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From CARL: The Canadian Association of Research Libraries is pleased to share the CARL Digital Literacy Framework, created by the Advancing Teaching and Learning Committee’s Digital Literacy Task Group. This framework has been created for use by Canadian academic and research libraries to define the library’s teaching and learning role and objectives in an increasingly […]

From the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) & HBCU Library Alliance: The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) and the HBCU Library Alliance proudly announce the successful culmination of their inaugural collaboration, aimed at empowering Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to preserve and digitize their invaluable cultural heritage. With the generous […]

The article linked below was recently published by PNAS Nexus. Title Bans In Political Context: Evidence From US Schools Authors Marcelo S O Goncalves Duke University Isabelle Langrock University of Pennsylvania Jack LaViolette Columbia University Katie Spoon University of Colorado Boulder Source PNAS Nexus Volume 3, Issue 6, June 2024 DOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae197 Abstract In the […]

From the University of Iowa Libraries: With a $281,104 Scholarly Editions and Translations grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), researchers at the University of Iowa and Western Kentucky University collaborated to build the first-ever digital map and data table for all three volumes and 1,992 pages of Principia Mathematica—a monumental work in the […]

Florida ‘Challenges Our Authority’: School Board In Florida Bans Book About Book Bans (via Tallahasseee Democrat) International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) From Special Needs to Equitable Services  Re:Create Brandon Butler is the New Executive Director at  Re:Create Springer Nature Springer Nature Releases Two New AI-Powered Academic Integrity Tools, Say Hello to Geppetto […]

Florida ‘Challenges Our Authority’: School Board In Florida Bans Book About Book Bans (via Tallahasseee Democrat) International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) From Special Needs to Equitable Services  Re:Create Brandon Butler is the New Executive Director at  Re:Create Springer Nature Springer Nature Releases Two New AI-Powered Academic Integrity Tools, Say Hello to Geppetto […]

From The Des Moines Register: An attorney representing Iowa argued before a federal appeals court Tuesday that an injunction against the state’s book ban law should be lifted, a decision that would affect the fate of thousands of books in public school libraries and what can be taught to many Iowa students. Attorney Eric H. Wessan, representing […]

From Booknet Canada: A survey of leisure time and reading habits from industry non-profit BookNet Canada has found that 79% of Canadians felt they had enough or more than enough free time in 2023. The survey, which has been conducted by BookNet every year since 2013, asked 1,247 Canadians if they had read or listened to a […]

From a Google Blog Post:   For the first time, Condé Nast opens the doors to the Vogue archive. In collaboration with Google Arts & Culture, the worlds of fashion, design, history and culture come to life with over 15,000 newly-digitized color images spanning more than three decades and six hundred issues. Today, these images […]