Library Link of the Day

May 2025

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  1. Education Department restarts online library ERIC [The Hechinger Report]
  2. The Dark Ages Are Back [The Atlantic]
  3. Judge Grants IMLS a Temporary Reprieve in 'ALA v. Sonderling' [Publishers Weekly]
  4. Tariffs could cost Ottawa Public Library 33,000 new items [Ottawa Citizen]
  5. National Science Foundation Cancels More Than 400 STEM Grants [Education Week]
  6. 2025 Library Systems Report [American Libraries]
  7. Trump's 100-Day War on Higher Ed [Inside Higher Ed]
  8. Hugo Administrators Resign in Wake of ChatGPT Controversy [Gizmodo]
  9. Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden is fired by Trump [Politico]
  10. Man accused of checking out books on Jewish, Black, LGBTQ history from Cuyahoga County Public Library and burning them on extremist website [WYKC]
  11. Could Studio Ghibli AI images be made illegal? Japanese lawmakers consider 'Ghiblification' and copyright [Indy100]
  12. Pro-Palestinian protesters taken into custody after entering Columbia University library [NBC 4 New York]
  13. SC now leads nation in book bans, largely due to one Beaufort County parent [The Island Packet]
  14. Variety Is the Spice of Life: Bibliodiversity, Scholarly Publishing and the Inexact Science of Making Ends Meet [De Gruyter]
  15. Pentagon orders military to review all library books for DEI issues, conduct 'merit-based' admissions to service academies [Stars and Stripes]
  16. Copyright Office head fired after reporting AI training isn't always fair use [Ars Technica]
  17. Librarians, supporters rail against new regime at Alabama Public Library Service [Alabama Political Reporter]
  18. Can learning cursive help kids read better? Some policymakers think it's worth a try [The Conversation]
  19. Donald Trump's Library of Congress fight is really about the separation of powers [Associated Press]
  20. 'Scholarly impact without trustworthiness means nothing': how Clarivate is clamping down on bad actors in academic publishing [Chemistry World]
  21. CT House approves bill placing limits on library e-book contracts [CT Mirror]
  22. The future of history: Trump could leave less documentation behind than any previous US president [Associated Press]
  23. I Have to Pay to Keep My Job: Examining Financial Barriers to Promotion and/or Tenure [ACRL 2025 Conference]
  24. The Proper Way to Open Up a New Book [Pontus Presents]
  25. This Library in New Zealand Is Replacing Dewey With a System Rooted in Māori Tradition [1000 Libraries]
  26. Large language models' capabilities in responding to tuberculosis medical questions: testing ChatGPT, Gemini, and Copilot [Nature]
  27. Teaching Students to Identify and Attack Misinformation [Inside Higher Ed]
  28. The Digital Equity Act tried to close the digital divide. Trump calls it racist and acts to end it [ABC News]
  29. Puzzlement and Praxis in the Academic Library: Critically Reimagining Collection Practices with Students [In the Library with the Lead Pipe]
  30. They Were Every Student's Worst Nightmare. Now Blue Books Are Back. [MSN]
  31. Interview with Julie Goldberg [Definitely Not the Opera]

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