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Archivist of the United States Dr. Colleen Shogan Sworn in by Chief Justice During Ceremony Attended by First Lady
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|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
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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 […]
California: How the L.A. Public Library Library Bid $144,000 For a Hidden Trove of Celebrity Photos
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|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 […]
Washington University Libraries Awarded Mellon Grant to Preserve Born-Digital Poetry Collections
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|From Washington University Libraries: The Washington University Libraries were awarded a two-year grant by the Mellon Foundation to support an exploration of essential questions surrounding the acquisition, discoverability, preservation, and use of born-digital poetry collections. The $250,000 award will enable the University Libraries to develop online resources and systems to process, preserve, and steward the […]
“Redressing Relationships with Historically Marginalized Communities” (A New Issue Brief ARL, CARL, and Ithaka S+R)
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|From a Joint News Release: The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL), and Ithaka S+R published an issue brief today: “Redressing Relationships with the Historically Marginalized/Redresser les relations avec les personnes historiquement marginalisées.” In 2022, ARL, CARL, and Ithaka S+R published a report about how research libraries could best […]
Statement From the Canadian Federation of Library Associations: Don’t Blame Copyright for Declining Revenue. It Won’t Help Authors; IOP Publishing Introduces Free Ethics Statement Checker to Support Authors and Speed Up the Submission Process; and More Headlines
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|Alabama Alabama Public Library Service Board Asks AG For Opinion on Regulating Local Libraries (via Alabama Reporter) Copyright Statement From the Canadian Federation of Library Associations: Don’t Blame Copyright for Declining Revenue. It Won’t Help Authors National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Once a Target of Pro-Trump Anger, The U.S. Archivist Is Prepping Her Agency […]
University of Maryland Libraries to Host Virtual Panel on Intellectual Freedom (Tuesday, August 29, 2023)
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|From the University of Maryland Libraries: The University of Maryland Libraries will host a virtual dialogue on Tuesday, August 29, 2023, from 3:00-4:30 pm ET, to explore actions that can be taken to ensure libraries remain bastions of intellectual freedom for all. American librarians are increasingly becoming the latest targets in the political and cultural wars […]
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 […]
CLIR Announces Call for Submissions: Grants for Digitizing Hidden Special Collections and Archives Awards; Census Bureau Releases International Population Estimates and Projections; & More News Headlines
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|AI Red-Teaming Finds OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Bard Still Spread Misinformation (via NewsGuard) Council on Library and Information Resources CLIR Announces Call for Submissions: Grants for Digitizing Hidden Special Collections and Archives Awards U.S. Census Census Bureau Releases International Population Estimates and Projections
MIT Press’s Direct to Open (D2O) Achieves Second Year Goal, Opens Access to Eighty-Two New Books in 2023
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|From the MIT Press: With 322 participating libraries and new consortium agreements, the D2O publishing model has now opened access to more than 160 scholarly monographs and edited collections Thanks to the support of libraries participating in Direct to Open (D2O), the MIT Press will publish its full list (see below) of 2023 scholarly monographs and edited […]