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From Chalkbeat Colorado: A former middle school administrator in the Elizabeth School District filed a lawsuit Sunday against the rural Colorado district, alleging that she was fired after she objected to the removal of 19 titles from school libraries last year. LeEllen Condry, who served as dean of students at Elizabeth Middle School, said she […]
Authors Alliance: An Interview with Kate McCready (BTAA) and Charles Watkinson (UM) About the Big Ten Open Books Program
| Academic Libraries, Interviews, Libraries, News, Open Access, Profiles, Publishing
Dave Hansen, Executive Director of the Authors Alliance, interviews Kate McCready (BTAA) and Charles Watkinson (University of Michigan Press) about the Big Ten Open Books Program that launched in 2023 and released a their second collection in August. From the Interview: Authors Alliance has had a longstanding interest in helping authors see their older books […]
New Journal Article: “Archive Workers’ Information Needs and How Their Expert Knowledge Influences Information Searching and Collection Curation: An Interview Study”
| Archives and Special Collections, Data Files, Interviews, Journal Articles, News, Patrons and Users, Profiles, Reports
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), […]
The preprint linked below was recently posted on arXiv. Title “Everyone Else Does It”: The Rise of Preprinting Culture in Computing Disciplines Authors Kyrie Zhixuan Zhou University of Texas at San Antonio Justin Eric Chen University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Xiang Zheng University of Wisconsin-Madison Yaoyao Qian Northeastern University Yunpeng Xiao Emory University Kai Shu Emory […]
Scholarly Communication: New Wiley Guidelines Give Researchers Clear Path Forward in Responsible AI Use
| Data Files, Interviews, News, Publishing, Scholarly Communications
From Wiley: Wiley has set new standards for responsible and intentional AI use, delivering comprehensive guidelines specifically designed with and for research authors, journal editors, and peer reviewers. As AI usage among researchers surges to 84%, Wiley is responding directly to the pressing need for publisher guidance articulated by 73% of respondents in the most recent ExplanAItions […]
National Library Chief Says Libraries are ‘Knowledge Compasses’ in the AI Era (Interview with Kim Hee-sop, Director of the National Library of Korea)
| Interviews, Libraries, National Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Profiles
From the Interview (via K-VIBE): As artificial intelligence (AI) increasingly permeates daily life, the role of libraries as centers of knowledge is being redefined. Kim Hee-sop, director of the National Library of Korea, says libraries are more important than ever as “ethical guides and curators of information.” During a recent interview with Yonhap News Agency, […]
“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. […]
Title Open Resilience: Building Infrastructure Together (ORBIT) Source Invest in Open Infrastructure Authors Sarah Lippincott Lauren Collister Katherine E Skinner Chrys Wu DOI 10.5281/zenodo.17193778 From the IoI Blog: US-based library consortia provide an essential collaborative framework that enables academic institutions to achieve preservation, access, innovation, and educational goals that would be impossible individually. The report […]
Oxford English Dictionary (OED) Adds More Than 500 New Words, Phrases, and Senses, Including Hidden Gem, Tumbleweed, Origin Story, and Al Desko (September 2025 Update)
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From OED/Oxford University Press: The autumn is upon us in the Northern Hemisphere. We’re back at work after the summer break, the new school year has begun, and we’re once more getting up early, or at crack of sparrow’s song (or, more humorously, crack of sparrow’s fart,or simply crack of sparrow’s) to get ready for the day. ‘What fresh […]
Journal Article (preprint): “What’s Working and What Isn’t: An Exploratory Study of Current Reference Models in Large Academic Libraries”
| Academic Libraries, Data Files, Funding, Interviews, Libraries, News
The article (approved for publication, preprint) is scheduled to appear in portal: Libraries and the Academy (Volume 25, Number 4). Title What’s Working and What Isn’t: An Exploratory Study of Current Reference Models in Large Academic Libraries Authors William H. Weare Wichita State University Jaena Alabi Auburn University John Fullerton Texas A&M University Source portal: […]
