Roundup (November 24, 2020)

November 24, 2020 by Gary Price

About Gary Price

Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.

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South Carolina State Library Leaves American Library Association (ALA), Does Not Renew Membership

From the Charleston City Paper: Librarians are learning the S.C. State Library in August quietly notified the national trade association for libraries that the state was not renewing its membership ...

Former Campbell County, Wyoming Library Director Terri Lesley Files Workplace Discrimination Complaint, Defamation Lawsuit

From the Gillette News Record: Two months after she was fired and nearly two years after a criminal complaint was filed against her, former library director Terri Lesley is taking ...

SAGE Releases a New Free-to-Read Collection with Research into Academic Freedom and Censorship

From a SAGE News Release: Sage has launched a new collection of free-to-read research highlighting the effects of academic censorship on democracy, social-emotional learning, higher education, and more. Categories in ...

New Online Resource: University of Maryland Libraries Announces Online Launch of the "Advancing Workers' Rights” Digital Collection

Here’s the Full Text of Today’s Annoucement From the University of Maryland Libraries: The University of Maryland Libraries announces the debut of a significant, newly digitized collection, making available online for the ...

In Affiliation with Arizona State University, "President Biden to Create Library Honoring His Friend and Rival John McCain"

From The New York Times: President Biden plans to announce on Thursday that he will devote federal money to create a new library and museum dedicated to his old friend ...

Boston Public Library Joins Books Unbanned Initiative to Fight Censorship

Here’s the Full Text of Today’s Boston Public Library Announcement: The Boston Public Library (BPL) is joining the Brooklyn Public Library’s Books Unbanned initiative to fight censorship and book banning by offering teens and ...

Merriam-Webster Adds Adds 690 New Words to the Dictionary (September 2023 Update)

From the M-W Website: Signs of a healthy language include words being created, words being borrowed from other languages, and new meanings being given to existing words. Based on our ...

CT: Local Libraries Investigating Book Thefts After Titles Go Missing; Brooklyn Public Library’s Leigh Hurwitz on Helping Young...

Brooklyn Public Library Brooklyn Public Library’s Leigh Hurwitz on Helping Young People Resist Censorship (via LitHub) Connecticut Local Libraries Investigating Book Thefts After Titles Go Missing (via NBC Connecticut) Copyright ...

MIT Libraries Receives Grant From National Science Foundation to Explore Open Science Evaluations with ICOR; Clarivate Establishes Academia...

AI Generative AI Has Disrupted Education. Here’s How It Can Be Used For Good – UNESCO (via WEF) University of Leeds Research Report on Potentials for AI in Libraries (via ...

Roundup (November 24, 2020)

About Gary Price

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South Carolina State Library Leaves American Library Association (ALA), Does Not Renew Membership

Former Campbell County, Wyoming Library Director Terri Lesley Files Workplace Discrimination Complaint, Defamation Lawsuit

SAGE Releases a New Free-to-Read Collection with Research into Academic Freedom and Censorship

New Online Resource: University of Maryland Libraries Announces Online Launch of the "Advancing Workers' Rights” Digital Collection

In Affiliation with Arizona State University, "President Biden to Create Library Honoring His Friend and Rival John McCain"

Boston Public Library Joins Books Unbanned Initiative to Fight Censorship

Merriam-Webster Adds Adds 690 New Words to the Dictionary (September 2023 Update)

CT: Local Libraries Investigating Book Thefts After Titles Go Missing; Brooklyn Public Library’s Leigh Hurwitz on Helping Young...

AI/GPT News Roundup: Items From ACM, JISC, OpenAI, Meta, and Others

EveryLibrary Institute and BookRiot Releases Findings From "Public Libraries and Book Bans - Parent Perception Survey"

Idaho: "Sheriff Scopes Out Explicit Library Books"

MIT Libraries Receives Grant From National Science Foundation to Explore Open Science Evaluations with ICOR; Clarivate Establishes Academia...

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