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June 29, 2022 by Gary Price

ACLU: “It’s 2022 and Two Books Are on Trial for ‘Obscenity'”

From the ACLU: …last month, a Virginia resident initiated obscenity proceedings against two acclaimed books: Gender Queer, a Memoir, by Maia Kobabe, an autobiographical graphic novel that depicts the author’s experience as a non-binary and asexual person; and A Court of Mist and Fury, by Sarah J. Maas, a fantasy novel. The obscenity proceedings come […]

June 29, 2022 by Gary Price

Roundup (June 29, 2022)

CORE: Our Commitment to The Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure Elsevier’s Acquisition of Interfolio: Risks and Responses GPO to Discontinue Assigning Library of Congress Classification Numbers in Records for Hearings and Reports (via FDLP) New Board Members for CLOCKSS New Video: Introduction to the Open Book Collective (via COPIM) Now Available: Special Issue of IFLA […]

June 28, 2022 by Gary Price

New Video Recording From Rare Book School: “Making and Reading Indigenous Archives”

The Rare Book School (U. of Virginia) video embedded below (a National Endowment for the Humanities-Global Book Histories Initiative Lecture by Kelly Wisecup) was recorded on June 15, 2022. From the Video Description: A National Endowment for the Humanities-Global Book Histories Initiative Lecture, delivered on 15 June 2022 by. Where and what are Indigenous archives? […]

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Julie Mosbo Ballestro Appointed University Librarian at Texas A&M University

June 27, 2022 by Gary Price

Full Text of a Texas A&M University Libraries Announcement: We are pleased to announce the appointment of Julie Mosbo Ballestro as University Librarian and Assistant Provost of University Libraries at Texas A&M University, beginning July 1, 2022. The University Librarian is responsible for directing programs and personnel and leading a wide range of library services […]

New Report From EBLIDA: “First European Overview on E-Lending in Public Libraries”

June 27, 2022 by Gary Price

From an EBLIDA (European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations) Post: EBLIDA is laying the foundation for “sustainable copyright” in public libraries through the publication of the “First European overview on e-lending in public libraries”. Carried out by the EBLIDA EGIL (Expert Group on Information Law) Group, the overview is based on a questionnaire […]

New Funding: Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) Awarded $850,000 by Mellon Foundation to Support the Advancement of Racial Equity in American Archives

June 27, 2022 by Gary Price

From a DPLA Announcement: Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) is pleased to announce an $850,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation to support its effort to advance racial justice in American archives. This funding will enable DPLA to launch a digital equity project to develop community-based partners and increase partner capacity to lead this work. […]

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New From COPIM: “WP7 Scoping Report on Archiving and Preserving OA Monographs”

June 27, 2022 by Gary Price

From the Report: Technical methods for effectively archiving complex digital research publications and for creating an integrated collections of content in different formats have not yet been developed. As part of COPIM, an international partnership of researchers, universities, librarians, open access book publishers and infrastructure providers, WP7 (Work Package 7) have begun by compiling a […]

Roundup (June 27, 2022)

June 27, 2022 by Gary Price

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Report: “The Important Role Libraries Play in Building a Creative and Innovative Society”

June 26, 2022 by Gary Price

From ArchDaily: As gateways to knowledge and culture, libraries play a fundamental role in society. Foundational in creating opportunities for learning, as well as supporting literacy and education, the resources and services each library offers all work towards helping to shape new ideas that are central to building a creative and innovative society. Libraries also […]

Statement: American Library Association (ALA) Condemns Threats of Violence in Libraries

June 24, 2022 by Gary Price

Full Text of ALA Statement (6/24): In response to the alarming increase in acts of aggression toward library workers and patrons as reported by press across the country, the American Library Association Executive Board released the following statement: The American Library Association condemns, in the strongest terms possible, violence, threats of violence and other acts […]

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