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San Francisco Wants to Offer Free Drug Recovery Books at its Public Libraries; Investigation Into Full Extent of Ransomware Attack on Toronto Public Library Still Underway; & More Headlines
Archives and Special Collections, Data Files, Libraries, News, Public Libraries, School Libraries
|California San Francisco Wants to Offer Free Drug Recovery Books at its Public Libraries (via SF Chronicle) Georgia Bill to Potentially Ban SomeLibrary Books Passes Legislative Hurdle (via Georgia Senate Considers Controls on School Libraries and Criminal Charges For Librarians (via AP) Web Archives/Computational Research Introducing ARCHWay – A Free to Use ARCH Service Tier […]
University of Maryland Libraries Announces Go-Live Date For Migration to New Library Search Platform; Why Data Breaches Spiked in 2023; & More Headlines
Awards, Conference Presentations, Data Files, Funding, Libraries, News, Public Libraries
|European Commission Commission Opens Formal Proceedings Against TikTok Under the Digital Services Act (via EC) Information Security Why Data Breaches Spiked in 2023 (via Harvard Business Review) Pennsylvania Shapiro Administration Awards Nearly $4.5 Million in Keystone Grants To 17 Public Libraries (Penn. Dept. Education) University of Maryland University of Maryland Libraries Announces Go-Live Date For […]
Alberta: Pride-Themed Library Books Returned to Calgary Public Library Branch with ‘Significant Damage,’ Prompting Police Response; Illinois: Chicago Library to Digitize Largest Set of African American History, Literature in Midwest; & More Headlines
Data Files, Libraries, News, Public Libraries, School Libraries
|AI Amazon Unveils Largest Text-To-Speech Model Ever Made (via Tech Explore) Reddit Signs $60 Million Annual Deal For Training Data, Capitalizing on AI Boom (via The Decoder) Alabama Alabama Senate Approves Bill to Make It Easier to Remove Library Board Members (via AL.com) Alberta Pride-Themed Library Books Returned to Calgary Public Library Branch with ‘Significant […]
Toronto Public Library Reinstates Circulation, Hold Services Following Ransomware Attack; New Wisconsin Bill Targets School Librarians For Books That Some Parents Consider Obscene & More Headlines
Associations and Organizations, Libraries, News, Public Libraries
|Alabama Prattville Library Board Passes Rule Change Regulating Ordering, Placement of ‘Obscene’ Books (via 1819News.Com) Colorado “Freedom to Read” Bill Aims to Establish Process For Challenging a Book in Schools, Public Libraries (via Denver 7) Graphic Novels 2023 Best Graphic Novels Reading List for Adults (via ALA) 2023 Best Graphic Novels for Children Reading List […]
Report: “Colorado Librarians are Now Front-Line Crisis Workers, Managing Homeless Patrons, Mental Illness, Book-Banners”
Academic Libraries, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries
|From The Denver Post (about 2300 words): Walk into one of metro Denver’s public libraries — among the few spaces where anyone can come inside and exist for free — and you’ll find a microcosm of society’s most pressing issues: Homelessness in Denver is at a peak, evidenced by the dozens of patrons in the […]
From the S.F. Chronicle: The rivalry between the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs due to play out on the field at this weekend’s Super Bowl LVIII matchup has given rise to a wager between the two cities’ respective public library systems. With the exhortation “Let’s Tackle Censorship Together,” the two institutions are banding together […]
Law Review Article: “Book Banning Goes Digital: Libraries Suspending Their E-Book Services and the Complications It Poses For First Amendment Doctrine”
Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries, School Libraries
|The article linked belowa was recently published by the Stanford Technology Law Review. Title Book Banning Goes Digital: Libraries Suspending Their E-Book Services and the Complications It Poses for First Amendment Doctrine Author Catherine E. Ferri Source Stanford Technology Law Review, Stanford Law SchoolVolume 27 Issue 1 Abstract Book banning predates the United States and […]
From CILIP (Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals): Future Libraries is a two-part initiative from CILIP to challenge and engage librarians and library leaders to reimagine libraries in a world of rapidly evolving living and working patterns. Part 1 is ‘Come Rain or Shine: Preparing public libraries for the future in an age of […]
Association of American Publishers: Youngsuk ‘YS’ Chi, Chairman of Elsevier and Director of Corporate Affairs for RELX, Elected Chair, AAP Board of Directors; Generative Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education: Evidence from an Analysis of Institutional Policies and Guidelines; & More News Headlines
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Digital Preservation, Elsevier, Libraries, News, Public Libraries, Publishing
|AI Generative Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education: Evidence From an Analysis of Institutional Policies and Guidelines (preprint; arXiv) Google Rebrands Bard Chatbot as Gemini, Rolls Out Paid Subscription (via Reuters) Digitization Unique ‘Hidden’ Record Of UK’s Historic Biodiversity, with Links to Charles Darwin, to Be Digitised (Royal Agriculture University) Iowa Iowa’s War on Books Now […]
Call for SCOSS Expressions of Interest 2024: Open Science Infrastructure and Services are Invited to Apply for Funding; American Library Association Council Elects Nick Buron, Peter Coyl and Dr. Corinthia Price to Executive Board for 2024-2027 Term; and More News Headlines
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Funding, Libraries, News, Open Access, Public Libraries
|American Library Association (ALA) American Library Association Council Elects Nick Buron, Peter Coyl, and Dr. Corinthia Price to Executive Board for 2024-2027 Term Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Call for SCOSS Expressions of Interest 2024: Open Science Infrastructure and Services are Invited to Apply for Funding Idaho New ‘Library Porn’ Bill No Longer Reclassifies Obscenity […]