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 Sno-Isle Offers CompTIA A+ Certification Program for IT Professionals By Matt Enis Next week, Sno-Isle Libraries, WA, will hold orientation sessions for its second cohort of aspiring IT professionals—residents of Snohomish and Island counties who will spend the next 25 weeks studying for CompTIA A+ certification, a common requirement for entry-level IT and computer service technician jobs. |
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 Publishers Weekly’s Virtual Book Show To Replace Retired BookExpo By Lisa Peet
When show organizer ReedPop announced in December 2020 that it would be retiring its family of major publishing trade shows—BookExpo, BookCon, and UnBound— Publishers Weekly saw an opportunity to organize its own event, conceiving and creating the U.S. Book Show, a virtual conference for the global bookselling and book publishing industry that will debut from May 25–27. |
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| Libraries are providing rich, creative sensory experiences to the young children who need it most. Here are ideas for stimulating, hands-on activities. |
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 Marketing Survey for Public Libraries Library Journal is fielding a survey to learn more about how public libraries promote their programs, services, resources, and general brand to their communities. The survey includes questions about target marketing, message frequency, and how marketing effectiveness is appraised. All respondents completing the survey will receive a summary of the overall results. |
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 A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas Tops Holds Lists | Book Pulse By Mary Bakija A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas leads holds this week. Other titles in demand include Missing and Endangered by J. A. Jance, A Fatal Lie by Charles Todd, and Relentless by Mark Greaney. Two books highlighted by both LibraryReads and Indie Next come out this week: The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey and First Comes Like by Alisha Rai. |
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| "What can the library do to help folks in our service area who have been laid off or had their employment impacted by COVID-19?... What could we do to help them get a job where they could [potentially] work from home and earn a living wage?" | | |
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 Series Adaptation of The Overstory by Richard Powers in the Works | Book Pulse By Mary Bakija A series adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Overstory by Richard Powers is in the works at Netflix, with Hugh Jackman and Game of Thrones creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss serving as executive producers. There's a lot of other adaptation news as well, including a look at why there are so many book to screen adaptations currently underway. |
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 The Four Winds and Four Hundred Souls Top Bestsellers Lists | Book Pulse By Mary Bakija The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah debuts at number one on the New York Times fiction bestsellers list and the USA Today list, while Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 edited by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain tops the New York Times nonfiction list and is at number eight on the USA Today list. The finalists for the 2021 PEN America Literary Awards are out, with winners to be announced April 8. |
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| Reviews WEB-FIRST REVIEWS OF BOOKS AND MEDIA  In literature, Hungry Hearts: Essays on Courage, Desire, and Belonging, edited by Jennifer Rudolph Walsh, is one of this week's starred selections. "This collection of stories will make readers laugh, cry, and come back for more; readers will enjoy the book as a whole, as it is impossible to pick a favorite story." Jonathon Mast's The Keeper of Tales is one of this week's starred SFF titles. "This is an engaging and enjoyable book with many unexpected twists and trials. The characterizations are wonderful and fit the storyline almost too well. Each character plays its part well." And Creative Crochet Projects: 12 Playful Projects for Beginners and Beyond, by Stephanie Pokorny, is this week's starred how-to title. "In her excellent first book, Pokorny gives us quick and easy designs that are eye-catching and whimsical." See All Reviews››› |
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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 Braille Institute (CA) seeks a Director of Library Services |
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