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Urban Libraries Council (ULC) Announces 2025 Innovations Award Winners
| Awards, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Public Libraries
From the Urban Libraries Council: For more than 15 years, the Urban Libraries Council has celebrated the creativity, leadership, and impact of our member libraries through the Innovations Initiative. We are thrilled to announce the winners of the 2025 Innovations cycle! Congratulations to Dayton Metro Library (OH), DC Public Library (DC), Gwinnett County Public Library (GA), Pasadena Public Library (CA), Pioneer Library System (OK), and Prince […]
Listen Online: New PALABRA Archive Recordings Released for Digital Streaming
| Awards, News, Open Access
From LC: In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, which was celebrated from September 15 to October 15, the Latin American, Caribbean, and European Division (LACE) has released a new batch of unpublished recordings from the PALABRA Archive for online streaming. The PALABRA Archive is a collection of audio recordings of 20th and 21st century poets and writers […]
Milestones: Internet Archive Celebrates One Trillion Web Pages Preserved
| Associations and Organizations, Awards, Digital Preservation, Libraries, News, Open Access, Preservation
Ed. Note: infoDOCKET would like to take a moment to congratulate the Internet Archive on this monumental and important achievement. In a word, Wow! The vision and efforts (24x7x365) of Brewster Kahle, Mark Graham, and the ENTIRE IA team cannot be understated. The Wayback Machine is and will continue to be an essential research resource […]
The article (preprint) shared below was recently posted on arXiv. Title Readers Prefer Outputs of AI Trained on Copyrighted Books Over Expert Human Writers Authors Tuhin Chakrabarty Department of Computer Science and AI Innovation Institute, Stony Brook University Jane C. Ginsburg Columbia Law School Paramveer Dhillon School of Information Science, University of Michigan MIT Initiative […]
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 […]
“Dr. Carla Hayden Continuing to Advance Public Knowledge as New Senior Fellow at Mellon Foundation” (Interview on WYPR’s Midday Program)
| Awards, Interviews, Jobs, Management and Leadership, News, Profiles
The interview (listen online and/or download) with Dr. Hayden aired today (September 29, 2025) on WYPR’s Midday program. From the WYPR Website: Tom’s first guest today is Dr. Carla Hayden. She was named the 14th Librarian of Congress in 2016 by then-President Barack Obama. Prior to her nomination, she led Baltimore’s Enoch Pratt Free Library for 23 years. […]
U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) Names University of North Texas With Best Federal Depository Website
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From the GPO: The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) honors University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries for having the best website in the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) for 2025. This is the third library to ever receive the award, which was created to recognize the creativity and the ways libraries are providing easy access […]
Legendary Actor/Author/Activist George Takei Named Honorary Chair of Banned Books Week 2025
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Here’s the Full Text of Today’s Announcement From the American Library Association (ALA): Pioneering actor, author, and activist George Takei has been named honorary chair of Banned Books Week, which will take place October 5 – 11, 2025. Takei will be joined in leading the annual event by youth honorary chair Iris Mogul. “Books are […]
Library of Congress Announces 2025 Literacy Awards
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From the Library of Congress (Full Text of Announcement: Twenty-four organizations working to expand literacy and promote reading were awarded the 2025 Library of Congress Literacy Awards this morning on International Literacy Day. The Literacy Awards program, sponsored by David M. Rubenstein since 2013, and by the Kislak Family Foundation since 2023, honors promising initiatives […]
Mellon Foundation Announces Appointment of Dr. Carla Hayden as Mellon Senior Fellow
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Here’s the Full Text of Today’s Announcement From the Mellon Foundation: The Mellon Foundation today announced the appointment of Dr. Carla Hayden as a senior fellow. As part of the Foundation’s fellowship, Dr. Hayden, the 14th Librarian of Congress, will pursue scholarship, writing, and research projects while also serving as a strategic partner and counsel, […]
