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New From the Library of Congress: U.S. Elections Web Archive Data Resources Available; Reflections on Collection Development: One Year at CLOCKSS and Looking Ahead to 2025; & More Headlines
AI ChatGPT Now Understands Real-Time Video, Seven Months After OpenAI First Demoed It (via TC) Google Gemini Now Summarizes Entire Folders in Google Drive (via 9to5 Google) Google’s New Project Astra Could Be Generative AI’s Killer App (via Tech Review) & Google Reveals Gemini 2, AI Agents, and a Prototype Personal Assistant (via WIRED) Interview: […]
Report: “South Dakota Library Advocates Say Proposed Cuts Would Be ‘Catastrophic'”
From KELO: Library advocates are calling for more attention on South Dakota’s upcoming budget after Gov. Kristi Noem’s recommended budget included cuts to the State Library. Many librarians are concerned about the proposed cuts, with just over $1 million is set to be cut from the State Library and almost $1.4 million from federal funds. The State […]
PLOS Receives $3.3M Grant to Support Open Access Publishing & Business Model Transformation
From PLOS: PLOS has been awarded a $3.3million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, underscoring its commitment to pioneer a shift away from traditional publishing models. The 3-year funding package from the Gates Foundation will support PLOS’ transition towards APC-free publishing by enabling authors, funded by the foundation, to publish with PLOS without […]
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National Archives to Award $2.4 Million For Historical Records Projects
From the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA): The National Archives has approved $2,434,000 in awards for 30 historical records projects in 21 states, American Samoa, and the District of Columbia. The National Archives grants program is carried out with the advice and recommendations of the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC). A complete […]
Report: “New Jersey Becomes Latest State to Prohibit Bans on Books in School, Public Libraries”
From AP: New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law Monday to prohibit public and school libraries from banning books in the state and to enshrine protections against civil and criminal charges for librarians who comply with the law. New Jersey becomes the latest Democrat-led state to enact a ban on book bans, joining Illinois […]
Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association (OASPA) Launches Recommendations to Tackle Inequity in Open Access Publishing
From the Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association (OASPA): In a world of digital abundance, and over a million articles being published open access in 2023, vast quantities of scholarly outputs remain locked behind paywalls, and many scholars across the world are blocked by dominant models of open access publishing. Blockers include funding systems that uphold […]
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Workshop Report: “Future of Information Retrieval Research in the Age of Generative AI”
The report linked to below was published by the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) from the Computing Research Association (CRA). Title Future of Information Retrieval Research in the Age of Generative AI Authors James Allan University of Massachusetts Amherst Eunsol Choi University of Texas at Austin New York University Daniel P. Lopresti Lehigh University CCC Hamed […]
Digital Collections: Library of Congress Launches Digitized Collection of National AIDS Memorial Quilt Records
From the Library of Congress: The Library of Congress has released a groundbreaking online collection of the National AIDS Memorial Quilt Records, making one of the most poignant symbols of the AIDS epidemic in the United States available to a global audience. As the largest communal art project in the world, the AIDS Memorial Quilt […]
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Alabama: “Huntsville Library Moving Animated Disney Movies After Policy Changes”
From the Alamaba Political Reporter: Movies like Moana, Frozen, Coco and more are moving in the Huntsville-Madison County Public Library after the board changed policies to comply with new state aid requirements from the Alabama Public Library Service. Interim director Connie Chow confirmed to APR that numerous movies currently shelved in the juvenile section of libraries are moving to […]
AI: “Bluesky May Not Train AI on Your Posts, But Others Can, and Users are Furious”; “Mississippi State University Libraries to Digitize Untold Civil Rights Stories with CLIR Grant”; & More News Headlines
AI Bluesky May Not Train AI on Your Posts, But Others Can, and Users are Furious (via Neowin) Association of Research Libraries (ARL) ARL/CDL Machine Actionable Plans (MAP) Pilot Team Visits University of Colorado Boulder (via ARL) Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) Biodiversity Heritage Library Datasets Now Openly Accessible on the Amazon Web Services Cloud Idaho […]
