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Texas: “Llano County Officials Must Offer Library Books They’d Removed, Judge Orders”
From The Texas Tribune: Officials in Llano County must return to the public library system books they removed and allow them to be checked out again, a federal judge ruled this week. The Texas judge is also prohibiting the officials from removing any more books while a lawsuit remains pending. Seven library patrons last year sued the county judge, […]
Pen America: U.S. Is Experiencing the Biggest Attack on First Amendment Rights ‘In Generations’; Harry Ransom Center Acquires Archive of Poet James Fenton; & More News Headlines
ACRL Acquires Threshold Achievement Test for Information Literacy (TATIL) Chat-Based Search and Discovery: Perplexity AI For iOS App Released & AI Search Startup Raises $26 Million To Offer Rival To Google (via Bloomberg) Harry Ransom Center Acquires Archive of Poet James Fenton (via Ransom Center) Elon Musk and Top AI Researchers Call for Pause on […]
IMLS Names Finalists for 2023 National Medal for Museum and Library Service
From the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS): The Institute of Museum and Library Services is pleased to announce 30 finalists for the 2023 National Medal for Museum and Library Service. The National Medal is the nation’s highest honor given to museums and libraries that demonstrate excellence in service to their communities. Since 1996, […]
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AI Tools Are Generating Convincing Misinformation. Engaging With Them Means Being on High Alert; Report From Fully OA Meeting 2; & More News Headlines
AI Tools Are Generating Convincing Misinformation. Engaging with Them Means Being on High Alert (via The Conversation) Guests at the Next DPLA Open Board + Community Meeting (April 10, 2023) Include: Brian Bannon (New York Public Library), Vickery Bowles (Toronto Public Library), Felton Thomas (Cleveland Public Library), & Charles Thomas of Knight Foundation (and Charlotte […]
American Library Association Reports Record Number of Demands to Censor Library Books and Materials in 2022: Book Challenges Nearly Doubled From 2021
From the American Library Association: The American Library Association (ALA) today released new data documenting* 1,269 demands to censor library books and resources in 2022, the highest number of attempted book bans since ALA began compiling data about censorship in libraries more than 20 years ago. The unparalleled number of reported book challenges in 2022 nearly […]
Report: “Top Missouri Lawmaker Moves To Strip Library Funding”
From the Associated Press (AP): A powerful Missouri state lawmaker on Tuesday moved to strip state funding for public libraries over a fight about books. Republican House Budget Committee Chairman Cody Smith’s budget proposal, unveiled Tuesday, would cut all $4.5 million in state funding that libraries were slated to get next fiscal year. Smith said […]
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Houston Chronicle: “As Book Bans Ebb, the Battle to Criminally Charge Texas Librarians Has Started”
From the Houston Chronicle: Politically and socially conservative, Texas is a national leader in school book challenges and bans; a Chronicle investigation last summer counted more than 2,000 content reviews of challenged school library books. The state prison system prohibits more than 9,000 titles. Many of the book battles that flared up at school and public libraries across the state in […]
Journal Article: “Services to Mobile Users: The Best Practice from the Top-Visited Public Libraries in the US”
The article linked below was published today by Information Technology and Libraries (ITAL). Title Services to Mobile Users: The Best Practice from the Top-Visited Public Libraries in the US Authors Yan Quan Liu Southern Connecticut State University Tianjin University of Technology Sarah Lewis Connecticut State University Source Information Technology and Libraries (ITAL) 42(1); 2023 DOI: […]
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New Online: Handbook on Comparative E-lending Policies in European Public Libraries
From EBLIDA (European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations): This Handbook overhauls current stereotypes about e-lending. The studies and investigations quoted in the Handbook demonstrate that e-lending in libraries is a formidable instrument for promoting e-books.Results may be short of sensational: when promoted by libraries, an individual title may see a 818% growth in […]
Journal Article: “Public Libraries and Health Promotion Partnerships: Needs and Opportunities”
The article linked below was recently published by Evidence Based Library and Information Practice (EBLIP). Title Public Libraries and Health Promotion Partnerships: Needs and Opportunities Authors Noah Lenstra University of North Carolina at Greensboro Joanne Roberts University of North Carolina at Greensboro Source Evidence Based Library and Information Practice (EBLIP), 18(1) DOI: 10.18438/eblip30250 Abstract Objective – […]
