MORE POSTS FROM APRIL 2025
American Library Association (ALA): Maria McCauley Elected 2025-2026 President-Elect
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From ALA (Full Text): Maria McCauley, Director of Libraries, Cambridge Public Library, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been elected 2025-2026 president-elect of the American Library Association (ALA). McCauley received 5,483 votes, while her opponent, Lindsay Cronk, Dean of Libraries, Tulane University, New Orleans, received 2,665 votes. Upon learning the outcome of the election, McCauley said, “I am […]
Stanford HAI Publishes 2025 Artificial Intelligence Index Report
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Direct to Full Text Report 456 pages; PDF. From Stanford HAI (Top 10 Takeaways From the Report): 1. AI performance on demanding benchmarks continues to improve. In 2023, researchers introduced new benchmarks—MMMU, GPQA, and SWE-bench—to test the limits of advanced AI systems. Just a year later, performance sharply increased: scores rose by 18.8, 48.9, and […]
From thje Introduction to the Report by Leslie Burger (ALA (Interim Director): As I sit down to write this introduction and look back at 2024, it seems like such a long time ago. The State of America’s Libraries report is meant to be a snapshotin-time of the year that’s past, and this year’s report will […]
American Library Association (ALA) Releases List of Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2024; “All Boys Aren’t Blue,” by George M. Johnson Tops List
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From the American Library Association (ALA) (Full Text): The American Library Association (ALA) today released the highly anticipated Top 10 Most Challenged Books List as part of the 2025 State of America’s Libraries Report that highlights the ways libraries continue to meet the needs of their communities amid challenges to intellectual freedom. New data reported to ALA’s […]
Journal Article: “Data Literacy Skills: Industry Perspectives and Professional Practice”
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The journal article linked below was recently published by portal: Libraries and the Academy Title Data Literacy Skills: Industry Perspectives and Professional Practice Authors Wendy Pothier University of New Hampshire Patricia Condon University of New Hampshire Source portal: Libraries and the Academy vol. 25 no. 2, 2025 DOI: 10.1353/pla.2025.a955946 Abstract Recent discourse and research in […]
Three entries. 1) AI Company Can Seek Fast Appeal in Copyright Battle With Thomson Reuters, Judge Rules Artificial Intelligence company Ross Intelligence can immediately ask an appeals court to review a ruling that it infringed copyright by training its legal research service on material published by the competing service Westlaw, owned by Thomson Reuters, a […]
News Roundup, Resources: Lawsuit Filed Over Cuts to IMLS, Federal Agencies
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Last Update: 3:15pm Eastern on Friday, November 21, 2025 From the Judgment (1 page; PDF): Judgment hereby enters for the Plaintiffs State of Rhode Island, et al. and against Defendants Donald J. Trump, et al. pursuant to the Memorandum and Order entered on November 21st, 2025 by this Court. Direct to Memorandum and Order47 pages; […]
From the California Digital Library (CDL): “Ebook Usability Report on Aggregator Platforms: A Case Study of EBSCO and ProQuest”
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From the California Digital Library (CDL): Following the University of California Ebook Usability Common Knowledge Group’s (EUCKG) analysis of 3 publisher platforms (Cambridge, Elsevier, and Wiley) and the publication of an initial report, the EUCKG received feedback to evaluate ebook aggregators to see how they perform against similar usability criteria. The criteria focuses on users’ […]
From The NY Times: “In many areas of the F.D.A., no employees remain to process payroll, to file retirement or layoff paperwork and to help overseas inspectors who are at risk of maxing out agency credit cards. Even the agency’s library, where researchers and experts relied on medical journal subscriptions that have now been canceled, […]
ACRL Publishes 2025 Environmental Scan
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From ACRL: Every two years, the ACRL Research Planning and Review Committee releases an environmental scan of higher education, including developments with the potential for continuing impact on academic libraries. The 2025 Environmental Scan provides a broad review of the current higher education landscape, with special focus on the state of academic and research libraries. The […]
