1. Last week, I asked LJ Tumblr readers to answer a short survey. Here’s the first set of data from those question! Check out where Tumblarians are reading LJ across the globe and the country over at Google Maps. (Be warned, there were so many responses that locations are split up over two pages.)

  2. Call for reviewers! LJ Fiction Editor Wilda Williams (you can find her here on Tumblr) is looking for reviewers for ebook original mysteries and sf/fantasy/horror. If you’re interested in reviewing for LJ, please read our guidelines first. To apply, fill out a questionnaire and email it, along with the signed contract, a résumé, and two sample reviews in LJ style to Wilda at wwilliams at mediasourceinc dot com.

    Call for reviewers!

    LJ Fiction Editor Wilda Williams (you can find her here on Tumblr) is looking for reviewers for ebook original mysteries and sf/fantasy/horror.

    If you’re interested in reviewing for LJ, please read our guidelines first. To apply, fill out a questionnaire and email it, along with the signed contract, a résumé, and two sample reviews in LJ style to Wilda at wwilliams at mediasourceinc dot com.

  3. cloudunbound: Giving Barbara Hoffert’s 2013 BEA Galley & Signing Guide a second plug because it’s really the librarian’s best friend at BookExpo America. Looking to glean the most promising gratis (and not) galleys at the show? This is it. Sign up here to receive it imminently. Seriously. If you are going to BEA and like free books: LJ’s galley guide is your jam.

    cloudunbound:

    Giving Barbara Hoffert’s 2013 BEA Galley & Signing Guide a second plug because it’s really the librarian’s best friend at BookExpo America. Looking to glean the most promising gratis (and not) galleys at the show? This is it. Sign up here to receive it imminently.

    Seriously. If you are going to BEA and like free books: LJ’s galley guide is your jam.

  4. One last chance to take the LJ Tumblr survey! Then I promise I won’t bug you any more about it. <3 Thanks! <3

    One last chance to take the LJ Tumblr survey! Then I promise I won’t bug you any more about it.

    <3 Thanks! <3

  5. Poetry Goes (Sort of) Viral, Undying Love for Nick Carraway, and an Unlikely Roadtrip | What We’re Reading

    This week, Library Journal and School Library Journal staffers are reading some books very much of the moment: the follow-up to Elizabeth Wein’s multiple-award winner, Code Name Verity; Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, the basis of Baz Luhrmann’s fizzy film. Other staff reads are stuck in the past, or someplace in the middle.

  6. willywaldo:

    Se7en (1995)

    The power of literature!

    A great gif set (minus the homophobic pejorative, Brad Pitt) to introduce  LJ’s review of Dan Brown’s Inferno, which we gave a star! Also if you aren’t following LJ’s fiction editor, Wilda Williams on Tumblr, get on it.

    Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon (Angels and Demons; The Da Vinci Code; The Lost Symbol) returns in another thriller that invokes history, architecture, science, and conspiracy. Langdon wakes up in a hospital bed with no memory of the last two days. He’s surprised to find himself in Florence, Italy, and even more shocked to discover that someone is out to kill him for something he knows. The doctor treating him helps him to escape from an assassin, and the chase is on. Can Langdon follow clues that tie in to Dante’s epic masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, and stop a plot destined to change the world forever? Verdict Brown delivers an amazing and intense read that arguably is the best Langdon thriller to date. Everything a reader expects from Brown is here, plus a well-written thriller with jaw-dropping twists as well. A high demand for the works of Dante plus a surge in Italian tourism is sure to follow. The king of the historical thriller is back, and this book will easily dominate the best sellers lists for quite some time. [See Prepub Alert, 1/15/13.]—Jeff Ayers, Seattle P.L.

