Awards Archives
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 […]
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) […]
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Lindsay Cronk, Andrea Jamison, and Maria McCauley are Candidates for the 2026-27 Presidency of the American Library Association (ALA)
From the American Library Association (ALA): Lindsay Cronk, Dean of Libraries, Tulane University, New Orleans; Andrea Jamison, Assistant Professor of School Librarianship, Illinois State University; and Maria McCauley, Director of Libraries, Cambridge Public Library, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Cronk currently serves as a member of Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures. She’s a member of the Core 5 Year […]
Experimental Research Tools: The Washington Post Launches “Ask The Post AI”
From The Washington Post: Today, The Washington Post debuted “Ask The Post AI” a generative AI tool leveraging the publication’s deeply-sourced, fact-based journalism to deliver summary answers and curated results directly to users. [Clip] The experimental tool leverages news articles published by The Washington Post’s award-winning newsroom since 2016, ranking the results based on relevancy. […]
‘Saving’ the Floppy Disk: Funding Unlocks Preservation Work at Cambridge University Library; Dimensions Launches AI-based Natural Language Feature to Makes Complex Searches Faster and Easier; & More News Headlines
Canada TikTok Canada Offices Ordered Closed Over ‘National Security Risks,’ But App Still Permitted (via National Post) ||| Government of Canada Statement ||| TikTok Statement Clarivate Clarivate Launches New Sustainability Research Solution: ProQuest One Sustainability Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) Announces Digitizing Hidden Collections: Amplifying Unheard […]
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A New Issue of Library Resources & Technical Services (Vol 68, No 4) is Now Available Online
Table of Contents Vol 68, No 4 (2024) DOI: 10.5860/lrts.68n4 Columns Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access at LRTS Rachel E. Scott, Michael Fernandez Communications on Practice Book Challenges and Collection Development in Academic Libraries Cindy Hohl, Michael Fernandez, Rachel E. Scott Librarians Discuss Textbook Affordability as an Equity Issue Robert L. Butterfield, Christa Perez Bailey, […]
Just Announced: Tony Hey Receives Paul Evan Peters Award
From a CNI Announcement: The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), and EDUCAUSE are pleased to announce that physicist and computer scientist Tony Hey has been named the 2024 recipient of the Paul Evan Peters Award. The award recognizes notable, lasting achievements in the creation and innovative use of network-based […]
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ALA: Longlist for 2025 Andrew Carnegie Medals For Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction Announced
From the American Library Association: A total of 46 books (23 fiction, 23 nonfiction) has been selected for the longlist for the 2025 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction. The list is now available on the awards’ website. The six-title shortlist—three each for the fiction and nonfiction medals—will be chosen from longlist titles and announced on November 12, 2024. […]
US Government Publishing Office (GPO) Names Syracuse University Library with Best Federal Depository Website
From the US Government Publishing Office (GPO): The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) honors E.S. Bird Library at Syracuse University with the best website in the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) for 2024. This is the second library to ever receive the award, which was created last year to recognize the creativity and easy access […]
