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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 […]
Report: “Fast-Growing Open-Access Journals Stripped of Coveted Impact Factors”
From a Science Article by Jeffery Brainard: Nearly two dozen journals from two of the fastest growing open-access publishers, including one of the world’s largest journals by volume, will no longer receive a key scholarly imprimatur. On 20 March, the Web of Science database said it delisted the journals along with dozens of others, stripping […]
Statement: American Library Association (ALA) Condemns Ongoing Threats Against Libraries
Here’s the Full Text of an ALA Statement (March 27, 2023): The American Library Association (ALA) condemns—in the strongest terms possible—the violence, threats of violence and other acts of intimidation that are increasingly taking place in America’s libraries, including last week’s bomb threats to Hilton Central District Schools in New York, which put the lives […]
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HathTrust Launching an “In-Depth Process of Exploration, Discovery, and Strategic Visioning, to Begin Our Next 15 Years”
From HathiTrust: The world has changed dramatically in the 15 years since HathiTrust’s creation and even more so in the 5 years since we adopted our 2019-2023 Strategic Directions. Despite the global disruption and changes of recent years — as well as 47% membership growth — we have followed the course laid out in that plan. […]
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, […]
Upcoming Event: U.S. Repository Network Action Plan Update; Detailed Agenda and Updated Schedule Now Available For Spring 2023 Depository Library Council (DLC) Virtual Meeting Now Available; & More News Headlines
Anticipating Preservation Needs of Archived Audio Tapes (via Library of Congress) Detailed Agenda and Updated Schedule Now Available For Spring 2023 Depository Library Council (DLC) Virtual Meeting Europe PMC Announces ROR Integration Into Grant Finder Latest Database Launched in AHRQ’s Data Innovations Effort (via AHRQ) OCLC Partners With the Big Ten Academic Alliance to Advance […]
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Illinois and Iowa Propose Book Ban Legislation With Opposing Goals; Louisiana: ACLU Of Louisiana Releases Open Letter on Library Censorship; and More News Headlines
Connecticut: CT Librarians Raise Their Voices About Banned Books. ‘We Don’t Have Porn.’ (via CT Post) Illinois and Iowa Propose Book Ban Legislation With Opposing Goals (via WQAD) Iowa: Librarian Fighting For a Place Even For Books That ‘Hurt My Feelings’ (via The Gazette) Louisiana: ACLU of Louisiana Releases Open Letter on Library Censorship New York: Bomb Threat to Hilton […]
Journal Article: “What are Library Graduate Students Learning about Disability and Accessibility?: A Syllabus Analysis”
The article linked below was recently published by Urban Library Journal. Title What are Library Graduate Students Learning about Disability and Accessibility?: A Syllabus Analysis Author JJ Pionke University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Source Urban Library Journal, 29(1) March 2023 Abstract A study was conducted that examined readily available syllabi from library and information sciences […]
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Not Real News: An Associated Press Roundup of Untrue Stories Shared Widely on Social Media This Week
From the Associated Press: A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts… Direct to Full Text See Also: More “Not Real News” […]
Judge Issues Opinion in Hachette Book Group, Et Al v. Internet Archive, Et Al; Plaintiffs Motion For Summary Judgment Granted
We Will Be Updating this Post with Media Reports, Statements, Analysis, etc. as They Become Available Statements Association of American Publishers “Publishers Prevail in Summary Judgement Against Internet Archive for Copyright Infringement” Authors Alliance Judge Rules Against Internet Archive on Controlled Digital Lending Authors Guild Authors Guild Celebrates Resounding Win in Internet Archive Infringement Lawsuit […]
