Sarah Hashimoto

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#librarian, mom, editor at Library Journal, reviewer for Audiofile magazine, addicted to #audiobooks, little dogs, and cheesy musicals

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Autism Acceptance Month 2025 | A Reading List

3 weeks ago | libraryjournal.com | Sarah Hashimoto

Autism Acceptance Month recognizes the deliberate shift away from the stigmatized term “autism awareness” toward an inclusive attitude of acceptance, respect, listening, parity, and empowerment. With romance, literary fiction, memoirs, and more, the following reading list honors the many experiences and voices of people within the autistic community. These titles, and those selected from previous years, are available as a downloadable spreadsheet. FictionAubrey, Daniel. Dark Island. HarperNorth. Jul.
Arab American Heritage Month 2025 | A Reading List

3 weeks ago | libraryjournal.com | Sarah Hashimoto

Arab American Heritage Month In recognition of Arab American Heritage Month, formally established by the Biden administration in April 2021, this reading list celebrates the varied cultures, achievements, and contributions of Arab American people. Through poetry, literary fiction, memoirs, and more, the following books reveal many facets of Arab American communities, histories, and experiences. These titles, and those selected from previous years, are available as a downloadable spreadsheet.
Best Reference 2025 | Free Resources

1 month ago | libraryjournal.com | Sarah Hashimoto |Gary Price

Chatbot Arena. An AI testing ground that helps users and developers evaluate, improve, and probe the strengths and weaknesses of different AI models. Users input prompts and watch as the models compete, providing answers in real time. After the chatbots have formulated responses, users rank the models in order of usefulness. A range of queries, including creative writing prompts, multi-turn conversations, and coding assignments, make it possible to evaluate models for different purposes. MusicBrainz.
Best Reference 2025 | Databases

1 month ago | libraryjournal.com | Sarah Hashimoto

Archives of Sexuality and Gender. Gale. This excellent sixth entry in Gale’s Archives of Sexuality and Gender series focuses on sexual identity, LGBTQIA+ community-building, gender, and diversity, equity, and inclusion in Canada, Mexico, and the United States during the 20th century.
Throughlines | eReview

1 month ago | libraryjournal.com | Sarah Hashimoto

Throughlines CONTENT Throughlines is a free video and multimedia website designed to help educators bring discussions of race into premodern (before 1500 CE) history, literature, and culture classrooms. The resource was designed and created by a team at the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies to provide educators with tools and curated teaching materials to facilitate discussions of race and race-making in the classroom.
Best Reference 2024 | Free Resources

1 month ago | libraryjournal.com | Sarah Hashimoto |Gary Price

Chatbot Arena. An AI testing ground that helps users and developers evaluate, improve, and probe the strengths and weaknesses of different AI models. Users input prompts and watch as the models compete, providing answers in real time. After the chatbots have formulated responses, users rank the models in order of usefulness. A range of queries, including creative writing prompts, multi-turn conversations, and coding assignments, make it possible to evaluate models for different purposes. MusicBrainz.
Women's History Month 2025 | A Reading List

1 month ago | libraryjournal.com | Sarah Hashimoto

In 1987, Women’s History Month was formally recognized by presidential proclamation as a monthlong celebration to honor women’s contributions, accomplishments, and voices throughout U.S. history. The following books spotlight extraordinary women from the distant and not-so-distant past—women both imagined and real, both famous and little-known, coming from diverse cultures, countries, and continents. These titles, and those selected from previous years, are available as a downloadable spreadsheet.
LJ Talks with Dominic Hoffman, Audie and Earphones Award-Winning Narrator

2 months ago | libraryjournal.com | Sarah Hashimoto

LJ talks with playwright, actor, and Audie Award– and multiple-time Earphones Award–winning audiobook narrator Dominic Hoffman to learn more about the process of storytelling and how he crafted his voice and style. You’re an actor, director, narrator, and playwright. How did you get started in audiobooks, and how do they connect with your other creative work? Writing started everything. Eventually, acting followed, as I felt a need to be a part of what I was trying to create.
Best Audiobooks of 2024

2 months ago | libraryjournal.com | Sarah Hashimoto

Akbar, Kaveh. Martyr! Books on Tape. ISBN 9780593824573. LITERARYIranian American actor Arian Moayed presents a multifaceted performance of poet Akbar’s lyrical debut novel. The book follows young Iranian American poet Cyrus Shams, who seeks meaning by immersing himself in the study of martyrs. Moayed seamlessly embodies the ebb and flow of Cyrus’s moods—questioning, sorrowful, earnest, and gently humorous—as he grapples with mental illness, addiction, identity, and the legacy of the past.
Bloomsbury Art Markets: Protagonists, Networks, Provenances | eReviews

Jan 22, 2025 | libraryjournal.com | Sarah Hashimoto

bloomsburyvisualarts.com /bloomsbury-art-markets ContentA recent addition to Bloomsbury’s Visual Arts Hub, Bloomsbury Art Markets is the first resource of its kind to offer unprecedented access to scholarly, peer-reviewed materials centered on art galleries, auction houses, art fairs, dealers, and pivotal figures in the art world in Europe and North America from 1900 to the present.