Library Link of the Day

July 2025

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  1. Judge backs AI firm over use of copyrighted books [BBC News]
  2. Manzanar teaches about Japanese American incarceration in the US. That's in jeopardy under Trump [The Guardian]
  3. Did My Father's World Die with Him? Grieving the Incalculable Costs of "STEM." [The Scholarly Kitchen]
  4. ALA 2025: AI Tech, DIY Zines Capture Librarians' Attention [Publishers Weekly]
  5. Unfolding History: Conserving Papyrus [Guardians of Memory: Preserving the National Collection]
  6. Backlash as Reform claims trans books removed from children's library section [BBC News]
  7. Book bans are getting weirder, targeting cats, dogs and civic-minded grandmas [Salon]
  8. Georgia librarian fired over LGBTQ children's book in summer reading display [Chattanooga Times Free Press]
  9. 6 Grant Opportunities for School Libraries [School Library Journal]
  10. US NIH to cap publisher fees for federally funded research by 2026 [Reuters]
  11. Opinion: Is the use of AI worth it? [Foundation Web Design & Development]
  12. 'The Salt Path' Fallout: Raynor Winn's Next Book Delayed as Publisher Supports "Distressed" Author [The Hollywood Reporter]
  13. A Virginia public library is fighting off a takeover by private equity. [Literary Hub]
  14. Library IT vs. the AI bots [UNC University Libraries]
  15. Hungary's oldest library is fighting to save 100,000 books from a beetle infestation [Associated Press]
  16. 28 editors resign after takeover at publisher AUP [Folia]
  17. 'There is no political power without power over the archive' [The Observer]
  18. Weeding: The Great Library Divide: Embracing Collection Maintenance with Enthusiasm [Knowledge Quest]
  19. Anthropic will face a class-action lawsuit from US authors [The Verge]
  20. NIH's publication fee changes promise reform but add to chaos [Chemical & Engineering News]
  21. Senate Hearing Debates AI Training on Copyrighted Works [Publishers Weekly]
  22. Fans say new romance bookstores and online groups are giving the genre some overdue respect [ABC News]
  23. Whither The Law Librarian? [Above the Law]
  24. "We Couldn't Generate an Answer for your Question" [ACRLog]
  25. FDA: Ai tools cites nonexistent studies [ABC Columbia]
  26. The Fight for Free Speech Goes Corporate [Columbia Journalism Review]
  27. A Columbia genocide scholar says she may leave over university's new definition of antisemitism [Associated Press]
  28. "I Don't Think Librarians Can Save Us": The Material Conditions of Information Literacy Instruction in the Misinformation Age [College & Research Libraries]
  29. Internet Archive Designated as a Federal Depository Library [Internet Archive]
  30. Dublin-based library nonprofit laying off 80 amid fears of federal cuts, AI uncertainty [The Columbus Dispatch]
  31. Libraries are feeling the cost burden of e-book popularity [The Week]

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