The Westport Public Library, CT, recently released Verso Records: Volume One, a 12-song vinyl album recorded and produced within the library’s walls. The library celebrated this landmark achievement—hailed as the first vinyl record entirely recorded, produced, and released by a public library—with a June 3 record release party.
Apps including Craft & Hobby, Creativebug, and Hiveclass, as well as streaming DIY video from OverDrive and hoopla, are helping patrons learn how to do everything from sewing to pickleball.
Try the IMF eLibrary Essential Reading Guides for your research needs on key issues. Get a quick start to projects by exploring curated lists of relevant IMF research in subject areas including capital flows, COVID-19, inequality, fintech, gender, inclusive growth and other important topics.
Library Journal's annual award for the Best Small Library in America was founded in 2005 to encourage and showcase the exemplary work of these libraries. It honors the U.S. public library that most profoundly demonstrates outstanding service to populations of 25,000 or less (see below for eligibility requirements). The winner will be announced at the 2023 Association for Rural & Small Libraries (ARSL) Conference, and thanks to support from ARSL, will receive a scholarship to attend and the opportunity to speak. The winning library will also receive a cash award, and two finalist libraries will be also be honored.
In these graphic biographies, the life of legendary Peanuts cartoonist Charles M. Schulz is depicted in the form of a newspaper comic strip, and the career of Marvel Comics creator Stan Lee is plotted through a succession of tightly crafted scenes, none more than a single page long.
The Aisle-by-Aisle Exhibitor Guide & Coupon Booklet is now available for download. Get an early look at the Exhibitors and what’s happening on the show floor: book signings, show specials, prize drawings, booth giveaways.
In Wake County, NC, 189 book challenges filed by Moms for Liberty in one recent week were rejected. Illinois governor signs law to protect book access, while Texas, Indiana, and Iowa get new legal restrictions.
“The tracks were recorded live with minimal overdubs—preserving the human element in music. If you’re expecting to hear pitch correction, you’ve come to the wrong place, but you will hear some fantastic vocals and marvelous music!”
From flying pirate houses to excoriating studies of society, these 300+ titles are a catalogue of great reading from our pages since the start of 2023 through the June issue.
Barbara Kingsolver, Demon Copperhead, wins the Women’s Prize for Fiction. It is her second win. The Price of Time: The Real Story of Interest by Edward Chancellor wins the 2023 Hayek Book Prize. A longlist is released for the 2023 Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award. Twelve new fellows are announced for PEN America’s project to shape publishing equity. Eminent book editor Robert Gottlieb, author of Avid Reader: A Life and the biography Garbo, dies at 92. Marvel artist John Romita Sr. dies at 93. There are more appraisals and remembrances of the late Cormac McCarthy. Plus new title best sellers.
Pulitzer Prize–winning author Cormac McCarthy has died at the age of 89. Fan-favorite romance author Julie Garwood has died at the age of 78. Storytel partners with ElevenLabs, planning to develop AI voices in audiobooks. LibraryReads and LJ offer read-alikes for The Five-Star Weekend by Elin Hilderbrand, who discusses her retirement from writing with CBS Mornings. Interviews arrive with Ali Hazelwood, Peter Turchin, Kenan Orhan, Nathan Go, Ken Jennings, Sunny Hostin, Samantha Leach, Mattie Lubchansky, Uzma Jalaluddin, and Martinus Evans.
Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America is a starred fine arts title. "An essential purchase for all libraries; as the people and places pictured here span Turtle Island, the book will be relevant to patrons everywhere." In nonfiction, Katy Hessel's The Story of Art Without Men is a starred selection. "A good-looking, valuable addition to general or fine art collections in any public, academic, or school library, this engaging overview shines a light both entertaining and erudite on a critical half of the art world." In SFFMy Murder, by Katie Williams, is a starred title. "Combining elements of dystopian fiction, psychological suspense, and mystery, this is a wonderfully incisive and intriguing novel that defies genres and invites contemplation. Perfect for book groups." And Heather Wolf's Find More Birds: 111 Surprising Ways To Spot Birds Wherever You Are is a starred sciences selection. "Wolf’s humorous writing and the striking color photographs throughout this guide make it a standout. All birders, from novices to the ones who’ve been observing and identifying birds their whole lives, can benefit from this title."
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