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From Software Heritage: Imagine the Tower of Babel, but instead of chaos and confusion, it stands as a symbol of collaboration and understanding. This seemingly paradoxical image perfectly encapsulates the mission of the Ligue des Bibliothèques Européennes de Recherche (Liber). The association brings together over 400 national, specialized, and university libraries from 40 countries. In […]
From The Texas Standard: Our media landscape has changed dramatically in the last few decades. With the ubiquity of the internet and social media, where and how people get their information has shifted – and news outlets spend a lot of time thinking about how to connect with users effectively. It can be a tricky […]
Alabama Huntsville-Madison County Public Library Moves Books Out of Children’s Section (via WAAY) Oregon Eugene Public Library Cuts Spark Concern For What’s to Come (via KVAL) South Carolina 4 Books Facing Statewide Ban in South Carolina Schools (via ACLU SC) Washington ‘A Brutal Hit’: Everett Library Cuts Will Lead To Reduced Hours, Staffing (via Everett […]
From an Introductory Blog Post: IFLA has for many years had its own Advisory Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE), which has both engaged in discussions internationally and provided a space for discussing the work of libraries in their own settings to uphold intellectual freedom. Through this, it works to strengthen […]
The article (abstract only) linked below was published the Journal of Community Health. Title A Study on How Libraries Operate as Health Spaces in the United States Authors Sasha A. Fleary City University of New York Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy Patrece L. Joseph Boston University School of Public Health Somya Rastogi […]
Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Releases 2023 Salary Data and Statistics in Four New Reports
From the ARL Salary Data Release: The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published the ARL Annual Salary Survey 2023, which analyzes salary data for professional staff working in 126 of the 127 ARL member libraries during 2023. Data are reported for 11,118 professional staff from 120 university ARL libraries in Canada and the United States […]
From a National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Announcement: The National Archives announced the launch of the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Portal today [11/18]. This portal serves as both a subject guide and an index for the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection, which consists of records generated in response to the Civil Rights […]
Alabama ‘Extremists’: Alabama GOP Chair, Anti-Censorship Group Blast Each Other Over Libraries (via AL.com) AI Microsoft Pitches AI ‘Agents’ That Can Perform Tasks on Their Own (via AP) State Department Reveals New Interagency Task Force On Detecting AI-Generated Content (via FedScoop) The US Patent and Trademark Office Banned Staff From Using Generative AI (via WIRED) […]
From ULC: This summer, the Urban Libraries Council asked its 187 member libraries across the U.S. and Canada to participate in the second-annual Library Insights Survey (LIS), compiling 2023 data to build on pre-pandemic trends tracked from 2019-2022. Today, we proudly release the 2024 Library Insights Report. The 2024 report provides a data-driven view of post-pandemic […]
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Before launching infoDOCKET, Gary Price was a founder and senior editor at ResourceShelf.
This site is updated as often as possible during the week and at least once a day on the weekends. Gary is a native of Chicago and has an MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit.
You can contact Gary at: gprice@gmail.com
This site is updated as often as possible during the week and at least once a day on the weekends. Gary is a native of Chicago and has an MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit.
You can contact Gary at: gprice@gmail.com
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