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This week's dh+lib Review: November 30 - December 13

  • 1.  This week's dh+lib Review: November 30 - December 13

    Posted Dec 15, 2023 04:31 PM


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    Greetings!

    This edition of dh+lib Review, the final one of the semester, is now available. Many thanks to our editors-at-large: Kayla Abner, Jina DuVernay, Elizabeth Parke, Nanditha Krishna, Lorena O'English, Leigh Bonds, Aisling Quigley, Monica Maher, Poonam Bharti, Jyothi Justin, Johannes Sibeko, Marissa Caico, Pratiksha Menon, Abbie Norris-Davidson, and Vera Zoricic.

    All the best,
    John Russell, Nickoal Eichmann-Kalwara, and Pamella Lach



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