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The article linked below was recently published by Insights. Title The Importance of Inclusive and Balanced Collections in Libraries and Archives Author Gali Halevi CLOCKSS Source Insights Vol. 38, 2025 DOI: 10.1629/uksg.701 Abstract This article examines the differences in diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts between library collection development and archival practices, highlighting the unique […]
Harvard Law School Library Releases First Complete Set of Digitized Nuremberg Trials Records
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From Harvard Law School Beginning today, the Harvard Law School Library is making available online the first complete, fully searchable, digitized collection of official evidentiary documents and trial transcripts in English from all 13 Nuremberg Trials, at https://nuremberg.law.harvard.edu/. On the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the first trial on November 20, 1945, researchers, scholars, […]
New Journal Article: “Archive Workers’ Information Needs and How Their Expert Knowledge Influences Information Searching and Collection Curation: An Interview Study”
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The article (full text) linked below was recently published by Information Research. Title Archive Workers’ Information Needs and How Their Expert Knowledge Influences Information Searching and Collection Curation: An Interview Study Authors Nils Pharo Oslo Metropolitan University Pia BorlundOslo Oslo Metropolitan University Ying-Hsang Liu Uppsala University, Sweden Source Information Research an International Electronic Journal 30(3), […]
Center for Research Libraries (CRL) Goes Live on TIND ILS for Print Archives Preservation Registry (PAPR)
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From a TIND Release: The Center for Research Libraries (CRL) has launched its new Print Archives Preservation Registry (PAPR) on the TIND ILS platform, completing the second of three TIND systems now in production at CRL. The new PAPR serves as a modern, hosted data lake, replacing CRL’s locally built infrastructure with a scalable environment for […]
Report: “‘People Have Had to Move House’: Inside the British Library, Two Years on From Devastating Cyber Attack”
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From The Independent: Home to more than 170 million items, including the Magna Carta, the British Library is one of the largest and most impressive book collections in the world. But in October 2023, a major cyber attack plunged it into chaos, shutting down its digital systems and resulting in the leaking of staff details […]
UBC Library Digitizes William Shakespeare’s Second Folio
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From a UBC Library Announcement: While William Shakespeare’s First Folio was much celebrated when it arrived at UBC in 2021, did you know that UBC Library also has a Second Folio of Shakespeare’s works? The Second Folio, digitized by UBC Library’s Digitization Centre, is now publicly accessible through Open Collections. Published in 1632, the Second Folio is the […]
New Journal Article: “From Niche to Norm: A Case Study of Zines in a Circulating Collection”
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The article linked below was recently published by Library Resources & Technical Services. Title From Niche to Norm: A Case Study of Zines in a Circulating Collection Authors Emilee Mathews University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign María Evelia University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Source Library Resources & Technical Services Vol 69, No 4 (2025) DOI: 10.5860/lrts.69n4.8550 Abstract Zines […]
Now Available: 2025 Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) Proceedings
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The 2025 Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) Proceedings were recently posted online. Direct links to all items included in the proceedings are linked below. The 2025 ALISE Annual Conference took place in Kansas City, MO, October 6-8, 2025. Direct to Complete Table of Contents Introduction 2025 ALISE Introduction Juried Papers Structuration Theory […]
Report: “USDA Migrates Data Archive to New Website, Dropping Cornell’s Mann Library”
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From Reuters: Archived crop and livestock reports from the U.S. Department of Agriculture were set to transfer to a new government website on Wednesday with the agency’s existing online archive, hosted by Cornell University’s Mann Library, decommissioned, the USDA and a Cornell official said on Tuesday. The USDA’s online Economics, Statistics and Market Information System, […]
News From UNC University Libraries: “With New Grant, “On The Books” Uses AI To Make Historical Records More Accessible”
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From UNC University Libraries: The University Libraries’ On the Books initiative is expanding its scope and exploring how artificial intelligence can make it easier to find and use materials from the archives. A $765,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation will support three case studies using AI to improve access to materials related to groups historically underrepresented in […]
