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American Library Association (ALA) Announces Recipients of the I Love My Librarian Award For 2026
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From the American Library Association: The American Library Association (ALA) is thrilled to announce this year’s 10 recipients of the coveted I Love My Librarian Award. Serving communities across the nation, the 2026 honorees are exceptional librarians from academic, public, and school libraries who were nominated by community members for their expertise, dedication, and profound impact […]
From Lumina Foundation-Gallup Artificial intelligence has become a routine part of college life, even as many institutions struggle to set clear rules for its use. New research from Lumina Foundation and Gallup finds that a majority of college students now use AI tools such as ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot and Google Gemini for their coursework at […]
From WTVF: The Rutherford County Library Board voted in an 8-3 decision to fire library director Dr. Luanne James. The controversy began when James refused to comply with a board order to relocate 132 children’s books to the adult section of the library. The board recently deemed the books inappropriate, citing LGBTQ+ themes, female empowerment, […]
New Resource: “ORION Dashboard: Bringing Open Research Data Within Reach”
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From a Leiden Madtrics Post by Juan Pablo Bascur Cifuentes The ORION dashboard enables easy exploration of CWTS OpenAlex data on BigQuery, letting users analyse institutions, funders, and research topics via interactive visualisations and reproducible SQL queries without any coding skills required. [Clip] What the dashboard does The current version centres on two types of […]
A New Issue (Vol. 45 No. 1; 2026) of Information Technology and Libraries (ITAL) is Now Available Online
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Here’s the Complete Table of Contents + Links to Articles Editorials Letter from the Editors Kenneth J. Varnum; Joanna DiPasquale [PDF] From the Field Librarian Leadership in the Age of AI Jeremiah Rood [PDF] ITAL & Refusal as Instruction: Equipping Patrons to Resist AI, Data Brokers, Big Tech, & More Hannah Cyrus [PDF] Articles Navigating […]
Cleveland Public Library and Digital Public Library (DPLA) Formally Announce New Partnership To “Chart a New Vision For the National Digital Collection”; Four Foundations (Sloan, Mellon, MacArthur, Ford) Contribute $3.25 Million Towards Expansion of Collection
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Here’s the Full Text of Today’s Announcement: Cleveland Public Library (CPL) and the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) today announced a partnership to chart a new vision for the national digital collection. The collection comprises over 50 million books, photos, maps, videos and more that document America’s cultural heritage. In July, Cleveland Public Library […]
New From Allen Institute For Artificial Intelligence (Ai2): Understanding Usage and Engagement in AI-Powered Scientific Research Tools: The Asta Interaction Dataset (preprint)
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The preprint linked below was recently shared on arXiv. Title Understanding Usage and Engagement in AI-Powered Scientific Research Tools: The Asta Interaction Dataset Authors Dany Haddad, Dan Bareket, Joseph Chee Chang, Jay DeYoung, Jena D. Hwang, Uri Katz, et al. Source via arXiv Abstract AI-powered scientific research tools are rapidly being integrated into research workflows, […]
Book Chapter (preprint): Responsible Intelligence in Practice: A Fairness Audit of Open Large Language Models for Library Reference Services
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The preprint linked below was recently shared on arXiv. Title Responsible Intelligence in Practice: A Fairness Audit of Open Large Language Models for Library Reference Services Authors Haining Wang Indiana University School of Medicine Jason Clark Montana State University Angelica Peña San Leandro Public Library Source via arXiv DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2602.18935 Abstract As libraries explore large […]
Report: “In Digital-First Era, NJ Librarians Demand More Affordable E-Books”
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From the New Jersey Monitor: New Jersey librarians and lawmakers who joined forces to fight book-banners a few years ago have a new target: publishers whose restrictive e-book licensing agreements have shrunk digital access for library users. [Clip] Such practices would become a violation of New Jersey’s consumer fraud law under a bill Sen. Andrew Zwicker (D-Middlesex) […]
New Issue of Library Trends (74.3): Data Literacy: Navigating the Shift from Hype to Reality
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Here’s the table of contents for the latest issue of Library Trends (Volume 74, Number 3, February 2026). The issue is titled, “Data Literacy: Navigating the Shift from Hype to Reality” and was edited by Ben B. Chiewphasa. From the Introduction: The 74 (3) issue of Library Trends examines the intersection of technological hype and practical reality […]
