The Medieval Canon and the Renaissance Image of the Turk: A Brief Historiography of Pre-Modern European Conceptions of the Muslim World

This historiographic essay examines the scholarly debate over pre-modern European “images,” or conceptions, of the Muslim World during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Adopting a thematic approach, this study is guided by four themes shared by two or more works. While this essay largely revolves around the image studies of Nancy Bisaha, Norman Daniel, and Robert Schwoebel, the interpretations of additional scholars are presented as well. Though points of convergence exists between the works presented here, far more telling is the fact that the sharp contrasts between these historians aptly illustrates the challenge of determining the precise nature of the pre-modern European image of Islam, with all its abstract complexity

Academic Libraries and Athletics Programs: The Current State of Select Marketing and Development Partnerships

In 2019, this author published a literature review that identified and described 35 partnerships between academic libraries and athletics departments at higher education institutions in the United States, 20 of which were established for library marketing and development purposes. Most of these marketing and development arrangements were forged over a decade ago and the literature documenting them is pri-marily dated. Furthermore, multiple questions were raised about the nature of this type of partnership and the specific terms and conditions of many of these arrangements are not addressed in the known body of literature. In addition to published sources, the present study is informed by unpublished sources, including informational interviews conducted with representatives familiar with their respec-tive library’s partnership. Building on the foundation established in the literature review, the present study provides three main contributions to this niche of library and information science literature: (1) updated and more comprehensive accounts of eight of these documented marketing and development partnerships; (2) an analysis of the evolving nature of these relationships over time; and (3) practical applications for librarians interested in establishing successful long-term marketing and development partnerships at their institutions

Against the Klan: A Newspaper Pub-lisher in South Louisiana During the 1960s

Lou Major Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2021 ISBN: 9780807175408 188 p. $29.95 (ebk

Successful Fundraising for the Academic Library: Philanthropy in Higher Education

Successful Fundraising for the Academic Library: Philanthropy in Higher Education. Kathryn Dilworth & Laura Sloop Henzl. Amsterdam: Chandos Publishing, 2017. ISBN 978-0-08-101130-0. $78.95. 181 p

Fishing for Chickens: A Smokies Food Memoir

Jim Casada Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2022 ISBN: 9780820362120 317 p. $28.95 (Pbk

Ninety Miles and a Lifetime Away: Memories of Early Cuban Exiles

David Powell Gainesville: University Press of Florida , 2022 ISBN: 9781683402572 326 p. $30.00 (Hbk

Academic Library & Athletics Partnerships: A Literature Review on Outreach Strategies and Development Opportunities

In recent years, collaboration between academic libraries and non-academic departments in higher education has emerged as a popular trend in practice and is a frequent topic in contemporary scholarly literature. Recent research suggests that there are at least 180 academic libraries involved in a wide variety of partnerships with non-academic departments at colleges and universities across the United States. Academic libraries have forged collaborative relationships with writing centers, international student services, veterans support departments, and chaplain services, to name a few (Wainright & Davidson, 2017). While there is a growing interest in scholarship concerning these various types of partnerships with non-academic departments, arguably one of the most neglected of these arrangements are academic library-athletics partnerships. The purpose of this literature review is to provide an updated, more comprehensive analysis of all scholarship pertaining to academic library-athletics partnerships and to highlight related issues

Grain and Fire: A History of Baking in the American South

Rebecca Sharpless Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2022 ISBN: 9781469668369 344 p. $30.00 (Hbk

Surfing the South: The Search for Waves and the People Who Ride Them

Steve Estes Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2022 ISBN: 9781469667775 214 p. $23.00 (Pbk

Roadside Americans: The Rise and Fall of Hitchhiking in a Changing Nation

Roadside Americans: The Rise and Fall of Hitchhiking in a Changing Nation. Jack Reid. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2020 ISBN: 9781469655000 264 p. $29.95 (Hb