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Research Tools: Introducing DiscoverGov: GPO’s (US Government Publishing Office) New Discovery Search Tool
From FDLP.gov/GPO: GPO is pleased to introduce DiscoverGov, our new, web-based search tool. DiscoverGov provides simple, one-stop searching across multiple U.S. Federal Government databases, including GPO’s Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP) and GovInfo. Come meet DiscoverGov as we release it for public use in this soft launch. Direct link: https://discover.gpo.gov/ PURL: https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo235314 CGP System Number: 001444646 DiscoverGov features: […]
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 […]
New Data: Louisiana Public Library Usage Continues to Climb
From the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor, Department of Culture, Recreation, & Tourism: Public libraries in Louisiana recorded more than 10 million visits in 2023, marking double-digit growth over the prior year, newly released figures show, as libraries increased the number of programs offered, and the public used more Wi-Fi. The State Library of […]
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The New York Public Library Publishes New Study on Libraries and Well-Being
From the NY Public Library: Libraries & Well-Being: A Case Study from The New York Public Library, a new white paper published by a groundbreaking partnership between The New York Public Library’s Strategy & Public Impact team and the Humanities and Human Flourishing Project within The University of Pennsylvania’s Positive Psychology Center, finds for the […]
Workshop Report: “Future of Information Retrieval Research in the Age of Generative AI”
The report linked to below was published by the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) from the Computing Research Association (CRA). Title Future of Information Retrieval Research in the Age of Generative AI Authors James Allan University of Massachusetts Amherst Eunsol Choi University of Texas at Austin New York University Daniel P. Lopresti Lehigh University CCC Hamed […]
AP: “Libraries are Offering Free Health and Wellness Classes Across the US”
From the Associated Press: The Aurora Health Care Mobile Medical Clinic team waited patiently at a table in the main hallway of the Milwaukee Public Library’s sprawling downtown branch, a blood pressure cuff and mental health questionnaire at the ready as they called out to patrons who paused: “Do you have any questions about your […]
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Utah: How the Salt Lake City Public Library is “Filling the Gaps in Homeless Services”
From Governing: Two years ago, SLCPL hired a licensed social worker for the first time in an effort to deepen the library’s services for the homeless. The hire was recommended by a staff working group to address concerns that staff weren’t trained to provide the help some patrons clearly needed. When Nicole Campolucci took the […]
AI: “Bluesky May Not Train AI on Your Posts, But Others Can, and Users are Furious”; “Mississippi State University Libraries to Digitize Untold Civil Rights Stories with CLIR Grant”; & More News Headlines
AI Bluesky May Not Train AI on Your Posts, But Others Can, and Users are Furious (via Neowin) Association of Research Libraries (ARL) ARL/CDL Machine Actionable Plans (MAP) Pilot Team Visits University of Colorado Boulder (via ARL) Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) Biodiversity Heritage Library Datasets Now Openly Accessible on the Amazon Web Services Cloud Idaho […]
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OurResearch Receives $688,000 Grant from Navigation Fund to Enhance the OpenAlex User Interface
Ed. Note: Congratulations to Jason Priem and the entire OurResearch team! We use Open Alex daily and look forward to the upcoming enhancements. From the OurResearch Blog: OurResearch is proud to announce a grant of $688,800 from The Navigation Fund to develop and launch an open, sustainable, web-based research intelligence (RI) module for the OpenAlex website. Our […]
Invitation to Complete a Survey on Accessibility Efforts at Academic Libraries
via E-Mail From Dr. Jennifer Steele (Louisiana St. University): Are you a librarian at an academic library who would be willing to share about your library’s accessibility efforts? Consider completing the following survey. The survey is being conducted by Dr. Jennifer Steele with the School of Library and Information Studies. Dr. Steele can be reached […]
