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From Brown University: Fifteen humanities scholars from across the nation gathered in Brown University’s John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library this week with a shared mission: Explore best practices for authoring and publishing a first-rate, digital-first monograph and leave with the skills to create their own. [Clip] First held in 2022 and now in its second […]
From the Idaho Statesman Private schools and privately funded libraries in Idaho sued state officials Thursday, challenging a controversial new law that allows community members to challenge library books they believe are “harmful” to children. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Boise, argued that the law reaches new heights of invasiveness by limiting the […]
With its mix of astute cultural analyses, quippy personal anecdotes, and deeper dives into sociopolitical and theoretical factors, this book does more than show disabled and chronically ill people that they belong. It also serves as a reminder that it matters how one shows up on dating apps and in relationships, in order to counteract the systems that try to render invisible the people whose bodies don’t conform to social norms.
Ferdia Lennon wins the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize for Glorious Exploits. Lisa Jewell’s None of This Is True, Rebecca Yarros’s Fourth Wing, and Laurie Gilmore’s The Pumpkin Spice Caféwin TikTok Book Awards. Longlists for the Polari Prizes for LGBTQIA+ literature are announced. Plus, interviews with Elise Bryant, Hala Alyan, and Claire Kilroy and Page to Screen.
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) on July 24 announced the availability of almost $1 billion in competitive grant funding for programs that “support efforts to achieve digital equity, promote digital inclusion activities, and spur greater adoption and meaningful use of broadband,” according to a notice of funding opportunity posted by the agency. Application materials are available on NTIA’s BroadbandUSA website, and must be submitted through the NTIA Grants Portal by September 23.
From EDUCAUSE: There are three critical copyright issues that arise with the use of generative AI. In this video, we touch on the legal and ethical complexities around data ingestion for AI training, the potential for AI-generated outputs to infringe on existing works, and the challenge of securing copyright protection for AI-created content.
From ALA The American Library Association Council decided on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, that Sam Helmick will be the 2024-2025 president-elect effective immediately. Helmick, who is Community & Access Services Coordinator at Iowa City Public Library, was recommended by the ALA Executive Board and confirmed by the Council. ALA bylaws specified the process for replacing […]
From the Sustainable Libraries Initiative: Climate change has been called the grandest challenge of our generation and now the U.S. library community has more assistance to ensure their libraries are thriving in the face of that challenge and contributing to their community’s resilience. In partnership with the Executive Board of the American Library Association, the […]
From IMLS: The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) today announced 85 awards totaling $22,533,904 to support libraries and archival services across the country. The FY 2024 awards were made through National Leadership Grants for Libraries and the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program. The awarded grants search on the IMLS website contains a complete list of grantees and project […]
From NBC News and KXAS: The law enforcement officer spent months methodically gathering evidence. He leafed through thousands of pages and highlighted key passages amid reams and reams of paper. He wore his body camera to record his interactions with witnesses and suspects. And he photographed what he saw as instruments of the alleged crime: […]
CDT Best Practices in AI Documentation: The Imperative of Evidence From Practice(CDT: Center for Democracy & Technology)News Media Here Come the Robots: A.I. And The Future of News (via Aspen Digital) OpenAI Limited Release: OpenAI Launches “SearchGPT” Protoype Search Engine (via OpenAI) ||| Media Coverage via The Verge & via Bloomberg ||| Direct to SearchGPT […]
Collecting one of the most popular, beloved, and influential comic strips ever created, this volume and the four preceding it are essential purchases for all libraries.
Many accessibility options are available to academic librarians and library workers, but the costs involved in training staff, reworking spaces, and purchasing tools can be limiting. It therefore falls on each library to best allocate their resources. In order to bring to light possible approaches, Osama Youssef Smadi, associate professor of special education at the Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University in Saudi Arabia, surveyed students with disabilities. In the 2021–22 academic year, 160 students with physical, health, visual, and hearing disabilities registered with the university’s Special Needs Services Center.
