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Toronto Public Library Reinstates Circulation, Hold Services Following Ransomware Attack; New Wisconsin Bill Targets School Librarians For Books That Some Parents Consider Obscene & More Headlines
Associations and Organizations, Libraries, News, Public Libraries
|Alabama Prattville Library Board Passes Rule Change Regulating Ordering, Placement of ‘Obscene’ Books (via 1819News.Com) Colorado “Freedom to Read” Bill Aims to Establish Process For Challenging a Book in Schools, Public Libraries (via Denver 7) Graphic Novels 2023 Best Graphic Novels Reading List for Adults (via ALA) 2023 Best Graphic Novels for Children Reading List […]
Report: “Colorado Librarians are Now Front-Line Crisis Workers, Managing Homeless Patrons, Mental Illness, Book-Banners”
Academic Libraries, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries
|From The Denver Post (about 2300 words): Walk into one of metro Denver’s public libraries — among the few spaces where anyone can come inside and exist for free — and you’ll find a microcosm of society’s most pressing issues: Homelessness in Denver is at a peak, evidenced by the dozens of patrons in the […]
From the S.F. Chronicle: The rivalry between the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs due to play out on the field at this weekend’s Super Bowl LVIII matchup has given rise to a wager between the two cities’ respective public library systems. With the exhortation “Let’s Tackle Censorship Together,” the two institutions are banding together […]
Law Review Article: “Book Banning Goes Digital: Libraries Suspending Their E-Book Services and the Complications It Poses For First Amendment Doctrine”
Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries, School Libraries
|The article linked belowa was recently published by the Stanford Technology Law Review. Title Book Banning Goes Digital: Libraries Suspending Their E-Book Services and the Complications It Poses for First Amendment Doctrine Author Catherine E. Ferri Source Stanford Technology Law Review, Stanford Law SchoolVolume 27 Issue 1 Abstract Book banning predates the United States and […]
From CILIP (Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals): Future Libraries is a two-part initiative from CILIP to challenge and engage librarians and library leaders to reimagine libraries in a world of rapidly evolving living and working patterns. Part 1 is ‘Come Rain or Shine: Preparing public libraries for the future in an age of […]
Association of American Publishers: Youngsuk ‘YS’ Chi, Chairman of Elsevier and Director of Corporate Affairs for RELX, Elected Chair, AAP Board of Directors; Generative Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education: Evidence from an Analysis of Institutional Policies and Guidelines; & More News Headlines
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Digital Preservation, Elsevier, Libraries, News, Public Libraries, Publishing
|AI Generative Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education: Evidence From an Analysis of Institutional Policies and Guidelines (preprint; arXiv) Google Rebrands Bard Chatbot as Gemini, Rolls Out Paid Subscription (via Reuters) Digitization Unique ‘Hidden’ Record Of UK’s Historic Biodiversity, with Links to Charles Darwin, to Be Digitised (Royal Agriculture University) Iowa Iowa’s War on Books Now […]
Call for SCOSS Expressions of Interest 2024: Open Science Infrastructure and Services are Invited to Apply for Funding; American Library Association Council Elects Nick Buron, Peter Coyl and Dr. Corinthia Price to Executive Board for 2024-2027 Term; and More News Headlines
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Funding, Libraries, News, Open Access, Public Libraries
|American Library Association (ALA) American Library Association Council Elects Nick Buron, Peter Coyl, and Dr. Corinthia Price to Executive Board for 2024-2027 Term Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Call for SCOSS Expressions of Interest 2024: Open Science Infrastructure and Services are Invited to Apply for Funding Idaho New ‘Library Porn’ Bill No Longer Reclassifies Obscenity […]
From Nashville Public Radio/WPLN: A large crowd gathered outside the Hendersonville Public Library on a drizzly Saturday morning to hear the actor and evangelist Kirk Cameron at a story time event in February 2023. They circled around the flagpole, recited the pledge of allegiance and sang the national anthem, and Cameron led them in prayer. […]
New York: Previewing the Rochester Public Library’s New Archive of Black History & Culture; AI Perceptions at the University of Baltimore; & More Headlines
Journal Articles, Libraries, News, Public Libraries, Publishing
|AI White Paper: AI Perceptions at the University of Baltimore ||| Blog Post about the Paper From Ithaka S+R Kentucky Video: Louisville’s Western Library Holds More Than a Century of History (via WAVE) New York Previewing the Rochester Public Library’s New Archive of Black History & Culture (via WXXI) Pennsylvania Philadelphia: “Mayor Parker’s Social Media […]
Manitoba Winnipeg Library Security Incidents Down After Safety Enhancements, Report Says (via CBC) Montana Bozeman Library Holds Grand Reopening (via NBC Montana) New Mexico Bill Aiming to Prevent Public Library Book Bans Moves Forward (via NM Politico Report) Rural Libraries Go by the Book in a Hunt For Help (via Santa Fe New Mexican) Tennessee […]