Lessons in Resilience: Libraries' Roles in Disaster Preparedness and Recovery | Climate Crisis

Lessons in Resilience: Libraries' Roles in Disaster Preparedness and Recovery | Climate Crisis

The vital role libraries play in their communities has been well documented, yet many libraries are overlooked, and certainly underfunded, for their significant involvement in disaster preparedness and recovery. Each new disaster brings focus to the urgency around recognizing libraries as key climate resiliency partners. To that end, academics, practitioners, educators, and other leaders have created a body of work to help share stories that raise awareness.
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What’s Up, What’s Down | Budgets and Funding 2025

April Witteveen, Mar 03, 2025
This year's Budgets and Funding Survey showed mixed results for fiscal trends in 2024, from robust forward motion to defunding—with more uncertainty ahead.

AI in the News

Matt Enis, Mar 17, 2025
Some AI tools are making newsrooms more efficient; others are generating incorrect headlines and news summaries, presenting new information literacy challenges.

Academic Movers Q&A: Scott Summers on Teaching Education Students About Intellectual Freedom

Amy Rea, Mar 20, 2025
Scott Summers, assistant director of the Media and Education Technology Resource Center (METRC) at North Carolina State University, was named a 2024 Library Journal Mover & Shaker for his work developing a program to help new teachers understand the growing problem of book censorship in school libraries, and how to work with librarians against it. We recently spoke with Summers about why he developed the program and what it teaches.

Our Secret Weapon: Stories | Editorial

Hallie Rich, Mar 03, 2025
We cannot be caught flat-footed when library funding is called into question. Doing the work of capturing stories today will help ensure we’re prepared to deal with threats that we may face tomorrow.

Gary Price, Apr 02, 2025
From The Associated Press: The U.S. Naval Academy has removed nearly 400 books from its library after being told by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office to review and get rid of ones that promote diversity, equity and inclusion, U.S officials said Tuesday. Academy officials were told to review the library late last week, and an initial […]
Gary Price, Apr 01, 2025
From the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA): Libraries’ ethical principles are arguably one of the things that makes us unique in the information environment. The results of our survey into IFLA’s own Code of Ethics underlines continued commitment to the themes, but also an awareness of evolving responsibilities. IFLA’s Code of Ethics, agreed and […]
Gary Price, Mar 31, 2025
From Federal News Network: The largest source of federal funding for libraries and museums is putting all its employees on paid administrative leave, as the agency prepares for major cuts to its operations. The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) put all of its approximately 75-employee workforce on paid administrative leave Monday, according to […]
Gary Price, Mar 31, 2025
From Federal News Network: The largest source of federal funding for libraries and museums is putting all its employees on paid administrative leave, as the agency prepares for major cuts to its operations. The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) put all of its approximately 75-employee workforce on paid administrative leave Monday, according to […]
Mike Eisenberg, Apr 01, 2025
It’s March Madness time! So, check your brackets, grab a beverage and snacks, root for your favorite teams, and join Beth & Mike as they share and challenge each other’s perceptions and predictions with their library & information science perspectives on the whole phenomenon.
Mike Eisenberg, Mar 03, 2025
Find out what's it like to look at the world from an information perspective, to put on your"information colored glasses!
Mike Eisenberg, Feb 02, 2025
From the Libraries Lead Podcast - February 2025, AI Watch Segment. Dave Lankes explains and demonstrates DeepSeek - the Chinese-based AI system. Go "under the hood" on DeepSeek and see how it performed better than any other current AI on Beth's query about integration in Alabama schools.
David Keymer,  Apr 02, 2025
A lively story with engaging characters and fascinating bits about British colonial governance in Fiji. Rao’s second tale about Sgt. Akal is first-rate.

Matthew Galloway,  Apr 02, 2025
Darkshire makes his fiction debut with this humorous fantasy novel that every library needs.

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