In the past week 53 e-titles were added to the Norma Marion Alloway Library’s collection; below is a sample.

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Behind the screen: content moderation in the shadows of social media /Sarah T. Roberts.
This title provides an extensive ethnographic study of the commercial content moderation industry. Based on interviews with workers from Silicon Valley to the Philippines, at boutique firms and at major social media companies, the author contextualizes this hidden industry and examines the emotional toll it takes on its workers.

Contemporary perspectives on C.S. Lewis’ The Abolition of man: history, philosophy, education, and science /edited by Tim Mosteller and Gayne Anacker.
This title assesses and appraises Lewis’ seminal lectures, providing a thorough analysis of the themes and subjects that are raised within “The Abolition of Man”. Topics that are address include philosophy, natural law, education, literature, politics, theology, science, biotechnology and the connection between the Ransom Trilogy.

Critical dialogues in the medical humanities /edited by Emma Domínguez-Rué.
This volume illustrates ongoing discussions in and about the medical humanities with studies on different approaches to the relationship between medical science and practice and the humanities, including reflections based on fiction, art, history, socio-economic and political concerns, architecture and natural landscapes.

Decolonising higher education in the era of globalisation and internationalisation /editor, Kehdinga George Fomunyam.
This collection of essays brings to the on-going discourse on decolonisation fresh, rich, probing and multilayered perspectives that should accelerate the process of decolonisation, not only in higher education in Africa, but also in the global imaginary.

Digital storytelling in health and social policy: listening to marginalised voices /Nicole Matthews and Naomi Sunderland.
This title reframes multimedia life stories as a resource for education, public health, and policy, and challenges policymakers, professionals, and researchers to reimagine how they find out about and respond to people’s daily lives and experiences of health, disability, and well-being by developing theoretical, methodological, and practical resources for listening to digital stories through a series of carefully selected international case studies.

The powers of pure reason: Kant and the idea of cosmic philosophy /Alfredo Ferrarin.
This title explores the forgotten parts of Kant’s “First Critique” and dismantles the common vision of Kant as a philosopher writing separately on epistemology, ethics, and aesthetics and natural teleology, showing that the three Critiques are united by this underlying theme: the autonomy and teleology of reason, its power and ends. The result is a refreshing new view of Kant, and of reason itself.

Preparing students for community-engaged scholarship in higher education /edited by Aaron Samuel Zimmerman.
This title explores how faculty and academic leaders can create learning opportunities and intellectual cultures that support the development of community-engaged scholars. In addition, this title examines how university coursework can help undergraduate and graduate students to develop the knowledge, skills, and commitments necessary for productive and responsible community-engaged scholarship.

Rethinking history, science, and religion: an exploration of conflict and the complexity principle /edited by Bernard Lightman.
This title evaluates the utility of the “complexity principle” in past, present, and future scholarship, and brings together an interdisciplinary group of scholars at the forefront of their fields to consider whether new approaches to the study of science and culture, such as recent developments in research on science and the history of publishing, the global history of science, the geographical examination of space and place, and science and media.

The teaming church: ministry in the age of collaboration /Robert C. Crosby.
This title provides biblical motivations, vivid examples and practical approaches for creating a teaming culture in which biblical teams reflect the workings and nature of the Trinity and thus the image of God.