Library Link of the Day

April 2026

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  1. Rutherford County library director fired over LGBTQ book controversy [WSMV]
  2. Making Sense of GenAI Amidst AI Hype and AI Personalization [In the Library with the Lead Pipe]
  3. Why Swedish Schools Are Bringing Back Books [Undark Magazine]
  4. Justice Department says law requiring president to turn over records at end of administration is unconstitutional [CBS News]
  5. Teachers vow to 'fight censorship' after school book row [BBC News]
  6. Skyridge Middle School librarian rebuilds collection after devastating ice storm [KATU]
  7. Eulogy for the CIA Factbook: The free standard for world facts, long an educational staple, is gone [Associated Press]
  8. Hallucinated citations are polluting the scientific literature. What can be done? [Nature]
  9. Kindle owners are frustrated that Amazon is pulling the plug on old devices that are still widely used - but it-s not stopping users from sideloading [TechRadar]
  10. Bible stories would be part of a new Texas public schools reading list drawing attention [Associated Press]
  11. Library on Quebec-Vermont border gets new entrance after U.S. limited access for Canadians [CTV News]
  12. Mysterious donation gives small Kansas town its first public library [CBS News]
  13. A new generation is reviving the iPod for distraction-free listening [Associated Press]
  14. The Internet's Most Powerful Archiving Tool Is in Peril [Wired]
  15. Pew Survey Finds Readers Still Prefer Print Books [Publishers Weekly]
  16. Thousands of AI-written, edited or 'polished' books are being sold - an eerie echo of Orwell's 'novel-writing machines' [The Conversation]
  17. In the age of AI, what is a library for? [UVA Today]
  18. Police calls to Portland Public Library more than doubled in 2025 [Portland Press Herald]
  19. Library of Congress Celebrates National Library Week with Card Catalog Kiosks Across the Country [Library of Congress]
  20. Analysis Finds That Google's AI Overviews Are Providing Misinformation at a Scale Possibly Unprecedented in the History of Human Civilization [Futurism]
  21. Why Libraries Matter in a Fascist Moment [Truthout]
  22. How Can We Teach Material We Know *Too* Well? [ARCLog]
  23. Penalties stack up as AI spreads through the legal system [Morning Edition]
  24. ALA and AFSCME Prevail in Fight to Protect Libraries and Museums Nationwide [ALA]
  25. Book Industry Coalition Opposes Federal Book Banning Effort [Publishers Weekly]
  26. Reading Between Black Lines [Russian Life]
  27. What Are We Doing About Our Family Archives? [The Cut]
  28. "Cognitive surrender" leads AI users to abandon logical thinking, research finds [Ars Technica]
  29. Authors ditch University of Queensland Press after Indigenous kids book pulled for 'anti-Semitism' of illustrator [ABC News]
  30. Virginie Despentes and over 130 writers quit publishing house after Bolloré fires CEO [Le Monde]

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