Norway’s government wants to get a handle on both the promise and peril of AI glasses and is proposing that parliament enact a temporary ban on them in some places.
Libraries pay more for e-books than consumers. State lawmakers are trying to change that
Legislation approved unanimously by the Illinois House in April and awaiting Senate review would prohibit libraries from being treated differently from individual consumers when purchasing digital books.
‘A Unicorn’ in the Archives: Trinity College’s Watkinson Library Makes a Rare Discovery | Trinity College
A page of text from the 15th century with connections to famed printer Johannes Gutenberg—hidden for more than 100 years in an uncatalogued scrapbook in the Watkinson’s archives—may represent one of the earliest generations of European printing.
Demoted and Doxed: What Happened When a Texas Librarian Fought to Keep LGBTQ Books on Her Shelves
For Hunt, who had spent more than 14 years helping students find books, the assignment felt like a betrayal of everything a librarian was supposed to do. “What kind of librarian takes books out of kids’ hands?” says Hunt, who attended Oak Run Middle School as a student and whose dad worked there as a sixth-grade reading teacher.
New book spotlights WWII Army chief librarian Ray Trautman, who armed troops with reads
If you think the biggest weapons of World War II were tanks and planes, Ray Trautman would like a word — and he’d probably hand you a book while he was at it. Historian Molly Guptill Manning, author of "A Librarian’s War: The Man Who Fought World War II with Books," joined us to share the story of the Army’s chief librarian during World War II and the way he devoted his life to building literacy, libraries and a love of reading across the United States.
Why Do We Keep Debating the M.L.S.? (opinion)
Here’s why librarians can’t resolve our recurrent arguments about the import of the field’s professional degree.
New York’s Librarians Are Feeling the Pressure from Book Bans
The Right to Read Coalition, which includes the New York Civil Liberties Union and PEN America, just released a survey of 323 school library aides/media specialists, public librarians, and public school educators across nine regions of the state. Here’s what they had to say about how the threat of book bans impacts them and the work they do – a stress that Governor Hochul could alleviate by signing the Freedom to Read Act into law.
Missouri Supreme Court Hears Appeal of School Library ‘Expli…
The Missouri Attorney General’s Office contends that the law falls within constitutional limits, asking the judges to overturn the circuit court’s decision and allow the case to go to trial. But David Thoreson, an attorney representing the librarians, told the judges that the law sweeps much more broadly than obscenity restrictions and therefore is unconstitutional.
The New Gatekeepers – The AI School Librarians Newsletter
What Banned Books Week can teach us about access to information in the age of AI
Mapping the Landscape of Community-Based Archives | Mellon Foundation
Despite the long-standing presence of community-based archives across the United States and its territories, there has been limited national-level data about the field—its characteristics, challenges, and evolving needs. To address this gap, Mellon partnered with Engage R+D and a “Design Circle” of archival practitioners and field experts to conduct a comprehensive landscape study. Drawing on surveys, interviews, and focus groups, the research captures the perspectives and priorities of community-based archives across the country.
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