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The Saskatchewan Library Trustees’ Association (SLTA) has posted a number of advocacy pieces in response to provincial budget cuts to Saskatchewan’s public libraries.

Save our Libraries has launched a campaign of advocacy for Saskatchewan public libraries, which includes a number of ways to support public libraries or get involved.

Some thoughts on faculty outreach for librarians and library staff, and how it really can be like herding cats.

The Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations asks: “Are books ready for the dustbin of history?”

How universities and libraries are working to increase digital literacy and combat fake news.

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Here is a breakdown of how students are expected to write a research essay, as told from an instructor’s perspective, aimed at the librarians and library staff who might help the student in the research.

The “culture of helplessness” among students, and what it means for staff and faculty at universities.

How to use skills from an experienced salesperson during a reference encounter.

The “millennial side hustle,” and how universities are preparing students for a world in which stable employment is not always the norm. (Features the University of Regina’s UR Guarantee Program!)

Finally, for fun: the library at Grey Gardens is apparently just as eccentric as one would expect:

“In a sunroom off the living room, we discovered a trove of cloth-covered adventure and romance books tucked onto low shelves: mostly from the twenties and thirties, they had in many cases swollen to twice their size, their pages thickened with sea air and salt and decades of gin-and-tonic fumes. These books we left alone: they were less for reading than beholding as disheveled, candy-colored artifacts, and somehow they pleased me more than the others.”

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On Students Who Don’t Want To Wait To Get Library Help: Why they don’t like it, why it might be ok anyway, and what can be done to address it.

Library Hand was a penmanship style used to keep card catalogues standardized and legible, and was aesthetically lovely as well.

The 2017 Man Book International Prize shortlist has been announced!

Archival Images from Alberta Now on Flickr! First Nations and Métis, European settlers, architecture, landscapes, and more.

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Library Help for Research Essays From an Instructor’s Perspective

Designing and 3D-Printing a Library-Themed Business Card Holder

Conference Report and Ideas — Libraries in a Post-Truth World: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

Reconciliation and Universities: Actionable Deeds, Not Just Talk

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ALA’s 2017 Notable Books List announced.

The opening lines of famous novels’ first sentences, visualized as star charts.

“The physical book will surely endure: But will it endure for the right reason?”

Maya Angelou on How a Library Saved Her Life.

Ever wonder whether really big libraries still have card catalogs? The Library of Congress does.

3D Printing Violins

Violin making is a skill that requires many years of practice and refining. Traditionally only the best woods and tools are used in this craft by incredibly talented artists, but with the rise of new technology opportunities to use different mediums and methods have become available to the general public.

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Hovalin has designed a printable set of 3D files that individuals can download and use to print their own working violin. Over the summer months the Archer Library worked with student Tushar Sanvaliya to print an ocean blue violin from Hovalin. The large and complex print took several weeks to complete, with the larger pieces taking upwards of 30 hours for the machine to finish. Once all the components were completed Tushar assembled the violin and purchased strings and pegs making the instrument a playable, fully functional violin. “I thought printing a violin would be a cool possibility but Hovalin and Gillian at the Archer Library made that a reality. Its amazing to own a 3D printed instrument!” – Mr. Sanvaliya.

The Archer Library 3D printer has been busier than ever with upwards of 30-40 prints in the queue at any given time. If you have any questions or would like to submit your own design please visit our 3D print web page for more details.

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Gender in the world of publishing:
Emily Gould on the compulsory niceness of women in publishing.

US Politics and publishing:
The literary trends of the Obama years include autofiction, fables of meritocracy, novels set in the recent past, and trauma narratives.
The future of conservative publishing imprints under Trump.

Librarian funnies:
Librarians on the strangest things they’ve found in library books.

Academic librarianship:
Why Librarians and Not Professors Make The Decisions.