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From Cornell University: In this episode of the Inclusive Excellence Podcast, Erin Sember-Chase and Toral Patel sit down with the Carl A. Kroch University Librarian at Cornell for a conversation about the critical role that libraries play in preserving the past, especially when it comes to censorship, the rise of banned books and this year’s theme […]
From a Clarivate Announcement: Clarivate today announced a partnership with EveryLibrary, the non-partisan advocacy organization for libraries. As part of the partnership, Clarivate™ has made a commitment to advance EveryLibrary’s mission to safeguard and support libraries in the U.S. Bar Veinstein, President, Academia & Government, Clarivate said: “Libraries transform the world through their critical role […]
The article (preprint) linked below is scheduled for publication in portal: Libraries and the Academy. Title A Case for Open Peer Review Podcasting in Academic Librarianship Author Amber Sewell University of Nevada, Las Vegas Source portal: Libraries and the Academy Forthcoming in Vol. 23, No. 4 (2023) Abstract Models of open peer review are being […]
Listen to This: ALA President Emily Drabinski Interviewed on The Ezra Klein Show (NY Times)
| Associations and Organizations, Libraries, News, Podcasts, Public Libraries
From The NY Times: Emily Drabinski is the president of the American Library Association and an associate professor at the Queens College Graduate School of Library and Information Studies. She is steering an embattled organization at a moment when libraries — and librarians themselves — are increasingly under fire. This conversation unpacks the political and […]
National Endowment For the Humanities (NEH) Announces $41.3 Million For 280 Humanities Projects Nationwide
| Awards, Digital Preservation, Funding, Interviews, Journal Articles, Libraries, Maps, News, Podcasts, Preservation
From the National Endowment For the Humanities: The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) today announced $41.3 million in grants for 280 humanities projects across the country. These grants will support a documentary by acclaimed filmmaker Stanley Nelson on the life, work, and legacy of jazz legend Sun Ra; the creation of a set of linked […]
Record Labels Including Universal Music Group and Sony Music Sue Internet Archive Over Digitized Record Collection
| Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Podcasts, Preservation, Reports
At the bottom of this post we will be updating with additional reports, statements, and reactions. Latest Update 8/14: Statement: Internet Archive Responds to Lawsuit From Reuters: Universal Music Group , Sony Music Entertainment, and other record labels on Friday sued the nonprofit Internet Archive for copyright infringement over its streaming collection of digitized music […]
Multiple Reports: Federal Judge Blocks Arkansas’s Library Censorship Law From Taking Effect
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UPDATE: We’re adding statements/reactions (incl. audio and video) to the news at the bottom of this post. (Last Updated 7:30pm 8/2) From the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: A federal judge in Fayetteville on Saturday temporarily blocked enforcement of two provisions of Act 372, a new state law on library materials, days before the law was scheduled to […]
New Podcast From CNI: a Conversation with Joan Lippincott
| Data Files, Interviews, News, Podcasts, Profiles
A new podcast in The CNI Interviews Podcast series (via EDUCAUSE): Joan Lippincott is Associate Executive Director Emerita at the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI). In this interview, she discusses the Directions in Digital Scholarships initiative, which explores the current and future state of digital scholarship, data-intensive research, and computational research. Text Transcript
The article linked below was published today by Frontiers in Communications. Title How Academic Podcasting Can Change Academia and Its Relationship With Society: A Conversation and Guide Authors Michael Cox Dartmouth College Hannah L. Harrison Stefan Partelow Steven Curtis Stephen R. Elser Courtney Hammond Wagner Robert Hobbins Conor Barnes Lisa Campbell Laura Cappelatt Emily De […]
New Podcast From CNI: Empowering the Use of Open-Source Software for Research, a Conversation with Sayeed Choudhury
| Interviews, Libraries, News, Podcasts
A new podcast in The CNI Interviews Podcast series (via EDUCAUSE): Sayeed Choudhury is Director of the Open Source Programs Office at Carnegie Mellon University Libraries. In this conversation, Choudhury discusses his new role—created to raise awareness of and stimulate collaboration among open-source projects across the university—and the impact of this new office on his […]
