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Report: Trump’s Proposed Budget Threatens NC Library Programs, Including Shared Books List”
From The Charlotte Observer: Advocates are warning the Trump administration’s proposed federal budget could leave libraries in North Carolina without longstanding funding that pays for services across the state. [Clip] “These dollars fund a lot of essential services, whether we talk about digital skills training for all North Carolinians or online professional development for library […]
Report: Illinois Bill Would Stop Publishers From Charging Libraries More Than Public For E-Books and Audiobooks
From the Chicago Tribune: “More and more taxpayer-funded library budgets are being eaten up by this licensing at unreasonably high prices,” [Monica] Harris [executive director of the Reaching Across Illinois Library System] said. “The hold list gets longer and longer for the constituents who are trying to, you know, use these materials and many libraries […]
Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Publishes “The State of U.S. Academic Libraries: Findings From the ACRL 2024 Annual Survey”
From ACRL: This report focuses on U.S. academic libraries in fiscal year 2024 (the 2023–24 academic year). For the first time this year, the results are weighted to be representative of all U.S. academic libraries, unless otherwise noted. Key findings include: Staff: The average full-time equivalent (FTE) library staff is 36.2 and the median is 15.7. […]
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Invest in Open Infrastructure (IoI) Publishes Landscape Scan on “Sustaining the Commons in the AI Economy”
From Invest in Open Infrastructure (IoI): As part of our Building Resilient Infrastructure through Dialogue, Growth, and Exchange (BRIDGE) project, Invest in Open Infrastructure (IOI) is pleased to release the first outcome of our research: a landscape scan of the challenges and strategies for bridging AI companies and open curated collections. Curated collections, such as digital […]
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 the people who power them, […]
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 Chbosky’s high school novel “The […]
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University of Virginia Library: New ‘AI Literacy and Action Lab’ Creates Pathway For Understanding, Judgment, and Experimentation
From the University of Virginia Library: On April 17, 2026, the Library and the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences announced the creation of the AI Literacy and Action Lab, a program meant to consider the complexities of AI in higher education head-on. With four pilot projects launching in spring and summer 2026, and […]
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 […]
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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 […]
