this year’s Placements and Salaries survey demonstrated a hard-won stability

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Rethinking LIS Curricula to Add Defense Training

By Jess deCourcy Hinds 

Graduate schools and other programs design safety, self-defense, and de-escalation instruction for librarians. 

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Preparing for the Future of Open Access Publishing

The OSTP memo has important, and far-reaching, implications for how universities and other institutions share their research findings with the public moving forward. While it will advance the future of open-access publishing significantly, it also will impose many challenges on the academic community.

 

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Broadcasting America: The Rise of Mass Media and Communication | eReview

By Rob Tench 

The documents and visual materials in this compilation detail the companies, events, and pioneers crucial to the 20th-century growth of the mass media and communications industry in the U.S. 

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Platino Educa | eReview

By Michael Rodriguez

Designed by and for higher-education teachers in Spain, Latin America, and the U.S., Platino Educa delivers access to hundreds of hard-to-find Spanish-language and Portuguese-language films. 

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Digital Humanities Teaches Students Critical Analysis Skills


Students learn invaluable skills they can apply in a variety of settings and applications. Across the nation, there has been renewed debate over the value of humanities degree programs as campus leaders look to overcome steep budget challenges.

 

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Subcommittee Hearing Focuses on School Library Content

By Steve Zalusky 

A hearing held October 19 by the House Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee on graphic content in school libraries drew testimony from both witnesses concerned about the suppression of material and others troubled by the content they see in school libraries.

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History | Prepub Alert, May 2024 Titles

By Melissa DeWild and Neal Wyatt 

World War II and the U.S. Civil War are main topics this month, while applications of medieval magic and a consideration of the White House situation room are also on offer. 

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Librarians Can Help Make Research Assessment More Effective. Here’s How

Research assessment, or the process that universities use to measure the value of published papers and other research outputs, plays a critical role in hiring, promotion, and tenure decisions. It can have a profound effect on the job stability and reputation of researchers. 

 

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From LJ Reviews:

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Humanizing Immigration: How To Transform Our Racist and Unjust System

By Bill Ong Hing 

A timely title that humanizes immigration and offers readers a deep understanding of the processes involved in seeking asylum and fighting deportation. It also clearly and expertly shows how specific enforced laws contribute to institutional racism.  

 

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A Death in Malta: An Assassination and a Family’s Quest for Justice

By Paul Caruana Galizia  

This narrative will make a good addition to both public and academic libraries, especially institutions with journalism programs. 

 

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Brooding over Bloody Revenge: Enslaved Women’s Lethal Resistance

By Nikki M. Taylor

Spanning from the colonial period through to the early national and antebellum eras, Taylor’s extensively researched book not only powerfully depicts the trauma endured by enslaved women, it also details how federal and state governments and judicial systems propped up the institution of slavery and allowed or enacted its overwhelming violence. 

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The Big Time: How the 1970s Transformed Sports in America

By Michael MacCambridge 

A valid and solid work on a decade of significant changes in the world of sports. 

 

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Elmer Bernstein, Film Composer: An Authorized Biography

By Peter M. Bernstein  

Anyone who enjoys music, movies, or music in the movies will find much to sing about in this thoughtful and well-written biography.  

 

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Southern Lights: 75 Years of the Carolina Quarterly

Ed. by Sophia Houghton & others

An excellent collection, recommended for writing students, book discussion groups, and fans of Southern literature. 

 

SCIENCES   

Taking Care: The Story of Nursing and Its Power To Change Our World

By Sarah DiGregorio

Essential reading for medical professionals or anyone interested in improving the American healthcare system, this illuminating and inspiring book shows nurses as an integral part of their communities, fighting to overcome structural inequalities such as racism, sexism, and poverty while they try to heal the nation. 

 

Women in Science Now: Stories and Strategies for Achieving Equity

By Lisa M.P. Munoz 

As studies show that awareness of gender bias leads to more inclusion, this book is essential reading for faculty, administrators, potential students, and the entire scientific community. The focus is on higher education, but the book also looks at multiple research studies and proven interventions in science programming for younger students.

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Community Building: For Modern Libraries, Bringing People Together Is Fundamental

Libraries have always been much more than just repositories for books and other materials. They’ve also been centers for community learning and brought people together to improve their lives. This goal has become even more important in the digital era.

 

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Movers & Shakers 2024 | Call for Nominations

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, and 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! Please let us know about anybody you think we should be aware of. Submissions will close on October 23, 2023.

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Lit and Legendary Comedians | Performing Arts

By Lisa Henry and Phillip Oliver 

Meticulous biographies that provide a fresh take on the lives and careers of Lucille Ball and Charlie Chaplin. 

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Scholastic Reverses Course on Controversial Book Fair Practice | Book Pulse

By Kate Merlene

Scholastic reverses course on a controversial decision to separate books about race and gender at elementary book fairs. Tian Yi wins 4thWrite prize for her short story “The Good Son.” Norton will distribute Yale University Press and Harvard University Press books starting in 2025.  

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Display Shelf | Self-Help & Wellness

By Melissa DeWild 

Anyone needing a little more joy and relaxation in their lives will welcome a shelf full of books on mindfulness and self-care. 

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An Post Irish Book Awards Shortlist | Book Pulse

By Sarah Wolberg  

The shortlist is announced for the An Post Irish Book Awards. No Country for Girls by Emma Styles wins the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize. Wanda Nanibush and Georgiana Uhlyarik win the Toronto Book Award for Moving the Museum: Indigenous + Canadian Art at the AGO. U.S. authors and European publishing trade bodies call for action on generative AI. 

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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  

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