Library Link of the Day
June 2025
- RFK Jr. threatens to bar government scientists from publishing in leading medical journals [Politico]
- White House tackles fake citations in MAHA report [The Week]
- Donald Trump's Reported Database Move Sparks Alarm: 'Dystopian' [The Week]
- Banning the Book Bans [American Libraries]
- Monterey Library co-sponsors Drag Queen storytime in honor of Pride Month [Monterey Herald]
- Trump Administration Targets Canadian Border Crossings Near Historic Library [Esquire]
- Under fire from state, Hillsborough's Ayres pledges to pull more books [Tampa Bay Times]
- Pride Cometh Before The Fall [The Assembly]
- Graphic words on female bodies in CT House raises objections. Lawmaker: it came from school library [Hartford Courant]
- Former Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden speaks out on her firing by Trump [CBS News]
- Judge says administration can dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services [Associated Press]
- Meta's AI memorised books verbatim - that could cost it billions [New Scientist]
- Florida's literary inquisition [Popular Information]
- In first-of-its-kind lawsuit, Hollywood giants sue AI firm for copyright infringement [NPR]
- AI chatbots need more books to learn from. These libraries are opening their stacks [Associated Press]
- ALA 2025: Librarians Converge on the Cradle of Liberty [Publishers Weekly]
- SC librarians wore rainbow lanyards when a Pride display was canceled. Then they were fired. [The Post and Courier]
- 'We had lots of dreams'; Idaho's library system ends, restructures programs amid federal funding cuts [KTVB-TV]
- 'Textbook Copyright Infringement': Disney and Universal Sue AI Image Generator Midjourney [CNET]
- School Librarians Are the First and Perhaps Only Line of Defense in a School for Students' First Amendment Rights [Publishers Weekly]
- Klukwan Library goes from 35 hours a week to 4 following federal funding loss [KTUU]
- Too many California kids can't read. Will phonics help? [CalMatters]
- The Local Impact of Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services Cuts [Erie Reader]
- Study: Meta AI model can reproduce almost half of Harry Potter book [Ars Technica]
- Trump administration could change the way we read, from book bans to author talks [USA Today]
- 'It opened up something in me': Why people are turning to bibliotherapy [BBC]
- How IMLS Funding Cuts Will Impact Prison Libraries [EveryLibrary]
- AI Slop [Last Week Tonight with John Oliver]
- 50+ state employees laid off as Indiana budget cuts take effect [Indiana Capital Chronicle]
- Nature looks to open up 'black box' of science by publishing peer review files [NBC News]
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