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After St. Louis County Library Lays Off 122 Workers, Employees Allege Retaliation for Activism
By Lisa Peet
On August 11, St. Louis County Library (SLCL), MO, announced the layoffs of 122 part-time workers. All 600 employees, both full- and part-time, had been paid during nearly three months while library buildings were closed. But a number of staff, along with other supporters, feel that the layoffs will impact services once the library reopens. Some workers have also alleged that the layoffs were retaliatory. |
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One Step Forward | Editorial
By Meredith Schwartz
On November 7, Pfizer announced interim findings of a 90 percent effectiveness rate for its SARS-CoV-2 vaccine. On November 16, Moderna announced a similar interim finding of 94.5 percent effectiveness. While there are cautionary notes—these are the companies’ numbers, not the FDA’s, and at press time the trials were not yet complete—it is still a hopeful sign that the most stringent measures to contain community spread may be behind us by 2022. Yet the right-now coronavirus news is grim. |
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Movers & Shakers 2021 | Call for Nominations Deadline Extended
The editors of Library Journal need your help identifying the emerging leaders in the library world. Movers & Shakers profiles up-and-coming, innovative, creative individuals from around the world—both great leaders and behind-the-scenes contributors—who are providing inspiration and model programs for others, including programs developed this year in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The deadline for nominations has been extended to December 15. |
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YALSA Names Five Finalists for 2021 Excellence in Nonfiction Award
By SLJ Staff
The five titles represent the breadth of nonfiction work. They include a story of survival and rescue, a memoir of war, an explanation of one of the greatest scientific achievements in history, a full account of a man once celebrated as a hero, and a look at America's flawed democracy. |
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The Last Days of John Lennon Leads Holds This Week | Book Pulse
By Mary Bakija
The Last Days of John Lennon by James Patterson with Casey Sherman leads holds this week. The January Indie Next list is up, and the top pick is The Prophets by Robert Jones, Jr. Luster by Raven Leilani wins the 2020 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. Roald Dahl's family issues an apology for anti-Semitic comments he made. |
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World of Wonders by Aimee Nezhukumatathil Is Barnes & Noble's Book of the Year | Book Pulse
By Mary Bakija
Barnes & Noble booksellers pick World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments by Aimee Nezhukumatathil, illustrated by Fumi Nakamura, as the book of the year. Half Gods by Akil Kumarasamy wins the the Bard Fiction Prize, and Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs by Camilla Townsend wins the Cundill History Prize. |
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| Reviews WEB-FIRST REVIEWS OF BOOKS AND MEDIA Caitlin Moran's More than a Woman is one of this week's starred nonfiction titles. "Moran brings readers along during her fallible and human days, showing how we can all relate to feelings of satisfaction and dissatisfaction. A must-read." In political science, Adam Jentleson's starred selection Kill Switch: The Rise of the Modern Senate and the Crippling of American Democracy is "a startling read that will provoke tough questions about governance.... This is highly recommended to all interested in government reform." Ronald Grigor Suny's biography Stalin: Passage to Revolution is another starred selection. "This impressively researched biography provides remarkable and reliable details on the first part of Stalin’s life, along with the many fissures among the Left Communists. An important accomplishment." Unfollow Me, by Charlotte Duckworth, is one of this week's starred fiction titles. "Social media and a killer story intertwine in British author Duckworth’s all-too-real portrayal of what might happen when your intimate family details are just a click away for all the world to see. Highly recommended." And in social sciences, Lindo Bacon's starred selection Radical Belonging: How To Survive and Thrive in an Unjust World (While Transforming It for the Better) "gives individuals experiencing body dysmorphia, post-traumatic stress disorder, and forms of alienation or disconnect from their bodies strategies to find their way home without feeling pressure to deny their experiences in the world."
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