Nevada’s libraries have long been an important part of the state’s workforce development programs, and in June, the state’s Board of Examiners approved a new librarian-in-residence program for two municipal systems—the North Las Vegas Library District and the Carson City Library—that will boost those efforts. For two years beginning last month, these librarians-in-residence will facilitate an Individual Career Mapping and Training Delivery Model program developed by the Nevada Governor’s Office of Economic Development with libraries throughout the state. The program includes innovative features such as hands-on virtual reality “field trips” and access to NCLab’s Career Readiness Assessment to build STEM skills.
On July 16, Ithaka S+R released a new report, “Exploring Basic Needs Support Across Public and Community College Libraries,” as the first phase of its Maximizing Public-Academic Library Partnerships project. The report, authored by Senior Analyst Sindy Lopez, Analyst Sage Love, and Researcher Melissa Blankstein, surveys basic needs services promoted on public and community college library websites to see where that information differs, overlaps, and could potentially be expanded as partnerships.
Martin MacInnes wins the Arthur C. Clarke Award for In Ascension. Finalists have been named for the New England Book Awards. The Jewish Literary Foundation reveals the Genesis Emerging Writers cohort for 2024. More audiobooks from indie publishers will be offered on Spotify. The latest GalleyChat roundup is out from EarlyWord. Plus, new title bestsellers and an obituary for cookbook author Rosa Ross.
Library Leadership & Management (LL&M) is a journal of ALA Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures. In This Issue (Vol. 38, No. 1) Editor’s Message Case Studies Archiving the Past, Citing the Future: From Old-Fashioned Book Stackers to Modern-Day Educational Storytellers by Adry Guinn Peer Reviewed Reflecting on the Impact of Hybrid Work on an Academic Library Using the […]
From a Joint Announcement (via BTAA): The Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) is excited to announce a partnership with the Next Generation Library Publishing (NGLP) project. This collaboration aims to test and enhance infrastructure solutions for academy-owned scholarly publishing programs that are open source, community-led, and rooted in academic values. The pilot project will create […]
AI Embrace AI in Libraries: Freeing Staff for Meaningful Work While Preserving Human Touch (via IFLA) Microsoft’s AI Assistants Will Revolutionize the Office — One Day These Are the 10 AI Startups to Watch in 2024 (via Bloomberg) Google Google Adds AI-powered Comparisons, Collections and More Data Controls to Play Store (via TC) Google is […]
The preprint linked below was recently shared on arXiv. Title Estimating Global Article Processing Charges Paid to Six Publishers For Open Access Between 2019 and 2023 Authors Stefanie Haustein School of Information Studies, University of Ottawa Scholarly Communications Lab Centre interuniversitaire de recherche sur la science et la technologie (CIRST) Eric Schares Scholarly Communications Lab […]
Today Informa, the parent of Taylor & Francis, released their 2024 half-year results. The document (64 pages; PDF) includes a financial review as well as some text on the company’s efforts in all areas including the academic publishing market as well as AI. As you’ll read on page 7, Informa/T&F currently has a two AI […]
Forthcoming DVDs and Blu-rays for every interest, including Jodie Foster in the latest season of True Detective, an Aussie family's pursuit of inspirational music, and desperados in 1940s Brazil.
This month’s must-see documentaries offer glimpses into a New Delhi bird rescue, the psychological demands of space, and American fascism in the 1930s.
Pankaj Mishra wins the Weston International Award for his nonfiction work. The Frank R. Paul Award winners are announced. Seattle Worldcon 2025 announces Brandon O’Brien as its poet laureate. LibraryReads and LJ offer read-alikes for India Holton’s buzzy book The Ornithologist’s Field Guide to Love. NYT examines the rise and fall of the Romance Writers of America. Harper Alley will expand to publish adult graphic novels. People highlights Kaia Gerber’s literary platform, Library Science. Plus, PW previews Comic-Con, which kicks off in San Diego tomorrow.
