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New Online Resource: University of Maryland Libraries Announces Online Launch of the “Advancing Workers’ Rights” Digital Collection
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|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
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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 […]
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
Crossref Acquires Retraction Watch Data and Opens It For The Scientific Community
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|From a Joint News Release: The Center for Scientific Integrity, the organisation behind the Retraction Watch blog and database, and Crossref, the global infrastructure underpinning research communications, both not-for-profits, announced today that the Retraction Watch database has been acquired by Crossref and made an open public resource. An agreement between the two organisations will allow Retraction Watch […]
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
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|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 […]
Patricia Flatley Brennan, Director of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), is Retiring
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|From NLM: Dr. Patricia Flatley Brennan, NLM director, will be retiring from NLM and federal service on September 30, 2023. Dr. Lawrence A. Tabak, Acting Director, National Institutes of Health writes: Please join me in thanking Patti for her leadership at NIH, and in wishing her the very best for her retirement. Following Patti’s departure […]
22 Challenges to Maine School Library Books Have Been Filed Since 2022; Cuyahoga County Public Library Migrating to ByWater’s Aspen Discovery Catalog Today; & More Headlines
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|Funding UC San Diego Library Awarded Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program Grant to Build On Conference on Academic Library Management (via UCSD Library) Maine 22 Challenges to Maine School Library Books Have Been Filed Since 2022 (via Bangor Daily News) Ohio Cuyahoga County Public Library Migrating to ByWater’s Aspen Discovery Catalog Today (via Axios […]
From the Casper Star-Tribune: Gov. Mark Gordon, State Library Division Director Patricia Bach and State Librarian Jamie Markus sent a letter to the American Library Association on Monday expressing worry that the organization “has become politicized” and calling on the group to open discussions with Wyoming to address the concern. “This change has been reflected […]
California: “Narcan, Rare Books And Citizenship: How L.A.’s Chief Librarian is Meeting the City’s Needs”
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|From the Los Angeles Times: The sparrows fled the courtyard. It was quiet amid the classics. John Szabo stepped out of the elevator and walked through the sunlit atrium of the Central Library. He passed a slumbering homeless man and, with the efficiency of a spy, disappeared into stacks of bound archives, hundreds of thousands of relevant and obscure […]