    (Source: mcavoiding)

  7. LJ Events at BEA Thursday, May 30 - Saturday, June 1 All Day The Librarian&#8217;s Lounge, sponsored by LJ and SLJ, is not an event but a very important location. It is the place in the Javits Center for librarians to gather to relax, share ideas, and enjoy snacks and refreshments. There are author signings as well as CHAIRS. It is the BEA equivalent of Zelda&#8217;s fairy fountains. Wednesday, May 29 9 a.m.–6 p.m. Day of Dialog. I hope you are coming to this because Erin &#8220;Laser Fingers&#8221; Shea is moderating a panel WITH RICHARD DAWKINS ON IT. 6:30 p.m. BEA Librarians Dinner. A fancy schmancy (in the best way) dinner at the Yale Club. Donna Tart will be there, as will many amazing librarians. It&#8217;s invite only, but you can let us know you are interested! 7 p.m.-9 p.m. Don&#8217;t have an invite to the dinner? That&#8217;s okay, neither do I. We&#8217;ll go the equally awesome party sponsored by Bookrageous and BEA. There will be a lesson in readers advisory AND free drinks! Library Journal is a cosponsor.  Thursday, May 30 7:30 a.m.-9 a.m. Random House Library Marketing &amp; Library Journal Author Breakfast. Yes, food and authors. How could you go wrong? 10 a.m.-11:5-a.m. Not actually an LJ event but it was the best session I went to at Midwinter: Library Family Feud! It also features LJ&#8217;s own memoir columnist, Erin Shea. Friday, May 31 1-1:50 p.m. THE GREAT BEA TUMBLARIAN PANEL aka &#8220;Libraries + Tumblr = Connecting Readers + Writers&#8221; starring yours truly, the inimitable Rachel Fershleiser; the famed Kate Tkacik; the genius behind NYPL&#8217;s Tumblr, Angela Montefinise; and a Connecticut-based guacamole enthusiast we all know and love, Erin Shea. 3:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Shouting and sharing, two of librarians favorite activities. Join LJ and AAP at the 4th Annual Librarian Shout ‘n Share, where you can listen to some bad ass library folks talk books.

    LJ Events at BEA

    Thursday, May 30 - Saturday, June 1

    All Day The Librarian’s Lounge, sponsored by LJ and SLJ, is not an event but a very important location. It is the place in the Javits Center for librarians to gather to relax, share ideas, and enjoy snacks and refreshments. There are author signings as well as CHAIRS. It is the BEA equivalent of Zelda’s fairy fountains.

    Wednesday, May 29

    9 a.m.–6 p.m. Day of Dialog. I hope you are coming to this because Erin “Laser Fingers” Shea is moderating a panel WITH RICHARD DAWKINS ON IT.

    6:30 p.m. BEA Librarians Dinner. A fancy schmancy (in the best way) dinner at the Yale Club. Donna Tart will be there, as will many amazing librarians. It’s invite only, but you can let us know you are interested!

    7 p.m.-9 p.m. Don’t have an invite to the dinner? That’s okay, neither do I. We’ll go the equally awesome party sponsored by Bookrageous and BEA. There will be a lesson in readers advisory AND free drinks! Library Journal is a cosponsor. 

    Thursday, May 30

    7:30 a.m.-9 a.m. Random House Library Marketing & Library Journal Author Breakfast. Yes, food and authors. How could you go wrong?

    10 a.m.-11:5-a.m. Not actually an LJ event but it was the best session I went to at Midwinter: Library Family Feud! It also features LJ’s own memoir columnist, Erin Shea.

    Friday, May 31

    1-1:50 p.m. THE GREAT BEA TUMBLARIAN PANEL aka “Libraries + Tumblr = Connecting Readers + Writers” starring yours truly, the inimitable Rachel Fershleiser; the famed Kate Tkacik; the genius behind NYPL’s Tumblr, Angela Montefinise; and a Connecticut-based guacamole enthusiast we all know and love, Erin Shea.

    3:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Shouting and sharing, two of librarians favorite activities. Join LJ and AAP at the 4th Annual Librarian Shout ‘n Share, where you can listen to some bad ass library folks talk books.

  8. schoollibraryjournal: Happy May birthdays to LJ and SLJ staffers Annalisa, Beth, Karyn, Kent, Margaret, and Shelley! I am full of so many brownies.

    schoollibraryjournal:

    Happy May birthdays to LJ and SLJ staffers Annalisa, Beth, Karyn, Kent, Margaret, and Shelley!

    I am full of so many brownies.

  9. Oh, just today&#8217;s reminder to take the LJ Tumblr survey, if you haven&#8217;t already.

    Oh, just today’s reminder to take the LJ Tumblr survey, if you haven’t already.

  10. Some of My Favorite Responses from the LJ Tumblr Survey

    (If you haven’t taken it yet, you still have time!)

