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OASPA Calls For Community Feedback on Draft Recommendations to Increase Equity in Open Access; How Misinformation Creators Use GenAI; Wiley and OA Switchboard Partner to Make Open Access Data Sharing Easier; & More Headlines
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|American Library Association (ALA) ALA Awards $10,000 Grants to 16 Libraries Serving Incarcerated Persons or Assisting Those Re-Entering Society to Build Capacity AI OpenAI Signs Content Licensing Deal with The Atlantic The Crossroads of Innovation and Privacy: Private Synthetic Data for Generative AI (via MSR) The Influencer Next Door: How Misinformation Creators Use GenAI (preprint, […]
UPDATE 6 (June 25, 2024) Seattle Public Library Begins Network Restoration After ‘Ransomware Event’ (via KOMO News) UPDATE 5 (June 13, 2024) E-Book Access Will Return to Seattle Public Library System Today After Ransomware Attack (via Seattle Times) UPDATE 4 (June 12, 2024): Seattle Public Library’s Wi-Fi Troubles Persist After Ransomware Attack (via Seattle Times) UPDATE […]
How a Rural Library is Working To Build Connectivity For Its Community; Just Announced: IFLA PressReader International Marketing Award Winners 2024; & More Headlines
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|AI Managing Extreme AI Risks Amid Rapid Progress (via Science) New Report: Science in the Age of AI (via Royal Society) Toward a ‘More-Than-Digital’ AI Literacy: Reimagining Agency and Authorship in the Postdigital Era with ChatGPT Alabama Two Report: Lawsuit Against Prattville Library Policy Featured on MSNBC (via APR) and Prattville Library Policy ‘Trying to […]
COUNTER Metrics Reflections on the First COUNTER Conference Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) DPLA Outreach & Assessment Working Group Launches Assessment Workshop Series this Summer Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) New Major Version of the DOAJ API to Be Released Illinois Bill Cracking Down on Threats Against Libraries Heads to Illinois Senate (via […]
From the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS): Today the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) announced the 10 recipients of 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, […]
UPDATED POST (July 3, 2024): A Library in Idaho is Limiting Children’s Access to Comply With New Law (via Hear & Now/WBUR) Here & Now’s Peter O’Dowd speaks with Sherry Scheline, director of the Donnelly Public Library, about the decision. — End Update— From KTVB: The Donnelly Public Library announced it will become an adults-only library […]
From The Seattle Times: Whose job is it to care for a city’s most vulnerable residents, and how do libraries fit into the spectrum of services? On Monday, Seattle Times Mental Health Project engagement reporter Taylor Blatchford moderated a live discussion on mental health and the role of libraries. The event was co-hosted with the […]
From AL.com: If Alabama public libraries want to get millions in state funding, they now must move “inappropriate” material for children, mandate library cards specifically for minors, and obtain advanced approval for obtaining materials — and they need to make changes this summer. After more than 6,000 letters and 87 public comments, many in opposition, the executive […]
American Library Association ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom toBenefit From New Book of Essays Kentucky Daviess County Public Library Facing Further “Pornographic Book” Scrutiny (via 14News.com Minnesota Minnesota Legislature Bans Book Bans (via Minn Post) Missouri St. Charles County Library Branches May Close, Cut Staff. Board To Consider On Friday (via St. Post-Dispatch) MIT Press […]
Just Released: Shortlist For 9th IFLA Green Library Award (Top Eight Green Libraries and Green Library Projects 2024)
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|From the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA): With generous sponsorship from De Gruyter Publishing (Boston/Berlin), ENSULIB circulated a Call for Submissions for the IFLA Green Library Award for the ninth year in a row. Any type of green library, or outstanding green library project, initiative or idea was invited to apply for the Award. Libraries with a small budget but […]