MORE 'MANAGEMENT-LEADERSHIP' POSTS
Urban Libraries Council (ULC) Announces 2025 Innovations Award Winners
| Awards, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Public Libraries
From the Urban Libraries Council: For more than 15 years, the Urban Libraries Council has celebrated the creativity, leadership, and impact of our member libraries through the Innovations Initiative. We are thrilled to announce the winners of the 2025 Innovations cycle! Congratulations to Dayton Metro Library (OH), DC Public Library (DC), Gwinnett County Public Library (GA), Pasadena Public Library (CA), Pioneer Library System (OK), and Prince […]
New Leadership for Ithaka S+R: Catharine (“Cappy”) Bond Hill Stepping Down as Managing Director on January 1, 2026, Martin Kurzweil to Assume the Role
| Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Preservation
From an Ithaka S+R Post by Kevin Guthrie, Ithaka President: I’m excited to announce a leadership transition that sets the stage for Ithaka S+R’s next era of impact. On December 31, 2025, Catharine (“Cappy”) Bond Hill will step down as managing director after nine transformative years. On January 1, 2026, Martin Kurzweil, currently vice president at Ithaka […]
Consulting: Impelsys Acquires Delta Think
| Associations and Organizations, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Management and Leadership, News, Publishing, Scholarly Communications
The acquisition was announced this morning. The full text of the announcement is found below and is also available here. Impelsys, a global technology services company, today announced the acquisition of Delta Think, a leading consultancy in scholarly communications. Together, the two companies will offer clients a powerful combination of strategy and technology expertise across […]
Center for Open Science (COS) Awarded Grant from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to Preserve and Safeguard Publicly Funded Scientific Data
| Dashboards, Data Files, Funding, Management and Leadership, News, Open Access, Preservation
Here’s the Full Text of the COS Announcement: The Center for Open Science (COS) has been awarded a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to develop a community-driven strategic plan for ensuring the long-term preservation, accessibility, and usability of federally-funded scientific data. COS has long championed policies and practices that increase the openness, […]
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 […]
Journal Article: Artificial Intelligence Regulation Matures: Landscapes of the USA, European Union, and China
| Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Reports
The article (full text) linked below was recently published by IFLA Journal. Title Artificial Intelligence Regulation Matures: Landscapes of the USA, European Union, and China Author Leo S. Lo University of Virginia Source IFLA Journal Online First DOI: 10.1177/03400352251384915 Abstract Between 2023 and July 2025, artificial intelligence (AI) governance in the USA, European Union, and […]
From a BLC Announcement: Boston Library Consortium is excited to announce the launch of the Digital Lenders Forum, a conversation series about shaping the future of digital lending in libraries. The Digital Lenders Forum brings together library innovators and practitioners to spark practical solutions and visionary ideas that will drive actionable change across the digital […]
Roundup: Characterizing Web Search in the Age of Generative AI; Do Large Language Models Speak Scientific Workflows?; and More Preprints
| Data Files, Journal Articles, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Patrons and Users, Roundup
Below, find links to five preprints shared for the first time or updated in recent days and made available on arXiv . We hope one or more will be of interest to you. LibraryLens: An Interactive Tool for Exploring and Arranging Digital Bookshelves Existing digital book management platforms often fail to capture the rich spatial […]
Digital Collections: Save Our Signs Archive Containing Over 10,000 Photos of National Park Service (NPS) Interpretive Materials Launches Online
| Data Files, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Management and Leadership, News, Open Access, Reports
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 […]
Report: UNC Schools of Data Science and Information Science to Merge, Forming Unnamed ‘School of AI’
From The Daily Tar Heel: The UNC School of Data Science and Society and the School of Information and Library Science will be consolidating into a new school focused on artificial intelligence. SILS and SDSS faculty were informed of the decision on Wednesday at two independent school meetings before it was announced publicly at 1:04 p.m. Thursday, via an email from Chancellor Lee Roberts and Interim […]
