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Library of Congress: Hannah Sommers Appointed New Associate Librarian for Researcher and Collections Services
| Archives and Special Collections, Data Files, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Jobs, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Patrons and Users, Special Libraries
From the Library of Congress: The Library of Congress announced today the appointment of Hannah Sommers as the new Associate Librarian for Researcher and Collections Services in the Library Collections and Services Group. In this role, Sommers will lead the future of the Library’s collections and the services it delivers to researchers and users. She will be central to realizing the Library’s aspiration to be not only the world’s largest, but also the world’s most-used library. “As Associate Librarian, Hannah will bring clear vision, deep expertise and a […]
Virginia Tech: University Libraries Dean Tyler Walters Appointed Board Chair of Academic Preservation Trust; IEEE Computer Society 2023 Technology Predictions Released; and More News Headlines
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As Book Bans Increase Across the Country, a Boston University Scholar is Fighting Back Core’s Library Resources & Technical Services Journal Goes Fully Open Access Digital Image Processing: It’s All About the Numbers (via Library of Congress) GPO’s GitHub Collection of Catalog of US Government Publications (CGP) Records: January 6 House Committee OverDrive Announces Launch […]
Funding: Library Freedom Project Receives $1 Million Grant Award From the Mellon Foundation to Advance Critical Privacy and Democracy Training
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Here’s the Full Text of the Library Freedom Project (LFP) Announcement: Library Freedom Project (LFP) has been awarded $1,000,000 from the Mellon Foundation to expand the program’s work. For eight years, LFP has developed and delivered curriculum on information democracy and privacy infrastructure, and fostered cohorts of librarian experts across the United States in […]
From a NVIDIA Blog Post: For the past 500 years, the National Library of Sweden has collected virtually every word published in Swedish, from priceless medieval manuscripts to present-day pizza menus. Thanks to a centuries-old law that requires a copy of everything published in Swedish to be submitted to the library — also known as […]
IFLA Trend Report 2022 Released; Preprint: “The Semantic Scholar Open Data Platform”; & More Headlines
| Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Libraries, News
Archive for Amateur Radio Grows to 51,000 Items (via Internet Archive) Four New Appointments to the eLife New Board Members IFLA Trend Report 2022 Released (via International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions) The Semantic Scholar Open Data Platform (preprint, via arXiv) University of Maryland Works with HELIOS on Open Scholarship Initiatives, with UMD Libraries […]
Jennifer Vinopal Named HathiTrust’s First Associate Director
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Here’s the Full Text of Today’s HathiTrust Announcement: HathiTrust is pleased to announce that Jennifer Vinopal has been appointed HathiTrust’s first Associate Director. Vinopal will assume a key leadership role at a pivotal moment in HathiTrust’s 15th year with responsibility for day-to-day activities and integrated development of HathiTrust’s programs and services. Reporting to Executive Director, Mike Furlough, […]
American Library Association Announces New $5.5 Million Transformational Grant From the Mellon Foundation
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Here’s the Full Text of the ALA Announcement: The American Library Association (ALA) is pleased to announce a new grant in the amount of $5,515,000 from the Mellon Foundation to help ALA advance its mission of enhancing the profession of librarianship and ensuring access to information for all. The grant, which marks Mellon’s most significant […]
From the CBC: Millennium Library [in Winnipeg] isn’t alone in Canada when it comes to dealing with safety-related incidents, but some other libraries have stopped short of resorting to the enhanced security measures introduced at Winnipeg’s largest branch. The downtown library reopened Monday, with a walk-through metal detector, security screeners and uniformed police officers added, […]
From the Government Publishing Office (GPO): The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) is digitizing historic volumes of the Congressional Directory from the 19th and 20th centuries. The first release includes Directories from 1869–1888, as well as 1993. Additional digitized historic Congressional Directories will be released on GovInfo as they are completed. Historically, the Congressional Directory […]
A New Resource From EveryLibrary: Legislation of Concern in 2023 (Bill Tracker) Digital Science Acquires Knowledge Graph and Decision Intelligence Software Company metaphacts Legislation: An Act Empowering Library Access to Electronic Books and Digital Audiobooks Filed inMassachusetts Legislature (via Readers First) Publication of the French National Fund for Open Science’s Activity Report (via National Fund […]
