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Top Innovators: Urban Libraries Council Announces Winners of 2024 Innovations Award
From the Urban Libraries Council: For 15 years, the Urban Libraries Council has proudly highlighted and honored our library members through the Innovations Initiative. We are so excited to announce the winners of the 2024 Innovations cycle! From campaigns that promote civic engagement and intellectual freedom to programs that enhance digital connectivity and economic mobility, more than 230 library projects covering six […]
News From Clarivate, International Publishers Association (IPA), OA Switchboard; & Others
AI The United Nations Wants to Treat AI With the Same Urgency as Climate Change (via WIRED) See Also: Report Discussed in Article (Full Text) Carnegie Corporation of New York New Support for New York City’s Public Libraries from the Foundation Established by Andrew Carnegie Center for Open Science New Preprint Introduces Major Update to […]
ITHAKA Posts Fall 2024 Community Letter; CRKN Publishes 2023-2024 Annual Report; PALNI Awarded IMLS Grant to Develop PEARL Open Source Reading List System; & More Headlines
AI FPF Unveils Report on Emerging Trends in U.S. State AI Regulation (via FPF) ALPSP Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers) ALPSP Awards Winners Announced at the Annual Conference 2024 Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) CRKN Publishes 2023-2024 Annual Report: Building Connections in Research and Knowledge (via CRKN) Ithaka ITHAKA Fall 2024 Community Letter—Learning […]
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Library of Congress Announces 2024 Literacy Awards Including Two Inaugural Prizes
From the Library of Congress: The Library of Congress Literacy Awards program, sponsored by David M. Rubenstein since 2013, and also by the Kislak Family Foundation since 2023, honors promising initiatives that provide exemplary, innovative and replicable strategies that promote literacy. Twenty-four organizations working to expand literacy and promote reading were awarded the 2024 Library […]
Announcing the Publication Facts Label for Open Journal Systems; Announcing $150,000 Award From Sloan Foundation to Invest in Open Infrastrucuture (IOI) to Advance Understanding of the Research Software Ecosystem; & More News Headlines
AI Artificial Intelligence: Agencies are Implementing Management and Personnel Requirements (via GAO) Cultural Heritage: Register Now to Join the AI4Culture Workshop Series (via Europeana Pro) FEDLINK Federal Library & Information Network (FEDLINK) Inspection Report Funding Announcing $150,000 Award From Sloan Foundation to Invest in Open Infrastrucuture (IOI) to Advance Understanding of the Research Software Ecosystem […]
Internet2 Awarded $250,000 IMLS Grant to Empower Indigenous Community Libraries in Expanding Broadband and Digital Access
From Internet2: Internet2 has been awarded a two-year $249,994 Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grant to bolster the digital capabilities of Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Tribal libraries. Funded through the Laura Bush 21st Century Library Program, the grant will enable the Internet2 Community Anchor Program to work closely with these libraries to scale the […]
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Funding: National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Announces $37.5 Million for 240 Humanities Projects Nationwide Including First Round of Grants For New Humanities Research Centers on Artificial Intelligence Program
From NEH: The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) today announced $37.5 million in grants for 240 humanities projects across the country. These grants will support a feature-length documentary on the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), the first female pilots to fly for the U.S. military in World War II, and their fight for recognition as […]
Recorded Poetry: University of Arizona Poetry Center’s Voca Archive Adds More Than 12,000 Caption Files to Recordings Dating to 1963
From the U. of Arizona: The University of Arizona Poetry Center’s Voca archive of recorded poetry readings is now accompanied by digitized captions, making one of the world’s major poetry audiovisual archives fully accessible and searchable. The project, started in 2021 with a $135,000 Mellon Foundation Public Knowledge grant, has created one of the largest captioned digital […]
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Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) and Independent Publishers Group (IPG) Announce Partnership to Provide Libraries with Permanent Ownership Rights Over Tens of Thousands of Digital Titles
Here’s the Full Text of Today’s Announcement: The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) and Independent Publishers Group (IPG) have announced a groundbreaking agreement that will transform how American libraries provide access to books for millions of readers. Through this landmark collaboration between IPG and DPLA, libraries around the country will now have the power […]
Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) Awards $796,320 to Rescue Endangered Audio and Visual Heritage 26 Projects Selected in Latest Round of “Recordings at Risk” Program
Here’s the Full Text of Today’s Announcement From the Council on Library and Information Resources: The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) announced $796,320 in grants to digitize rare and unique audio/visual materials through its Recordings at Risk program. This eleventh cohort of the program will support 26 projects, adding to the impressive tally of […]