The Ornithologist’s Field Guide to Love by India Holton is the top holds title of the week. LibraryReads and Library Journal offer read-alikes for patrons waiting to read this buzziest book.
These titles offer thrills from Brooklyn to Siberia and are full of spies, thieves, murderous plots, and so many secrets; plus new series titles from several bestselling favorites.
A baking show competition contestant and cult-favorite crime show leads turn sleuth, while bestselling Jo Nesbø returns to crime fiction; plus a list of forthcoming series titles.
From Politico: A federal judge ruled Monday that a 7-year-old Florida student must testify in a lawsuit challenging how one school district is carrying out the state’s policies for removing books containing objectionable content. Magistrate Judge Zachary C. Bolitho denied — in part — a protective order sought by the child’s parent to shield them […]
ACRL (Association of College and Research Libraries) Candidates For ACRL 2025 ACRL Board of Directors Announced AI AI Terminology, Explained for Humans (The Verge) See also: Artificial Intelligence Glossary (Nielsen Norman Group) As Generative Models Improve, People Adapt Their Prompts (preprint; via arXiv) Arizona Listen Online: How a Small Library [The Copper Queen Library in […]
Jo Callaghan wins the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. Sales of Kamala Harris’s and J.D. Vance’s books have skyrocketed after this week’s news. The Imadjinn Award winners are announced. Sabrina Fielding wins the inaugural Montreal Fiction Prize. Catalina by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio gets buzz and raves from NYT and Washington Post. N.K. Jemison argues why “we need speculative fiction now more than ever,” in an essay for Esquire. Fortunate Sons by Liel Leibovitz & Matthew Miller will be adapted for film. Orbit launches the new horror imprint Run for It. Plus, the Glasgow Hugo Administration releases a statement regarding fraudulent votes cast in the final ballot.
Google After Years of Uncertainty, Google Says It Won’t Be ‘Deprecating Third-Party Cookies’ in Chrome (via Digiday) HathiTrust Hofstra University Library Joins HathiTrust Idaho Eastern Idaho Librarians Implement a Variety of Methods to Comply With New Library Law (via East Idaho News) International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) New Infographic: Library Associations Contributions […]
The Ornithologist’s Field Guide to Love by India Holton leads holds this week. People’s book of the week is The Seventh Veil of Salome by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. The August LibraryReads list is out, featuring top pick House of Glass by Sarah Pekkanen. Rebecca Yarros previews her forthcoming third book in the “Empyrean” series,Onyx Storm. Open Road launches a new industry podcast, The Open Book Podcast with David Steinberger, offering a behind-the-scenes look at books and publishing.
This touching, funny, sexy novel from Simone (Ravaged) is a joy to read and is sure to be popular where contemporary sports romances and multicultural fiction circulate well.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on July 18 voted to allow libraries and schools to use funding from the federal E-rate program to purchase Wi-Fi hotspots for lending. A component of FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel’s Learn Without Limits proposal—which was announced at the American Library Association’s (ALA) 2023 Annual Conference in Chicago—integration of hotspots into the program was aimed at responding to increasing connectivity needs and modernizing the E-rate program.
