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The Tweet Heard 'Round the Library: A Chat with Author Heather Havrilesky

The Tweet Heard 'Round the Library: A Chat with Author Heather Havrilesky
Kiera Parrott,  Oct 24, 2018

Author and advice columnist Heather Havrilesky learned a great deal about libraries when she inadvertently sparked the ire of Library Twitter.

Getting Schooled: Inside the Book That for Decades Has Guided the Collegebound

Getting Schooled: Inside the Book That for Decades Has Guided the Collegebound
Mahnaz Dar,  Oct 11, 2018

LJ talks to Edward Fiske, author and former education editor for the New York Times, who has been producing the Fiske Guide to Colleges for more than 30 years.

Our Impossible Duty | Blatant Berry

Our Impossible Duty | Blatant Berry
John N. Berry III,  Oct 10, 2018
To say “times have changed” is an understatement. The advent of a blizzard of digital resources means that we simply don’t have the people or means to evaluate sources as we once did.
BackTalk | On Being a Nontraditional Trustee

BackTalk | On Being a Nontraditional Trustee
Michael Grodi,  Oct 09, 2018
Since January, I have been a member of the five-person Board of Trustees of the Monroe County Library System, MI. For the past 20 years, I have also worked as a correctional officer in a medium-sized Michigan county jail.
Eric Klinenberg: Libraries and Social Infrastructure

Eric Klinenberg: Libraries and Social Infrastructure
Lisa Peet,  Oct 03, 2018
Sociologist Eric Klinenberg’s newest book, Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life (Crown), suggests that the key to a more equitable society may lie in our shared spaces—particularly libraries.
Julius C. Jefferson, Jr. and Lance Werner

Julius C. Jefferson, Jr., Lance Werner Announced as ALA Presidential Candidates | INFOdocket
Gary Price,  Aug 29, 2018

Julius C. Jefferson, Jr., Section Head, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, Washington, DC, and Lance Werner, Executive Director, Kent District Library, Comstock Park, Mich., are the candidates for the 2020-21 presidency of the American Library Association (ALA).

Library People News 8/16/18

Library People News 8/16/18
Hires, Promotions, Retirements, and Obituaries: August 2018
Library People News: July 2018 Hires, Promotions, Retirements, and Obituaries

Library People News: July 2018 Hires, Promotions, Retirements, and Obituaries
Lisa Peet,  Jul 20, 2018

Kimber L. Fender retired as director of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County,  Sue Landers has been named the next Executive Director of Lambda Literary, and more people news from the July 2018 issue of Library Journal.

Marian Fragola | Movers & Shakers 2018 – Innovators

Marian Fragola | Movers & Shakers 2018 – Innovators
A photo spurred Marian Fragola to create the Making Space series at North Carolina State University (NCSU). As part of a study on the library’s gaming spaces, a student snapped a picture of herself looking into one of the rooms, her body reflected in the glass. “[It] captured her feelings of not being welcomed,” says Fragola, director of program planning and outreach. The photo brought home to Fragola and her colleagues the issue of women’s underrepresentation in the Maker movement and tech.
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