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New York: “Long Island Schools Creating Next-Generation Libraries to Ready Students For Future”
From a Newsday Report: Districts from both Nassau and Suffolk — including those in Amityville, Bethpage, Baldwin, Herricks, South Huntington and Valley Stream 13, have upgraded their libraries in recent years. Some have used funding from bonds and others budgeted from the general fund. And there are future plans are in the works. For example, […]
The New York Public Library (NYPL) Has the Hottest Deals for Black Friday (5th Annual Black Friday Ad)
From the New York Public Library Focusing on the central idea that everything at the Library is always a deal (i.e. free!), this year’s campaign will appeal to anyone who’s laughed at a corny used car commercial, owned one of the MANY iterations of NOW! That’s What I Call Music, or debated calling Cellino & Barnes. Additional NYPL […]
Library and Archives Canada (LAC) Opens its New Preservation Storage Facility
From LAC: Library and Archives Canada (LAC) celebrated today the opening of its new state-of-the-art Preservation Storage Facility in Gatineau, Quebec. A plaque was unveiled and guests toured the site at the event, which was attended by, among others, the Honourable Pablo Rodriguez, Minister of Canadian Heritage; the Honourable Mona Fortier, President of the Treasury […]
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Roundup: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Publishes 2021 Annual Report; One Third of Iceland’s Population Reads a Book Every Day; & More News Headlines
Archives NZ Reinstates Online Search Tool After Data Mishap (via RNZ) One Third of Iceland’s Population Reads a Book Every Day (via Iceland Monitor) International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Publishes 2021 Annual Report JISC Releases 2021-2022 Annual Review
Year in Review: Open Library Passes Six Million Registered Users in 2022, More Than 4.3 Million Books Borrowed
From an Open Library Blog Post: It seems like just the other day when the Open Library welcomed its 2 millionth registered patron in 2018. This year, we zoomed past 6M registered book lovers who collectively in 2022 have borrowed 4.3M books and counting, and who have added more than 4.7M books to their reading logs. Our […]
New Report: “Public Access Data Management and Sharing Activities for Academic Administration and Researchers”
From the Association of Research Libraries (ARL): The Realities of Academic Data Sharing (RADS) Initiative’s public-access data management and sharing (DMS) activities are the result of categorizing services and support across the institution that are likely needed to make public access to research data available. The RADS project team categorized these activities by life-cycle phases for […]
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Now Available Online: University of British Columbia (UBC) Library Digitizes William Shakespeare’s First Folio
From the University of British Columbia(UBC) Library: UBC Library has made its first edition of William Shakespeare’s Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies openly accessible to the public by publishing a digitized version of the volume online through Open Collections. The process to digitize the First Folio took more than a year to facilitate due to the Folio’s age and […]
New York Public Library Releases “Best Books of 2022” List
From NYPL: The New York Public Library announced today its Best Books of 2022, a curated list of more than 250 recommended titles published this year for children, teens, and adults. For nearly a century NYPL’s expert librarians have been providing New Yorkers with their year-end recommendations, celebrating books that inspire a love of reading. This […]
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SCOSS Launches Its 4th Pledging Round; UC Berkeley and Justice Dept. Reach Agreement on Online Content Accessibility; & More News Headlines
Assessment Trends in the Late Pandemic Era: Reflections from the 2022 Library Assessment Conference (via Ithaka S+R) Going Into Fourth Gear: SCOSS Launches Its 4th Pledging Round (via SCOSS) UC Berkeley and Justice Dept. Reach Agreement on Online Content Accessibility (via EdScoop) ||| DOJ Statement, Docs
ARL and ACRL Listening Session Recording: “OSTP Policy Guidance: Ensuring Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally Funded Research”
The video recording embedded below from ACRL and ARL was recorded on November 16, 2022. Event Description In this session the academic/research library community will share statements and top-of-mind issues with members of the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) Subcommittee on Open Science (SOS) about the new public-access memo. The updated policy guidance includes […]
