MORE 'NATIONAL-LIBRARIES' POSTS
Statement: “The Rights of UC Authors are at Stake. Here’s What We are Doing About It”; Upcoming Event: The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Building Responsible Open Science Infrastructures; & More News Headlines
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Illinois Several Libraries Across the Northern Suburbs [Chicago] Received Bomb Threats Thursday Afternoon (via Chi Tribune, Pioneer Press) National Library of Medicine PubMed Update: Proximity Searching Now Available for Affiliation Search Field Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) OASPA Response to NASA RFI 2023 Publishers Canadian Publishers Stand With American Book Industry In Condemning New […]
Fort Worth Independent School District Libraries Close For Sweeping Review as Scrutiny of Books in Schools Grows; Consensus Announces Official Launch of ChatGPT Plugin; & More News Headlines
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Consensus Consensus Announces Official Launch of ChatGPT Plugin International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) So Much Achieved, So Much More To Come: Mid-Term Report On Ifla’s Work With SIGL New York New York City Shutters Public Health Library That Was Critical Resource During Covid Due to Budget Cuts (via NY Daily News) School Libraries AUPresses, […]
Hallie Rich Named Editor-in-Chief of Library Journal
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From a Media Source News Release: Columbus, Ohio – Media Source, Inc. (“MSI”), a literacy solution provider to K–12 schools, public and school libraries, and higher education institutions, announces the appointment of Hallie Rich as the new Editor-in-Chief of Library Journal (LJ). She joined LJ on August 7. Rich brings more than 20 years of […]
Digital Preservation: Swiss National Library Starts Collecting Wikipedia Articles
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From Swissinfo.ch: The Swiss National Library is building a digital collection of Wikipedia articles related to Switzerland. The articles are to be permanently archived for future generations and made freely available online. To this end, the National Library is working with Wikimedia, the association for the promotion of free knowledge, Wikimedia said in a statement on Monday. […]
From Athens to East Lansing: Neil Romanosky Recommended as Dean of Michigan State University Libraries
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From Michigan State University: Neil Romanosky has been recommended as dean of Michigan State University Libraries by MSU Interim Provost Thomas Jeitschko. His appointment is set to begin on Sept. 11, pending approval by the MSU Board of Trustees during its Sept. 8 meeting. Romanosky currently serves as dean of university libraries at Ohio University […]
From the National Library of Medicine Technical Bulletin: Today, ClinicalTrials.gov Beta, the modernized version of ClinicalTrials.gov, becomes the primary ClinicalTrials.gov. The modernized website has an updated design that is visually appealing and easy to read. This new design includes simple web components, such as left-side menus and expandable accordions, that improve navigation and make information readily […]
A New Post by Lorcan Dempsey: “Font Choices, Values and Ecosystem, With Some National Library Examples”
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From a New Post by Lorcan Dempsey: This is a short introduction to some topics around the design and deployment of fonts. I would like to prompt libraries to think a little more about an area that not only involves design choices, but also business and values choices. So I combine it with an exploration […]
From The Irish Times: There’s a satisfying symmetry to the way Audrey Whitty appears to have stepped from the National Museum of Ireland, where she was deputy director, to the identical-looking home next door, on Kildare Street in Dublin, of the National Library of Ireland. The truth is less neat. For a start, it’s a very significant […]
Knowledge Matters: The British Library Releases Strategy For the Next Seven Years
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From a Blog Post by Roly Keating, Chief Executive, British Library: Today we publish Knowledge Matters, the British Library’s strategy for the next seven years. It outlines the ways in which we as the UK national library want to do more for new and existing audiences, while adapting to the monumental changes that are already impacting both […]
ALA Announces “Let Freedom Read” Will Be the Theme For Banned Book Week 2023
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Here’s the Full Text of the ALA Announcement: The American Library Association has announced the theme for Banned Books Week 2023: “Let Freedom Read!” Banned Books Week will take place October 1 – 7, 2023. “As we’ve seen throughout National Library Week, as long as there are libraries, Americans’ right to read will not be […]
