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Wisconsin: Bills Would Require Libraries to Notify Parents What Kids Check Out. Librarians Say That’s Unnecessary; Edition Guide For CNI’s Nov. 2023 Pre-Recorded Project Briefing Series Now Available; & More Headlines
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stable Diffusion XL Turbo Generates AI Images In Real-Time (via The Decoder) ChatGPT ChatGPT Can Reveal Personal Information From Real People, Google Researchers Show (via VICE) Coalition For Networked Information (CNI) Edition Guide For CNI’s Nov. 2023 Pre-Recorded Project Briefing Series Now Available NISO Ed Pentz to Receive NISO’s 2024 Miles Conrad […]
Leslie Burger Appointed Interim Executive Director of the American Library Association (ALA)
From ALA: The American Library Association Executive Board has selected Leslie Burger as ALA’s interim executive director. Her first day is November 15, 2023. Burger brings years of experience as a leader in our field, from her service as president of the American Library Association from July 2006 to July 2007, where she had a depth of […]
“Sacred Space: Why Libraries are Essential to Incarcerated Writers”; “YouTube Issues New Guidelines For Videos Using AI”; & More Headlines
Artificial Intelligence (AI) YouTube Issues New Guidelines For Videos Using AI (via Deadline) Awards ALA Unveils Shortlist For 2024 Andrew Carnegie Medals For Excellence in Fiction And Nonfiction (via American Library Association) Center For Open Science New Funding: Center for Open Science Expands Systematizing Confidence in Open Research and Evidence (SCORE) Program Efforts (via COS) […]
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Sam Helmick and Ray Pun Seek American Library Association Presidency For 2025-26 Term
From the American Library Association: The American Library Association (ALA) Nominating Committee has selected two nominees to run for ALA president in the upcoming election. The candidates running for the 2025-26 term are Sam Helmick, Community & Access Services Coordinator at Iowa City Public Library, and Raymond Pun, Academic and Research Librarian at the Alder […]
West Michigan Library Defunded Over LGBTQ Books Wins Tax Support on 3rd Try; Voters Pass Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library Levy; & More Headlines
California New San Diego Library Master Plan Calls for New Branches, New Priorities, More Equity (via San Diego Union Tribune) Center for Open Science OSF Preprints to Pilot Post-Moderation Policy Elections Election Night 2023 Library Wrap-Up (via EveryLibrary) Florida Florida Moms for Liberty Member Offers Up Teen Novel to Santa Rosa Sheriff as Pornography Public […]
OAPEN Books Preserved with CLOCKSS; Library of Congress Opens Award Nominations for Outstanding Federal Libraries, Librarians and Library Technicians; & More News Headlines
FEDLINK Library of Congress Opens Award Nominations for Outstanding Federal Libraries, Librarians and Library Technicians CLOCKSS, OAPEN OAPEN Books Preserved with CLOCKSS Open Science CERN-NASA Summit Convenes Open Science Thought Leaders Seeking to Promote Greater Collaboration (via SPARC) SAGE Sage Has Acquired IOS Press
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New PEN America Report: U.S. Prisons Ban Staggering Numbers of Books
From PEN America: Prisons censor staggering numbers of books and other reading materials, not just for their content but for a stunning range of capricious reasons including the size of a book or the color of mailed wrapping paper, according to a new report by PEN America. Reading Between the Bars: An In-Depth Look at […]
OCLC: Libraries and Open Access Discovery; Wall Street Journal: Libraries Are the New Front Line in America’s Mental-Health Crisis; & More News Headlines
Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) CLIR Receives Grant to Launch CLIR Climate Resiliency Program New York State Library State Library Awards $186,000 in Grants to Preserve Library Research Materials OCLC Libraries and Open Access Discovery Open Library of Humanities (OLH) Dawn of the Zombie Journal: New Poster Celebrates History, of OA Community Activism […]
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Springer Nature Announces Transformative Agreement (TA) in Hong Kong With All Member Libraries of Joint University Librarians Advisory Committee; ‘Hadestown’ Comes to the Library of Congress To Make Music and History; & More News Headlines
British Museum British Museum to Digitise Collectiona as Over Two Million Objects are Found to be Undocumented (via The Art Newspaper) Colorado Denver Post Report: “Garfield County Leaders Tell Library to Keep ‘Pornographic Materials’ Away From Kids in Latest Salvo Over Japanese Graphic Novels” Germany Wiley and German DEAL Consortium to Sign New 5-Year Agreement […]
Longlist For 2024 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction Announced, List Includes 21 Fiction, 24 Nonfiction Titles
From the American Library Association: Forty-five books (21 fiction, 24 nonfiction) have been selected for the longlist for the 2024 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction. The list is now available on the awards’ website. The six-title shortlist—three each for the fiction and nonfiction medals—will be chosen from longlist titles and announced […]
