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From EveryLibrary: The threats to libraries, librarians, and readers in 2025 included censorship, funding erosion, and unprecedented political interference. At the federal level, President Trump ordered the closure of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, fired the Librarian of Congress and the Archivist of the United States, and institutionalized censorship at Department of Defense […]
Journal Article: “Ten Years of a ‘Quiet Culture War’: Where Does It Stand Now?”
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The article linked below was published today by Insights, a UKSG publication. Title Ten Years of a ‘Quiet Culture War’: Where Does It Stand Now Author Rick Anderson University Librarian, Brigham Young University Source Insights DOI: 10.1629/uksg.712 Abstract In 2014, I wrote ‘A quiet culture war in research libraries – and what it means for […]
Note: Blurbs below were translated into English with the use of Google Translate. From The Asia Business Daily (via Google Translate): The National Library of Korea announced on the 12th that it will develop an OpenAPI service based on the National Bibliographic Linked Open Data (LOD) through the ‘2025 National Key Data Open Support Project’ […]
From UW: Seattle Public Library, or SPL, is the only U.S. library system that makes its anonymized, granular checkout data public. Want to find out how many times people borrowed the e-book version of Toni Morrison’s “Beloved” in May 2018? That data is available. The hitch is that the library’s data set contains nearly 50 […]
Digital Collections: Now Available Online via the KC Library: Over 500,000 Photos From the Kansas City Star’s Historical Photo Archives
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\From the Kansas City Star (via the Kansas City Public Library): Today, I’m excited to announce the launch of KCStarPhotos.org, a new project from the Kansas City Public Library and The Kansas City Star. It’s a free website with a database of hundreds of thousands of images from The Star’s archives of the pre-digital era of photography. It’s […]
New From Research Data Alliance (RDA): Glọbal Community Priorities for Agentic Al in Research Community Consultation Results
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From the Research Data Alliance (RDA): The results from the global community consultation on agentic AI in research are now available. The consultation explored current use of agentic AI in research and gathered perspectives on its value throughout the research lifecycle. Launched in November 2025, the consultation defined agentic AI as ‘artificial intelligence systems capable […]
Publication Alert: Inaugural Issue of International Journal of Disability Policy & Advocacy (IJDPA)
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The inaugural issue of the International Journal of Disability Policy and Advocacy is now available. Issue 1 includes the article “Bridging the Gap: How Congress Can Codify the Rights ofPeople with Disabilities to Access Digital Works” by Katherine Klosek, Director of Information Policy and Federal Relations at the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). About IJDPA […]
The article linked below was recently published by The Journal of Academic Librarianship. Title Chatbots for Reference Services in Academic Libraries: Applications and Trends Authors Guoying Liu University of Windsor Leddy Library, Canada Shu Liu Peking University Library, China Source The Journal of Academic Librarianship Volume 52, Issue 1, January 2026 First Online: Jan. 5, […]
Rare Photos of Rosa Parks Discovered in the Archives of Stanford University Libraries
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From Stanford Report: Photographs of civil rights activist Rosa Parks were recently made public after they were discovered in the archives of Stanford University Libraries. Taken during the 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, the images reveal a side of Parks rarely shown to the public. After taking the photos, late photographer Matt Herron […]
Tennessee: Here’s Which Libraries Have Been Ordered to Review Book Collections
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From The Tennessean: ||| Archived Version Some 181 libraries in the Tennessee Regional Library System, in 91 of the state’s 95 counties, received letters from the secretary of state in October calling for a full audit of the libraries’ juvenile books to better align them with Trump administration standards on gender topics. The directive has caused […]
