Hi Everyone, I was hoping for more responses, but no more have come in so here’s what I received back to my original question (included) on Trends. Dave From: Michlib-l on behalf of Dave Ewick Sent: Thursday, February 3, 2022 11:29 AM To: Mich-Lib (michlib-l@mcls.org<mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org>) Subject: [Michlib-l] Trends question Hello – I’m curious what are the most relevant and/or interesting articles/books that you’ve come across recently? Don’t feel a need to limit yourselves to the “normal” library sources. I’m interested in broadening my view and felt that you would be a good resource to tap. For example, I recently read “The Library as Infrastructure” by and found it fascinating (attached). If you reply directly to me I will collate and post a summary of responses. Also, the IFLA trend report is a great roundup of what’s ahead for us. (attached) Stay safe & be well my friends! Dave What a great conversation starter! One thing that has really stuck with me recently is an episode of the podcast This American Life entitled "Talking While Black." It explores the ways in which we are culturally experiencing a backlash to the Black Lives Matter movement and the protests in 2020. One of segments is about an attempt to ban the book "The New Kid" in a Texas school, and they also talk about an incident in Traverse City, MI. https://www.thisamericanlife.org/758/talking-while-black Hope you're doing well! Jessica I don't know that I have any new trends to share, but here are a couple of titles I read recently that I enjoyed that are library-themed. Have you read The Library Book by Susan Orlean? It's about the devastating fire at the LA library in 1986, but turns into an interesting tribute to libraries. I listened to the audiobook in the car. My timing on this book was rather ironic as I was working with the board to address a serious issue with the library's fire suppression system. I also really enjoyed The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict & Victoria Christopher Murray. It's a novel about Belle da Costa Greene, the Black woman who hid her true identity and became JP Morgan's personal librarian. I don't actually read a lot of fiction, but this is an interesting novelization of extraordinary true story. I believe Al Roker and Deborah Roberts have optioned this book to produce a movie or series, so I suspect it's about to get more attention. Hope all is well with you! Happy Reading! Julie Please share your list. A lot of my reading has focused on diversity, equity and inclusion as well as the intellect freedom. I am very interested in hearing what trends people are reading about. Thank you, Kristin I have found MIT's Technology Review to be a great source of up-and-coming technology trends. https://www.technologyreview.com The podcast/blog The Knowledge Project/Farnum Street has very thoughtful interviews on a wide range of subjects https://fs.blog the weekly newsletter Brain Food is free I find I get a lot of reading on different trends from Medium and Pocket recommendations. If you don't do those, they may be worth a look-and you will certainly learn many click-bait headline techniques in the process. Best, Eric I wanted to make sure folks saw the opportunity here that the Connecticut State Library is offering across the country if you are really interested in thinking ahead about the future of libraries. The Connecticut State Library Division of Library Development's Transformation for Libraries: The Futures School is made possible by the Institute of Museum and Library Services grant #RE-250063-OLS-21 in the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program. 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