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Two Ebook Bill Hearings; New Digital Collections From South Africa, India, Nepal and Georgia Now Available Online From the British Library’s Endangered Archives Programme; & More News Headlines
Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Digital Collections, Funding, Interactive Tools, Libraries, News
|Clarivate Announces Gordon Samson as President, Intellectual Property and Nominates Dr. Saurabh Saha as New Independent Director Here Come the First ChatGPT Plugins (via OpenAI); More via TechCrunch Illinois House OKs Measure to Allow the State to Deny Grants to Libraries That Ban Books (via Chicago Tribune) Inclusive Subject Headings: Reducing Harm in Library Discovery […]
The Verge: “The Internet Archive is Defending Its Digital Library in Court Today”
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Interactive Tools, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Publishing, Reports
|UPDATE Hachette v. Internet Archive Statements, Materials, and Media Reports Re: March 20, 2023 Oral Arguments (Last Updated: 10:00am, March 21, 2023; We Expect Additional Updates) Media Reports A Skeptical Judge Presses Internet Archive to Cite Cases That Support Their Copying (via Publishers Lunch; Blurb Only, Full Text Subs Only) At Hearing, Judge Appears Skeptical […]
Op/Ed: “The Internet Archive is a Library”
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, News
|From a New Op/Ed published by Inside Higher Education: A lawsuit against the Internet Archive threatens the most significant specialized library to emerge in decades, say a group of current and former university librarians. [Clip] Libraries are defined by collections, services and values. In The Librarian’s Book of Lists (ALA, 2010), George M. Eberhart offers this […]
‘Book-Banning’ Measure Nears Final Passage in Kentucky General Assembly; Jodi Picoult Doubles Down Against Florida Book Bans in New Op-Ed; and More News Headlines
Associations and Organizations, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, National Libraries, News
|A Plan for Securing IFLA’s Future – February 2023 Update & IFLA: Code of Ethics and Conduct for the Members of the Governing Board” As New York Weighs Library Cuts, Three New Branches Show Their Value (via The NY Times) ‘Book-Banning’ Measure Nears Final Passage in Ky. General Assembly (via WKU) & Everybody’s in a […]
HBCU Library Alliance Partners with Harvard Library to Expand Access to African American History Collections
Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Interactive Tools, Libraries, News, Preservation
|From a Joint Announcement (via Harvard Library): The HBCU Library Alliance and Harvard Library this week announced a project to sustain and deepen capacity for the digitization, discovery, and preservation of African American history collections held in HBCU libraries and archives. Harvard’s support for the HBCU Library Alliance’s ongoing work is a step in addressing […]
February 2023 Edition of CNI’s Pre-Recorded Project Briefing Series Now Available for Viewing; Punctum Books Helps Build Streamlined System for Archiving Open Access Monographs; and More Headlines
Awards, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, News, Open Access
|A Picture Book From Ukraine Offers Hopeful Message (via Kirkus) Association of American Publishers (AAP) Announces 2023 Prose Award Winners For Excellence and the R.R. Hawkins Award February 2023 Edition of CNI’s Pre-Recorded Project Briefing Series Now Available for Viewing (via Coalition For Networked Information) Jack of All Trades, Master of None – How ChatGPT […]
Vermont: “College Students Object to All-Digital Library”; “Internet Archive Joins Library Groups at the Supreme Court”; and More News Headlines
Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, National Libraries, News
|Creative Commons Open Education Platform Lightning Talks February 2023: Recordings and Slides Now Available (via CC) Georgia State University: Report on the Library’s Survey of Faculty ||| Direct to Full Text Report Internet Archive Joins Library Groups at the Supreme Court National Library Board of Singapore Launches Manga Library at City Square Mall (via IGN) Pen […]
Research Resources: “Yale University Art Gallery Digitizes its Publications”
Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Interactive Tools, News, Patrons and Users
|From the Yale Daily News: A digitization effort of more than 50 years of the Yale University Art Gallery’s scholarly publications is gradually nearing completion. The Online Access project was conceived during the start of the pandemic in an effort to increase the accessibility of the art gallery’s publications even while its doors were closed. […]
A New Version of Oregon Digital, a Cultural Heritage Repository From the University of Oregon and Oregon State University Goes Live
Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, News, Open Access, Patrons and Users
|From the U. of Oregon Libraries (Full Text of Announcement): The University of Oregon and Oregon State University are proud to announce the launch of Oregon Digital, a cultural heritage repository that brings together more than 500,000 digitized works from both universities, including unique digitized and born-digital collections. This collaborative effort includes historic and modern photographs, […]
Library of Congress Shares Overview of Digitization Strategy, 2023-2027; SAGE Publishing Announces Scholarship in Partnership with Joint Council of Librarians of Color; and More News Headlines
Data Files, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Interactive Tools, Libraries, News, Publishing
|American Library Association Rainbow Round Table Announces Top 10 Book List Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) Joins Amicus Brief: Gonzalez v. Google Library of Congress Provide Overview of Digitization Strategy, 2023-2027 (via LC) MultiHATHI: A Complete Collection of Multilingual Prose Fiction in the HathiTrust Digital Library (via Journal of Open Humanities Data) Opera Will Integrate ChatGPT […]