From the University of North Texas Libraries: The Texas Digital Newspaper Program on The Portal to Texas History has reached a huge milestone of over one-million newspaper issues openly available! These one-million newspaper issues comprise 11,256,533 pages, contributed by 226 partners from across Texas, and representing 210 counties. [Clip] The staff in the Digital Newspaper […]
The report linked below was recently published by the Law Library of Congress. Title Book and Media Censorship in Selected Countries Source The Law Library of Congress, Global Legal Research Directorate, 2024. From the Introduction Freedom of the press, freedom of expression, and freedom of the arts are well-known concepts in United States law. The […]
The article linked below was recently published by Science Advances. Title Anonymization: The Imperfect Science of Using Data While Preserving Privacy Authors Andrea Gadotti Imperial College London University of Oxford Luc Rocher Imperial College London University of Oxford Florimond Houssiau Imperial College London Alan Turing Institute Ana-Maria Creţu Imperial College London Yves-Alexandre de Montjoye Imperial […]
UPDATED POST (July 23, 2024) An Academic Publisher Has Struck an AI Data Deal with Microsoft—Without Their Authors’ Knowledge (The Conversation) —End Update— From The Bookseller: Authors have expressed their shock after the news that academic publisher Taylor & Francis, which owns Routledge, had sold access to its authors’ research as part of an Artificial […]
From the Associated Press: A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts… Direct to Full Text Article See Also: More “Not Real […]
From NARA’s The Unwritten Record Blog: We’re pleased to announce that 256,444 photographs from NASA’s Glenn Research Center have recently been added to the National Archives Catalog. The photos document facilities, personnel, and aeronautic and space technology development at the Glenn Research Center (GRC) in Cleveland, Ohio and at Plum Brook Station1 in Sandusky, Ohio. Also […]
From the U.S. Dept. of Justice: FOIA.gov, the government’s central resource for information about the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) now includes additional functionality to help users locate commonly requested law enforcement and related records. The FOIA.gov Search Tool was updated to add a “Law Enforcement records” pre-defined user journey that helps the public more quickly locate […]
AI We Asked AI to Take Us On a Tour of Our Cities. It Was Chaos (via WIRED) Idaho Several Idaho #Libraries Create Policies in Wake of the Library Bill (via KTVB) Maryland Baltimore County Library Doubles As ‘Shark Tank’ To Help Fund Small Businesses (via Baltimore Banner) New Jersey Underground Railroad House’s Artifacts to […]
Christian fiction has flourished over the years, with subgenres like historical fiction, Regency romance, and contemporary women’s fiction. To expand their readership, Christian publishers are now embracing thrillers. These character-driven adventures offer high-intensity plots with moral challenges and inspirational moments.
English PEN Translates winners are announced. NYT releases its readers’ picks for best books of the 21st century. The winners of the Oklahoma Book Awards are revealed. Emerald ᏃᏈᏏ GoingSnake and Kira Hayen win Maureen Egen Writers Exchange Awards for Indigenous writers. Plus interviews with Lorrie Moore, Jasmine Graham, and Howard Blum and Page to Screen.
The author of Caucasia, Symptomatic, and others writes with compassion for a heroine who is searching for her racial and social identities. In the end, Senna allows Jane the success her struggles have earned for her. Readers will be grateful for that.
Folding prescient philosophical musings on the nature of human consciousness into a satisfyingly eerie fable, Buzzati’s foundational work of Italian science fiction might well be subtitled “The Postmodern Prometheus.”
This novel won’t be every reader’s cup of tea, but the gothic elements keep the blood stirring. The book might also remind readers of the wilder writings of Isaac Bashevis Singer.
Readers will root for Elsa and Bailey to find love and acceptance in their worlds but may be disappointed at how all the loose ends are wrapped up a bit too neatly. Fans of Thomas and stories of friendships forged beyond social boundaries will enjoy.
Collecting one of the most popular, beloved, and influential comic strips ever created, this volume and the four preceding it are essential purchases for all libraries.
Elegant and tragic, this contemplative contemporary art comic succinctly snapshots an important example of humanity’s destructive dominion over the natural world.
Sweeney’s debut graphic novel embodies a plea for understanding and empathy regarding the possible hidden health problems of others. A sobering read-alike to What’s Wrong?? by Erin Williams, Ripple Effects by Jordan Hart, and Notes from a Sickbed by Tessa Brunton.
Looking through a camera’s viewfinder, a director focuses in on the best shots to tell a movie’s story; with his filmmaker’s eye, it’s no surpise that Chu’s memoir (written with Jeremy McCarter) tells an effective story. Film students will relish his insight into filmmaking.