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December 7, 2023

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An Invitation, a Love Song, a How-to Manual: Practicing Privacy Literacy in Academic Libraries | Peer to Peer Review

By Sarah Hartman-Caverly and Alexandria Chisholm 

It’s easy, as librarian-educators, to be overwhelmed and intimidated by the pace of technological change, as well as dismissive of the need for educating students and patrons about privacy on the assumption that they have fully embraced these technologies and likely don’t care. But the reality is that students do care about privacy, and want to be able to make informed, intentional choices about how they are known by and accessible to others. 

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Best Social Sciences of 2023

By Jill Cox-Cordova 

Racism, poverty, and burnout are dominant themes of many of 2023’s best social sciences books. But there is also joy, along with journeys to find comfort and welcoming communities.    

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Three Things Every Librarian Should Know About Open Access Content

As more academic journals embrace open access publishing models in response to shifting requirements from funders, open access content is playing an increasingly significant role in modern research. 

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Best Science & Technology of 2023

By Jill Cox-Cordova & Neal Wyatt 

The best science and technology titles of 2023 entice, educate, and entertain readers. These books are a mixture of dirt, delight, and a demand for change. 

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Gale Digital Scholar Lab | eReview

By Gricel Dominguez 

Gale Digital Scholar Lab empowers users to aggregate large sets of digital humanities archival data while taking tech setup out of the process. 

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Atomic Testing and Adventurous Music | Real Reels

By Joshua Blevins Peck  

This month's must-see documentaries feature eccentric art thieves, trailblazing women musicians, and submarine volcanoes. 

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LJ Talks with Kathryn Earle, Managing Director for Bloomsbury Publishing

By Sarah Hashimoto 

Kathryn Earle, managing director for Bloomsbury Publishing, discusses Bloomsbury’s signature style and shares insight into how their resources contribute to scholarship, research, and discovery. 

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“We advocate that people—not data or technologies—are the rightful center of privacy work. A deep affection for our students, patrons, colleagues, and other community members, and concern for their well-being, permeates these accounts of privacy literacy efforts.... By collecting their stories, we are laying groundwork to advocate for formal recognition, resources, staffing, and other means of official support for privacy work as library work.” 

 

—From “An Invitation, a Love Song, a How-to Manual: Practicing Privacy Literacy in Academic Libraries | Peer to Peer Review” 

LJ Talks with Seth Cayley, Vice President of Global Academic Product at Gale

By Sarah Hashimoto 

Seth Cayley, vice president of global academic product at Gale, part of Cengage Group, offers insight into how Gale provides up-to-date content and innovative research tools for its users. 

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Librarians Are Instrumental in Supporting Open Access Publishing—and F1000 Can Help

With new guidelines stating that by Dec. 31, 2025, all federally funded research should be made freely available to the public moving forward, the momentum toward open access publishing at colleges and universities is growing.

 

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From LJ Reviews:

PERFORMING ARTS 

PREMIUM  

There She Goes Again: Gender, Power, and Knowledge in Contemporary Film and Television Franchises

By Aviva Dove–Viebahn  

A thoughtful, scholarly investigation into the complexities of how powerful women are conceptualized and presented in the current media landscape. Eminently suitable for libraries with feminist and women-in-media collections. Likely to be of particular use to those seeking analyses of postfeminist media centered on women protagonists. 

 

PREMIUM  

Goodbye Russia: Rachmaninoff in Exile

By Fiona Maddocks  

Music specialists and casual readers will find this an absorbing account of Rachmaninoff’s years in exile. 

 

Charlie Chaplin and the Nazis: The Long German Campaign Against the Artist

By Norbert Aping  

An incredibly detailed and successful book about Charlie Chaplin that does not lose film fans. More general readers can skip over much of the thorough analysis but still benefit from the book. 

SPIRITUALITY & RELIGION   

American Zion: A New History of Mormonism

By Benjamin E. Park  

A book about Mormonism that will stand the test of time. General readers should be riveted by a story well told; scholars will be engaged by arguments worth debating. 

 

PREMIUM  

The Lost World of the Prophets: Old Testament Prophecy and Apocalyptic Literature in Ancient Contexts

By John H. Walton 

Some readers may view this as a covert attack on the authority of scripture, but many others will find the questions posed in this title to be incidental to gaining a deeper and more nuanced appreciation of biblical prophecy. 

FINE ARTS 

PREMIUM  

Artists in Residence: Downtown New York in the 1970s

By Stephen Aiken  

Recommended for its immediacy, this personal reminiscence tells readers what 1970s New York was like. 

 

Yevonde: Life and Colour

By Clare Freestone & others  

With color photography the norm today, it’s fascinating to learn about the work and life of an artist who helped launch color photography. 

 

Called to the Camera: Black American Studio Photographers

By Brian Piper & others  

Enhances understanding of an aspect of American photography not well enough understood until now. 

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Whitepaper Download - DEI in Campus Libraries: Key Challenges and Opportunities”


In coordination with EBSCO Information Services, Library Journal recently polled academic librarians and students at higher-education institutions nationwide to gather their views on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. This free whitepaper features important insights as well as key challenges and best practices for implementing DEI initiatives in campus libraries. 

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Read-Alikes for Oath and Honor by Liz Cheney | LibraryReads

By Thomas Karel & Tina Panik 

Oath and Honor by Liz Cheney is the top holds title of the week. LibraryReads and Library Journal offer read-alikes for patrons waiting to read this buzziest book. 

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History | Prepub Alert, June 2024 Titles

By Melissa DeWild and Neal Wyatt 

A discography of hip-hop, two considerations of WWII, from sea and air, WWI’s Eastern Front, and a new consideration of U.S. exploration. 

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Not a Drop To Drink

By Tina Panik and Marjorie Mann 

Two titles examine the United States’ fresh-water crisis. 

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ProQuest One Psychology | eReview

By Sarah Hashimoto 

ProQuest One Psychology is an invaluable tool that provides access to a comprehensive collection of multiformat materials centered on psychology and counseling curriculums.

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Science | Prepub Alert, May 2024 Titles

By Melissa DeWild and Neal Wyatt 

Sean Carroll explains the Standard Model of particle physics, the star of My Octopus Teacher urges a deeper connection to nature, and more titles explore the wonders of the universe. 

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Tyriek White Wins Center for Fiction First Novel Prize for We Are a Haunting | Book Pulse

By Kate Merlene  

Tyriek White wins the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize for We Are a Haunting. Patricia Engel wins the Dos Passos Prize. Ten writers receive Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grants. Christianity Today announces its 2024 Book Awards. 

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  • NEH Funded Street & Smith Digitization Project Completed (113,342 pages From 4,790 Dime Novels)

  • UC Berkeley Researchers Present Starling-7B, An Open LLM

  • A New Issue of Code4Lib Journal (Issue 58) is Now Available Online

  • Milestones: Over One Million Card Catalog Records Digitized in Copyright Public Records System Pilot

  • Official Launch of the Experimental Publishing Compendium

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