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SF Public Library Workers Rally For More Workplace Security; Knowledge Unlatched Announces Results of 2023 Pledging, About 269 Books Will Be Made Available OA in 2024; & More Headlines
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Funding, Libraries, News, Open Access, Public Libraries, Reports
|AI Generative AI Can Turn Your Most Pecious Memories Into Photos That Never Existed (via Technology Review) OpenAI Enhances GPT-4 Turbo Model for API and ChatGPT, Including Visual Input (via Voicebot) Alberta Calgary Public Library to Extend Availability of Wellness Desks, Support For Mental Health Arkansas Central Arkansas Library (CALS) Receives $500,000 from the Mellon […]
AP Report: “Librarians Fear New Penalties, Even Prison, as Activists Challenge Books”
Associations and Organizations, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, News, Public Libraries
|From the Associated Press: Across the country, book challenges and bans have soared to the highest levels in decades. Public and school-based libraries have been inundated with complaints from community members and conservative organizations such as as Moms for Liberty. Increasingly, lawmakers are considering new punishments — crippling lawsuits, hefty fines, and even imprisonment — for distributing […]
Brad Warren Elected ACRL Vice-President/President-Elect; Dr. Brandy McNeil Named Public Library Association (PLA) 2025-2026 President & More News Headlines
Associations and Organizations, Libraries, News, Public Libraries
|AI I Tested 4 Different AI Image Detectors: Here’s How Accurate They Were (Make Use Of) American Library Association (ALA) Brad Warren Elected ACRL Vice-President/President-Elect (via ACRL) Dr. Brandy McNeil Named Public Library Association (PLA) 2025-2026 President (via ALA) New Hampshire Exploring New Hampshire Newspapers in Chronicling America (via LC) Ohio Columbus Metropolitan Library (CML) […]
Pun Wins 2025-2026 ALA Presidency
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Public Libraries
|Congrats Ray! Here’s the Full Text of Today’s ALA Announcement: Raymond Pun, Academic and Research Librarian at the Alder Graduate School of Education in California has been elected 2024-2025 president-elect of the American Library Association (ALA). Pun received 5,611 votes, while his opponent, Sam Helmick, Community & Access Services Coordinator at Iowa City Public Library, […]
American Library Association (ALA) Releases The State of America’s Libraries 2024
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|From an Introduction to the Report (18 pages; PDF) by ALA’s Interim Director, Leslie Burger: Library workers never cease to amaze me, and that’s saying something because I’ve been in the field for quite some time. Toward the end of 2023, I joined the American Library Association (ALA) in a new capacity, as interim executive […]
The Internet Archive Just Backed Up an Entire Caribbean Island; Three More Books Reach Funding Target to Go Open Access Through Opening the Future at CEU Press; & More Headlines
Archives and Special Collections, Data Files, Funding, Jobs, Libraries, News, Open Access, Public Libraries
|AI Popular AI homework Helper Gauth Shares Owner with TikTok (via Axios) Alabama New Bill Would Ban “Sexual Content” From Minors’ Shelves In Public Libraries (via Alabama Political Reporter) Archives The Internet Archive Just Backed Up an Entire Caribbean Island (via WIRED) Coherent Digital New Tool on Policy Commons Enables Impact Analysis For Millions of […]
Fight for the First and the National Library Alliance Release One Year Impact Report
Libraries, National Libraries, News, Public Libraries, School Libraries
|From an EveryLibrary Institute Blog Post: We are celebrating an important milestone: The one-year anniversary of Fight for The First, the only online digital advocacy platform that provides tools to local communities who want to take action against book bans in public libraries and school libraries around the United States. Supported by generous donations from […]
From Kauai Now: New technology has been implemented at the state’s public libraries to make checking out materials faster and more convenient. The news was first announced in a Wednesday press release from the Hawaiʻi State Public Library System. “We’re now able to check out stacks of books, CDs, DVDs and other materials at one time […]
Ebooks & Audiobooks: OCLC Announces the Acquisition of cloudLibrary
Digital Collections, Funding, Interactive Tools, Libraries, News, Public Libraries
|Here’s the Full Text of Today’s Acquisition Announcement: OCLC has acquired cloudLibrary, a platform that offers access to a wide variety of digital content through libraries. The acquisition will help OCLC support public libraries in their efforts to successfully manage accelerated shifts to digital collections. Nearly 500 libraries in 20 countries rely on cloudLibrary to […]
Report: “Ultra-Conservative Lawmakers Target Louisiana Libraries as Culture War Rages On”
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|From the Louisiana Illuminator: With veto-proof majorities in both legislative chambers and the backing of a new governor, some Louisiana Republicans are taking aim at public libraries with legislation that could criminalize librarians. Four conservative lawmakers have filed five bills that play off the library culture war currently raging across the nation, including in Louisiana. […]