The Collection Connection

It's summer and time to jump into some great new reads! In this issue, dive into our latest workplace and wellness titles, absorbing Kentucky stories, and bestseller novels. Also in this issue: recommendations for your best beach reads; significant dates for book lovers this summer; KDLA library cards are making a comeback - find out more; save the date for an August webinar on our WorldCat Discovery catalog; and a database spotlight on the Homeland Security Digital Library.

See something of interest? Click on the hyperlinked title to be taken to the item record in our catalog, sign in, and click Send to My Office. If the title is also available as an eBook/audiobook, you can click on the blue View button to be taken to KY Libraries Unbound for check out. Only like general and genre fiction? We also have all types of fiction in large print and audiobooks, as well as plenty of fiction eBooks/audiobooks through Kentucky Libraries Unbound.

Bestsellers

• The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese (Oprah Book Club Selection)
  
• The Five-Star Weekend by Elin Hilderbrand
  
• Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
• Happy Place by Emily Henry
• Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood
• My Friend Anne Frank by Hannah Pick-Goslar with Dina Kraft
• Pageboy: A Memoir by Elliot Page
• The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann

Employee Wellness & Workplace

Finance/Legal

• Every Tenant's Legal Guide by Janet Portman, Marcia Stewart and Ann O'Connell

• Get It Together: Organize Your Records So Your Family Won't Have To by Melanie Cullen and Shae Irving

• How to Avoid Foreclosure: A Step-by-Step Guide to Loan Modifications, Short Sales and Deeds in Lieu: A Handbook for Realtors, Attorneys, and Homeowners by Peter J. Ryan

• Social Security, Medicare & Government Pensions: Get the Most Out of Your Retirement & Medical Benefits by J. L. Matthews

Health/Wellness

• Drop Acid: The Surprising New Science of Uric Acid - The Key to Losing Weight, Controlling Blood Sugar, and Achieving Extraordinary Health by David Perlmutter M.D. and Kristin Loberg

• Floating in the Deep End: How Caregivers Can See Beyond Alzheimer's by Patti Davis

• The Fun Habit: How the Pursuit of Joy and Wonder Can Change Your Life by Michael Rucker Ph.D.
  

• The New Rules of Aging Well: A Simple Program for Immune Resilience, Strength, and Vitality by Frank Lipman M.D. and Danielle Claro

Parenting

• C.A.S.T.L.E. Method: Building a Family Foundation on Compassion, Acceptance, Security, Trust, Love, and Expectation + Education by Donna Tetreault
  

• The Music Advantage: How Music Helps Your Child Develop, Learn, and Thrive by Anita Collins, Ph.D.

• Taking the Stress Out of Homework: Organizational, Content-Specific, and Test Prep Strategies to Help Your Children Help Themselves by Abby Freireich and Brian Platzer

• What Do You Say?: How to Talk with Kids to Build Motivation, Stress Tolerance, and a Happy Home by William R. Stixrud, Ph.D. and Ned Johnson

Technology

• The Everything Guide to Remote Work: The Ultimate Resource for Remote Employees, Hybrid Workers, and Digital Nomads by Jill Duffy
  

• The Nowhere Office: Reinventing Work and the Workplace of the Future by Julia Hobsbawm

• Photoshop Elements 2021 by Barbara Obermeier and Ted Padova
• Social Media: How to Engage, Share, and Connect by Regina Luttrell
  

Workplace

• Birds of All Feathers: Doing Diversity and Inclusion Right by Michael Bach
• Change Your Questions, Change Your Life: 12 Powerful Tools for Leadership, Coaching, and Results by Marilee Adams, Ph.D.
• Deal with Stress: Improving Your Health Through Changing How You Work by Bloomsbury Publishing

• She Thinks Like a Boss: Leadership: 9 Essential Skills for New Female Leaders in Business & the Workplace, How to Influence Teams Effectively & Combat Imposter Syndrome by Jemma Roedel
  

Kentucky Highlights in Fiction and Non-Fiction

• The Birdcatcher by Gayl Jones
• Buffalo Dance: The Journey of York by Frank X Walker
• Kentucky's First Senator: Life and Times of John Brown, 1757-1837 by Steven Walker
• Phyllis George: Shattering the Ceiling by Paul Volponi and Lenny Shulman
  
• Traces: A Novel by Patricia L. Hudson
  
• Waverly Hills Sanatorium: A History by Lynn Pohl
• Where Secrets Lie by Eva V. Gibson
• Who Killed Betty Gail Brown?: Murder, Mistrial, and Mystery by Robert G. Lawson

• The final GonzoFest Louisville, celebrating all things Hunter S. Thompson, will be held July 14-15.
• The Booker Prize longlist, aka the "Booker Dozen," of 12 or 13 books will be announced on August 1, 2023.
  
• The Mythopoeic Society's awards for best adult and children's fantasy literature will be announced during their Online Midsummer Seminar on August 5-6.
• National Book Lover's Day is August 9.

We're going retro! We will soon be sending out library cards to all new library account applicants. If you already have an account, but would like to receive a card, please contact Deborah Hibbard, State Library Circulation & Marketing Librarian, deborah.hibbard@ky.gov, 502-564-8378. Please note - receiving a card will entail getting a new library account number which may affect any holds and wish lists that you have in KLU/Libby.

We will be holding a webinar in August (date to be determined) on the ins and outs of our WorldCat Discovery catalog. WorldCat Discovery is not your average library catalog! With WorldCat Discovery, you can search not only KDLA's collections, but the collections of thousands of libraries worldwide. WorldCat is the most comprehensive database of library bibliographic information in the world. So check our Training Events Calendar later this summer for registration information.

The Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL) is the nation’s premier collection of documents related to homeland security policy, strategy, and organizational management. The HSDL is part of the Naval Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Defense and Security and is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s National Preparedness Directorate, FEMA. The HSDL database holds over 250,000 resources. These items cover a wide range of homeland security topics and are carefully selected and evaluated by the HSDL team. Sources include, but are not limited to: federal, state and local governments; international governments and institutions; nonprofit organizations and private sector entities; think tanks, research centers, and colleges and universities. Examples of items available include: U.S. Policy and Strategy Documents related to homeland security such as General U.S. Policy Documents, National Strategies, Executive Orders and Presidential Directives, and Key Legislation; Congressional Hearings and Legislation; CRS Reports & Issue Briefs; GAO Reports & Testimony; Theses & Research Reports from U.S. federal academic institutions, particularly the Naval Postgraduate School. The HSDL team also curates "In Focus" items that are highly relevant to current events such as COVID-19, artificial intelligence, border security, disaster economics, human trafficking, and school and workplace violence. Check it out on our research databases page!

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