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Arkansas Senator Continues Mission to Eliminate State Library Board, Cites Unfulfilled Bargain; Iowa: How Des Moines Public Library is Navigating Librarian Cuts, Possible Iowa Law Changes; Virginia Lawmakers Direct Researchers to Review Book Bans…”;
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AI Silverchair’s AI Lab Delivers Oxford Academic AI Discovery Assistant for Dynamic Research Support Arkansas Arkansas Senator Continues Mission to Eliminate State Library Board, Cites Unfulfilled Bargain DC (District of Columbia) DC Public Library to Introduce New Online Catalog (via DCPL) Iowa How Des Moines Public Library is Navigating Librarian Cuts, Possible Iowa Law Changes […]
Hawaii School Libraries are Shrinking When Students May Need Them Most; High School Senior Helps Draft Bill Requiring Narcan in Illinois Public Libraries; Nebraska Lawmakers Advance Bill Allowing Parental Notification For School Library Checkouts; & More Headlines
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Hawaii Hawaii School Libraries Are Shrinking When Students May Need Them Most (via Hawaii Civil Beat) Illinois High School Senior Helps Draft Bill Requiring Narcan in Illinois Public Libraries (via WGN-TV) Nebraska Nebraska Lawmakers Advance Bill Allowing Parental Notification For School Library Checkouts (via The Hill) Louisiana Iberia Parish Library System Faces Closure if Millage […]
Report: “Boston Public Library Expands Access to Collections Through AI-Enhanced Digitization”
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From the Boston Public Library (Full Text Announcement): The Boston Public Library (BPL) is launching a large-scale digitization project to unlock hundreds of thousands of historically significant items previously inaccessible to the public. This multi-phase effort will give BPL the opportunity to pilot the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools to make vast historical collections […]
From PEN America: The removal of books focused on people of color, race and racism, and LGBTQ+ subjects from public schools continues as part of a concerted and dangerous campaign nationwide, according to new analysis of thousands of banned titles by PEN America. These topics are highly targeted among banned books across genres and reading […]
From North Dakota Monitor A bill requiring the removal of obscene or sexually explicit content from public and school libraries passed the Senate Thursday on a 27-20 vote. Senate Bill 2307, sponsored by Sen. Keith Boehm, R-Mandan, would require public and school libraries to remove explicit content from main areas of the library to areas […]
From EveryLibrary Institute: The EveryLibrary Institute is collecting and analyzing polling and surveys about book bans, anti-access legislation, and the perception of libraries/librarians to help advocates quickly find and interpret results. We have compiled voter-facing polls conducted by issue advocacy groups, new media, and research institutions since our previous review of book ban polls and […]
A Tool That Helps Provide Easy and Fast Access to Archived Web Content and Data
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There is a lot of interest (with good reason) these days in data preservation and web archiving. Two of the many projects getting some well-deserved attention are the End of Term Web Archive and the recently announced Harvard Law School Library Innovation Lab Data.gov Archive. Another project that’s also been getting a lot of attention […]
Harvard Law School Library Innovation Lab Announces Launch of Data.gov Archive
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From a Library Innovation Lab Post: Today we released our archive of data.gov on source.coop. The 16TB collection includes over 311,000 datasets harvested during 2024 and 2025, a complete archive of federal public datasets linked by data.gov. It will be updated daily as new datasets are added to data.gov. This is the first release in our new data […]
New Data From OverDrive, “Libraries Break Digital Lending Records in 2024 with Over 739 million Checkouts”
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From an OverDrive News Release: Librarians and educators achieved remarkable new milestones in 2024 by providing increasingly robust digital lending and streaming options to satisfy library patrons of all ages. Using OverDrive’s award-winning Libby and Sora apps, readers worldwide borrowed over 739 million ebooks, audiobooks, and digital magazines, a 17% increase over 2023. Streaming video […]
From The Hollywood Reporter: The banning of books in school libraries, an especially hot topic in 2022/23 news cycles, may not feature high in the headlines recently given the new presidential administration’s tsunami of rights-snuffing, Constitution-flouting executive orders. But it’s still going on. That makes the debut at Sundance of The Librarians, a scrupulously assembled feature documentary by […]
