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From the National Geographic Society: Today, the National Geographic Society launched the World Water Map as part of its five-year World Freshwater Initiative to better understand developing freshwater shortages around the world and inspire sustainable action. The Map was created by the National Geographic Society in cooperation with Utrecht University and Esri to identify water availability hotspots, […]

UPDATE Hachette v. Internet Archive Statements, Materials, and Media Reports Re: Today’s Oral Arguments (Last Updated: 7:20pm, March 20, 2023; We Expect Additional Updates) Media Reports Book Publishers With Surging Profits Struggle to Prove Internet Archive Hurt Sales (via ars technica) How the Internet Archive Faces Potential Destruction at the Hands of Big Four Publishers […]

The article linked below was published today by Information Technology and Libraries (ITAL). Title Services to Mobile Users: The Best Practice from the Top-Visited Public Libraries in the US Authors Yan Quan Liu Southern Connecticut State University Tianjin University of Technology Sarah Lewis Connecticut State University Source Information Technology and Libraries (ITAL) 42(1); 2023 DOI: […]

From EBLIDA (European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations): This Handbook overhauls current stereotypes about e-lending. The studies and investigations quoted in the Handbook demonstrate that e-lending in libraries is a formidable instrument for promoting e-books.Results may be short of sensational: when promoted by libraries, an individual title may see a 818% growth in […]

Changes Will Come to the State Library of Iowa Under the Reorganization Bill (via Iowa Public Radio) IMLS Welcomes 7 New Members to the National Museum and Library Services Board  JSTOR Daily Wins Webby Award for Excellence in Mission-Driven News and Journalism Krakow, Poland to Host Wikimania 2024 Mauritania’s Ancient Libraries Could Be Lost to […]

The article linked below (preprint) was recently shared on arXiv. Title A Global Exploratory Comparison of Country Self-Citations 1996-2019 Authors Alberto Baccini University of Siena, Italy Eugenio Petrovich University of Turin, Italy Tilburg University, the Netherlands Source via arXiv DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2303.0809 Abstract Self-citations are a key topic in evaluative bibliometrics because they can artificially inflate […]

From Nikkei Asia: Shared bookstores, where each shelf is operated by a different owner, are cropping up in Japan’s big cities, allowing book lovers to find new books and interact with each other. Passage, a shared bookstore in Tokyo’s Jimbocho district, popularly known as “book town,” has sets of shelves named after 31 streets in France, inspired […]

Arizona: How the Pima County Library Created a Safe Space for This Librarian (via Arizona Daily Star) ChatGPT Sends Shockwaves Across College Campuses (via the Hill) Connecticut: A CT Leader’s Decision to Pull a Children’s Book About Pronouns From Library Display Called ‘Censorship’ (via Hartford Courant) Conservatives are Trying to Ban Books in Your Town. […]

From the American Library Association (ALA): The Committee on Accreditation (CoA) of the American Library Association (ALA) announces release of a proposed revision of the Standards for Accreditation of Master’s Programs in Library and Information Studies for ALA Council adoption at the ALA Annual Conference being held in Chicago, IL June 22-27, 2023. About the Proposed Revision  […]