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Library of Congress Appoints Stephanie Stillo Chief of Rare Book and Special Collections
Archives and Special Collections, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News
|From the Library of Congress: The Library of Congress has named Stephanie Stillo as the new chief of the Library’s Rare Book and Special Collections Division. Stillo, who assumed her new role on Oct. 9, joined the Library in 2016. She has served as the curator of the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection and the Aramont […]
Video: Watch a C-SPAN Interview with the Archivist of the United States, Colleen Shogan
Archives and Special Collections, Interviews, News, Profiles
|From C-SPAN: President Biden’s choice for the 11th Archivist of the United States, Colleen Shogan, talked in her Washington, D.C. office about her stewardship of the National Archives and the controversies over White House records involving Donald Trump and Joe Biden. She is the first woman to head the Archives, home to the Declaration of […]
NARA Releases “Digitization Quality Management Guide”
Archives and Special Collections, Digital Preservation, Management and Leadership, News
|From: NARA’s Chief Records Officer: This guide provides detailed information about the various aspects of quality management (QM) in digitization, including quality assurance and quality control, as well as the role of objective testing and automation in optimizing quality control and inspection processes. This guide supports the National Archives and Records Administration’s (NARA) regulations concerning […]
Indiana: Educators, Librarians Could Face Criminal Prosecution And a Level 6 Felony Over Controversial Books; Internet Archive to Honor Supervisor Connie Chan with 2023 Hero Award; & More Headlines
Archives and Special Collections, Awards, Funding, Libraries, News
|Book Bans USA Today Report: “What’s Behind The National Surge in Book Bans? A Low-Tech Website Tied to Moms For Liberty” Funding Columbia University Libraries Awarded Grant from the Arcadia Fund to Support Anticaste Archives Project (via CUL) Indiana Educators, Librarians Could Face Criminal Prosecution And a Level 6 Felony Over Controversial Books Internet Archive […]
New Online Resource: University of Maryland Libraries Announces Online Launch of the “Advancing Workers’ Rights” Digital Collection
Archives and Special Collections, Digital Collections, Funding, Interactive Tools, Jobs, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Reports
|Here’s the Full Text of Today’s Annoucement From the University of Maryland Libraries: The University of Maryland Libraries announces the debut of a significant, newly digitized collection, making available online for the first time tens of thousands of records documenting the intersection of the labor and civil rights movements in the United States. Featuring materials from the […]
Andrea Jackson Gavin Appointed Inaugural Program Director of the HBCU Digital Library Trust
Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Funding, Interactive Tools, Jobs, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Preservation, Reports
|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 […]
Illinois: Local Librarians Say Unfounded Bomb Threats Represent Deeper Political, Cultural Divide; Ohio: First New Levy in 13 Years Would Boost Columbus Metropolitan Library Revenue by Nearly 50%; & More News Headlines
Archives and Special Collections, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, News
|National Archives and Records Administation National Archives Reflects on Last 20 Years of Preserving the Founding Documents (via NARA) Ebooks Libraries Weigh Future of Free E-Books As Publishers Sue For Limits (via Wisconsin Public Radio) Illinois Local Librarians Say Unfounded Bomb Threats Represent Deeper Political, Cultural Divide (via Chicago Sun-Times) Ohio First New Levy In […]
Archivist of the United States Dr. Colleen Shogan Sworn in by Chief Justice During Ceremony Attended by First Lady
Archives and Special Collections, Interviews, Jobs, Libraries, News, Profiles, Video Recordings
|From a NARA Release: The National Archives and Records Administration plays a critical role in safeguarding democracy by providing access to records that help citizens hold their government accountable, Dr. Colleen Shogan said during a ceremonial swearing-in ceremony held yesterday in the National Archives Rotunda. “The prevalent condition in human history is not democracy or […]
Library of Congress Honors Libraries in New Jersey and Michigan for Outstanding Service to Readers with Disabilities; OCLC Awarded IMLS Grant to Support Library Learning in Digital Collections Stewardship; & More Headlines
Archives and Special Collections, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Funding, Interactive Tools, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Open Access, Preservation
|Censorship National Coalition on Censorship (NCAC) Launches the Kids’ Right to Read Network (KRRN), a Network of Local Groups to Fight Book Banning (via NCAC) Digital Preservation Preservica and AM Partner on Digital Asset Management and Digital Preservation Solutions for Libraries and Archives Library of Congress Library of Congress Honors Libraries in New Jersey and Michigan […]
California: How the L.A. Public Library Library Bid $144,000 For a Hidden Trove of Celebrity Photos
Archives and Special Collections, Libraries, News, Public Libraries
|From the Los Angeles Times: Christina Rice’s obsession with a 1930s movie star led the Los Angeles Public Library last year into an auction for 12,500 celebrity photographs — the vast majority never published — taken by a post office worker who spent nights and weekends at the parties, haunts and ballrooms of the famous. The […]