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Research Paper: Toward Integrating AI Chat and Search: A User-Centered Perspective Across Age Groups
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The article linked below was recently made available (full text) by the ACM Digital Library. Title Toward Integrating AI Chat and Search: A User-Centered Perspective Across Age Groups Authors Chen He University of Helsinki Michiel Spape University of Macau Khadijatul Kobra University of Helsinki Robin Welsch University of Helsinki Giulio Jacucci University of Helsinki Source […]
Report: OpenAI Sued For Infringing OverDrive’s ‘Sora’ Trademark
| Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, News
From Reuters: Digital library app maker OverDrive has sued OpenAI in Ohio federal court, alleging that the artificial intelligence startup’s Sora video-generation app violates its trademark rights in the “Sora” name. OverDrive said in a lawsuit, filed on Wednesday that OpenAI’s app will cause consumer confusion with its own Sora app, which provides e-books and […]
Center for Research Libraries (CRL) Goes Live on TIND ILS for Print Archives Preservation Registry (PAPR)
| Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Data Files, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Interactive Tools, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Preservation, Reports
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 […]
From The Minnesota Star-Tribune: Historians and librarians at the University of Minnesota launched Save Our Signs this summer. There is no central database of national park signs, so they asked the public to send in their own photos from the parks, historic sites, monuments, memorials, battlefields, seashores that make up the National Park Service. “This […]
Digital Collections: Save Our Signs Archive Containing Over 10,000 Photos of National Park Service (NPS) Interpretive Materials Launches Online
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The Save Our Sign Archive went live today. The full text of the launch announcement follows below. The Save Our Signs project (SOS), a community-driven effort to preserve National Park Service (NPS) interpretive materials before they are removed from public view, is proud to announce the launch of the Save Our Signs Archive, a collection […]
New Episode of EFF’s “How to Fix the Internet” Podcast Features a Conversation with Internet Archive Founder and Digital Librarian Brewster Kahle
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From the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF): A passionate advocate for public internet access and a successful entrepreneur, Brewster Kahle has spent his life intent on a singular focus: providing universal access to all knowledge. The Internet Archive, which he founded in 1996, now preserves 99+ petabytes of data – the books, Web pages, music, television, […]
Report: The HBCU Digital Library Trust Preserves History
| Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Funding, Interactive Tools, Libraries, News, Preservation
From the Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery Initiative: Launched in 2023, the HBCU Digital Library Trust is on a mission to reach the next generation of students, researchers, and information seekers through one digital platform with materials showcasing the history of Black academia in the United States post-emancipation. Funded by the Harvard & the Legacy of […]
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Adds Nearly 500 Images to Its Online Collection of High-Resolution Lincoln Pictures
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From the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum: The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum has added nearly 500 images to its online collection of high-resolution Lincoln pictures, including photos of Lincoln’s assassin, the nation grieving Lincoln’s death and the places he lived throughout his life. The ALPLM’s “Picturing Lincoln” collection now offers 1,485 photos, […]
Generative AI and Libraries: Applications and Ethics, Part II (Recent Issue of Library Trends; 14 Articles)
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Articles from Library Trends (Volume 73, Number 4; May 2025) were posted online today via Project Muse. Note: Articles from Generative AI and Libraries: Applications and Ethics, Part I are available here. Direct to Articles: Generative AI and Libraries: Applications and Ethics, Part II Introduction to Generative AI and Libraries: Applications and Ethics, Part II […]
Journal Article: “Assessing Digital Library Accessibility: Compliance and Violations”
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The article linked below was recently published by the Journal of Librarianship and Information Science. Title Assessing Digital Library Accessibility: Compliance and Violations Authors Iris Xie University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Shengang Wang University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Hyun Seung Lee University of North Texas Tae Hee Lee University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Source Journal of Librarianship and Information Science Online First DOI: 10.1177/09610006251357032 Abstract […]
