March 27, 2024 by Gary Price
Here’s the Full Text of Today’s Announcement From IMLS: The Institute of Museum and Library Services is pleased to announce 30 finalists for the 2024 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 1994, […]
March 25, 2024 by Gary Price
From an OCLC Release: Following a comprehensive governance study, the OCLC Global Council ratified plans to establish a new council structure to clarify its role and increase member engagement. The new OCLC Leaders Council will be phased in over the next year with a clear purpose: to provide library perspectives that inform OCLC’s strategic goals […]
March 22, 2024 by Gary Price
From The Texas Tribune: From the Texas State Library and Archives Commission in Austin offering a mental health resources page to the San Antonio Public Library’s mental health awareness presentation on the signs of anxiety to a private telehealth room where patrons can meet with a counselor via Zoom in North Texas town of Pottsboro, these librarians do their best […]
March 21, 2024 by Gary Price
Here’s the Full Text of Today’s Announcement From IMLS: The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is pleased to announce the appointment of Deputy Director for Library Services Cyndee Landrum as Acting Director, effective March 21, 2024. Ms. Landrum will assume the Acting Director role following the end of current Director Crosby Kemper’s four-year […]
March 21, 2024 by Gary Price
Ohio Ohio Voters Approve 5 out of 7 Public Library Levies (via Ohio Library Council) SPARC Theme for Open Access Week 2024 Continues Call to Put “Community Over Commercialization” ideos Tired of Streaming? Free Blockbuster Libraries Offer an Alternative (via NY Times) Last Update: 11:05am
March 18, 2024 by Gary Price
Information Technology and Libraries (ITAL; 43.1, 2024) was today (March 18, 2024). It’s published by ALA’s Core Division and is a peer-reviewed, open-access publication. Direct to Table of Contents Editorials Letter from the Editors: March 2024 Kenneth J. Varnum; Marisha C. Kelly Public Libraries Leading the Way How Libraries Can Fosr a Vibrant Local Music […]
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March 18, 2024 by Gary Price
Little Free Libraries Dav Pilkey, Scholastic, and Little Free Libraries Launch New Initiative Louisiana New Orleans Public Library is Now Fine Free (via NOPL) Open Book Collective Collective Development Fund Grant Programme: Scoping Update (via Open Book Collective) Scholarly Communications Scientific Journals Are Publishing Papers with AI-Generated Text (via 404 Media) Standards W3C Adopts New […]
March 17, 2024 by Gary Price
Evidence Based Library and Information Practice (Vol. 19, No. 1) was recently published online. EBLIP is a peer reviewed, open access journal published quarterly by the University of Alberta Library. EBLIP publishes original research and commentary on the topic of evidence based library and information practice, as well as reviews of previously published research (evidence summaries) on a […]
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March 16, 2024 by Gary Price
AI Milestone: NewsGuardHas Found 750 AI-Generated “News” Websites (via NG Reality Check) Alabama UPDATE (3/17): Prattville Library Board Appoints Interim Librarian; Protests Over Firing, Book Challenges Continue (via AL.Com) Prattville Library Gets Interim Director Amid Book Ban Controversy (via Montgomery Advertiser) Statement from the EveryLibrary Institute on the Firing of Autauga-Prattville Alabama Public Library Staff […]
March 15, 2024 by Gary Price
Will be updating this post with media coverage, documents, amicus briefs and other filings, etc. At the bottom of this post you will find a link to the Internet Archive’s brief and other materials. From the Association of American Publishers (AAP): Today, Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins Publishers, Penguin Random House, and Wiley (the “Plaintiffs”), filed […]