    If you aren’t in the library field, how would you describe yourself?

    • Creepily obsessed with librarians in general
    • I’d still be awesome and geeky

    How do you use Tumblr?

    • geez I should get back to work but just one more gif maybe.
    • therapy
    • i use it to publish my short fictions written for practice to a coterie audience.
    • Excellently. Breath-takingly. Laudably.

    Why do you follow Library Journal on Tumblr?

    • I don’t
    • ALL the reasons!
    • I do not
    • So I can fangirl when they like something I post
    • Desperate and pathetic hope for a reblog for the work blog. But mostly all of the above

    A couple of points,

    1) I would just like to thank each and everyone one of the 14 of you who admitted they were “creepily obsessed with Library Journal.” It is brave to admit something like that.

    2) If any of you have a post you really believe in (and would like a reblog) feel free to send us an Ask! I can’t promise anything, but it’ll ensure that I’ll see it.

  11. I have worked for more than 25 years as a reporter or an editor, and I have never once considered going to journalism school. Once I got my foot in the newsroom door, I realized quickly that journalism was a white-collar job with a blue-collar rhythm. All you needed was to serve your apprenticeship, learn from the more experienced members of the guild, and then work hard to master the craft. The rest fell into place.

    Why is librarianship any different?

    — 

    Can We Talk About the MLS? | Library Journal

    A great, if perhaps provocative, editorial by LJ Editor-in-Chief, Mike Kelley.

  12. Best part of this survey so far is finding out that 5% now 20% of responders are &#8220;creepily obsessed with Library Journal.&#8221; Love you back, hunties. In other news I will probably list folks&#8217; favorite Tumblrs and make a map with all of the locations listed in a week or so.

    Best part of this survey so far is finding out that 5% now 20% of responders are “creepily obsessed with Library Journal.” Love you back, hunties.

    In other news I will probably list folks’ favorite Tumblrs and make a map with all of the locations listed in a week or so.

  13. The Official Unofficial Library Journal Tumblr Survey →

    This week I’ll be asking you, the readers of the Library Journal Tumblr, a little bit about yourselves.

    It’s just 8 questions, none of them required, which means you can answer as much or as little as you like. 7 are multiple choice. Super easy!

    I’d love to hear from you. Take the survey now!

  14. The Official Unofficial Library Journal Tumblr Survey →

    Hi everyone!

    I want to know more about you, folks who follow (or just read) the Library Journal Tumblr.

    It’s just 8 questions, none of them required, which means you can answer as much or as little as you like. 7 are multiple choice. Super easy!

    I’d love to hear from you. Take the survey now!

  15. Burlesque, Fairies, and The Rozz-Tox Manifesto | What We’re Reading

    This week, Library Journal and School Library Journal staffers are reading narratives of risqué histories and the earliest movement toward establishing racial equality in local U.S. public schools, media criticism, and discussions of gender. Oh, yes, a few novels are mentioned here and there.

    Mahnaz Dar, Associate Editor, LJ

    I’m reading Behind the Burly Q: The Story of Burlesque in America by Leslie Zemeckis and Blaze Starr.

    Josh Hadro, Executive Editor, LJ

    I have some ambitious plans to finish China Miéville’s Kraken ASAP, and then start Douglas Rushkoff’s new book, Present Shock.

    Stephanie Klose, Media Editor, LJ

    Jo Walton’s Nebula– and Hugo–winning Among Others has long been one of those books I’ve heard is great but never read.

    Molly McArdle, Assistant Book Review Editor, LJ

    I just started a book I’ll be reviewing for LJ‘s education section First Class: The Legacy of Dunbar, America’s First Black Public High School School.

    Chelsey Philpot, Associate Book Review Editor, SLJ

    I am very excited to have finally received a library copy of Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, & the Prison of Belief by Lawrence Wright. 

    Meredith Schwartz, News Editor, LJ

    I’m reading Gender on Planet Earth by Ann Oakley.

    Henrietta Thornton-Verma, Reviews Editor, LJ

    I took out my well-worn copy of Letters from Motherless Daughters: Words of Courage, Grief, and Healing by Hope Edelman.…Edelman’s Motherless Mothers: How Mother Loss Shapes the Parents We Become has been perfect over the years too.