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A New Online Exhibition: “Making the Greatest Medical Library In America”
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|From Circulating Now/National Library of Medicine: On a quest to bring together and catalog the world’s medical knowledge, John Shaw Billings, an Army surgeon and book collector who oversaw the U.S. Surgeon General’s library (today known as NLM), acquired approximately 300 pamphlets from the private collection of the renowned French physiologist Claude Bernard in 1878. Later […]
Association of Research Libraries: Andrew K. Pace Named ARL’s New Executive Director
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|Here’s the Full Text of ARL’s Announcement: The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is pleased to welcome Andrew K. Pace as its next executive director, effective February 1, 2024. Andrew joins ARL from the University System of Maryland and Affiliated Institutions (USMAI) Library Consortium, where he has served as executive director since 2022. At USMAI, […]
ALA Announces 2024 Recipients of the “I Love My Librarian” Award
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|Congrats to all ten recipients! Here’s the full text of the ALA announcement: Today the American Library Association (ALA) announced 10 recipients of the coveted I Love My Librarian Award. Honorees are exceptional librarians from academic, public, and school libraries who were nominated by patrons nationwide for their expertise, dedication and profound impact on the people […]
Internet Archive Files Opening Brief in Appeal of Publisher Lawsuit (Hachette et al v. Internet Archive)
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|As we’ve done in the past we will be updating this post with media coverage, documents, amicus briefs and other filings, etc. Update: March 22, 2024 at 4:30pm Eastern Brief For Amici Curiae The Authors Guild, Inc., American Photographic Artists, The American Society For Collective Rights Licensing, The American Society of Media Photographers, The Association […]
Global Press Archive CRL Alliance Launches Open-Access Liberian Newspaper Archive; New Book: Rethinking Institutional Repositories: Innovations in Management, Collections, and Inclusion; & More Headlines
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|AI/GPT An Analysis of Microsoft’s Bing Chat Generative AI and Elections: Are Chatbots a Reliable Source of Information For Voters? Report News Release/Summary Media Coverage (via WaPo) Center for Research Libraries Global Press Archive CRL Alliance Launches Open-Access Liberian Newspaper Archive File Formats File Formats Team at the Library of Congress Shares Update (via LC) […]
Journal Article: “Shaping an Inclusive LIS Workforce: Insights from Information Professionals”
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|The article linked below was recently published by Urban Library Journal. Title Shaping an Inclusive LIS Workforce: Insights from Information Professionals Author Rajesh Singh St. John ‘s University Source Urban Library Journal Vol. 29, Iss. 2 (2023) Abstract This study investigates how information professionals deliver culturally sensitive services, their experiences in serving patrons from diverse […]
Report: “Connecticut Officials Aim For First-In-The-Nation Action to Address Ebook Costs”
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|From The Hartford Courant: At a panel discussion in Hartford Tuesday, librarians called on state lawmakers to reignite efforts to regulate and improve licensing agreements between libraries and publishers. [Clip] “This has been an issue facing librarians for more than a decade, and quite frankly, it gets worse every year,” said Ellen Paul, the executive […]
Research Article (Preprint): “Data Stewardship: Case Studies From North-American, Dutch, And Finnish Universities”
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|The article (preprint) linked below was recently share on arXiv. Title Data Stewardship: Case Studies From North-American, Dutch, And Finnish Universities Authors Antti M. Rousi Aalto University, Finland Reid I. Boehm Purdue University Yan Wang Delft Technical University, Netherlands Source via arXiv (December 7, 2023) DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2312.04092 Abstract Purpose – As national legislation, federated national […]
New From ALA: “Digital Public Library Ecosystem 2023” Report
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|Digital Public Library Ecosystem 2023 From the American Library Association: Report authors Rachel Noorda, Ph.D, and Kathi Inman Berens, Ph.D., both professors of book publishing of Portland State University, show how the rise in digital content consumption rates has brought a large group of library patrons and staff into digital content landscape. The report demystifies […]
Lyrasis Releases 2023 Research Report: “Building Connections: Community Inclusion Trends in Cultural Institutions”
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|From an Introductory Blog Post: Building Connections: Community Engagement and Inclusion Trends in Cultural Institutions, the 2023 Lyrasis Research Report, explores the work of libraries, archives and museums to continue their outreach efforts and expand community inclusion during and after the initial wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Lyrasis Consulting staff members Tom Clareson and Leigh […]