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From UMass Amherst Libraries (Full Text): The University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries are pleased to announce the publication of The UMass Amherst Libraries Falcon Curriculum: An Open Source, Common Core PreK-12 Curriculum on Peregrine Falcons, by Lauren Weiss, Associate Editor, Digital Content, UMass Amherst Libraries, and Margaret Krone ’12MS, ’25PhD (College of Education). It is the […]
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: María Estorino Named Vice Provost for University Libraries and University Librarian
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|Below, Find the Full Text of a Letter Sent to the Carolina Community From Kevin M. Guskiewicz University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chancellor Kevin M. Guskiewicz and J. Christopher Clemens, Provost and Chief Academic Officer. Dear Carolina Community, We are excited to share that María R. Estorino has been appointed vice provost for […]
Here’s the Full Text of the Library Freedom Project (LFP) Announcement: Library Freedom Project (LFP) has been awarded $1,000,000 from the Mellon Foundation to expand the program’s work. For eight years, LFP has developed and delivered curriculum on information democracy and privacy infrastructure, and fostered cohorts of librarian experts across the United States in […]
2023 “I Love My Librarian” Award Honorees Announced
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|From ALA: 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 in their communities. “Even in these unprecedented times and as our nation’s […]
Funding Announcement: Library of Congress Awards Second Round of More than $500,000 to Support Contemporary Cultural Field Research within Diverse Communities
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|Here’s the Full Text of Today’s Announcement From the Library of Congress: The Library of Congress’ American Folklife Center is pleased to announce the second recipient cohort of the Community Collections Grant program. Launched by the Library’s Of the People: Widening the Path initiative, this series of grants is awarded to individuals and organizations working to document cultures and […]
From the Library of Congress: Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden today announced that Joni Mitchell, an icon among music makers, will be the next recipient of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. Mitchell will be honored with a tribute concert March 1 in Washington, D.C., that will premiere on PBS stations nationwide […]
Mellon Foundation Awards GBH $16 Million Grant to Support the American Archive of Public Broadcasting
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|Note: The American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB) is a collaboration between GBH and the Library of Congress Here’s the Full Text of the Announcement: The Mellon Foundation has awarded GBH $16 million to support the American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB), a GBH collaboration with the Library of Congress, to digitize, preserve and make accessible historically […]
NLM: “Next Phase of the NIH Preprint Pilot Launching Soon”
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|From the National Library of Medicine Technical Bulletin: Last month, the National Library of Medicine (NLM) announced plans to extend its NIH Preprint Pilot in PubMed Central (PMC) and PubMed beyond COVID-19 to encompass all preprints reporting on NIH-funded research. The second phase of the pilot, launching later this month, will include preprints supported by an NIH […]
Funding: National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Announces $28.1 Million for 204 Humanities Projects Nationwide
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|From a NEH Announcement: The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) today announced $28.1 million in grants for 204 humanities projects across the country. These include the expansion of the “Mapping Color in History” portal, which allows art historians to track historical and scientific data on paint pigments used in South Asian and Himalayan art, and […]
Adobe Quietly Taps User Content to Train its ML Tools A New Tool Helps Map Out Where to Develop Clean Energy Infrastructure (via ANL) Mellon Awards CLIR $4 Million to Extend Recordings at Risk Grant Program National Museum of American History Will Preserve Alexander Graham Bell’s Experimental Sound Recordings (via Smithsonian) UK Distributed Print Book […]