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Pennsylvania: Bees are Busy At Philly’s Libraries, Making Honey Used For Education and Fun U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón Appointed for a Historic Two-Year Second Term (via LC) Virginia: ACLU and Spotsylvania Co. Schools Face Off Over Removed Library Books (via WTOP News) & Spotsylvania Schools Hold Budget Meeting, May Cut Libraries (via WUSA)
From The Guardian: Research carried out by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP), the UK’s library and information association, found that a third of librarians had been asked by members of the public to censor or remove books, indicating that such incidences “had increased significantly in recent years”, according to CILIP’s chief […]
From a Joint News Release (via IMLS): Today, President Biden announced his intent to appoint the following individuals to the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH), an advisory body to the president on cultural policy. These artists, scholars, museums practitioners, and philanthropists will provide recommendations to the president and the heads of […]
New Steve Jobs Archive Ebook Now Available as a Free Download; Tennessee Bills Targeting Library Book Publishers, Changing Police Oversight Boards Advance; & More News Headlines
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|Chicago Libraries Now Offer Mental Health Services, Therapists (via CBS Chicago How Bookshop.org Survives—and Thrives—in Amazon’s World (via WIRED) Lyrasis Announces Sessions For Second Annual LyrOpen Fair New Steve Jobs Archive Ebook Now Available as a Free Download (via 9to5Mac) Oklahoma State University to Adopt the FOLIO Library Services Platform With EBSCO FOLIO Tennessee Bills Targeting […]
LIBER (Association of European Research Libraries) Appoints Martine Pronk Interim Executive Director
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|From a LIBER Announcement: LIBER is pleased to announce that Martine Pronk has been appointed as Interim Executive Director, for the period 22 May-1 September 2023. Martine will take over the role from current Executive Director Astrid Verheusen, who will leave LIBER in May to begin a new role as Managing Director and CIO at RKD (Netherlands Institute […]
American Library Association Reports Record Number of Demands to Censor Library Books and Materials in 2022: Book Challenges Nearly Doubled From 2021
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|From the American Library Association: The American Library Association (ALA) today released new data documenting* 1,269 demands to censor library books and resources in 2022, the highest number of attempted book bans since ALA began compiling data about censorship in libraries more than 20 years ago. The unparalleled number of reported book challenges in 2022 nearly […]
John Mellencamp Donates His Archives to Indiana University
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|From Indiana University: Acclaimed musician, artist and activist John Mellencamp will donate an archived collection of his life and work to Indiana University, IU President Pamela Whitten announced at the Mellencamp Symposium held March 3 on the IU Bloomington campus. The collection will include items related to his iconic artistry, social activism and philanthropy, and it holds […]
The article linked below was recently published by Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics. Title Factors That Affect Scientific Publication in Africa—a Gender Perspective Authors Catherine Beaudry Polytechnique Montreal Université du Québec à Montréal Heidi Prozesky Stellenbosch University Carl St-Pierre Polytechnique Montreal Seyed Reza Mirnezami Polytechnique Montreal Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran Source Frontiers […]
Government Publishing Office (GPO) Director Intends to Adopt Task Force Recommendation on a Digital Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP)
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|From the FDLP/GPO: The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) Director Hugh Nathanial Halpern has responded to the Feasibility of a Digital Federal Depository Library Program: Report of the GPO Director’s Task Force. In his response, Director Halpern writes that he broadly intends to adopt the Task Force’s recommendations to move to a digital Federal Depository […]
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: María Estorino Named Vice Provost for University Libraries and University Librarian
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|Below, Find the Full Text of a Letter Sent to the Carolina Community From Kevin M. Guskiewicz University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chancellor Kevin M. Guskiewicz and J. Christopher Clemens, Provost and Chief Academic Officer. Dear Carolina Community, We are excited to share that María R. Estorino has been appointed vice provost for […]