Surveillance, Privacy, and the Troublesome Tech Landscape | ALA Midwinter 2021 
By Matt Enis
“The troublesome tech landscape is a vast and ever-evolving place,” said Callan Bignoli, library director of Olin College of Engineering, Needham, MA, kicking off an hour-long presentation on technology and surveillance—including the recent impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on academic surveillance—at the American Library Association's 2021 Midwinter Virtual Meeting. 

The Smithsonian Collects Artifacts from January 6 Insurrection
By Elisa Shoenberger 
In an effort to archive all aspects of America’s political life, the Smithsonian National Museum of American History is in the process of collecting items from the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol Building during the counting of the Electoral College votes.

Deepfakes and the Evolving Misinformation Ecosystem | ALA Midwinter 2021 
By Matt Enis
Deepfakes, a portmanteau of “deep learning” artificial intelligence and “fake media,” are becoming more common, and a better understanding of what they are and how they work “is vital in the current information landscape,” said John Mack Freeman, Suwanee branch manager for Gwinnett County Public Library, GA, in an hour-long presentation as part of this year’s Core Top Tech Trends panel at the American Library Association’s Midwinter Virtual Meeting,

Bloomsbury Fashion Video Archive | Reference eReviews
By Gricel Dominguez
Part of the growing Bloomsbury Fashion collection, the Bloomsbury Fashion Video Archive features more than 3,000 videos from the YOOX–NET-A-PORTER Runway Archive Collections. This selection is ideal for academic and professional institutions that support studies relevant to fashion (history, industry, and design) and the arts. 

ALA’s Ongoing Transformation | ALA Midwinter 2021
By Meredith Schwartz
At the American Library Association virtual Midwinter Meeting, the association continued its ambitious three-pronged strategy of self-reinvention. The Forward Together plan is joined by a revision-in-progress of the Operating Agreement and the Pivot Strategy. These three parallel threads ran through the virtual membership meeting, the executive board, and of course, Council convenings.

Books and Authors to Know: Titles to Watch 2021
By Barbara Hoffert
Titles To Watch includes nearly 300 key works in fiction and nonfiction, reflecting current concerns with politics, the pandemic, and #ownvoices authors and the desire to plumb personal relationships and experiences. 

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The Changing Role of Medical Librarians in a COVID-19 World

 It’s evident that the role of medical libraries and librarians has changed considerably since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The degree to which this has happened is discussed by Siemensma with Rolf Schafer and Elle Matthews, Library Manager and E-services Librarian, respectively, from St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney.

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HEALTH & MEDICINE  
The Problem of Alzheimer’s: How Science, Culture, and Politics Turned a Rare Disease Into a Crisis and What We Can Do about It
By Jason Karlawish
As science and medicine continue to study Alzheimer’s, Karlawish suggests, advances in technology, assisted living arrangements, and other lifestyle changes can be used to help people live well with the disease. A must-read on an important subject. 

The Inevitable: Dispatches on the Right to Die
By Katie Engelhart  
A must-read for anyone concerned about quality of life at the end of life.

Women in White Coats: How the First Women Doctors Changed the World of Medicine
By Olivia Campbell  
The story of these trailblazing women and their unique achievements within the medical profession in the 19th century is well written and benefits from bountiful primary sources. 

SCIENCES
PREMIUM
The Glitter in the Green: In Search of Hummingbirds
By Jon Dunn
An essential book for bird watchers, especially hummingbird lovers, as well as anyone interested in natural history,

By Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 
Part introduction to quantum mechanics and cosmology, part memoir, and part sociological study, this work challenges readers to question the nature of how science is done in contemporary society, as well as what it means when everyone has a seat at the cosmological table. For general science readers, gender and feminist studies students, and those concerned about the role feminist and racial politics plays in STEM professions

The Zoologist’s Guide to the Galaxy: What Animals on Earth Reveal about Aliens—And Ourselves
By Arik Kershenbaum  
A highly entertaining, science-based consideration of what alien life might be like. 

SPIRITUALITY & RELIGION
PREMIUM
A Burning in My Bones: The Authorized Biography of Eugene Peterson, Translator of the Message
By Winn Collier  
For those who desire an in-depth look at Peterson’s life.

PREMIUM
The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song
By Henry Louis Gates

Readers of American religious and African American history will not want to miss this title. 

Reese Witherspoon Picks The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse for February Book Club | Book Pulse
By Mary Bakija
The longlist for the 2021 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction is out, as are nominees for the 52nd NAACP Image Awards, which includes a large literary category. Jeff Bezos is stepping down as CEO, but will stay involved as executive chairman, of Amazon. 

Dear President Biden | Editorial
By Meredith Schwartz
Congratulations on your inauguration. I know you face urgent challenges and must take decisive action at scale. I write to urge you to keep libraries in mind as you design structural remedies to ameliorate the immediate crises and prevent the next. 

ACADEMIC BESTSELLERS: Business & Economics
By LJ Reviews

Economics for Hard Times, Affirmative Action Puzzle, Inequality in the Age of Finance, and more in business and economics titles: January 2020 to date as identified by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO. 

1. Good Economics for Hard Times: Better Answers to Our Biggest Problems.
Banerjee, Abhijit V.
Public Affairs
2019. ISBN 9781610399500. $30.00 

2. Affirmative Action Puzzle: A Living History from Reconstruction to Today.
Urofsky, Melvin I.
Pantheon
2020. ISBN 9781101870877. $35.00 

3. Divested: Inequality in the Age of Finance.
Lin, Ken-Hou
Oxford University Press
2020. ISBN 9780190638313. $29.95

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