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From KQED: For decades, the Internet Archive has preserved our digital history. Lately, journalists and ordinary citizens have been turning to it more than ever, as the Trump administration undertakes an ideologically-driven purge of government websites. But the Archive itself faces an existential threat. In this episode, Close All Tabs Senior Editor Chris Egusa joins […]

From Here & Now: Here & Now‘s Robin Young speaks with American Library Association president Cindy Hohl, a Kansas City, Missouri, librarian, about concerns her organization has about cuts that the Trump administration wants to make to the only federal agency that provides funds to libraries. Source

News Roundup Arkansas Restrictions on Use of Arkansas State Library Funds Fail in Budget Subcommittee (via Arkansas Advocate) Florida Senate Committee Clarifies the Ways Books Can be ‘Harmful to Minors’ in Schools (via Florida Phoenix) North Dakota North Dakota Legislators Hear Extensive Testimony on Controversial Library Bill (via Bismarck Tribune) ||| Archived Version Virginia  Lynchburg […]

From The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)/Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS): Is Brussels really that rainy? Is Sevilla as warm as we think? And how do both cities compare? Based on the Copernicus Climate Change (C3S*) reanalysis dataset the new ERA Explorer app puts key global climate data at your fingertips. With a fast […]

From Cambridge University Press: Cambridge University Press is to conduct a “radical, community-led” review of the open research publishing ecosystem. The review aims to identify bold and workable solutions that support innovation and researchers’ needs in a manner that’s sustainable for all major stakeholders. Cambridge University Press is inviting researchers, librarians, publishers, funders, and publishing […]

From a Leiden Madrtics Post by Lutz Bornmann: When it comes to making sense of data, visualizations rule. But what about translating data into sound? This blog post explores the origins of ‘data sonification’ and its many applications in science and demonstrates how even bibliometric data can be turned into sound. [Clip] So, what exactly […]

From Science: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Friday told staff members it has canceled subscriptions carried by its National Agricultural Library as part of a drive by President Donald Trump’s administration to cut federal spending. The move appears to drop nearly 400 of the library’s roughly 2000 journals, including many prominent in various […]

Colorado Trump Order Threatens Federal Funding For Colorado’s Libraries, Museums (via 9News) Washington  Washington Libraries Concerned Over Trump’s Executive Order (via KING5) Last Update: March 18, 2025, 6:15am

Colorado Trump Order Threatens Federal Funding For Colorado’s Libraries, Museums (via 9News) Washington  Washington Libraries Concerned Over Trump’s Executive Order (via KING5) Last Update: March 18, 2025; 6:15am