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Report: “Appeals Court Blocks Texas From Enforcing Book Rating Law”
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|Ed. Note: We will be updating this report with additional coverage, statements/reactions, etc. if/when they become available. UPDATE 3: PEN America Expresses Relief Over Court Injunction Against Texas Law Requiring Sexual Ratings For School Books UPDATE 2: Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Affirms That Texas Book Ban Law is Unconstitutional (via AAP) UPDATE 1: Full […]
OpenAI Doesn’t Want to Train on New York Times Data After Lawsuit, Altman Says; Along for the Journey: Graduate Student Perceptions of Research; & More Headlines
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|AI OpenAI Doesn’t Want to Train on New York Times Data After Lawsuit, Altman Says (via BNN, Bloomberg) Georgia Put Banned Books Back on Marietta High School Library Shelves Fails (via Atlanta News First) ||| Additional Coverage via AJC Public Libraries California: Story Time Fallout: Coronado Public Library Staff Faces Onslaught of Harassment (via 7 […]
Report: “British Library Restores Access to Online Collection Following Ransomware Attack”
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|From The Record: The British Library — the national library of the United Kingdom and an archive of millions of books and manuscripts — began restoring access to its online catalog on Monday following a ransomware attack last October. [Clip] The online system, for now, will be the only way to see the rarest books, […]
Over 150 Libraries Surpass 1 Million Digital Checkouts In 2023; As Illinois Officials Push Back Against Book Bans, Some Advocates Wonder About Actual Impact on Prison Libraries; & More Headlines
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|American Library Association, Library of Congress and ALA Announce New Educational Series (via ALA) Authors Judy Blume to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award For ‘Bravery In Literature’ (via AP) California California Universities Partner with Wiley on Landmark Open Access Agreement Idaho ‘Harmful Materials’ In Idaho Libraries Bills Brought Back (via KTVB) Illinois As Illinois Officials Push […]
Joint Statement: Judge Rules Lawsuit Challenging Escambia County, Florida Book Ban Can Move Forward
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|Ed. Note: We will update this post with media reports about the ruling as they become available. UPDATE 1: Book Publishers, Authors And Escambia Parents Get ‘Major Win’ In Book Ban Lawsuit (via Pensacola News Journal) In a hearing Wednesday at the federal courthouse in Pensacola, U.S. District Judge T. Kent Wetherell II heard oral […]
ALA Announces 2024 Recipients of the “I Love My Librarian” Award
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|Congrats to all ten recipients! Here’s the full text of the ALA announcement: Today the American Library Association (ALA) announced 10 recipients of the coveted I Love My Librarian Award. Honorees are exceptional librarians from academic, public, and school libraries who were nominated by patrons nationwide for their expertise, dedication and profound impact on the people […]
Global Press Archive CRL Alliance Launches Open-Access Liberian Newspaper Archive; New Book: Rethinking Institutional Repositories: Innovations in Management, Collections, and Inclusion; & More Headlines
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|AI/GPT An Analysis of Microsoft’s Bing Chat Generative AI and Elections: Are Chatbots a Reliable Source of Information For Voters? Report News Release/Summary Media Coverage (via WaPo) Center for Research Libraries Global Press Archive CRL Alliance Launches Open-Access Liberian Newspaper Archive File Formats File Formats Team at the Library of Congress Shares Update (via LC) […]
From PEN America: In a cumulative data summary released today, PEN America reflects on the nearly 6,000 book bans in public schools documented from July 2021 to June 2023. Spineless Shelves: Two Years of Book Banning illustrates the spread of copycat book bans and an apparent “Scarlet Letter” effect, where several works from an author’s […]
Books Freedom Reads, National Book Foundation, Center for Justice Innovation Launch First Major US Book Prize to be Judged Exclusively by Incarcerated People Europe EU: Commission Launches New Database to Track Digital Services Terms and Conditions Colorado Mapping Colorado: Libraries Supporting Their Communities (via Library Research Service) Florida ‘That’s Authoritarianism’: Florida Argues School Libraries Are […]
From the Associated Press: She refused to ban books, many of them about racism and the experiences of LGBTQ+ people. And for that, Suzette Baker was fired as a library director in a rural county in central Texas. “I’m kind of persona non grata around here,” said Baker, who had headed the Kingsland, Texas, library […]