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Library Science Programs Move Largely Online for Fall
By Elisa Shoenberger
As universities and colleges across the United States grapple with the best way to proceed with fall terms given the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, American Library Association–accredited library science programs are providing a variety of options to their students. Some are going fully online while others are offering hybrid courses with online and in-person components. |
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University of Iowa To Create Archive of Black Lives Matter Protesters’ Spray Painting
By Lisa Peet
In Iowa City, a group known as the Iowa Freedom Riders (IFR) demonstrated against systemic racism and police violence during the first week of June, by blocking traffic and spray-painting messages across the city, including on the walls of a number of University of Iowa (UI) buildings. UI archivists recognized that the messages were part of the school’s institutional memory. |
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Addressing Bias in Research Instruction
By Susannah Goldstein
While considering research material, students need to talk about whose voices are not at the table and think critically about how sources came to be. |
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What Can I Do? My Path from Climate Despair to Action
By Jane Fonda
This urgent call for environmental action will have the most impact on readers already familiar with Fonda and her activism during the Vietnam War. It will also pique the interest of others wondering, What can I do? |
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Request for Info: Library Renovation or Construction Projects
Library Journal is collecting information about recently completed library construction projects for inclusion in an upcoming issue. If you completed a library construction or renovation project between July 1, 2019 and June 30, 2020, please tell us about it! Click on the link below where you can download a working copy of the form and fill out your responses online.
Academic libraries: www.LibraryJournal.com/AcademicArch2020
The deadline for submissions has been extended to September 4, 2020. |
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