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From the Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music: The Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music at Monmouth University has named Robert Santelli as its Executive Director. Santelli will oversee the Springsteen Archivesand work to create programs, exhibits, and collaborations with music museums and universities around the country. Dr. Patrick F. […]
CNI, ARL, and EDUCAUSE Announce that Paul Courant (University of Michigan) Has Been Named 2022 Recipient of the Paul Evan Peters Award
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|From a Joint Announcement: The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), and EDUCAUSE are pleased to announce that economist Paul Courant, who has served in multiple roles at the University of Michigan, including provost and dean of libraries, has been named the 2022 recipient of the Paul Evan Peters Award. […]
UIUC School of Information Sciences: New Project to Assist Libraries with Data Storytelling
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|From the University of Illinois School of Information Sciences: A new project led by Associate Professor Kate McDowell and Assistant Professor Matthew Turk will help libraries tell data stories that connect with their audiences. Their project, “Data Storytelling Toolkit for Librarians,” has received a two-year, $99,330 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services […]
UPDATE: Sunday, August 14, 2022: Salman Rushdie ‘On the Road to Recovery,’ Agent Says (via AP) Salman Rushdie is “on the road to recovery,” his agent confirmed Sunday, two days after the author of “The Satanic Verses” suffered serious injuries in a stabbing at a lecture in upstate New York. Read the Complete Article —End […]
University of Cincinnati: Lori Harris Named Interim Dean and University Librarian
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|From the University of Cincinnati: Lori E. Harris has been named interim dean and university librarian of the University of Cincinnati Libraries effective July 1, 2022. Harris initially joined the Libraries in 2015 as an associate fellow from the National Institutes of Health/National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM). She permanently joined the University of Cincinnati Libraries […]
New Video Recording From Rare Book School: “Making and Reading Indigenous Archives”
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|The Rare Book School (U. of Virginia) video embedded below (a National Endowment for the Humanities-Global Book Histories Initiative Lecture by Kelly Wisecup) was recorded on June 15, 2022. From the Video Description: A National Endowment for the Humanities-Global Book Histories Initiative Lecture, delivered on 15 June 2022 by. Where and what are Indigenous archives? […]
International Federation Library Associations (IFLA) Publishes Executive Summary of COVID-19, Copyright, and Libraries Report
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|From the International Federation Library Associations: The report involved a survey of 114 libraries worldwide and 28 interviews during February and March 2022. Respondents were from 29 countries. The report was conducted with Electronic Information for Libraries (EIFL). 83% of responding library professionals said they had copyright-related challenges providing materials during pandemic-related facility closures. These […]
Library of Congress: Rare Book and Special Collections Division Digitizes 40 Years of Poetry Project Sound Recordings
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|From a LC Blog Post: On December 31, 2022, the Library of Congress’ Rare Book and Special Collections Division launched the St. Mark’s Poetry Project Audio Archive, which consists of 420 recordings from the Poetry Project at St. Mark’s in the Bowery. Founded in 1966 in New York City’s East Village, the Poetry Project has served as […]
NEH Announces $33.17 Million for 245 Humanities Projects Nationwide
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|From the National Endowment For the Humanities: The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) today announced $33.17 million in grants for 245 humanities projects across the country. These grants include support for work on a new museum at the University of Buffalo to house the world’s largest collection of materials by and about James Joyce, […]
iSchool at Illinois: Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden to Deliver Windsor Lecture on April 21, Register to View Online
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|From the School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden will deliver the 2022 Windsor Lecture on Thursday, April 21, at 7:00 p.m. The lecture, which is co-sponsored by the University Library and Center for Advanced Study, will be held via Zoom, and advance registration is required. In her […]