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American Library Association (ALA) Releases List of the Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2023
Associations and Organizations, Awards, Libraries, National Libraries, News, Publishing
|From ALA: The American Library Association (ALA) launched National Library Week with today’s release of its highly anticipated annual list of the Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2023 and the State of America’s Libraries Report, which highlights the ways libraries and library workers have taken action to address community needs with innovative and critical services, as […]
ENSULIB Announces the 9th IFLA Green Library Award 2024 Longlist in Two Categories; Idaho Legislature Passes Bill Requiring Idaho Libraries Move ‘Harmful Materials’; & More Headlines
Associations and Organizations, Awards, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Scholarly Communications
|AI Google Might Make Users Pay for AI Features in Search Results (via ars technica) This Tool Makes AI Models Hallucinate Cats to Fight Copyright Infringement (via NBC News) Green Libraries ENSULIB Announces the 9th IFLA Green Library Award 2024 Longlist in Two Categories (via IFLA) Idaho Idaho Legislature Passes Bill Requiring Idaho Libraries Move […]
Preprints of Generative AI Impact Papers Publish Through MIT Press’s MIT Open Publishing Services (MITops)
Awards, Frontiers, Funding, Journal Articles, News, Publishing
|From a Letter by MIT President Sally Kornbluth Posted on the MIT Press Website: Last fall, Provost Barnhart and I were delighted to provide more than two dozen research teams from across MIT with seed funds to develop impact papers that would articulate effective roadmaps, policy recommendations, and calls for action across the broad domain of generative […]
Here’s the Full Text of Today’s Announcement From IMLS: The Institute of Museum and Library Services is pleased to announce 30 finalists for the 2024 National Medal for Museum and Library Service. The National Medal is the nation’s highest honor given to museums and libraries that demonstrate excellence in service to their communities. Since 1994, […]
From AP (Associated Press): Lorrie Moore won the prize for fiction on Thursday, while Judy Blume and her longtime ally in the fight against book bans, the American Library Association were given honorary prizes by the National Book Critics Circle. [Clip] Blume was the recipient of the Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award. The committee cited the […]
AI 3 Questions: What You Need to Know About Audio Deepfakes (via CSAIL/MIT) 8 Google Employees Invented Modern AI. Here’s the Inside Story (via WIRED) Book Bans Why Ban Books When You Can Ban Book Awards?: Suburban Illinois District Cancels Caudill Awards (via Book Riot) Boston Library Consortium Boston Library Consortium (BLC) Supports Path to […]
Here’s the Full Text of ALA’s Announcement: After careful evaluation and analysis of financial and other critical factors, the American Library Association Executive Board has decided that LibLearnX: The Library Learning Experience will not be held in 2026. As ALA looks ahead, efforts are underway to determine how best to present some of the most […]
Former Librarian, Fired After Refusing To Remove Books, Sues Llano County; Nobody Knows How AI Works; & More Headlines
Awards, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Data Files, Libraries, News, Open Access
|AI Nobody Knows How AI Works (via Technology Review) Arizona State University Arizona State University Archivists Working to Collect Stories of Black Arizonans (via ABC 15 Arizona) Audiobooks Winners of Audio Publishers Association’s 2024 Audie Awards Announced (via APA) Coherent Digital Coherent Announces New Database in Public Health and Social Care Open Data Collaboration Essential […]
Roundup: Predicting the Unpredictable: Asking Real Questions About Generative AI; Beyond Books, Louisiana’s Libraries are Stepping In to Help People Afford Food and More; & More Headlines
Associations and Organizations, Awards, Funding, Libraries, News, Roundup
|AI Meta AI Creates Ahistorical Images, Like Google Gemini (via Axios) Predicting the Unpredictable: Asking Real Questions About Generative AI (by Lorcan Dempsey, via via American Libraries) American Library Association ALA Awards $3.6 Million In Library Accessibility Funding to 310 Small and Rural Libraries CLIR: Council on Library and Information CLIR Postdocs Delve into Equitable […]
University of Maryland Libraries Announces Go-Live Date For Migration to New Library Search Platform; Why Data Breaches Spiked in 2023; & More Headlines
Awards, Conference Presentations, Data Files, Funding, Libraries, News, Public Libraries
|European Commission Commission Opens Formal Proceedings Against TikTok Under the Digital Services Act (via EC) Information Security Why Data Breaches Spiked in 2023 (via Harvard Business Review) Pennsylvania Shapiro Administration Awards Nearly $4.5 Million in Keystone Grants To 17 Public Libraries (Penn. Dept. Education) University of Maryland University of Maryland Libraries Announces Go-Live Date For […]