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BHL Technical Development: Year in Review; NYC Ended 7-Day New York Public Library Service. So What Has The Impact Been?; & More News Headlines
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|Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) BHL Technical Development: Year in Review Boston Library Consortium, NISO Boston Library Consortium (BLC) and NISO (National Information Standards Organization) Announce Membership Agreement EBSCO EBSCO Information Services CEO Tim Collins to Retire on June 30, 2024 DataCite Meet Maria Gould, DataCite’s New Product Director Google Chrome Browser Adds Three New Generative […]
From Connecticut Public Radio News (CPR): Librarians in at least three states are asking the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to intervene after they were fired for refusing to ban books. Listen to the Report (3:51) From CPR News
NY Review of Books: Robert Darnton Reviews Peter Baldwin’s, “Athena Unbound: Why and How Scholarly Knowledge Should Be Free for All”
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|From Robert Darnton’s NYRB Review: In Athena Unbound Baldwin takes a hard look at the world of knowledge. Have no illusions, he warns: journal publishers are gouging their customers, scholarly monographs reach a tiny audience, libraries are floundering under budget pressures, academics are pursuing careers rather than truth, and readers are not getting all the information they […]
Leslie Burger Appointed Interim Executive Director of the American Library Association (ALA)
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|From ALA: The American Library Association Executive Board has selected Leslie Burger as ALA’s interim executive director. Her first day is November 15, 2023. Burger brings years of experience as a leader in our field, from her service as president of the American Library Association from July 2006 to July 2007, where she had a depth of […]
“Vermont’s State Librarian Discusses New Report on Status of Libraries, From Funding to Technology”
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|From Vermont Public: Libraries provide more resources for communities than just books — free WiFi, computer access, COVID-19 tests and a warm place to be are just some of the roles libraries play in communities across the country. Vermont recently published a more than 200-page report documenting the state of libraries. The report was put together […]
ARL Board of Directors 2024 Elected by ARL Membership
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|From the Association of Research Libraries (ARL): The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) elected its 2024 Board of Directors on October 18 during the Fall 2023 Association Meeting. On January 1, 2024, Trevor A. Dawes, vice provost for libraries and museums and May Morris University Librarian at the University of Delaware, will begin a one-year […]
Dr. Adriene Lim to Retire as Dean of the University of Maryland Libraries, June 2024
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|From the University of Maryland (Full Text): Today, the University of Maryland announced the upcoming retirement of Dr. Adriene Lim, dean of University of Maryland Libraries. In the campus message, Senior Vice President and Provost Jennifer King Rice noted that Dean Lim “has been a tireless leader for the Libraries, helping to achieve the Libraries’ substantial […]
Project MUSE Accelerates Move to Open Access with Publisher S2O Commitments; DeGruyter ntroduces Paradigm Publishing Services; & More Headlines
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|Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Amy Maden Appointed as ARL Senior Director, Finance and Administration De Gruyter DeGruyter Introduces Paradigm Publishing Services Project Muse Project MUSE Accelerates Move to Open Access with Publisher S2O Commitments
Longlist For 2024 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction Announced, List Includes 21 Fiction, 24 Nonfiction Titles
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|From the American Library Association: Forty-five books (21 fiction, 24 nonfiction) have been selected for the longlist for the 2024 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction. The list is now available on the awards’ website. The six-title shortlist—three each for the fiction and nonfiction medals—will be chosen from longlist titles and announced […]
PEN America Urges Scholastic to Find Other Options Instead of Limiting Diverse Book Titles at School Fairs; Complete Issue of FLA Journal (49.3; October 2023) Now Available Online; & More News Headlines
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|AI Baidu Says Its AI as Good as ChatGPT in Big Claim for China (Bloomberg (via Yahoo News) American Library Association Rachel Hendrick Named CHOICE Editor And Publisher Book Bans U.S. Book Bans Are Taking a Toll on a Beloved Tradition: Scholastic Book Fairs (via NPR) International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Complete […]