Want to be in the know about hot books everyone will be discussing this spring and summer? What better way than to hear directly from the editors who have bought and fought for these titles? To learn about your next big reads, tune in to Library Journal’s newest Editors’ Picks webcast. Hear from six editors from […]
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Help your patrons get back in the mood for school! Pair this headline making viral video with a great display of Back to School Resources and you’re ready for the school bell to ring! [youtube s56-Ta35JRk] Back to School Resources MASTERMINDS AND WINGMEN Here is a landmark book that reveals the way boys think and […]
Libraries provide support for parents 365 days a year through their collections, programs, and resources. Whether it’s storytime, computer access, or a parenting book you’re there for them as a rock amidst their Cheerio filled, Fisher Price chaos. We’ve created a list of our latest parenting titles for you to help offer both comic relief […]
Remembering the Life of Rosa Parks The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa ParksBy Jeanne Theoharis “We diminish her legacy making it about a single day, a single act,” says this definitive political biography of Rosa Parks examining her six decades of activism and challenging perceptions of her as an accidental actor in the civil rights movement. […]
Done! The annotated book buzz (where I imagine what I would have written down, had I been in the audience during our presentation at ALA) is up on Scribd. Have at it.
This year’s presentation at ALA in New Orleans was the biggest turnout for a Book Buzz we’ve ever had! If you missed it, we’ll do our best to fill you in. For a start, here is the powerpoint presentation that accompanied the Buzz, so you can see which books were discussed. More to come. -David
THE TRIPLE AGENT (coming this July) has been getting some great advance quotes recently, the most recent from bestselling author Robert Baer. See below for a round-up! It’s shaping up to be a must-have for your current-events section. “I’ve never read a book like this, a detailed and compelling postmortem of an intelligence failure. In […]
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Tis the season for all things ballet! Black Swan with Natalie Portman is receiving Oscar buzz, Apollo’s Angels is receiving rave reviews with stars from both Kirkus & Booklist, and this resource for ballet vocabulary from the American Ballet Theatre library is very useful! [youtube 5jaI1XOB-bs] “It has never been done before, what Jennifer Homans has […]
