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New Report From the American Library Association “The State of American Libraries: A Snapshot of 2025”
The State of America’s Libraries: A Snapshot of 2025 was published today by the American Library Association (ALA). Direct to Full Text Report (20 pages; PDF) From the Report: As the nation’s libraries unite to celebrate National Library Week, and communities everywhere recognize the valuable contribution of America’s libraries and [...]
American Library Association (ALA) Releases List of Top 11 Most Challenged Books of 2025; Patricia McCormick’s “Sold”, Tops List
From the Associated Press: The ALA on Monday issued its annual list of the books most challenged at the country’s libraries, part of the association’s State of America’s Libraries Report. Patricia McCormick’s “Sold,” a 2006 novel about sex trafficking in India, topped the list for 2025. Others targeted include Stephen [...]
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Free Law Project is Scanning America’s Case Law; Goal is to Scan 2.5 Million Pages by the Fall
From a FLP Announcement: Since our founding, Free Law Project has worked tirelessly to create a complete database of every American legal decision ever written. In 2024, we announced that we added historical case law digitized by Harvard Law Library to CourtListener. This made our platform one of the most comprehensive and transparent sources of case […]
Funding: Light at the End of Tunnel For Connecticut Libraries Program May Come. It Costs $140,000
From the Hartford Courant: A proposed 20% cut in a state program that lets library patrons check out books from public libraries beyond their own town or city has been restored by the General Assembly’s Appropriations Committee, an official of the Connecticut State Library said Monday. Dawn La Valle, the director of the Division of Library Development, […]
New Research: “The Impact of AI-Generated Text on the Internet”
The research linked below was recently posted on Github. Title The Impact of AI-Generated Text on the Internet Authors Jonas Dolezal Imperial College London Sawood Alam Internet Archive Mark Graham Internet Archive Maty Bohacek Stanford University Source via Github Abstract The proliferation of AI-generated and AI-assisted text on the internet is feared to contribute to […]
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Research Paper (preprint): “Ads in AI Chatbots? An Analysis of How Large Language Models Navigate Conflicts of Interest”
The preprint linked below was recently shared on arXiv. Title Ads in AI Chatbots? An Analysis of How Large Language Models Navigate Conflicts of Interest Authors Addison J. Wu Princeton University Ryan Liu Princeton University Shuyue Stella Li University of Washington Yulia Tsvetkov University of Washington Thomas L. Griffiths Princeton University Source via arXiv DOI: […]
Poynter: “Saving Local News Also Means Saving the Archives”
From Poynter Institute: In RJI’s 2021 report, “Endangered But Not Too Late: The State of Digital News Preservation,” the report’s authors write: “What if, because of the mind-boggling complexity of modern digital publishing systems, our first draft of history is dissolving? That’s the unfortunate fact of what’s happening right now in newsrooms across the country. […]
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International Partners Launch OA Forward to Strengthen Open Access Negotiations and Advance Open Scholarly Communication
Here’s the Full Text of Today’s Launch Announcement: DEAL Open Access Services (DEAS), together with contributing partners the University of California Libraries, Consortia Colombia, the Council of Australasian University Librarians, the Max Planck Society, the German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB), and the South African National Library and Information Consortium, today announced the establishment […]
Chicago Public Library, Chicago Public Schools Expand Automatic Library Access to More Than 315,000 Students
From the City of Chicago: Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and Chicago Public Library (CPL) are expanding access to diverse and rich digital library resources across the city through a new partnership called The 81 Club. Through this CPS-CPL partnership, the District’s more than 315,000 public school students are automatically registered and have digital access to the full resources […]
