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From The New York Times: President Biden plans to announce on Thursday that he will devote federal money to create a new library and museum dedicated to his old friend and adversary, Senator John McCain, seeking to embrace a Republican who stood against former President Donald J. Trump. [Clip] The McCain project was compared by […]

Here’s the Full Text of Today’s Boston Public Library Announcement: The Boston Public Library (BPL) is joining the Brooklyn Public Library’s Books Unbanned initiative to fight censorship and book banning by offering teens and young adults across the nation free access to the books in its digital collection. The BPL is the third library to enter the growing network, […]

From the M-W Website: Signs of a healthy language include words being created, words being borrowed from other languages, and new meanings being given to existing words. Based on our most recent research, we are pleased to inform you that English is very (very!) healthy. Examples of New Words Added zhuzh noun : a small improvement, adjustment, or […]

Brooklyn Public Library Brooklyn Public Library’s Leigh Hurwitz on Helping Young People Resist Censorship (via LitHub) Connecticut Local Libraries Investigating Book Thefts After Titles Go Missing (via NBC Connecticut) Copyright Video: Brewster Goes to Washington – Congressional Hearing on the Copyright Office Modernization Committee (via Internet Archive) Florida Florida School District Orders Removal of All […]

ACM Tech Brief: Generative Artificial Intelligence AI Now Computational Power and AI (Report) Anthropic Amazon is Investing Up to $4 Billion in AI Startup Anthropic in Growing Tech Battle (via AP) JISC AI in Tertiary Education (Report) Navigating the Terms and Conditions of Generative AI OpenAI OpenAI Gives ChatGPT Access to the Entire Internet via […]

From an EveryLibrary Release: The “Public Libraries and Book Bans – Parent Perception Survey” gathered insights from 853 parents and guardians with children under 18 during September 2023. The survey asked parents and guardians to share their experiences and opinions about book bans, their trust in libraries and their understanding of librarians’ book selection process, […]

From The Coeur d’Alene Press: “Kootenai County Sheriff Bob Norris said he has heard from both sides about reportedly inappropriate materials available to youth at local libraries. One side argued unsuitable reading materials were there and shouldn’t be. The other argued that if they were in the libraries, it was up to parents to monitor […]

AI Generative AI Has Disrupted Education. Here’s How It Can Be Used For Good – UNESCO (via WEF) University of Leeds Research Report on Potentials for AI in Libraries (via CNI) ALA Banned Books Week 2023: Programs, Day of Action, and Events Announced (via ALA) Clarivate Clarivate Establishes Academia & Government Innovation Incubator and Acquires […]

UPDATED POST (Sep. 27, 2023): ALA Welcomes FCC Chair Rosenworcel’s Proposal to Reinstate Network Neutrality Rules —End Update— From a FCC Fact Sheet: The internet is too important to our society and economy not to have effective oversight. However, in 2018, the FCC abdicated its authority over broadband and repealed net neutrality. Today, FCC Chairwoman […]