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North Dakota Senate Bill Calls for Removal of Content in Public Libraries
| Associations and Organizations, Libraries, News, Public Libraries
From KFYR: Many states have experienced proposed bills that would ban certain content some deem as obscene from public libraries and school districts to protect children. North Dakota legislators heard testimony on a bill that would propose just that. Introduced on Jan. 20, Senate Bill 2307 calls for the removal of media deemed as sexually […]
Roundup: Statements and Coverage Re: NIH Funding Cuts
| Associations and Organizations, Funding, News, Publishing, Roundup
UPDATE (2/10; 6pm EST) Federal Judge Grants Restraining Order on NIH Funding Cuts (via The Hill) Judge Blocks Trump’s $4 Billion Cuts to Biomedical Research After Lawsuit From 22 States (via Courthouse News Service) UPDATE (2/10; Noon EST) 22 States Sue to Block Trump Administration Cuts to NIH Research Payments (via STAT) News Release (Attorney […]
University of Maryland Awarded $3.6M Mellon Foundation Grant to Advance Indigenous Archives
| Archives and Special Collections, Associations and Organizations, Funding, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users
From UMD Today: Indigenous researchers often face significant barriers when seeking records of their communities: outdated catalog systems, inaccessible descriptions and limited access to materials of deep cultural and historical significance. The University of Maryland is taking a groundbreaking step to address these challenges with a new $3.6 million grant from the Mellon Foundation. The […]
U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) Joins Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC)
| Associations and Organizations, Digital Preservation, News, Open Access, Preservation, Publishing
From a GPO Announcement: The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) has joined the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC), an international charitable foundation that supports digital preservation. GPO is joining a growing DPC community with 170 members in 24 countries worldwide. The DPC helps its members deliver resilient long-term access to digital content, such as that on GPO’s GovInfo, the […]
U.S. Copyright Office Releases Part 2 of Artificial Intelligence Report
| Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Libraries, News
UPDATED POST: Statement: Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Welcomes US Copyright Office Report on Copyrightability of AI-Generated Output From the US Copyright Office: Today, the U.S. Copyright Office is releasing Part 2 of its Report on the legal and policy issues related to copyright and artificial intelligence (AI). This Part of the Report addresses the copyrightability of […]
Statement From EveryLibrary: “Trump Freezes All Grant Funding to Libraries, Archives, and Museums”
| Archives and Special Collections, Associations and Organizations, Funding, Libraries, News
From EveryLibrary (Full Text): Trump has demanded a freeze on all federal grants and for all agencies to “temporarily pause all activities related to obligations or disbursement of all Federal financial assistance.” The memo also calls for each agency to perform a “comprehensive analysis” to ensure its grant and loan programs are consistent with President Donald Trump’s executive […]
The Coalition For Networked Information (CNI) Posts Winter 2025 Pre-Recorded Project Briefing Series Videos
| Associations and Organizations, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), News, Open Access
From the Coalition For Networked Information (CNI) We invite you to view the nine videos in the Winter 2025 edition of our Pre-Recorded Project Briefing Series. Several briefings focus on generative artificial intelligence (AI) in research and scholarship, including concerns about its ethical use, its effective integration into tools, and support skill development. [Clip] A pair of briefings […]
Statement: PEN America Calls Dept of Education Action on Book Bans “Alarming” and “Dismissive”
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Ed. Note: We will be updating this post with additional statements and media reports as we learn of them. Statement From PEN America (Full Text): In response to action taken today by the U.S. Department of Education dismissing complaints about book bans and referring to them as a “hoax,” PEN America issued the comments below: Kasey […]
New ALA Initiative Asks Advocates to “Show Up for Our Libraries”; Brave Search Introduces Rerank: A Fast, Easy Way For Users to Customize Brave Search Rankings; & More Headlines
| Associations and Organizations, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users
ALA New ALA Initiative Asks Advocates to “Show Up for Our Libraries” AI LinkedIn Sued For Allegedly Training AI Models with Private Messages Without Consent (via The Record) Web Search Brave Search Introduces Rerank: A Fast, Easy Way For Users to Customize Brave Search Rankings
Web of Science Announces Launch of Community Forum For Library Professionals; & More News Headlines
| Associations and Organizations, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Open Access, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries, Publishing, Video Recordings
Clarivate Web of Science Announces Formation of Community Forum For Library Professionals Creative Commons (CC) Creative Commons Launches Its 2025-2028 Strategic Plan Public Libraries Video Recording: “Free for All: A Discussion with San Francisco City Librarian Michael Lambert & Former City Librarian Luis Herrera” (via SFPL/YouTube) Publishing The British Academy Selects Liverpool University Press As […]
