May 1, 2024 by Gary Price
From the CT Post: Connecticut municipal and school libraries would have been among the first in the nation to gain negotiating leverage with the nation’s largest book publishers on e-book prices, but the proposed legislation has been shelved. The bill was abruptly withdrawn from debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday after three hours of […]
May 1, 2024 by Gary Price
The article linked below was recently published by the Journal of Librarianship and Information Science. Title Perceptions of Data Literacy and Data Literacy Education Authors Bahareh Ghodoosi Griffith University, Australia Geraldine Torrisi-Steele Griffith University, Australia Maryam Heidari Griffith University, Australia Source Journal of Librarianship and Information Science First published online April 27, 2024 DOI: 10.1177/09610006241246789 […]
April 30, 2024 by Gary Price
From The Wilton Library: Today, one of the world’s premier jazz archives, The Brubeck Collection at Wilton Library (Wilton, CT), announced the launch of its enhanced and interactive digital archive, making the 22,000+ item collection catalog easily searchable and browsable online for the first time to everyone worldwide. This new digital archive also includes more […]
April 30, 2024 by Gary Price
From the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS): Literacy development in the early childhood and elementary school years is critical for learning and the acquisition of other skills essential for educational achievement. Although schools typically assume the primary responsibility in developing children’s literacy and reading skills, a holistic approach to overall literacy development requires […]
April 30, 2024 by Gary Price
AI First Peer Reviewed Book on Using AI in the Classroom Published Today by Johns Hopkins University Press: Teaching With AI: A Practical Guide To A New Era Of Human Learning More US Newspapers Sue OpenAI For Copyright Infringement Over AI Training (via Reuters) Canada Taylor Swift’s Impact on Poetry Book Sales and Library Circulation […]
April 29, 2024 by Gary Price
UPDATE (4/30): Statement From EveryLibrary: A Milestone in Library Advocacy: Rebekah Cummings Runs for Lt. Governor of Utah From The Salt Lake Tribune: University of Utah Associate Librarian Rebekah Cummings is the Utah Democratic Party’s nominee for lieutenant governor in this year’s gubernatorial election, the campaign announced Monday afternoon. She joins Brian King on the ticket. Cummings […]
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April 29, 2024 by Gary Price
From the Institute of Museum and Library Services: The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) announced today the release of a research brief on the continued response of public libraries to community needs two years into the COVID-19 pandemic. The brief, “Changes in Public Library Services as the COVID-19 Pandemic Continued Through FY 2021,” […]
April 29, 2024 by Gary Price
Europe ChatGPT’s Hallucinations Draw EU Privacy Complaint (via Politico) Statement From Organizaton Filing Compaint (via noyb) OpenAI OpenAI Inks Strategic Tie-Up With UK’s Financial Times, Including Content Use (via TechCrunch Statement From Financial Times US Government Biden-Harris Administration Announces Key AI Actions 180 Days Following President Biden’s Landmark Executive Order (via The White House) Report: […]
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April 29, 2024 by Gary Price
Association of Southeastern Research Libraries ASERL and De Gruyter Create Partnership to Support University Presses Florida Miami’s Oldest Public Library, in Little Haiti, Closes For Makeover (via WLRN) National Library of Medicine MTIX: the Next-Generation Algorithm for Automated Indexing of MEDLINE Public Domain Debut Issue of the “The Public Domain Newsletter” (April 2024) From the […]
April 28, 2024 by Gary Price
The “AI for Scientific Discovery” workshop took place on October 12-13, 2023. The proceedings were published in April, 2024. The event was hosted by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. About the Workshop Over the past century, artificial intelligence (AI) has evolved from computational theory to everyday conversational technologies, capturing the attention and […]