Might AI assist catalog 1000’s of digital library books within the Library of Congress? (To paraphrase Jeff Goldblum, your librarians have been so preoccupied with whether or not or not they might that they by no means stopped to contemplate if they need to.)
Hoopla has introduced a BingePass partnership with Impactful Group to carry psychological well being literacy assets to libraries.
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Talking of well being, libraries are providing free well being and wellness lessons throughout the US.
How the Salt Lake Metropolis Public Library is filling the gaps in homeless providers.
Libraries in Japan are trialing guide gross sales amid a decline within the variety of bodily bookstores.
Why libraries want librarians.
Censorship Updates
Easy methods to clarify guide bans to individuals who need to perceive.
Trump’s guarantees to conservatives increase fears of extra guide bans within the US.
Below strain, some college librarians are altering illustrations to keep away from guide challenges. That is completely bonkers.
A have a look at the lady whose campaign towards inappropriate studying materials created the blueprint for right this moment’s Mothers for Liberty.
This text is paywalled, but it surely’s essential: After the conservative “non-profit” group America First Authorized raised over $80K to assist cowl Llano County’s (TX) rising authorized prices, the county says that they haven’t seen a dime from the group.
The authors of And Tango Makes Three are searching for a settlement within the Escambia County College District lawsuit.
E-book ban extremists in Alabama are upset when anti-censorship teams seek advice from them as “extremists.”
Arkansas Home Democrats are laying out the agenda for the 2025 legislative session, together with a invoice to ban guide bans within the state.
Within the wake of a sweeping manga ban in Tennessee, in addition to in different states, US readers are left worrying over the trade’s future.
The board president of the Christian County Library (MO) resigned initially of a current assembly, citing psychological well being and issues in regards to the large push to label LGBTQ books within the library and the hurt it may do to youngsters if LGBTQ views have been singled out and “othered.”
The Iowa State Board of Training is finalizing the method that colleges will use to ban books that include supposedly inappropriate content material.
Utah has banned its 14th guide from colleges statewide.
Pastor John Amanchukwu of North Carolina has proven as much as a current Albuquerque college board assembly to rail towards “perverse” books. In a faculty system positioned two time zones away from his personal neighborhood.
Two Mothers for Liberty allies have been elected to the Clark County College Board (NV).
Bookish Curiosities & Miscellaneous
Maximizing time for studying.
It’s the fortieth anniversary of Pizza Hut’s E-book It! program!