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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is Hosting a Virtual Roundtable on AI and Content Creation on October 4th
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From the Federal Trade Commission: The Federal Trade Commission staff will be hosting a virtual roundtable discussion on October 4, 2023 to better understand the impact of the use of generative artificial intelligence on music, filmmaking, and other creative fields. FTC staff are seeking to better understand how the development and deployment of AI tools that […]
Andrea Jackson Gavin Appointed Inaugural Program Director of the HBCU Digital Library Trust
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Below is the Full Text of the Announcement Letter (via the Harvard Library): We are delighted to announce the appointment of Andrea Jackson Gavin as the inaugural Program Director of the HBCU Digital Library Trust, effective October 11, 2023. The Trust is a partnership of the HBCU Library Alliance and Harvard Library to sustain and deepen […]
U.S. Census Releases 2020 Data for Nearly 1,500 Detailed Race and Ethnicity Groups, Tribes and Villages
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From the U.S. Census: The U.S. Census Bureau today released 2020 Census population counts and sex-by-age statistics for 300 detailed race and ethnic groups, as well as 1,187 detailed American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) tribes and villages. These data come from the 2020 Census Detailed Demographic and Housing Characteristics File A (Detailed DHC-A). Previously, the […]
From PEN America: The number of public school book bans across the country increased by 33 percent in the 2022-23 school year compared to the 2021-22 school year, according to a new PEN America report. “Banned in the USA: The Mounting Pressure to Censor” highlights the disproportionate number of bans occurring in Florida — where over 40 percent of […]
AI ChatGPT Usage is Rising Again as Students Return to School (via Bloomberg) Universities Rethink Using AI Writing Detectors to Vet Students’ Work (via Bloomberg) Amazon AI-Generated Books Force Amazon To Cap E-Book Publications to 3 Per Day (via ars technica) EBSCO EBSCO Information Services Pursues Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) Opportunities Penn State Libraries Penn […]
From The Alabama Reflector: The Ozark Dale County Library Board of Trustees Wednesday approved new policies that will require more parental supervision of children in libraries but did not explicitly remove or ban any books. The approval came in a meeting that was far less tense – and far less crowded – than a special called […]
From WCHS: Following the vote to cut 28 majors and more than 100 faculty positions at West Virginia University, the university’s library system could be the next to take the heaviest blow on campus. [Clip] On Wednesday, the university released those findings, and the library had the most cuts recommended as it was proposed the […]
American Library Association (ALA) Releases Preliminary Data on 2023 Book Challenges; Highest Number of Book Challenges Since ALA Began Compiling This Data More Than 20 Years Ago
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UPDATE LeVar Burton to Lead 2023 Banned Books Week as Honorary Chair (via ALA) —End Update— Below is the full text of a statement released today by the American Library Association (ALA): The American Library Association (ALA) has released new preliminary data documenting the continued rise in attempts to censor books and materials in public, […]
Acquisitions UCLA Library Receives $4.2 Million Political Cartoon Collection Spanning Centuries (via UCLA California At 20, San Jose’s MLK Library Remains a Partnership For the Books (via The Mercury News) Public Libraries New Guidance For Public Librarians: Managing Safe and inclusive Services (via CILIP) ||| Direct to Guidiance Document Texas Harris County Libraries Declared a […]
The Lens Loads Now Open Dataset From Crossref of Retraction Watch Papers; Digital Science Announces Brand Redesign for ReadCube and Papers; & More Headlines
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Clarivate Clarivate Unveils Citation Laureates 2023 – Annual List of Researchers of Nobel Class Digital Science Digital Science Announces Brand Redesign for ReadCube and Papers Internet Archive IMLS National Leadership Grant Supports Expansion of the ARCH Computational Research Platform Research Tools The Lens Loads Now Open Dataset From Crossref of Retraction Watch Papers
