MORE POSTS FROM APRIL 2025
The article linked below was recently published by Library Resources & Technical Services. Title AI Chatbots and Subject Cataloging: A Performance Test Authors Brian Dobreski University of Tennessee, Knoxville Christopher Hastings University of Tennessee, Knoxville Source Library Resources & Technical Services Vol 69, No 2 (2025) DOI: 10.5860/lrts.69n2.8440 Abstract Libraries show an increasing interest in […]
A New Op/Ed by David Leonard, President of the Boston Public Library: “The Assault on Libraries Must End”
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From the Boston Globe (Op/Ed by David Leonard, President of the Boston Public Library): Although this is National Library Week, our nation’s libraries find themselves under threat. An executive order is effectively dismantling the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the federal agency that supports libraries and museums across the country; on March 31, its […]
From Torrent Freak: The Internet Archive’s ‘Great 78 Project’ digitizes historical recordings to preserve musical heritage, but in 2023 the initiative led to major record labels filing a copyright lawsuit. The financial stakes soared last month when the labels proposed to update their claim to $693 million in statutory damages. A recent filing suggests that […]
Report: “Mississippi Libraries Ordered to Delete Academic Research in Response to State Laws”
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From Mississippi Today: A state commission scrubbed academic research from a database used by Mississippi libraries and public schools — a move made to comply with recent state laws changing what content can be offered in libraries. The Mississippi Library Commission ordered the deletion of two research collections that might violate state law, a March […]
Library of Congress: National Recording Registry Inducts Sounds of Elton John, Chicago, Broadway’s ‘Hamilton,’ Mary J. Blige, Amy Winehouse, Minecraft and Microsoft
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From the Library of Congress: Elton John’s monumental album “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road,” Chicago’s debut “Chicago Transit Authority,” the original cast recording of Broadway’s “Hamilton,” Mary J. Blige’s “My Life,” Amy Winehouse’s “Back to Black,” Microsoft’s reboot chime, and the soundtrack to the Minecraft video game phenomenon have been selected as some of the defining […]
From the arXiv Blog: Audio summaries are coming to arXiv! arXiv has partnered with ScienceCast on a pilot project to bring 60-second AI-generated audio summaries to arxiv.org. This follows our efforts to make arXiv’s scientific content even more broadly available by supporting additional formats beyond PDF, starting with HTML versions of recent papers, which we began rolling […]
New Lawsuit: American Library Association (ALA), AFSCME Challenge Trump Administration Gutting of Institute of Museum and Library Services
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Ed. Note: infoDOCKET Coverage of the Lawsuit Filed by 21 Attorneys General Over Cuts to IMLS, Federal Agencies (April 4, 2025) From a Joint Statement by ALA, AFSCME, and Democracy Forward: The American Library Association (ALA), the largest library association in the world, and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), the […]
New Report: “The State of Generative AI Use in Canada 2025: Exploring Public Attitudes and Adoption Trends”
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The report linked below was recently shared on Figshare. From the Social Media Lab (Ted Rogers School of Management at Toronto Metropolitan University): The State of Generative AI Use in Canada 2025, authored by Dr. Anatoliy Gruzd, Philip Mai, and Anthony Clements Haines of Toronto Metropolitan University, draws on a census‑balanced survey of 1,500 adults conducted between […]
From the International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers (STM) Welcome to STM Trends 2029: our annual industry futurecast — just revealed last week at the STM US Conference in DC. This is where we scan the horizon for the forces, innovations and challenges that will define our ecosystem over the next 3-5 years. This […]
New Version of UC Davis Library Digital Collections Site “Enhances Exploration of Digitized Library”
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From UC Davis Library: The UC Davis Library’s Digital Collections provides online access to digitized or born-digital materials from the UC Davis Library, with a focus on materials in the library’s Archives and Special Collections. The newly released version of the digital collections site offers more browsing options, easier access to collection-level information, and a book-style […]
