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The UCLA Film and Television Archive, the second-largest repository of motion pictures and broadcast programming in the US, is now part of the UCLA Library. The archive, which had operated under the auspices of the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television, will now be more closely aligned with the UCLA Library’s world-class archival and research collections. The move positions the archive’s holdings to be better integrated in instruction and research at UCLA, and it will expand access to the archive through the library’s robust digital platforms.

UCLA Newsroom, Dec. 4
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The Wood River (Ill.) Public Library will be receiving a new bike rack that was donated by the Wood River Library Foundation. The rack was going to cost about $3,000, but thanks to community outreach and support, the library foundation saved a lot of money. Upon hearing the original price of the rack, foundation member Andy Russell contacted East Alton–Wood River High School welding teacher Jacob Sitze to help construct a bike rack from scratch. Sitze was happy to help, and students also played an important part, figuring out mathematically how long the pieces needed to be, as well as cutting the pieces out for welding.

Alton (Ill.) Telegraph, Dec. 4
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The ACRL Rare Books and Manuscripts Section invites new and emerging special collections professionals to submit proposals for “The Power of New Voices,” a panel session to be held at the upcoming RBMS 2020 Conference in Bloomington, Indiana, June 23–26. The session will consist of approximately eight lightning round talks (7 minutes each) by students, recent graduates, new professionals, or past RBMS scholarship recipients. Talks must address the theme “Power, Resistance, and Leadership” and should relate to special collections or archives practice and related research.

RBMS blog, Dec. 3
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Brandi Bowers writes: “Providing readers’ advisory is an art that librarians are skilled at. However, sometimes you just can’t reach every student for one-on-one help finding the perfect book. To combat this issue, I try to make my library more accessible by providing passive readers’ advisory in a variety of ways. In my four years as a school librarian, I have made a number of changes to the library collection and library space with passive readers’ advisory in mind. For example, I started by adding genre labels to all of my fiction titles. I also added series number stickers to the spines of books so it is clear which volume in a series each book is.”

Knowledge Quest blog, Dec. 4
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YALSA has selected five books as finalists for its 2020 Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award, which honors the best nonfiction books written for young adults between November 1, 2018, and October 31, 2019. YALSA will name the 2020 award winner at the Youth Media Awards on January 27 in Philadelphia during the 2020 ALA Midwinter Meeting.

YALSA, Dec. 5
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Choice publishes its Outstanding Academic Titles list each December. This prestigious list reflects the best in scholarly titles reviewed by Choice during the previous calendar year and brings with it the extraordinary recognition of the academic community. The complete list for 2019 features 521 books and digital resources from 132 publishers. Visit the Choice website each week for a new, themed carve-out of the 2019 OATs—featuring themes such as top 10 titles, subject-specific titles, or timely collections.

Choice, Dec. 2
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PLA has announced two additional #eBooksForAll webinars in December. The first, “#eBooksForAll Campaign Update,” will be held December 17, and the second, “Applying Trauma-Informed Concepts to Reduce Harm,” will be held December 18. Registration will close the day before each webinar.

PLA, Dec. 2

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