Getting Out the Vote: Library Resources for Voter Empowerment

Getting Out the Vote: Library Resources for Voter Empowerment

During voter education week, public and academic libraries step up efforts to ensure voters have what they need before they go to the polls.
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Growing a Library: National Tropical Botanical Garden | Archives Deep Dive

Elisa Shoenberger, Sep 30, 2024
While there are many botanical gardens across the United States, only one has the distinction of being a tropical botanical garden chartered by the U.S. Congress: the National Tropical Botanical Garden, located in Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi.

Even Librarians Live in Information Silos | Back Talk

Wayne A. Wiegand, Sep 27, 2024
Between September 22 and 28, the nation’s library community once again “celebrates” Banned Books Week, an annual event established in 1982 by the American Library Association (ALA) to profile acts of censorship and book banning in schools and libraries across the nation. Beginning with a “Library Bill of Rights” that ALA adopted in 1939, library leaders worked hard during the 20th century to hone a national image as defenders of intellectual freedom, opponents of censorship, and proponents of the freedom to read. But between 1939 and 1982 that image evolved to become an information silo of librarianship’s own making, one that was silent on or indifferent to issues of race and libraries.

Interactive Map Combines Banned Book Data and Little Free Library Locations

Lisa Peet, Sep 26, 2024
During Banned Books Week, this year September 22–28, LJ has seen a wide range of libraries celebrating the right to read in their communities: public, K–12, and academic; urban and rural; large and small—and, now, little. Little Free Libraries, the birdhouse-sized book exchange structures scattered across neighborhoods around the world, have joined forces with the American Library Association (ALA) and PEN America to encourage the distribution of banned books in the areas they’re needed most.

Books Unbanned Still Growing Strong More than Two Years After Launch

Matt Enis, Sep 23, 2024
Two and a half years after launch, Books Unbanned has continued to grow as a vital resource for people in schools and communities where book challenges otherwise put content out of reach.

Gary Price, Oct 01, 2024
From the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA): The Strategy provides a structure and reference for the work of IFLA, including of course its roughly 60 volunteer groups. As our survey work for its preparation has underlined, it can also be a tool and stimulus for IFLA’s members in preparing their own plans. […]
Gary Price, Oct 01, 2024
From The Shreveport-Bossier City Gazette: Digging through unique and iconic bits of digital Louisiana history has just gotten a lot easier, thanks to a digital collaboration. After 15 years in the works, Louisiana Public Broadcasting and the Louisiana State Archives are now part of the relaunch of the Louisiana Digital Media Archive. LPB says it is […]
Gary Price, Oct 01, 2024
An Evaluation of Cutting-Edge AI Research Tools Using the REACT Framework (via CIL) Google Lens Has A Brilliant New Feature That Lets You Search the Web With a Video (via BGR) Microsoft’s Copilot AI Gets a Voice and the Ability to See Websites You Browse (via Engadget) ||| Many More Details via MSFT Blog Post […]
Gary Price, Oct 01, 2024
Canada Buying Print Books in Canada 2023 (via BookNet Canada) Dictionaries 200 New Words and Definitions Added to Merriam-Webster.com (via M-W) Ex Libris Ex Libris Introduces Specto, an AI-Powered Digital Asset Management Solution Prisons/Jails San Francisco Public Library and hoopla Bring Free E-Resources to County Jails (via CIL) Reading Freedom to Read Community Day of […]
Mike Eisenberg, Oct 01, 2024
AI provides a new level of destructive capability to undermine trust in government and public institutions, and unfortunately yes, even in libraries. This episode focuses on these AI tools, their corrosive effects, and ways that libraries and librarians can help to repair the damage.
Mike Eisenberg, Jun 01, 2024
TikTok! Used regularly by over half the US population, why do so many either love or loathe TikTok? Is it simply a fun and terrific platform for creating, sharing, and consuming content? Is it an addictive, mental health hazard destroying America’s youth? Is it a major national security threat of Chinese infiltration? Is it all of the above…and more?
Mike Eisenberg, Apr 02, 2024
In this episode, we return to one of our favorite topics– the new AI. But rather than focus on the latest “gee whiz” or OMG capabilities, we turn to the societal implications and impact side of the topic.
Forty in-depth reviews of travel series, spanning hikes in National Parks to a perfect day in Positano. To help manage selection, we provide full bibliographic data for 533 individual titles that make up this series review, along with a downloadable spreadsheet of every title sortable by BISAC.

LJ Reviews,  Oct 11, 2024
The fall edition of Life+Style features great reads across cooking, crafts, fashion, self-help, travel, and more.

Melissa DeWild,  Oct 11, 2024
Display the bumper crop of cookbooks this fall.

Sarah Wolberg,  Oct 10, 2024
South Korean novelist Han Kang, best known for 2016’s Booker Prize–winning The Vegetarian, wins the Nobel Prize in literature. The shortlist for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize is announced. BBC’s Between the Covers book club has revealed its books and guests for its eighth season, starting with Chris Whitaker’s All the Colors of the Dark. Winners of the New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards and Scholastic UK’s inaugural Graphic Novel Prize are announced. Created by Humans, a company that helps writers license their works for use by AI, has forged a partnership with the Authors Guild. Plus new title bestsellers.

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