The 2024 class of Movers & Shakers are involved in a range of innovative, proactive, and supportive work, including 10 librarians in academic settings who are making a difference both inside and out of their institutions.
Chicago’s Adler Planetarium, which opened on May 12, 1930, is the oldest planetarium in the Western Hemisphere, and holds one of the largest collections of historic scientific instruments in the world, as well as rare books, manuscripts, archival materials, models, and photographs. Max Adler, the institution’s namesake, purchased and donated the initial collection of instruments, which included sundials, astrolabes, telescopes, and a projector.
Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, observed in May, recognizes the achievements, contributions, and complex histories of Americans descended from 75 countries across the Asian continent. The following books, both fiction and nonfiction, provide a window into the resilience, creativity, and breadth of experience within this varied group.
Mental Health Awareness Month highlights the importance of mental wellness and promotes advocacy, sharing, compassion, and the dismantling of stereotypes. Mental health conditions are wide-ranging and include PTSD, OCD, generalized anxiety, depression, postpartum depression, schizophrenia, suicidal ideation, and more. The following books—literary fiction, romance, memoirs, and essays—were written by authors who have personal experience living with mental health challenges and speak to the importance of continued dialogue surrounding mental health.
Asian American activism refers to campaigning in the Asian American community for social and political change. Although there is tremendous diversity within the Asian American community, most groups have shared experience of discrimination, exclusion, and racism throughout their history in the United States.
First recognized by presidential proclamation in 2006, Jewish American Heritage Month celebrates the accomplishments, community, and culture of Jewish American people. The following booklist features history, biography, short stories, historical fiction, and more, all of which commemorate the breadth of experience and wide-ranging accomplishments of Jewish American individuals.
“Taking the wide view of more than two decades of Movers reveals much about the field’s status quo as well: what was remarkable that is now expected, what caught us by surprise that has been folded into the everyday.”
The Christian Book Award winners are announced, and Beth Moore’s memoir All My Knotted-Up Life is named Christian Book of the Year. The Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction shortlist is announced. Former national security advisor H. R. McMaster will publish At War with Ourselves: My Tour of Duty in the Trump White House in August. Remembrances pour in for Paul Auster, the internationally acclaimed author of “The New York Trilogy,” who has died at the age of 77.
While many academic librarians are aware of Project MUSE as a resource for scholars in the Humanities, there is additional benefit in providing access to the large volumes of content on MUSE to inform Science Technology Engineering Math scholarship.
This resource offers nuanced insights and facilitates engagement with the complexities of power and corruption in literature. A worthy addition to the series and a valuable tool for researchers and academics on this subject.
The winners of the Windham-Campbell Prize are announced. Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad wins the Aspen Words Literary Prize. Sid Marty wins the inaugural Al and Eurithe Purdy Poetry Prize for his collection Oldman’s River: New and Collected Poems. The Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association has announced the ballot for the 2024 Aurora Awards. The Booker Prize is urged to consider a name change over its link to slavery.
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