(18 Dec 2024) From the announcement of GPO of the United States, ‘GPO is pleased to introduce DiscoverGov, our new, web-based search tool. DiscoverGov provides simple, one-stop searching across multiple U.S. Federal Government databases, including GPO’s Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP) and GovInfo. DiscoverGov features: Responsive design to support mobile users. Citation…
(14 Nov 2024) Book bans are increasingly becoming common in US schools. In the 2022-23 school year, PEN America reported 3,362 book bans, affecting 1,557 unique titles. And its latest data, released Nov. 1, 2024, shows that the number of book bans soared in the 2023-24 school year to more than 10,000, with Florida and Iowa accounting…
(1 Nov 2024) From the abstract: The purpose of this study is to learn more about virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) practices at the United States’ top one hundred university libraries, as well as how they are engaging with the metaverse. We conducted qualitative and descriptive analysis on the websites of the…
(3 Oct 2024) ACRL announces the publication of the report The State of U.S. Academic Libraries: Findings from the ACRL 2023 Annual Survey. Academic libraries provide essential services that support research and student success in higher education. To help track the nature and quantity of those services, ACRL fields an annual Academic Library Trends and Statistics…
(4 Sep 2024) Widely considered to be the earliest form of audio recordings, wax cylinders offer rare glimpses into how the world sounded in the distant past. Indeed, a unique collection from China, recently acquired by UC Santa Barbara Library, provides an elusive glance into the history of the Chinese language and some of…
(Jan 2024) This an article authored by Leo S. Lo, College of University Libraries and Learning Services (CULLS) at the University of New Mexico. From the abstract: This survey investigates artificial intelligence (AI) literacy among academic library employees, predominantly in the United States, with a total of 760 respondents. The findings reveal a moderate…
(Dec 2023) The National Science Foundation has launched a new initiative designed to integrate artificial intelligence across the education sector. The EducateAI initiative will equip educators with the skills needed to integrate AI into their teaching practices and establish infrastructure to support AI education across the U.S. education sector. Margaret Martonosi, assistant director of…
(27 Aug 2023) Requests to ban books at US public schools and libraries surged to a 21-year record in 2022, according to data from the American Library Association. Last year, the ALA recorded 1,050 requests to censor library books in 2022, a 70% increase over the 619 requests in 2021. There were 13 book titles…
(30 Aug 2023) Today, the U.S. Copyright Office issued a notice of inquiry (NOI) in the Federal Register on copyright and artificial intelligence (AI). The Office is undertaking a study of the copyright law and policy issues raised by generative AI and is assessing whether legislative or regulatory steps are warranted. The Office will use the…
(28 Jul 2023) Book bans and legislative control of reading materials are a very real thing. Whether it’s a blue state or a red state, agitators have mounted challenges to libraries across the nation to remove books that provide inclusive content to the public. “Libraries and the Challenges They Face,” the first panel at the…