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From MediaSource and Bernie’s Book Bank : “Bernie’s Book Bank is everything MSI loves about people with a passion for education and literacy,” said Bob Gogel, CEO of MediaSource Inc. “Equal access to books is essential for a child’s educational and social development. Ownership of books serves to further elevate a child’s self-confidence. We are […]
Brigitte Weinsteiger Named H. Carton Rogers III Vice Provost and director of the Penn Libraries; DuckDuckGo Announces Free, Private Access to Some AI Chatbots; and More News Headlines
Elsevier, Interviews, Libraries, News, Profiles, Springer Nature
|AI Close Encounters With AI: Introducing the AI4Culture Interview Series (via Europeana) DuckDuckGo Announces Free, Private Access to Some AI Chatbots (via News.com) Google: NotebookLM Goes Global, Gains Web And Google Slides Support (via 9to5Google) Elsevier CiteScore 2023: A Comprehensive, Clear and Current Metric for Journal Impact Harvard Library Bow & Arrow Press Finds Permanent […]
The article (full text) linked below was recently published by the Journal of Information Science. Title How Could the Library and Information Studies Curriculum Better Prepare Graduates to Address Equity, Diversity And Inclusion Issues in Their Workplace? Authors Catherine Drewry Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, USA Sae Matsuno University of Northampton, UK Alison Hicks University College […]
Project ReShare Launches ReShare Digital Software Development Initiative and Pledge Drive
Archives and Special Collections, Digital Collections, Funding, Interactive Tools, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users
|From a Project ReShare Announcement: Project ReShare is pleased to announce the launch of the ReShare Digital software development initiative and its accompanying pledge drive. This endeavor is aimed at revolutionizing the way libraries share and access digital collections, with an initial emphasis on eBook lending and book chapter delivery functionalities. ReShare Digital, an extension of the […]
AI AI Literacy and Its Implications For Prompt Engineering Strategies (via Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence) Lorcan Dempsey on “AI and the Messy Middle” (LorcanDempsey.net) Newly Updated Guidance: FPF Releases Updates to the Generative AI Internal Policy Considerations Resource to Provide New Key Lessons For Practitioners Top News App in U.S. Has Chinese Origins and […]
New Journal Article: “Preserving the History of the American Library Association”
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|The article (full text) linked below was recently published by IFLA Journal. Title Preserving the History of the American Library Association Author Cara Bertram University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Source IFLA Journal First published online May 14, 2024 DOI 10.1177/03400352241246445 Abstract The American Library Association Archives at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is the […]
Information Literacy A New Issue of the Journal of Information Literacy (Vol. 18 No. 1) Now Available Online (Special Issue To Mark Fifty Years of Information Literacy) Privacy Google Leak Reveals Thousands of Privacy Incidents (via 404 Media) Scholarly Communications Origin and Evolution of the “Publish Or Perish” Phenomenon (via Leiden Madtrics) Vermont Vermont Library […]
Additional Coverage June 4, 2024 Proposed Ohio Bill Would Defund Libraries For Having ‘Harmful’ Material (Via News 5 Cleveland) —- End Update— From WFMJ: Representative Al Cutrona introduced the unnamed bill last week that looks to restrict some books in public libraries across the state. If passed, books that are deemed “harmful” would need to […]
Publishers’ Audiobook Revenue Grew 9% in 2023 to $2 Billion According to New Data From Audio Publishers Association
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Data Files, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Interviews, Libraries, News, Publishing, Video Recordings
|From the Audio Publishers Association: Publishers’ audiobook revenue grew 9% in 2023 to $2 billion, continuing the trend of year-on-year growth according to the Audio Publishers Association’s Sales Survey conducted by Toluna Harris Interactive. Edison Research conducted the Audio Publishers Association’s 2024 Consumer Survey and found the majority of U.S. adults (52%) have listened to […]
From Ohio Capital Journal: With state revenues not meeting projections as hoped, library systems are making choices about programs and staffing, and even cutting hours to make ends meet. “This isn’t something that’s going to be impacting us a year from now,” said Michelle Francis, executive director of the Ohio Library Council. “It’s going to have immediate […]