MORE POSTS FROM MARCH 2025
Ohio: Libraries Gear Up For Budget Battle; South Dakota Senate Replaces ‘Locking Up Librarians’ Bill With Appeal Process For Obscenity Determination; Lazarus Project to Shine A New Light On Oldest Map in University Of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Collection; & More Headlines
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Maps Lazarus Project to Shine a New Light On Oldest Map in University Of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Collection Nebraska A Proposed School Book Database Law Moves Forward in Nebraska Statehouse (via Nebraska Examiner) Ohio Libraries Gear Up For Budget Battle (via Sandusky Register) OpenAire Impact of Research Software – Open Innovation Sprint Begins in March 2025 (via […]
Report: “Missouri Secretary of State Suspends E-Book Service Over Culture War Concerns About Minors”
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From The St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Following the lead of his predecessor, Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins Monday entered the ongoing conservative culture war skirmish against so-called inappropriate reading material being made available to minors. While former Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft put a target on printed material in libraries during his tenure, Hoskins […]
From a Law Library of Congress Post: We are pleased to announce the new Congressional Research Service (CRS) products collection that is searchable within Congress.gov. CRS products include coveted CRS reports, testimony by CRS analysts, infographics, and more. Find descriptions for each CRS product type on our About Congressional Research Service (CRS) Products page. Public access to CRS […]
From NPR: Before the internet made book reviews widely accessible, where would curious minds go to find information about a new novel’s subject matter or a plot? If you lived in the Los Angeles area, you could reference the Los Angeles Public Library’s index of fiction book review cards. The reviews, a collection of thousands […]
From the Report: In just six months, the consumer AI landscape has been redrawn. Some products surged, others stalled, and a few unexpected players rewrote the leaderboard overnight. Deepseek rocketed from obscurity to a leading ChatGPT challenger. AI video models advanced from experimental to fairly dependable (at least for short clips!). And so-called “vibecoding” is changing who […]
Wayne State School of Information Sciences’ MLIS Degree Receives Continued ALA Accreditation
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From Wayne St. University: The Wayne State University School of Information Sciences (SIS) has been granted renewed accreditation from the Committee on Accreditation of the American Library Association (ALA). The school’s master of library and information science (MLIS) degree has been accredited continuously by the ALA since 1967, with the most recent continuing accreditation granted […]
From PSU Libraries: A new digital project, “Harriman Recollected: New Views of an 1899 Expedition to Alaska,” makes accessible a handwritten diary and Indigenous artworks housed at Penn State’s Eberly Family Special Collections Library. The project presents research that sheds new light on the materials and their provenance and offers innovative pathways for thinking about, and […]
The article linked below was published online today by College & Research Library News (C&RL News). Title AI Literacy: A Guide For Academic Libraries Author Leo Lo University of New Mexico Source College & Research Library News Vol 86, No 3 (2025) DOI: 10.5860/crln.86.3.120 Abstract As artificial intelligence (AI) technologies increasingly shape our society, workforce, […]
From the Austin American-Statesman Llano County has agreed to settle a lawsuit over its firing of librarian Suzette Baker amid a pressure campaign to remove several books from its public libraries, according to a Thursday court filing. While the county and Baker have tentatively agreed to the “material terms” of the settlement, details will not […]
ARL: IMLS Public Access Policy Guidance Explained
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From an Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Post by Shawna Taylor and Marcel LaFlamme: The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has released its Public Access Policy Guidance, and while it follows the same requirements as all agencies, it may look a bit different from some of the large-scale scientific research agencies. IMLS’s implementation is […]
