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National Libraries Archives

May 15, 2025 by Gary Price

Report: “Germany’s Plan for an Open and Independent PubMed Safety Net”

From an Absolutely Maybe” Blog Post by Hilda Bastian: A few months ago, I wrote about reasons to be concerned about the reliability of PubMed under the new regime at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). PubMed is a critical biomedical literature database, with a range of associated services. [Clip] Now, Germany has stepped up to this […]

April 10, 2025 by Gary Price

U.S. Congress: Jayapal, Hirono Introduce Resolution to Recognize Library Workers

From U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) (Full Text of Release): U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) and U.S. Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) are introducing a resolution honoring library workers during National Library Week. “Libraries and library workers are vital to every single community in this country. They facilitate our access to information, provide often lifesaving social […]

April 10, 2025 by Gary Price

A New Op/Ed by David Leonard, President of the Boston Public Library: “The Assault on Libraries Must End”

From the Boston Globe (Op/Ed by David Leonard, President of the Boston Public Library): Although this is National Library Week, our nation’s libraries find themselves under threat. An executive order is effectively dismantling the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the federal agency that supports libraries and museums across the country; on March 31, its […]

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Library of Congress: National Recording Registry Inducts Sounds of Elton John, Chicago, Broadway’s ‘Hamilton,’ Mary J. Blige, Amy Winehouse, Minecraft and Microsoft

April 9, 2025 by Gary Price

From the Library of Congress: Elton John’s monumental album “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road,” Chicago’s debut “Chicago Transit Authority,” the original cast recording of Broadway’s “Hamilton,” Mary J. Blige’s “My Life,” Amy Winehouse’s “Back to Black,” Microsoft’s reboot chime, and the soundtrack to the Minecraft video game phenomenon have been selected as some of the defining […]

Roundup: Library Funding and Trump’s Executive Order (Press Reports)

March 18, 2025 by Gary Price

See Also: Statements in Response to Executive Order Impacting the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)  Last Update: April 1, 2025; 4:05pm Latest Entries CA: San Diego Public Libraries Brace for Budget Cuts (via Axios San Diego) IL: Libraries and Museums in Illinois are Hit by Trump Executive Order (via WGLT) ME: Maine’s Rural […]

Video Recording: “Libraries & AI – Opportunities or Threat?” (British Library Debate/Panel)

February 12, 2025 by Gary Price

The video linked and embedded below was shared today on YouTube by the British Library. Title Libraries & AI – Opportunities or Threat? (British Library Debate/Panel) Recorded at the BL on January 23, 2025. Description Chaired by writer and broadcaster Timandra Harkness this debate looked into how AI might become more present in libraries, and […]

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The British Library Selects Clarivate to Provide Library Services and Discovery Platforms (Alma, Primo VE, Rapido)

January 28, 2025 by Gary Price

From a Clarivate Announcement: Clarivate iscovery platforms to create a more cohesive, streamlined and secure experience. The British Library will implement Alma, Primo VE and Rapido. Founded in 1973, the British Library is the United Kingdom’s national library and is one of the largest libraries in the world. Its collection features 170 million items, including books, journals, newspapers, patents, […]

New Data From OverDrive, “Libraries Break Digital Lending Records in 2024 with Over 739 million Checkouts”

January 27, 2025 by Gary Price

From an OverDrive News Release: Librarians and educators achieved remarkable new milestones in 2024 by providing increasingly robust digital lending and streaming options to satisfy library patrons of all ages. Using OverDrive’s award-winning Libby and Sora apps, readers worldwide borrowed over 739 million ebooks, audiobooks, and digital magazines, a 17% increase over 2023. Streaming video […]

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GPO Sees Surge in Use of GovInfo to Access Government Information; Criteria for Bibliographic Databases in a Well-Functioning Scholarly Communication and Research Assessment Ecosystem; & More Headlines

January 14, 2025 by Gary Price

Audiobooks Digital Audiobooks Lead Growth in Library Circulation For the Second Year (via Audio Publishers Association)  Books Print Book Sales Saw a Small Sales Increase in 2024 (via PW) California “Palisades Branch of LA Public Library Burns Down. What Was Lost in the Fire?” (via Here and Now) Council on Library and Information Resource (CLIR) […]

Preprint: “Web Archives Metadata Generation with GPT-4o: Challenges and Insights”

November 11, 2024 by Gary Price

The preprint linked below was recently posted on arXiv. Title Web Archives Metadata Generation with GPT-4o: Challenges and Insights Authors Abigail Yongping Huang National Library Board Singapore Ashwin Nair National Library Board Singapore Zhen Rong Goh Nanyang Technological University Singapore Tianrui Liu Nanyang Technological University Singapore Source via arXiv DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2411.05409 Abstract Current metadata creation […]

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