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Archivist of the United States Dr. Colleen Shogan Sworn in by Chief Justice During Ceremony Attended by First Lady
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|From a NARA Release: The National Archives and Records Administration plays a critical role in safeguarding democracy by providing access to records that help citizens hold their government accountable, Dr. Colleen Shogan said during a ceremonial swearing-in ceremony held yesterday in the National Archives Rotunda. “The prevalent condition in human history is not democracy or […]
From The Seattle Times: Secretary of State Steve Hobbs, who oversees the Washington State Library, is crafting several legislative proposals for 2024 to strengthen community libraries’ autonomy to provide material from wide-ranging viewpoints without fear of suppression. A local library’s goal is building a collection to broadly represent views and perspectives, in a variety of […]
From the University of Southern California (USC): Library veteran Melissa Just has been named USC’s new dean of libraries, effective Nov. 27. Just — a Trojan who received her doctoral degree from the USC Rossier School of Education in 2007 and spent several years early in her career at USC Libraries — has worked in academic […]
From National Public Radio As the battle over book bans in schools and libraries continues to play out in various states across the U.S., the toll it’s taking on librarians is coming at a great cost — personally and financially. Many librarians are speaking up about fearing for their jobs and safety. Yet some conservative […]
Texas: Houston Independent School District (HISD) to Eliminate Librarians and Convert Libraries Into Disciplinary Centers at New Education System (NES) Schools
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|UPDATED POST (8/3/2023) Association of University Presses (AUPresses) Responds to Houston Independent School District Plan to Eliminate Libraries UPDATED POST (8/2/2023) Don’t Turn School Libraries Into Detention Centers (via NCAC) UPDATED POST (8/1/2023): ALA and AASL Respond to Houston Independent School District’s Decision to Eliminate 28 School Libraries and Respective School Librarians in Houston UPDATED […]
From AL.com: A bill to take $5 million in state funds from the Alabama Department of Archives and History because it hosted a one-hour lecture on LGBTQ history did not pass during the special session that ended Friday. But the sponsor, Sen. Chris Elliott, a Republican from Baldwin County, said he plans to bring legislation […]
Report: “87% Missing: The Disappearance of Classic Video Games”
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|From the Video Game History Foundation: The Video Game History Foundation, in partnership with the Software Preservation Network, has conducted the first ever study on the commercial availability of classic video games, and the results are bleak. 87% of classic video games released in the United States are critically endangered. Imagine if the only way to watch Titanic was to […]
Montana State Library Commission Votes to Withdraw From American Library Association (ALA)
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|UPDATE (Thursday, July 13): ALA Releases Statement in Response to Montana State Library Commission’s Decision to Withdraw Montana State Library’s Membership UPDATE (Wednesday, July 12): Montana Library Association (MLA) Statement in Response to Montana State Library Commission Decision to Withdraw from American Library Association (ALA) —End Updates— From the Daily Montanan: The Montana State Library […]
GPO and OMB Issue Guidance for Congressionally Mandated Reports; ITHAKA Announces a New Set of Services for Academic, Research, and Cultural Institutions to Share, Preserve, and Manage Digital Collections; & More News Headlines
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|Europe Commission Invites Member States to Contribute to a Collection of 3D-Digitised Cultural Heritage Assets (via European Commission) Government Documents GPO and OMB Issue Guidance for Congressionally Mandated Reports (via GPO) OER VIVA, Virginia’s Academic Library Consortium, Partners with KnowledgeWorks Global Ltd. to Develop Open Educational Resources Public Libraries California: Huntington Beach Moves Ahead with […]
Profile: “Carla D. Hayden Wants to Spread the Wonders of the Library Into Everyone’s Lives”
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|From University of Chicago News: In the fall of 2016, Carla D. Hayden had just been confirmed as the 14th librarian of Congress—the first woman and the first African American to hold the position. Hayden, AM’77, PhD’87, was wandering the stacks in the James Madison Memorial Building, familiarizing herself with the vast collections under her charge (at […]