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From Radio Times/WHYY (Philadelphia): There has been an increase in efforts to ban books from school libraries, classrooms and reading lists. Some conservative groups and individuals are pressing to remove books from shelves if they address certain issues of race, gender, sexuality, LGTBQ topics, social justice and history. [Clip] This hour, we’ll discuss the rise […]
Roundup (January 25, 2022)
Archives and Special Collections, Awards, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Podcasts, Roundup
|Amazon Buys Exclusive Rights to ‘My Favorite Murder’ Podcast (via Seattle Times) Association of American Publishers Announces Finalists and Category Winners for 2022 Prose Awards (via AAP) Google Will Introduce a New System for Tracking Chrome Browser Users (via NY Times) Explore 1950 Census Resources on New Archives.gov Page (via NARA) Jennifer Osorio to Lead […]
Roundup (January 18, 2022)
Journal Articles, Libraries, National Libraries, News, Open Access, PLOS, Podcasts, Roundup
|Breaking Out Open Access License Types (via Delta Think) Eshoo, Schakowsky, Booker Introduce Bill to Ban Surveillance Advertising (via Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA)) Key Developments in Portico’s Work (via Portico) Podcast Discovery Service Podchaser Hires Librarian (via The Verge) PLOS Digital Health Publishes First Papers Thoughts on the Heritage PIDs Project (via ArchivesHub) Video: National […]
New From CLIR: “Curated Futures Project Imagines Possibility of a ‘Third Library'”
Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Libraries, News, Podcasts
|From the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR): CLIR today released the Curated Futures Project, a guide for professionals in galleries, libraries, archives, and museums to navigate beyond discussions of decolonizing collecting institutions to begin taking practical steps to enact change. Organized and edited by CLIR Postdoctoral Fellows and alumni Faithe Day, Synatra Smith, […]
National Museum of African American History and Culture Launches New “Searchable Museum” Digital Initiative
Archives and Special Collections, Data Files, News, Open Access, Patrons and Users, Podcasts, Preservation
|From the Smithsonian: The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) launched its newest digital initiative, the Searchable Museum [on November 18th]. As part of the museum’s fifth anniversary, NMAAHC continues to engage audiences worldwide with online exhibitions, virtual symposia and digital programs. The Searchable Museum reaches beyond the walls of the […]
News Roundup (November 16, 2021)
Interviews, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Podcasts, Profiles, Roundup
|The “How to Fix the Internet” Podcast From the Electronic Frontier Foundation Debuts The November 2021 Issue (Vol 35, No 3) of Library Leadership & Management (LL&M) is Now Available Online ReShare Implementation: An Interview with Jill Morris, Executive Director at PALCI
“ARL Views” Podcast Debuts with Episode Featuring University of Toronto’s Victoria Owen Discussing the Marrakesh Treaty
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Libraries, News, Podcasts
|From the Association of Research Libraries (ARL): The ARL Views podcast provides deep dives into key issues of interest to the research library community. About This Episode In this episode, Victoria Owen [Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto] discusses the role that libraries and advocates played in Marrakesh Treaty negotiation, and the work […]
SPARC’s Heather Joseph is the Guest on Latest Episode of the Creative Commons “Open Minds” Podcast
|From Creative Commons: Happy International Open Access Week! Open Acces Week is a global, community-driven week of action to open up access to research, taking place from October 25-31 this year. In celebration of this, our guest on this episode is Heather Joseph, the Executive Director of SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition). […]
News Roundup (October 22, 2021)
Academic Libraries, Data Files, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Podcasts, Roundup
|China is Reinventing the Way The World Reads: Millions of oVerseas Fans are Reading Translated Chinese Web Novels, Making Them the Country’s Most Successful Cultural Export” (via Protocol) FTC Staff Report Finds Many Internet Service Providers Collect Troves of Personal Data, Users Have Few Options to Restrict Use (via Federal Trade Commission) Brewster Kahle: “I […]
The article linked below was recently published by DHQ: Digital Humanities Quarterly. Title Developing Research through Podcasts: Circulating Spaces, A Case Study Authors Christian Howard-Sukhil University of California, Berkeley Samantha Wallace University of Virginia Ankita Chakrabarti University of Virginia Source DHQ: Digital Humanities Quarterly Volume 15 Number 3 (2021) Abstract In this article, we contend […]