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From The Sacramento Bee: The federal government withheld the last 21% of a $15.7 million grant that the California State Library was slated to receive this fiscal year, Jeff Barbosa, a spokesperson for the library, said in an email. It’s not clear if the state library will receive funding from IMLS in the upcoming fiscal […]
From The Guardian: Twelve students studying in Pentagon schools in the US and around the world are suing the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, over the book bans he has instigated to remove titles on race and gender from their libraries. A lawsuit lodged on the students’ behalf by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Tuesday […]
UPDATED POST (Additional Coverage) (4/15): Army and Air Force Libraries are Ordered to Review Books For DEI Material (via AP) Army and Air Force libraries have been told to go through their stacks to find books related to diversity, equity and inclusion, according to new memos obtained by The Associated Press. [Clip] The Air Force memo, […]
From the News Release Access to scientific knowledge is essential for science, as well as for tackling societal challenges. However, the limitation of this access by paywalls comes at a cost to public finances and also, increasingly, to scientific quality. In light of this situation, the authors of a discussion paper published today by the […]
AI Overcoming AI Hallucinations: Truist’s Chandra Kapireddy (via Sloan Business Review) Training LLMs to Self-Detoxify Their Language (via MIT News) Alabama Librarians Say Alabama Anti-DEI Education Law Impacts Morale: ‘Worried’ (via AL.com) Citation Analysis Exclusive: The Most-Cited Papers of the Twenty-First Century (via Nature) ||| Archived Version Science’s Golden Oldies: The Decades-Old Research Papers Still […]
The article linked below was published today by The Journal of Academic Librarianship. Title A Scoping Review of Digital Literacy, Digital Competence, Digital Fluency and Digital Dexterity in Academic Libraries’ Context Authors Lesego Makhafola University of Pretoria Martha J. van Deventer University of Pretoria Marlene A. Holmner University of Pretoria Brenda van Wyk University of […]
UPDATE (April 15): Memorial: Clifford Lynch (via Association of Research Libraries) —- End Update—- Ed. Note: Cliff Lynch was a hero and teacher (via his writing) of mine for many years first encountering his work during library school. A number of years later I was very fortunate (blessed is a better word) when he became […]
Arkansas Arkansas House Will Consider Proposal to Remove and Replace Entire State Library Board (via Arkansas Advocate) Michigan Book Ban Lawsuit Against West Michigan School District Dismissed by Appeals Court Library Publishing Coalition (LPC) Reaffirming LPC’s Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility North Dakota North Dakota House Sends Bill Targeting Library Content to Governor […]
The full text article linked below was recently published by The Journal of Academic Librarianship. Title The State of Cost Sharing And Collaborative Collection Development at AACSB-Accredited Universities Authors Benjamin Hall University of Southern California Elizabeth Price James Madison University Tim Tully San Diego State University Source The Journal of Academic Librarianship Volume 51, Issue […]