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Tuesday, January 25, 2022
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The FYI on CRT
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by Anthony Aycock
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You've probably heard the term critical race theory (CRT). Donald Trump blasted it. U.S. Senate Republicans said teachers shouldn't be trained in it. Nearly 30 Republican-controlled state legislatures have passed or are considering bills outlawing it. But what exactly is CRT? How did it get to the forefront of political discussions? And what are the best information sources on it for librarians to recommend?
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Gale Digital Scholar Lab Gets Updated Features
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Gale added new and improved features to its Gale Digital Scholar Lab, giving digital humanities researchers a better user experience. It has a new interface and redesigned analysis tools based on user feedback, including an analysis dashboard. ...
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SAGE Digs Into New Streaming Video Study
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SAGE shared that an experiment by researchers at the University of Toronto–Scarborough's Advanced Learning Technologies Lab confirms the value of streaming video resources for learning and shows that it can increase academic performance.
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CCC and CeMPro Provide Avenue for Rights to Spanish-Language Titles in Schools
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CCC joined forces with CeMPro, a Mexico-based organization that protects and represents the rights of authors and publishers, to provide "educators and intermediaries [with] access to reuse rights from tens of thousands of Spanish-language titles as part of CCC's Annual Copyright License for Curriculum & Instruction (ACLCI)."
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TLC Shares Its Company Accomplishments From 2021
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The Library Corp. (TLC) did a year in review for 2021, in which the company reported its achievements.
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OCLC's 'New Model Library: Plan for Positive Change in the Midst of Challenges'
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Ixchel M. Faniel, Lynn Silipigni Connaway, Brittany Brannon, Brooke Doyle, and Brian Lavoie write the following for OCLC's Next blog: "When we did the research for the New Model Library: Pandemic Effects and Library Directions briefing, a term that came up often was 'normal' (Is this change part of a new normal? When will this activity get back to normal?). While interesting, these questions don't acknowledge that libraries are incredibly diverse in terms of culture, size, type, goals, and locations."
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Great Reads for 2022
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by Brandi Scardilli
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As part of Information Today's We the People column in the January/February issue, Information Today contributors and staffers share the books they're most looking forward to in 2022.
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Cape Mayhem (A Meg Daniels Mystery)
by Jane Kelly
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Meg Daniels arrives manless in Cape May, New Jersey, for what should have been a romantic off-season weekend for two. Though unattached at the moment, Meg's courtship with trouble has been in high gear lately—her Cape May holiday soon promises more of the same.
It seems that, overnight, a guest at the Parsonage Bed & Breakfast has undergone an impossible transformation. Suspecting foul play, Meg enlists hunky Hank Bergman, an investigator in the local DA's office, and the B&B's spunky co-owner, George Hilburn, to help her answer the question: "Who was that lady who checked in with Wallace Gimbel?".
2023, Reissue (Originally published in 1999) | 248 pp/trade paperback | $14.65
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