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Consultation on Copyright in the Age of Generative Artificial Intelligence: Canadian Federation of Library Associations (CFLA) Response; Royal Library of Belgium (KBR) and Google Books Formalize Their Partnership and Will Digitize More Than 100,000 Books In Three Years; & More Headlines
Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Libraries, News, Open Access, Public Libraries
|AI Generative AI’s Privacy Problem (via Axios) Consultation on Copyright in the Age of Generative Artificial Intelligence: Canadian Federation of Library Associations (CFLA) Response Canada Celebrating a Decade of the National Network for Equitable Library Service (NNELS) Idaho Idaho House Passes latest ‘Library Porn’ Bill (via Boise State Public Radio) Minnesota Libraries May Be Prohibited […]
Communications of the ACM Relaunched as Open Access, Web-First Publication; Wiley Announces Pilot of New AI-Powered Papermill Detection Service; & More Headlines
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Jobs, Libraries, News, Open Access, Publishing
|ACRL Michelle Demeter Appointed College & Research Libraries Editor AI Anthropic (Providers of Claude) Launches a Library of Chatbot Prompts (via ZDNet) Croissant: A Metadata Format For ML-Ready Datasets (via Google Research) Wiley Announces Pilot of New AI-Powered Papermill Detection Service Canada Is Book Banning Coming to Canada? Libraries, Book Stores, Authors Watching Closely (about […]
What Motivates People to Trust ‘AI’ Systems?; ORCID Releases 2023 Annual Report ; & More Headlines
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Libraries, News, Open Access, Reports
|AI Combating Deepfakes (Spotlight Brief, via GAO) Google Restricts Gemini From Answering Election-Related Queries Worldwide (via MediaPost) Guiding Your AI Journey: Essential Resources (via JISC) What Motivates People to Trust ‘AI’ Systems? (preprint, via arXiv) Internet Fibre and Fixed Wireless Access are the Two Fastest Growing Fixed Broadband Technologies in the OECD (via OECD) ORCID […]
Here’s the Full Text of ALA’s Announcement: After careful evaluation and analysis of financial and other critical factors, the American Library Association Executive Board has decided that LibLearnX: The Library Learning Experience will not be held in 2026. As ALA looks ahead, efforts are underway to determine how best to present some of the most […]
Report: What Brings Gen Z to the Library?
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Public Libraries
|From an EdSurge Article by Jennifer Howard: Gen Zers, born between 1997 and 2012, spend a lot of time online, consuming and creating digital content. Ninety-two percent check social media daily. But they still like print, and they still like to go to the library, according to a survey of Gen Z and Millennial public library […]
Roundup: Predicting the Unpredictable: Asking Real Questions About Generative AI; Beyond Books, Louisiana’s Libraries are Stepping In to Help People Afford Food and More; & More Headlines
Associations and Organizations, Awards, Funding, Libraries, News, Roundup
|AI Meta AI Creates Ahistorical Images, Like Google Gemini (via Axios) Predicting the Unpredictable: Asking Real Questions About Generative AI (by Lorcan Dempsey, via via American Libraries) American Library Association ALA Awards $3.6 Million In Library Accessibility Funding to 310 Small and Rural Libraries CLIR: Council on Library and Information CLIR Postdocs Delve into Equitable […]
University of Minnesota Libraries Unveils One of the Largest Public Human Rights Archives
Archives and Special Collections, Associations and Organizations, Journal Articles, Libraries, News
|From the University of Minnesota Libraries: The University of Minnesota now has one of the largest human rights archives at a public university, and it’s already helping researchers, educators, and human rights advocates across the globe. “With everything that’s happening in the world, if we can highlight aspects of the history of human rights, maybe […]
From NPR: A growing number of states and local libraries are cutting ties with the nation’s predominant library professional association, saying the ALA has become too radical. On Thursday, a bill that would go further than any other passed the Georgia state Senate in a 33-to-20 vote and now heads to the House. Republican state […]
Get Ready For the Upcoming Charleston In Between Virtual Event on Publishing Integrity; Beijing City Library Officially Opens In The City’s Emerging Sub-Center; & More News Headlines
Associations and Organizations, Libraries, News, Publishing, Springer Nature
|American Library Association (ALA) American Library Association’s Libraries Transforming Communities Initiative Receives Additional $10 Million in Funding (via ALA) Canada Provincial Government of New Foundland and Labrardor Provides $600,000 to Provincial Public Libraries ||| Media Coverage (via VOCM) China Beijing City Library Officially Opens in the City’s Emerging Sub-Center (via Snøhetta) JSTOR Labs New Project Announcement: Universal Credit Transfer Explorer (via JSTOR […]
Invest in Open Infrastructure Introduces New Website; Europeana Foundation Releases 2024 Business Plan; & More Headlines
Associations and Organizations, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, News
|AI Are You Still Smarter Than an AI? There’s a Way to Keep Track (via NBC News) Mistral’s Next LLM Could Rival GPT-4, and You Can Try It Now in Chatbot Arena (via The Decoder) Alabama Statement From EveryLibrary: Reverse Anti-LGBTQ+ Book Buying Policy in Prattville American Library Association (ALA) ALA Opens Registration For 2024 Annual […]