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Library of Congress: ‘Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan,’ ‘Dirty Dancing,’ Uptown Saturday Night,’ ‘Up in Smoke,’ ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre,’ & 21 Other Films Selected For the National Film Registry
From the Library of Congress: Twenty-five films have been selected for the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 2024 due to their cultural, historic or aesthetic importance to preserve the nation’s film heritage, Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden announced today. The new selections date back nearly 130 years and include a diverse group of […]
Ten Recipients of the 2025 “I Love My Librarian” Award Announced
From a Joint News Release: The American Library Association (ALA) is thrilled to announce this year’s ten recipients of the coveted I Love My Librarian Award. Serving communities across the nation, the 2025 honorees are exceptional librarians from academic, public, and school libraries who were nominated by community members for their expertise, dedication, and profound impact […]
National Archives to Award $2.4 Million For Historical Records Projects
From the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA): The National Archives has approved $2,434,000 in awards for 30 historical records projects in 21 states, American Samoa, and the District of Columbia. The National Archives grants program is carried out with the advice and recommendations of the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC). A complete […]
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Report: Hawaii State Archive Plans to Digitize Pearl Harbor Memorial Records
From the Honolulu Star-Advertiser (via Military.com): The Hawaii State Archive is cataloging documents and records from the Pacific War Memorial Commission, chronicling how the state raised money to commemorate the Dec. 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor attack by Japan. [Clip] “We’ve always had these records, but we never really dove into them, ” said state Archivist […]
Library of Congress Appoints Rachael Stoeltje as New Chief for National Audio-Visual Conservation Center
From the Library of Congress: The Library of Congress has named Rachael Stoeltje as the new chief of the Library’s National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, which includes the Library’s Packard Campus in Culpeper, Virginia, beginning in January 2025. Stoeltje will oversee the state-of-the-art facility where the Library of Congress acquires, preserves and provides access to the […]
Research Resources: New Online Tool Allows Searching For Information About Auschwitz Victims and Transports to the Camp
From the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum: On victims.auschwitz.org, you can search for information about people deported to the German Nazi camp Auschwitz, as well as learn details about most transports to the camp. Currently, it contains data on 1,187 transports and 265,702 people, based on approximately 1 million document entries. [Clip] “Restoring and presenting the identities […]
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Digital Preservation: “Act Now to Stop Millions of Research Papers From Disappearing”
From a Nature Editorial: Millions of research articles are absent from major digital archives. This worrying finding, which Nature reported on earlier this year, was laid bare in a study by Martin Eve, who studies technology and publishing at Birkbeck, University of London. Eve sampled more than seven million articles with unique digital object identifiers (DOIs), a […]
Journal Article: “An Analysis of RBMS News Blog Job Advertisements, 2013–2021”
The article linked below was recently published by RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage. Title An Analysis of RBMS News Blog Job Advertisements, 2013–2021 Authors Ikumi Crocoll UCLA Kelli Hansen Cornell University Source RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage Vol 25, No 2 (2024) DOI: 10.5860/rbm.25.2.115. Abstract […]
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Research Tools: National Archives (NARA) Announces Portal for Civil Rights Cold Case Records Access
From a National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Announcement: The National Archives announced the launch of the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Portal today [11/18]. This portal serves as both a subject guide and an index for the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection, which consists of records generated in response to the Civil Rights […]
Sage Acquires GOOD DOCS, Distributor of Film Documentaries; The US Patent and Trademark Office Banned Staff From Using Generative AI; & More Headlines
Alabama ‘Extremists’: Alabama GOP Chair, Anti-Censorship Group Blast Each Other Over Libraries (via AL.com) AI Microsoft Pitches AI ‘Agents’ That Can Perform Tasks on Their Own (via AP) State Department Reveals New Interagency Task Force On Detecting AI-Generated Content (via FedScoop) The US Patent and Trademark Office Banned Staff From Using Generative AI (via WIRED) […]
