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From GBH Radio: For David Leonard, president of the Boston Public Library, it’s all about addition. When you combine desirable things, like affordable housing and well-maintained public libraries, the sum is better than its parts. Leonard appeared on Boston Public Radio on Tuesday to discuss a new initiative to add affordable housing in several library branches across […]
From a Post on The Keyword (Google): The goal of Project Oasis is to bring greater visibility to digital media organisations in Europe. The project is a study of the sustainability of independent, digital native news organisations in more than 40 European countries. An international team of researchers conducted interviews with key media leaders in […]
Listen Online: Cindy Hohl, ALA 2023-2024 President-Elect, Interviewed on Kansas City Public Radio
Associations and Organizations, Interviews, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Profiles
|From KCUR Radio On Wednesday, Cindy Hohl became the first person from a Kansas City-area public library to be elected president of the American Library Association. “I am very excited. This is a great opportunity for Kansas City and for our library to be seen as the leaders, not only in librarianship, but in the information field,” said […]
Library of Congress: National Recording Registry Inducts Music from Madonna, Mariah Carey, Queen Latifah, Daddy Yankee; Recordings from Jimmy Buffett, Eurythmics, John Lennon, John Denver, The Police, Led Zeppelin and Super Mario Also Among 25 Selected for Preservation
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|From the Library of Congress: Madonna’s cultural ascent with “Like a Virgin,” Mariah Carey’s perennial No. 1 Christmas hit, Queen Latifah’s groundbreaking “All Hail the Queen” and Daddy Yankee’s reggaeton explosion with “Gasolina” are some of the defining sounds of the nation’s history and culture that will now join the National Recording Registry of the […]
COPIM Releases Final WP4 Report: Governing Scholar-Led OA Book Publishers
Associations and Organizations, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Data Files, Interviews, News, Open Access, Profiles, Reports
|From the Community-led Open Publication Infrastructures for Monographs (COPIM) Website: We are pleased to announce the release of the final report from COPIM’s Governance Work Package (WP4), titled Governing Scholar-Led OA Book Publishers: Values, Practices, Barriers. This report develops some of the issues we have previously explored within COPIM with regard to community governance, such […]
Texas Public Libraries: Serving Communities to Enhance Digital Literacy: (A New Report From the Texas State Library and Archives Commission)
Archives and Special Collections, Data Files, Funding, Interviews, Libraries, News, Public Libraries
|From the Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) has announced the release of a new report, Texas Public Libraries: Serving Communities to Enhance Digital Literacy. Created through a TSLAC partnership with the Bureau of Business Research IC2 Institute at The University of Texas at Austin, this publication gathered primary data […]
Connecticut: Librarians and Lawmakers Fight Against High Cost of eBooks
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Interviews, Libraries, News, Profiles
|From CT Insider: A bill that would end many of the contract restrictions won unanimous approval last week in the legislative Planning and Development Committee, following recent public hearings that brought librarians from around the state to complain about the expensive landscape. A similar bill awaits action in the Government Administration & Elections Committee. Opposition has been led […]
Here’s the full text of today’s news release from the U.S. Postal Service. From the USPS: The U.S. Postal Service today celebrated the life and legacy of author Toni Morrison (1931-2019), whose artfully crafted novels explored the diverse voices of African Americans, in a first-day-of-issue ceremony at Princeton University. “One of the goals of our […]
From an Ithaka S+R Blog Post by the Brief’s Co-Authors Dylan Ruediger and Ruby MacDougall: Today, Ithaka S+R is publishing an issue brief exploring the current state of data sharing in the humanities and what a productive engagement with data might look like. Our findings are based on semi-structured interviews with key personnel at several humanities projects […]
John Mellencamp Donates His Archives to Indiana University
Archives and Special Collections, Interviews, Jobs, News, Profiles
|From Indiana University: Acclaimed musician, artist and activist John Mellencamp will donate an archived collection of his life and work to Indiana University, IU President Pamela Whitten announced at the Mellencamp Symposium held March 3 on the IU Bloomington campus. The collection will include items related to his iconic artistry, social activism and philanthropy, and it holds […]