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portal: Libraries and the Academy (Vol 26, No 1; Preprints For All Articles Now Available Online)
| Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Libraries, News, Reports
Preprints for all articles found in in portal: Libraries and the Academy (Vol 26, No 1) are now available online. Links below. From the ICU to Academia: A conversation with Maribeth Slebodnik (Editorial) Author(s): Ellysa Stern Cahoy, Maribeth Slebodnik Insights from a Burnout Debate: Occupational Health Psychology for Academic Librarianship (Worth Noting) Author(s): Matthew Weirick […]
A new NY Times article about the closing of the Goddard Space Flight Center Library closing. From the Article: The Trump administration is closing NASA’s largest research library on Friday, a facility that houses tens of thousands of books, documents and journals — many of them not digitized or available anywhere else. Jacob Richmond, a […]
From PEN America: Thousands of books removed from schools out of fear of state governments nationwide. Judy Blume’s Forever… banned from every Utah public school; To Kill a Mockingbird and 39 other titles pulled from a Texas school district that used AI to review materials; a list of 400 titles removed in one district quietly circulated in Tennessee as a resource for other school […]
New Report From US GAO: Public Libraries: Many Buildings are Reported to Be in Poor Condition, with Increasing Deferred Maintenance
| Archives and Special Collections, Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Funding, Libraries, News, Public Libraries
The report linked below was published today by the US Government Accountability Office (US GAO). From the Report: Public libraries serve as cornerstones of many communities. But aging and outdated buildings can make it hard for libraries to meet increasing expectations to provide access to programming, technology, emergency services, and voting sites—in addition to books. […]
Urban Libraries Council (ULC) Announces 2025 Innovations Award Winners
| Awards, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Public Libraries
From the Urban Libraries Council: For more than 15 years, the Urban Libraries Council has celebrated the creativity, leadership, and impact of our member libraries through the Innovations Initiative. We are thrilled to announce the winners of the 2025 Innovations cycle! Congratulations to Dayton Metro Library (OH), DC Public Library (DC), Gwinnett County Public Library (GA), Pasadena Public Library (CA), Pioneer Library System (OK), and Prince […]
The article linked below was recently published by The Journal of Academic Librarianship. Title The CARE Approach For Academic Librarians: From Search First to Answer First With Generative AI Authors Leo S. Lo University of Virginia Source The Journal of Academic Librarianship Version of Record 15 December 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103186 Abstract Students and faculty are increasingly […]
New Leadership for Ithaka S+R: Catharine (“Cappy”) Bond Hill Stepping Down as Managing Director on January 1, 2026, Martin Kurzweil to Assume the Role
| Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Preservation
From an Ithaka S+R Post by Kevin Guthrie, Ithaka President: I’m excited to announce a leadership transition that sets the stage for Ithaka S+R’s next era of impact. On December 31, 2025, Catharine (“Cappy”) Bond Hill will step down as managing director after nine transformative years. On January 1, 2026, Martin Kurzweil, currently vice president at Ithaka […]
The journal article linked below was recently published by Communications in Information Literacy (CIL). Title The Library Instructor as Learner: A Survey of Reflective Teaching Practices in US Academic Libraries Authors Alicia G. Vaandering University of Rhode Island Amanda Crego-Emley University of Rhode Island Source Communications in Information Literacy (CIL); 19(2) Abstract Reflective practice provides […]
Conference Paper: “BookReconciler: An Open-Source Tool for Metadata Enrichment and Work-Level Clustering”
| Conference Presentations, Data Files, Journal Articles, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users
The conference paper linked below was shared on arXiv. Title BookReconciler: An Open-Source Tool for Metadata Enrichment and Work-Level Clustering Authors Matt Miller Library of Congress Dan Sinykin Emory University Melanie Walsh University of Washington Information School Source arXiv DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2512.10165 Published in the Proceedings of the Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL) 2025 Abstract […]
The article linked below was recently published by Insights. Title The Importance of Inclusive and Balanced Collections in Libraries and Archives Author Gali Halevi CLOCKSS Source Insights Vol. 38, 2025 DOI: 10.1629/uksg.701 Abstract This article examines the differences in diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts between library collection development and archival practices, highlighting the unique […]
