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Chicago Public Library, Chicago Public Schools Expand Automatic Library Access to More Than 315,000 Students
| Data Files, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, News, Public Libraries
From the City of Chicago: Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and Chicago Public Library (CPL) are expanding access to diverse and rich digital library resources across the city through a new partnership called The 81 Club. Through this CPS-CPL partnership, the District’s more than 315,000 public school students are automatically registered and have digital access to the full resources […]
Statement From ALA: Trump Administration Withdraws Appeal, Securing Historic Victory For Libraries and IMLS
| Associations and Organizations, Funding, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News
Here’s the Full Text of an American Libraries Association (ALA) Statement: On April 6, a federal court granted the Trump Administration’s request to withdraw its appeal of a federal judge’s earlier ruling that struck down the Administration’s dismantling of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)—the only federal agency dedicated to providing funding for […]
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 […]
404 Media: “‘BLOCKADE’: The Right is Using AI Content Scanners to Try to Supercharge Book Banning”
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From 404 Media (by Claire Woodcock): Conservative parents’ advocacy groups have been experimenting with using commercially available artificial intelligence tools to help them flag more books they’ve deemed pornographic to be removed from public schools and libraries. Even though LLMs are notoriously error-prone, and the books in question aren’t pornographic, these groups continue to explore […]
New Report From California State University (CSU): “Ahead of the Curve: What the Nation’s Largest Public University System is Learning about AI”
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From a CSU Release: The California State University (CSU) has released findings from its first-ever systemwide survey on artificial intelligence (AI), marking the largest and most comprehensive survey to date on generative artificial intelligence (AI) in higher education. The survey draws on more than 94,000 responses from faculty, staff, and students, offering key insights into higher […]
“CommonsDB Explorer Helps You Discover Declarations About Public Domain and Openly Licensed Works” From a CommonsDB Blog Post: Since launching the CommonsDB Explorer late last year and moving the prototype registry into active testing, we have focused on scaling up the volume of registry declarations. The registry has now surpassed one million declarations, thanks to the contributions […]
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, […]
Video: RLUK 2026 Keynote by Dr. Carla Hayden
| Academic Libraries, Digital Preservation, Journal Articles, Libraries, National Libraries, News, Video Recordings
From RLUK (via YouTube): Dr Carla Hayden in conversation with Jane Harvell, Director of Library Culture and Heritage and University Librarian at the University of Sussex and RLUK Chair. Carla Hayden was sworn in as the 14th Librarian of Congress on September 14, 2016. Dr. Hayden, the first woman and the first African American to […]
Video: RLUK 2026 Keynote by Lynda Kellam, University of Pennsylvania (Public Data Stewardship in Challenging Times)
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From Research Libraries UK (via YouTube) Chaired by Ed Fay, Director of Library Services and University Librarian at the University of Bristol. Lynda Kellam, Ph.D., is the Snyder-Granader Director of Research Data and Digital Scholarship at the University of Pennsylvania Libraries and a co-founder of the Data Rescue Project. Her work focuses on the U.S. […]
