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Reproductive Health at the Reference Desk
By Barbara Alvarez
The leak of the U.S. Supreme Court’s draft decision on abortion rights has sent people scrambling to understand the current state of abortion care in the United States. As tensions are at an all-time high, librarians have an opportunity to dispel some myths about abortion care and abortion access. Here is some background to help academic and public library staff answer questions that may arise. |
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Three Libraries Work with Teens to Pilot VR Program for Mental Health
By Matt Enis
The University of Washington in partnership with the Seattle Public Library; District of Columbia Public Library; and Fayette Public Library, Museum & Archives, La Grange, TX, have launched VRtality.org, a website that provides libraries and other institutions with a roadmap for co-designing virtual reality (VR) apps to support the mental health of teens. |
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Research Methods Primary Sources | eReviews
By Gricel Dominguez
This user-friendly resource, a collaboration between Adam Matthew Digital and SAGE Research Methods, is designed to introduce undergraduate students to research methodologies and primary sources. Although aimed primarily at undergraduate students, graduate students new to their field or needing a refresher will also find it useful. |
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| “Librarians face questions on a variety of topics and it is our duty to create library environments that are welcoming, nonjudgmental, and encouraging. Above all, reference services should hinge on access to information. Reproductive health care should be no different.” | | From “Reproductive Health at the Reference Desk” |
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PREMIUM
Rules: A Short History of What We Live By
By Lorraine Daston
A timely release that will satisfy the mathematically curious, who hunger to know how algorithms actually work, as well anyone who loves debating policy. |
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SPIRITUALITY & RELIGION
Evangelical Anxiety: A Memoir
By Charles Marsh
A bold, thought-provoking memoir on the intersections of faith and mental health. |
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The British Book Awards Announced | Book Pulse
By Kate Merlene
The British Book Awards are announced with Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason, Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers, The Dark Remains by William McIlvanney and Ian Rankin, and Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson winning top fiction honors. You Are a Champion by Marcus Rashford and Carl Anka wins best overall book of the year. The 2022 Xingyun Awards finalists are announced along with the 2022 Kurd Laßwitz Preis winners. |
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| ACADEMIC BESTSELLERS: Computer Science
By LJ Reviews
History of Data Visualization, Privacy Through Careful Design, Discriminating Data, and more in computer science titles: May 2021 to date as identified by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO.
1. History of Data Visualization and Graphic Communication.
Friendly, Michael
Harvard University Press
2021. ISBN 9780674975231. $49.95 2. Privacy Is Hard and Seven Other Myths: Achieving Privacy Through Careful Design.
Hoepman, Jaap-Henk
MIT Press
2021. ISBN 9780262045827. $29.95 3. Discriminating Data: Correlation, Neighborhoods, and the New Politics of Recognition.
Chun, Wendy Hui Kyong
MIT Press
2021. ISBN 9780262046220. $29.95 |
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