April 26, 2024 by Gary Price
Data Management and Sharing Plans Connecting DMSPs to Research Outputs (via University of California Curation Center (UC3)) France French National Library Quarantines ‘Poisonous’ Books (AFP via France 24) Iowa Iowa City Launches Book Donation and Recycling Program to Promote Sustainability (via Des Moines Register) Johns Hopkins University Libraries Cynthia Hudson Vitale Appointed Associate Dean of […]
April 25, 2024 by Gary Price
From the Library of Congress: As part of the Library’s National Poetry Month celebrations, the Latin American, Caribbean, and European Division (LAC&E) is making digitally available 24 previously unpublished audio recordings from the PALABRA Archive. Since the launch of the online repositories of the Library’s literary audio archives almost a decade ago, the tradition around the PALABRA Archive […]
April 16, 2024 by Gary Price
From the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH): The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) today announced $26.2 million in grants for 238 humanities projects across the country. Grants awarded today will underwrite a new permanent exhibition at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh on how the Nile River shaped ancient Egyptians’ ideas of […]
April 8, 2024 by Gary Price
From an Introduction to the Report (18 pages; PDF) by ALA’s Interim Director, Leslie Burger: Library workers never cease to amaze me, and that’s saying something because I’ve been in the field for quite some time. Toward the end of 2023, I joined the American Library Association (ALA) in a new capacity, as interim executive […]
April 8, 2024 by Gary Price
From ALA: The American Library Association (ALA) launched National Library Week with today’s release of its highly anticipated annual list of the Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2023 and the State of America’s Libraries Report, which highlights the ways libraries and library workers have taken action to address community needs with innovative and critical services, as […]
April 4, 2024 by Gary Price
AI Google Might Make Users Pay for AI Features in Search Results (via ars technica) This Tool Makes AI Models Hallucinate Cats to Fight Copyright Infringement (via NBC News) Green Libraries ENSULIB Announces the 9th IFLA Green Library Award 2024 Longlist in Two Categories (via IFLA) Idaho Idaho Legislature Passes Bill Requiring Idaho Libraries Move […]
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March 30, 2024 by Gary Price
From a Letter by MIT President Sally Kornbluth Posted on the MIT Press Website: Last fall, Provost Barnhart and I were delighted to provide more than two dozen research teams from across MIT with seed funds to develop impact papers that would articulate effective roadmaps, policy recommendations, and calls for action across the broad domain of generative […]
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, […]
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March 22, 2024 by Gary Price
From AP (Associated Press): Lorrie Moore won the prize for fiction on Thursday, while Judy Blume and her longtime ally in the fight against book bans, the American Library Association were given honorary prizes by the National Book Critics Circle. [Clip] Blume was the recipient of the Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award. The committee cited the […]
March 20, 2024 by Gary Price
AI 3 Questions: What You Need to Know About Audio Deepfakes (via CSAIL/MIT) 8 Google Employees Invented Modern AI. Here’s the Inside Story (via WIRED) Book Bans Why Ban Books When You Can Ban Book Awards?: Suburban Illinois District Cancels Caudill Awards (via Book Riot) Boston Library Consortium Boston Library Consortium (BLC) Supports Path to […]