New Books: February 2018
General/Miscellaneous

Prohibition in Columbus, Ohio
The Prohibition era often conjures up images of Tommy guns and speakeasies, but prohibition in Columbus added up to more than a crime stat sheet. […]
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The Ohio Valley Jazz Festival
Cincinnati, Ohio, might have seemed like an unlikely choice to host the nation’s largest annual R&B concert, but thanks to local promoter Dino Santangelo, the […]
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Nonbinary gender identities : history, culture, resources
This timely resource–the first reference on nonbinary gender identities–offers an accessible entry into researching this topic. Written by a nonbinary scholar and librarian, this guide […]
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Fall or fly : the strangely hopeful story of foster care and adoption in Appalachia
Chaos. Frustration. Compassion. Desperation. Hope. These are the five words that author Wendy Welch says best summarize the state of foster care in the coalfields […]
Read MoreHuman Resources/Workforce Development

Virtual training tools and templates : an action guide to live online learning
Starting with a simple four-step process (get started, get ready, get buy-in, and get going), this complete guide helps you select the right technology, then […]
Read MoreLaw/Government

You’re more powerful than you think : a citizen’s guide to making change happen
This is an age of epic political turbulence in America. Old hierarchies and institutions are collapsing. From the fracturing of the major political parties, to […]
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Beyond Snowden : privacy, mass surveillance, and the struggle to reform the NSA
America’s mass surveillance programs, once secret, can no longer be ignored. While Edward Snowden began the process in 2013 with his leaks of top secret […]
Read MoreLibraries/Archives

Getting started with digital collections : scaling to fit your organization
Digital collections have already changed the ways users access and interact with an institution’s materials. And small or medium-sized libraries, archives, museums, and historical societies […]
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Fundamentals of electronic resources management
Whether it’s networking with vendor reps or poring over data, the continually evolving field of electronic resources management (ERM) is always throwing something new your […]
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American libraries, 1730-1950
An expansive overview of our storehouses of knowledge, from the earliest library building (Philadelphia, 1745) to midcentury modern and beyond. Although new technologies appear poised […]
Read MoreManagement/Leadership

Operating model canvas : aligning operations and organization with strategy
The journey from strategy to operating success depends on creating an organization that can deliver the chosen strategy. This book, explaining the Operating Model Canvas, […]
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Managing at the leading edge : navigating and piloting business strategy at critical moments
Easy to grasp and recall, this book proposes a framework of leadership with a dual focus on navigating and piloting, supported by new evidence based […]
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