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Roundup: Library Funding and Trump’s Executive Order (Press Reports)
| Associations and Organizations, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Funding, Libraries, National Libraries, News, Public Libraries, Reports, Roundup
See Also: Statements in Response to Executive Order Impacting the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Last Update: April 1, 2025; 4:05pm Latest Entries CA: San Diego Public Libraries Brace for Budget Cuts (via Axios San Diego) IL: Libraries and Museums in Illinois are Hit by Trump Executive Order (via WGLT) ME: Maine’s Rural […]
Roundup: Statements in Response to Executive Order Impacting the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
| Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Associations and Organizations, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Funding, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries, Reports, Roundup, Special Libraries
We will continue to update this roundup as we learn of additional statements. Latest Addition (Last Update: 8:15am; April 13, 2025) IL: Joint Statement (AISLE, CARLI, IHLS, ILA, RAILS) on Changes at the Institute of Museum and Library Services IMLS Cuts Put America’s Public Libraries at Risk (Joint Statement From the Association for Rural & […]
Roundup: Top 15 Librarians in Pop Culture; There’s a Good Chance Your Kid Uses AI to Cheat; & More Headlines
| Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Conference Presentations, Funding, Libraries, News, Roundup
AI Artificial Intelligence and Communication Technologies in Academia: Faculty Perceptions and the Adoption of Generative AI (via International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education) There’s a Good Chance Your Kid Uses AI to Cheat (via WSJ/MSN) Digital Libraries Now Available: Proceedings From JCDL ’24: 24th ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries Hong Kong Future […]
From a Library of Congress Email: The Library of Congress regularly receives digitized newspapers from contributors to the National Digital Newspaper Program. Digitized newspapers are delivered in the form of batches, where each batch can contain one to many issues, from one or more newspaper titles. Recently loaded batches can be discovered on the Chronicling America Research Guide. More details […]
Five new items. AI Risk Atlas: Taxonomy and Tooling for Navigating AI Risks and Resources (preprint; via arXiv) A Survey of Large Language Model Empowered Agents for Recommendation and Search: Towards Next-Generation Information Retrieval (preprint; via arXiv) Building A Disability-Inclusive AI Ecosystem: A Cross-Disability, Cross-Systems Analysis of Best Practices (via CDT) US Copyright Office Takes […]
California Bill AB 1825 Declares Bans on Books of Diverse Perspectives Illegal in California (via Daily Bruin) Rhode Island RI ‘Freedom to Read’ Bill Would Protect Librarians From Censorship Prosecution. What to Know. (via Providence Journal) South Dakota South Dakota Senate Will Consider Repealing Obscenity Prosecution Protection For Librarians (via SD Search Light) Vermont Vermonters […]
Roundup: Texas May Change How Schools Select Library Books. Critics Say It Could Lead to More Bans; VA: Warren County Board Votes To Defund 200-Year-Old Front Royal Library; & More Headlines
| Academic Libraries, Data Files, Digital Collections, Funding, Interactive Tools, Libraries, News, Publishing, Roundup
Alabama Bill Would Ban Drag Performances in Public Schools and Libraries Digital Library Federation (DLF) Announcing the NDSA Climate Watch Publication Georgia Proposed Bill Would Penalize Librarians For Loaning Minors ‘Harmful’ Books (via WSAV) Government Publishing Office (GPO) GPO Partners With Yale University Library to Preserve Government Information OverDrive OverDrive Appoints Eric Miller as the […]
Roundup: Statements and Coverage Re: NIH Funding Cuts
| Associations and Organizations, Funding, News, Publishing, Roundup
UPDATE (2/10; 6pm EST) Federal Judge Grants Restraining Order on NIH Funding Cuts (via The Hill) Judge Blocks Trump’s $4 Billion Cuts to Biomedical Research After Lawsuit From 22 States (via Courthouse News Service) UPDATE (2/10; Noon EST) 22 States Sue to Block Trump Administration Cuts to NIH Research Payments (via STAT) News Release (Attorney […]
Roundup: Fired Library Director Sues Central Arkansas County, Alleging Retaliation and First Amendment Breach; North Dakota: Librarians Fear Impacts of Latest Bill on Explicit Materials; & More Headlines
| Data Files, Digital Preservation, Libraries, News, Preservation, Roundup
Arkansas Arkansas Senator Seeks to Abolish Atate Library and PBS Oversight Boards (via Arkansas Advocate) Fired Library Director Sues Central Arkansas County, Alleging Retaliation and First Amendment Breach (via Arkansas Advocate) California Radio Program: The Battle Against Book Bans in San Diego County(via KPBS) Digital Preservation As the Trump Admin Deletes Online Data, Scientists and […]
AI Roundup: Industry Bodies Recommend Consistency in AI Audiobook Narration Terminology; This is Where the Data to Build AI Comes From; and More
| Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Libraries, News, Roundup
A Research Agenda From the Columbia Convening on AI Openness and Safety (via Mozilla Foundation) Every AI Copyright Lawsuit in the US, Visualized (via WIRED) Generative AI Literacy: Twelve Defining Competencies (preprint) (via arXiv) Industry Bodies Recommend Consistency in AI Audiobook Narration Terminology (via The Bookseller) See Also: Official Statement: New Naming Guidelines for AI-Narrated […]
