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Sam Helmick and Ray Pun Seek American Library Association Presidency For 2025-26 Term
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From the American Library Association: The American Library Association (ALA) Nominating Committee has selected two nominees to run for ALA president in the upcoming election. The candidates running for the 2025-26 term are Sam Helmick, Community & Access Services Coordinator at Iowa City Public Library, and Raymond Pun, Academic and Research Librarian at the Alder […]
Report: “An Apparent Cyberattack Hushes the British Library”
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Note: infoDOCKET first shared a report about the BL cyberattack on Wednesday. In Canada, the Toronto Public Library continues to deal with a cyber incident one week after it was first reported. From The NY Times: On Saturday [10/28], the library was hit by what it is calling a “cyber incident.” Ever since, its website […]
Report: “Florida Joins Conservative States Severing Ties with National Library Group”
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From a Politico Article: Florida is among the latest conservative-leaning states to sever connections with the nation’s oldest library organization after the nonprofit became embroiled in the ongoing culture war over what books should be available to students. The agency in charge of Florida’s public libraries issued a new rule in October forbidding any grant […]
Digitized Document Collection from U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) Untreated Syphilis Study at Tuskegee Now Publicly Available Through National Library of Medicine (NLM)
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From the National Library of Medicine: A collection of reproduced documents from the 1932 study by the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) on the effects of untreated syphilis in Black men at Tuskegee Institute is now available as a digitized collection through the National Library of Medicine (NLM). The USPHS Untreated Syphilis Study at Tuskegee was conducted […]
Dr. Steve Sherry Selected as Acting Director, National Library of Medicine (NLM)
| Data Files, Libraries, Management and Leadership, National Libraries, News
From NLM: NLM is excited to announce that long-time leader and innovator, Stephen Sherry, PhD, is now our Acting Director. Dr. Sherry has 25 years of experience performing research, education, and data resource management involving human variation, genetics, and genomics. His tenure follows that of Patricia Flatley Brennan, RN, PhD, who retired from federal service on […]
Academic Librarian Leans on Internet Archive for Access and Analysis; Op/Ed: CT Community College Libraries are Folding—Students Deserve Better; & More News Headlines
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Alabama Huntsville Library Disputes Alabama Political Reporter’s Evidence-Based Story on Relocating LGBTQ Books (via APR) Connecticut Op/Ed: CT Community College Libraries are Folding—Students Deserve Better (via CT Mirror) Dryad Dryad Introduces Members of 2023-2024 Board of Directors Internet Archive Academic Librarian Leans on Internet Archive for Access and Analysis (via IA) Kurt Vonnegut Museum and […]
New Report: Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Around the World; De Gruyter Expands Subscribe to Open Program to Accelerate Open Access Transformation; and More Headlines
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Artificial Intelligence Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Around the World (via Law Library of Congress) Funding Invest in Open Infrastructure (IOI) Receives $299,454 from National Science Foundation to Investigate “Reasonable Costs” for Public Access to US Federally Funded Research and Scientific Data National Library of Medicine NLM Selects Dr. Richard H. Scheuermann as Scientific Director for […]
Patricia Flatley Brennan, Director of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), is Retiring
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From NLM: Dr. Patricia Flatley Brennan, NLM director, will be retiring from NLM and federal service on September 30, 2023. Dr. Lawrence A. Tabak, Acting Director, National Institutes of Health writes: Please join me in thanking Patti for her leadership at NIH, and in wishing her the very best for her retirement. Following Patti’s departure […]
“Redressing Relationships with Historically Marginalized Communities” (A New Issue Brief ARL, CARL, and Ithaka S+R)
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From a Joint News Release: The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL), and Ithaka S+R published an issue brief today: “Redressing Relationships with the Historically Marginalized/Redresser les relations avec les personnes historiquement marginalisées.” In 2022, ARL, CARL, and Ithaka S+R published a report about how research libraries could best […]
AI Video Recording: AI, Higher Education, and Medical Librarianship: Opportunities and Risks (via Network of the National Library of Medicine) ChatGPT ChatGPT Applications in Academic Research: A Review of Benefits, Concerns, and Recommendations (preprint, via bioRxiv) Schools are Teaching ChatGPT, So Students Aren’t Left Behind (via CNN) Texas Austin’s Head Librarian Gets Real About Censorship […]
