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Baltimore: Enoch Pratt Free Library CEO Heidi Daniel Stepping Down to Take CEO Position of the King County Public Library; NASIG 2022 Conference Proceedings Now Available Online From Michigan Publishing; & More News Headlines
Conference Presentations, Libraries, News, Public Libraries, Publishing
|Alabama State Library Board Creates Form For Residents to Submit Alleged Inappropriate Books For Review (via 1819 News) AI/GPT New Report: “Risky Analysis: Assessing and Improving AI Governance Tools” (via World Privacy Forum) Maryland Baltimore: Enoch Pratt Free Library CEO Heidi Daniel Stepping Down to Take CEO Position of the King County Public Library in […]
ALA Announces 2024 Recipients of the “I Love My Librarian” Award
Associations and Organizations, Awards, Funding, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries, School Libraries
|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)
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Digital Preservation, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries, Publishing, Reports, Roundup
|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 […]
‘Cyber Incident’ Cripples London Public Library Systems; How to Make Data Open? Stop Overlooking Librarians; & More Headlines
Archives and Special Collections, Awards, Data Files, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, News, Public Libraries
|Archives National Archives Building Designated as National Historic Landmark (via NARA) Canada ‘Cyber Incident’ Cripples London Public Library Systems (via London Free Press Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) Toward A Digital Library Ownership Model Lyrasis Lyrasis Member Summit 2024 Set For February 22nd, Keynote by Speech Thomas, Grammy Award Winning Founder and Lead Singer […]
Urban Libraries Council (ULC) Releases First-Ever Library Insights Survey
Data Files, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries
|From the Urban Libraries Council: The COVID-19 pandemic immensely changed how public libraries operate and serve their communities. A new collection of data gathered by ULC establishes a better understanding of pre- and post-pandemic library services and operations. The first-ever Library Insights Survey compiles data from 98 member libraries in the U.S. and Canada and provides […]
Public Libraries: “Study Shows Challenges to Protecting Privacy of Library Users”
Data Files, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries, Publishing
|From the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: Librarians have historically taken a strong stand on protecting the privacy of their patrons. But how well they accomplish this varies widely with the size of a library, and technology has made it more difficult, according to the first study of privacy practices and challenges in public libraries. University of […]
AI/GPT Google’s NotebookLM is Now Availble in the US and Adds More Than a Dozen New Features (via The Keyword) Lorcan Dempsey: “Using a Custom GPT to Ask About Collections and Collaboration” Infrastructure Invest in Open Infrastructure (IOI) Will Launch Infra Frinder Tool in January 2024 (via IOI) Public Libraries An Interview with Seattle’s Chief […]
New From ALA: “Digital Public Library Ecosystem 2023” Report
Associations and Organizations, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries, Publishing
|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 […]
Wiley to Stop Using “Hindawi” Name Amid $18 Million Revenue Decline; Council Bluff Library App Among Many Impacted by Vendor’s Unplanned Outage; & More News Headlines
Interviews, Libraries, News, Profiles, Public Libraries, Springer Nature
|AI How Can Universities Create AI Tools for their Communities? An Interview with the Creators of UC San Diego’s TritonGPT (via Ithaka S+R) Clarivate Clarivate Add More Than 172 Million Linked Cited References From ProQuest Dissertations and Theses on the Web Of Science Iowa Council Bluff Library App Among Many Impacted by Vendor’s Unplanned Outage […]
New White Paper From STM: Generative AI in Scholarly Communications; Infographic: 5 Things You Might Not Know About Palace Bookshelf; & More Headlines
Data Files, Journal Articles, Libraries, News, Public Libraries, Scholarly Communications
|AI/GPT New White Paper: Generative AI in Scholarly Communications (via STM) CHORUS CHORUS Endorses Statement on Research Data Linkability and Citability of Research Data (via CHORUS) Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) Infographic: 5 Things You Might Not Know About Palace Bookshelf (via DPLA) Wikipedia ChatGPT Tops Wikipedia’s Most-Viewed Articles of 2023 List (The Hill)