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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, […]
Nashville Public Library Releases Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Special Edition Library Card & More News Headlines
ALA Announces the 2023 Class of Emerging Leaders ||| Direct to List of 2023 Emerging Leaders Nashville Public Library Releases Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Special Edition Library Card ||| Media Coverage (via Axios) NPR: Librarians Worry E-Book Pricing Might Affect People’s Ability to Borrow Books Wisconsin: Record $52 Million Going to Public School Libraries Next Year […]
Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) Officially Launches Its New Service to Further Build Trust in Peer Review and Open Access Academic Book Publishing; Dryad Quarterly Roundup (November 2022) Now Available Online; and More Headlines
Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) Officially Launches Its Peer ReviewInformation Service for Monographs (PRISM) (via DOAB) Dryad Quarterly Roundup (November 2022) Now Available Online NISO Publishes Updated Version of Standards Tag Suite Statement From PEN America: Proposed Texas Law Would Force Publishers To Create ‘Age Appropriate’ Ratings For School Library Books Readers Have Borrowed […]
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Texas: Llano County Library in Federal Court Case Over Removed Books, Hearing Resumes Today; Opinion: The School Library Used to Be a Sanctuary. Now It’s a Battleground” & More News Headlines
Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Releases Statement on Digital FDLP Task Force Draft Report Coherent Digital Reaches Agreement with Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA), Will Be Founding Member of Africa Commons Project FCC Launches New Pilot Broadband Program for Tribal Libraries (via 21st Century State) IFLA Announces Settlement Agreement with Gerald Leitner (via IFLA) “Opinion: […]
Report From Japan: “Students Find Paper Books Easier to Read Than E-Books”
From The Japan News: Elementary, junior high and high school students who have used e-books tend to find paper books easier to read, according to a recent survey conducted by the Japan School Library Association. [Clip] The survey asked some 7,000 students who said they had read an e-book, “Which do you find easier to […]
New Report From ALA: “Leverage Libraries to Receive Digital Equity for All”
From the American Library Association (ALA): Today the American Library Association (ALA) released Leverage libraries to Receive Digital Equity for All, which illustrates libraries’ longstanding work to advance digital equity and makes the case for policymakers to draw on the expertise of library professionals in designing state and local digital equity plans required to receive the […]
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MIT Press Journal Open Mind is Now a Diamond Open Access Publication; Urban Libraries Council Partners with National Summer Learning Association to Amplify Equity in Summer Learning; and More Headlines
Libraries on Twitch: Ideas for Starting on the Streaming Platform (via ZBW MediaTalk) MIT Press Journal Open Mind is Now a Diamond Open Access Publication 95 Research4Life Countries Granted Free Access to ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global School Libraries Link Up With Delaware Library Catalog to Provide Broader Access to Books (via WHYY) Springer Nature […]
Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) & Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) Introduce Right to Read Act to Invest in Literacy & Address Disparities in Access to School Library Resources and More News Headlines
Connecticut State Library Receives $948,000 Federal Grant Funding to Support the Automatic Transfer and Preservation of Historical Digital Records From State Agencies Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) & Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) Introduce Right to Read Act to Invest in Literacy & Address Disparities in Access to School Library Resources
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American Library Association (ALA) Sends Letter of Concern to FBI Regarding Threats of Violence in Libraries
From an ALA Statement: During the Summer and Fall of 2022, threats directed to public and school libraries and library workers escalated, including the forced temporary closure of five public library systems due to bomb and shooting threats. On September 27, the executive board of the American Library Association (ALA) transmitted a letter to FBI […]
“Banned in the USA: The Growing Movement to Censor Books in Schools”; New Report From PEN America Documents 2,500+ Book Bans Across 32 States During 2021-22 School Year & Tip Sheet For “Librarians Facing Harassment” Released
UPDATED POST: A Tip Sheet for Librarians Facing Harassment (via PEN America) This guidance is intended to equip librarians with strategies to navigate online abuse. While this resource acknowledges the ways that online abuse can move offline, it is primarily focused on digital safety. For a discussion of physical safety in libraries, see: “We Need […]
