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From the Calgary Herald: Last week’s cybersecurity breach at the Calgary Public Library was likely caused by an attempted ransomware attack, library officials confirmed Friday. [Clip] “Calgary Public Library continues to experience service disruptions due to a detected cybersecurity breach,” the statement read. “As part of containment procedures, library services requiring technology are still unavailable. […]
Virginia: “Fairfax County Library May Turn to Congress to Address E-Book Costs”
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|From Fairfax Now: Fairfax County leaders say it likely will be up to Congress to give public libraries relief from a complex and costly process of obtaining electronic materials. In its first joint meeting with the Fairfax County Public Library Board of Trustees in three years, the Board of Supervisors heard from the local library system on Tuesday (Oct. 15) […]
From The Bookseller: The world’s biggest trade publisher has changed the wording on its copyright pages to help protect authors’ intellectual property from being used to train large language models (LLMs) and other artificial intelligence (AI) tools, The Bookseller can exclusively reveal. Penguin Random House (PRH) has amended its copyright wording across all imprints globally, confirming it […]
Core Board Appoints Don Allgeier as President-Elect; Mississippi: Libraries See Disconnect Between Use and Popularity; & More Headlines
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|AI A Comprehensive Survey of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG): Evolution, Current Landscape and Future Directions (preprint, via arXiv) AI Literacy in Teaching and Learning: A Durable Framework for Higher Education (via EDUCAUSE) American Library Association (ALA) Core Board Appoints Don Allgeier as President-Elect Association of Research Libraries (ARL) ARL and California Digital LibraryKick Off Machine Actionable Plans […]
NARA (National Archives and Records Administration) Releases FY 2026-2030 Strategic Plan Framework Document
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|From NARA: Last week Archivist of the United States Dr. Colleen Shogan announced a new Strategic Framework for the National Archives. The framework, a template that will guide the development of a full Strategic Plan, charts a course for the agency that emphasizes building digital capacity, scalability, and responsibly embracing technological innovation. “Our mission is […]
From a Blog Post: Access to networked information for the half of the human race without reliable internet is the subject of a new report, The Power of Offline Internet: Beyond the Binary of Connectivity, commissioned by the Offline Internet Consortium. The report reframes how we think about internet connectivity through the lens of offline […]
A New Collection of Best Practices: Successful Initiatives From Prison Libraries (16 Case Studies)
|From the UNESCO Institute For Lifelong Learning: The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) has launched an online collection of innovative practices in prison education at the Montreal International Conference on Education in Prison. The collection features 16 case studies highlighting successful initiatives from prison libraries that champion the right to lifelong learning for incarcerated individuals. [Clip] The cases […]
New Report From Ithaka S+R: “Adoption of Generative AI by Academic Biomedical Researchers”
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|The report, Adoption of Generative AI by Academic Biomedical Researchers was published today (10/17) by Ithaka S+R. Authors Dylan Ruediger Chelsea McCracken Makala Skinner From an Introductory Blog Post: When ChatGPT was released in November 2022, it prompted an ongoing national conversation about the role of generative AI across all sectors of intellectual labor. Within […]
Ed. Note: Great to see that in a time where we frequently read about how AI is going to be a cause for job reductions, the skills, abilities, and experience of a librarian are still vital. What can the today’s librarian community do to demonstrate this to more people in more industries? From WorkLife (Also […]
NotebookLM Now Allows Users to Customize Audio Overviews; Internet Freedom in the Americas Declined in 2024; & More Headlines
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|AI Scientific Papers That Mention AI Get a Citation Boost (Nature) EBSCO EBSCO Information Services Launches Mosaic, by GOBI Library Solutions Freedom House Internet Freedom in the Americas Declined in 2024 (via FH) ||| Full Text Report: Freedom on the Net 2024: The Struggle for Trust Online, Google NotebookLM Now Allows Users to Customize Audio […]