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 Oregon Governor Fires State Librarian By Lisa Peet In a decision that caught many members of the Oregon library community by surprise, Gov. Kate Brown fired Oregon State Librarian MaryKay Dahlgreen on March 13. |
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| SPONSORED BY OCLC  What’s “Next” for libraries? Every week, OCLC’s Next blog brings you relevant, inspired stories that can help your library achieve more breakthroughs on behalf of your users. |
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 2018 AIA/ALA Library Building Awards Announced By Christina Vercelletto The American Institute of Architects (AIA) partners each year with the American Library Association (ALA)/Library Leadership and Management Association to recognize the best in library architecture and design. The 2018 AIA/ALA Library Building Awards, announced on April 6, included public libraries from Cape Cod to California. |
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| SPONSORED BY INGRAM CONTENT GROUP  How Libraries Relate in a Politicized World, A Podcast Series Life in the information age—preceded by the 24-hour news cycle and the internet—has made the job, gatekeeper of information, more difficult than ever. While improved access has its merits, it has also fragmented our communities. These episodes discuss the role of librarian in an often politicized world. Tune in››› |
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 Honoring Mystery’s Best | Edgar Week By Wilda Williams The Mystery Writers of America’s annual “Edgar Week” in New York City began with a memorial service honoring the late mystery author Sue Grafton at the New York Public Library and ended with the 72nd Annual Edgar Allan Poe Awards Dinner at the Grand Hyatt Hotel. |
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| "The market equilibrium of 6% annual price increase is expected to be the same or slightly higher for 2019. When placed in the context of stagnant library budgets, this level of increase is unsustainable." | | |
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 Run Your Week: Big Books, Sure Bets, & Titles Making News | Book Pulse By Neal Wyatt The Trials of Apollo Book Three: The Burning Maze by Rick Riordan leads holds this week. The James Beard book of the year is The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South by Michael W. Twitty and The Perfect Mother by Aimee Molloy is People’s Book of the Week. |
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| Xpress Reviews WEB-FIRST REVIEWS OF BOOKS AND MEDIA  Ted Dekker’s The 49th Mystic is this week’s starred fiction selection. "Dekker’s many fans will be lining up for this profound and multilayered allegorical tale, which will also appeal to readers of fantasy fiction with a spiritual bent who like a challenge." In nonfiction, conservative columnist Jonah Goldberg’s Suicide of the West: How the Rebirth of Tribalism, Populism, Nationalism, and Identity Politics Is Destroying American Democracy is this week’s starred selection. "Progressives and conservatives will have their disputes with this book, but the conversations are well worth having." Jim Butcher’s The Dresden Files, Vol. 1, Dog Men, by Butcher and Mark Powers, with illustrations by Diego Galindo and others, is one of two starred graphic novels this week. "Butcher’s many fans will not be disappointed with the action, and readers need no prior familiarity with 'The Dresden Files' to enjoy this first volume in a stand-alone graphic series (collects six single issues). Highly recommended for older teens and adults." And "fans will devour" Roan Parrish’s starred e-original, Riven. "There’s backstage drama, angst, a hot romance, and a down-to-earth look at addiction and its consequences that blends seamlessly into the story. Highly recommended for all libraries where rock star romance is popular."
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 Engagement Marketing: Put Your Library’s Story to Work Telling your library’s story is a powerful way to engage your audiences and demonstrate impact. Learn how to tell your library’s story and effectively use social media, innovative tech tools, and crucial partnerships to move your library’s marketing strategy from promotion to engagement in this multi-week online course—May 16 & 30, 2018. |
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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 Princeton University Library seeks a Social Sciences Data and Sociology Librarian |
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