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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)
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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, […]
From The Library of Congress: The Library of Congress has acquired the manuscripts, music and lyric drafts, recordings, notebooks and scrapbooks of legend. ary composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, widely considered one of the most influential and innovative musical theater songwriters of his generation. Winner of eight Tony Awards, including a special Tony for lifetime […]
Clarivate Commits to ERIC, the World’s Most Widely Used Index of Education-Related Literature with Launch of the ProQuest Education Research Index (a Free Resource)
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Here’s the Full Text of the 6/13 Announcement From Clarivate: Clarivate today announced its continued commitment to the Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), the world’s most widely used index to education-related literature and a critical resource for libraries, education researchers and practitioners globally. ERIC is currently sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department […]
Invest in Open Infrastructure (IOI) Releases 2025 State of Open Infrastructure Report; Why AI Literacy is Now a Core Competency in Education; & More Headlines
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AI Why AI Literacy is Now a Core Competency in Education (via World Economic Forum) Infrastructure Invest in Open Infrastructure (IOI) Releases 2025 State of Open Infrastructure Report Mass Digitization A Case for Libraries’ Survival in the Internet Age: Mass Digitization of Literary Works and the Legality of Controlled Digital Lending (via The Columbia Journal […]
Brewster Kahle Accepts Project Uil Award from Dutch Wikipedia Community; Proposed Legislation to Limit Book Bans in Nevada Libraries Advances in State Assembly; & More Headlines
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AI Overcoming AI Hallucinations: Truist’s Chandra Kapireddy (via Sloan Business Review) Training LLMs to Self-Detoxify Their Language (via MIT News) Alabama Librarians Say Alabama Anti-DEI Education Law Impacts Morale: ‘Worried’ (via AL.com) Citation Analysis Exclusive: The Most-Cited Papers of the Twenty-First Century (via Nature) ||| Archived Version Science’s Golden Oldies: The Decades-Old Research Papers Still […]
