March 14, 2024 by Gary Price
Below, a Joint Statement From: International Authors Forum PEN International International Publishers Association European and International Booksellers Federation International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions In recognition of the increasing efforts to restrict books, those who write them, publish them or make them available to readers, five organisations representing authors, publishers, booksellers and libraries worldwide […]
March 14, 2024 by Gary Price
Here’s the Full Text of Today’s ALA Announcement: The number of titles targeted for censorship surged 65 percent in 2023 compared to 2022, reaching the highest levels ever documented by the American Library Association (ALA). The new numbers released today show efforts to censor 4,240 unique book titles* in schools and libraries. This tops the previous high […]
March 14, 2024 by Gary Price
From an OurResearch Blog Post: OurResearch is proud to announce a $7.5M grant from Arcadia, to establish a sustainable and completely open index of the world’s research ecosystem. With this 5-year grant, OurResearch expands their open science ambitions to replace paywalled knowledge graphs with OpenAlex. Researchers, funders, and organizations around the world rely on scientific […]
March 14, 2024 by Gary Price
AI Generative AI’s Privacy Problem (via Axios) Consultation on Copyright in the Age of Generative Artificial Intelligence: Canadian Federation of Library Associations (CFLA) Response Canada Celebrating a Decade of the National Network for Equitable Library Service (NNELS) Idaho Idaho House Passes latest ‘Library Porn’ Bill (via Boise State Public Radio) Minnesota Libraries May Be Prohibited […]
March 13, 2024 by Gary Price
ACRL Michelle Demeter Appointed College & Research Libraries Editor AI Anthropic (Providers of Claude) Launches a Library of Chatbot Prompts (via ZDNet) Croissant: A Metadata Format For ML-Ready Datasets (via Google Research) Wiley Announces Pilot of New AI-Powered Papermill Detection Service Canada Is Book Banning Coming to Canada? Libraries, Book Stores, Authors Watching Closely (about […]
March 12, 2024 by Gary Price
AI Combating Deepfakes (Spotlight Brief, via GAO) Google Restricts Gemini From Answering Election-Related Queries Worldwide (via MediaPost) Guiding Your AI Journey: Essential Resources (via JISC) What Motivates People to Trust ‘AI’ Systems? (preprint, via arXiv) Internet Fibre and Fixed Wireless Access are the Two Fastest Growing Fixed Broadband Technologies in the OECD (via OECD) ORCID […]
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March 11, 2024 by Gary Price
Here’s the Full Text of ALA’s Announcement: After careful evaluation and analysis of financial and other critical factors, the American Library Association Executive Board has decided that LibLearnX: The Library Learning Experience will not be held in 2026. As ALA looks ahead, efforts are underway to determine how best to present some of the most […]
March 11, 2024 by Gary Price
From an EdSurge Article by Jennifer Howard: Gen Zers, born between 1997 and 2012, spend a lot of time online, consuming and creating digital content. Ninety-two percent check social media daily. But they still like print, and they still like to go to the library, according to a survey of Gen Z and Millennial public library […]
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March 4, 2024 by Gary Price
AI Meta AI Creates Ahistorical Images, Like Google Gemini (via Axios) Predicting the Unpredictable: Asking Real Questions About Generative AI (by Lorcan Dempsey, via via American Libraries) American Library Association ALA Awards $3.6 Million In Library Accessibility Funding to 310 Small and Rural Libraries CLIR: Council on Library and Information CLIR Postdocs Delve into Equitable […]
March 3, 2024 by Gary Price
From the University of Minnesota Libraries: The University of Minnesota now has one of the largest human rights archives at a public university, and it’s already helping researchers, educators, and human rights advocates across the globe. “With everything that’s happening in the world, if we can highlight aspects of the history of human rights, maybe […]