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AP Report: “Librarians Fear New Penalties, Even Prison, as Activists Challenge Books”
Associations and Organizations, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, News, Public Libraries
|From the Associated Press: Across the country, book challenges and bans have soared to the highest levels in decades. Public and school-based libraries have been inundated with complaints from community members and conservative organizations such as as Moms for Liberty. Increasingly, lawmakers are considering new punishments — crippling lawsuits, hefty fines, and even imprisonment — for distributing […]
Brad Warren Elected ACRL Vice-President/President-Elect; Dr. Brandy McNeil Named Public Library Association (PLA) 2025-2026 President & More News Headlines
Associations and Organizations, Libraries, News, Public Libraries
|AI I Tested 4 Different AI Image Detectors: Here’s How Accurate They Were (Make Use Of) American Library Association (ALA) Brad Warren Elected ACRL Vice-President/President-Elect (via ACRL) Dr. Brandy McNeil Named Public Library Association (PLA) 2025-2026 President (via ALA) New Hampshire Exploring New Hampshire Newspapers in Chronicling America (via LC) Ohio Columbus Metropolitan Library (CML) […]
Pun Wins 2025-2026 ALA Presidency
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Public Libraries
|Congrats Ray! Here’s the Full Text of Today’s ALA Announcement: Raymond Pun, Academic and Research Librarian at the Alder Graduate School of Education in California has been elected 2024-2025 president-elect of the American Library Association (ALA). Pun received 5,611 votes, while his opponent, Sam Helmick, Community & Access Services Coordinator at Iowa City Public Library, […]
American Library Association (ALA) Releases The State of America’s Libraries 2024
Associations and Organizations, Awards, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries
|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 […]
American Library Association (ALA) Releases List of the Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2023
Associations and Organizations, Awards, Libraries, National Libraries, News, Publishing
|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 […]
AI CDC’s Generative AI Pilots Include School Closure Tracking, Website Updates (Via FedScoop) Even OpenAI says its new voice cloning tool has major potential for misuse (via NPR) This Tool Makes AI Models Hallucinate Cats to Fight Copyright Infringement (via NBC News) Alabama Former Prattville Library Director Sues Governing Board Over Termination (via Alabama Reflector) […]
ENSULIB Announces the 9th IFLA Green Library Award 2024 Longlist in Two Categories; Idaho Legislature Passes Bill Requiring Idaho Libraries Move ‘Harmful Materials’; & More Headlines
Associations and Organizations, Awards, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Scholarly Communications
|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 […]
The April 2024 (Vol 85 No 4) Issue of College & Research Libraries News is Now Available Online
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Journal Articles, Libraries, News
|The April 2024 (Vol 85 No 4) issue of College & Research Libraries News from the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) is now available online. Direct to Complete Table of Contents Direct to Download Complete Issue (PDF) Features Story Telling, Learning Objects, and Scalar: Hidden Tools in Asynchronous Educational Models Charmaine Henriques You […]
Yale Library Acquires Historic Video Interviews with Leading Musicians, Collection Will Be Digitized and Digitally Preserved
Associations and Organizations, Interviews, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Profiles
|From the Yale Library: Yale Library is adding more than 250 interviews with major American musicians to its Oral History of American Music (OHAM) colle ction through a licensing agreement with New Music USA. The library will digitize and digitally preserve the interviews, making them available to students, researchers, arts organizations, and the media at […]
Request for Proposals: Communication Strategy for CFLA-FCAB; CISA Publishes High-Risk Communities Webpage; & More Headlines
Associations and Organizations, Interviews, Libraries, News, Open Access, Profiles, Publishing
|AI Dan Cohen: Is Science Becoming Conceptual Art? (Humane Ingenuity 52) (via CNI) Washington State Judge Blocks Use of AI-Enhanced Video As Evidence in Possible First-Of-Its-Kind Ruling (via NBC News) WHO Unveils A Digital Health Promoter Harnessing Generative AI For Public Health Canadian Federation of Library Associations (CFLA) Request for Proposals: Communication Strategy for CFLA-FCAB […]