Library Link of the Day

September 2026

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  1. Russian strikes destroy 12 million books ahead of Ukraine's first week back at school [BBC News]
  2. 2026 Library Design Showcase [American Libraries]
  3. Alabama libraries scramble to implement new state transgender book restrictions [WAFF]
  4. Building an Ethical, AI-Competent 3D Library of Human Remains [WashU Libraries]
  5. Out of Circulation [PEN America]
  6. Forbidden planet: was Pluto's 2006 demotion a big mistake? [The Guardian]
  7. Denver library workers unionize with overwhelming vote [Denverite]
  8. Authors push back as publishers and agents make claims on Anthropic settlement [TechCrunch]
  9. Libraries continue to evolve as vital community spaces [Times Leader]
  10. Editors Mass Resign from Elsevier Journal After Editor-in-Chief Let Go [The Scientist]
  11. The AI 'Ghosts' Contaminating Academic Publishing [404 Media]
  12. 'These records are priceless': 3 National Archives locations set to close without tribal consultation [Indian Country Today]
  13. AI Is Agreeing With Us Too Much And It's Changing Our Behavior - Not Necessarily In A Good Way [IFLScience]
  14. Library of Congress: "POTUS pawns" [ACRLog]
  15. Why Every Library Needs Its Own Animal Policy [RIPS Law Librarian Blog]
  16. Racing to solve maths problems now 'pointless', says Australian at centre of OpenAI controversy [ABC News]
  17. No Soft Cops, No Saviours: Abolitionist Notes Against Social Work in Libraries [In the Library with the Lead Pipe]
  18. Rethinking Scholarly Evaluation: Matching Rigor to Purpose [The Scholarly Kitchen]
  19. North Ridgeville HOA orders removal of Little Free Library outside a homeowner's yard [FOX19]
  20. No more book bans: how Florida students are pushing rightwingers out of school boards [The Guardian]
  21. Publisher Fully Drops Best-Selling Author and Longtime 'Britain's Got Talent' Host Over Disturbing New Allegations [Parade]
  22. As Russian strikes destroy millions of books, Ukraine's literary future in peril [ABC News]
  23. Scientists re-created the Herculaneum scrolls. They found a clue to decoding hidden text [CNN]
  24. Why bookshops are booming in the TikTok age [BBC News]
  25. A 50-Ton Shipment of Japanese Books Was Sent to the U.S. for AI Scanning [Gadget Review]
  26. Syrian man breaks wall to reveal library hidden in 2011 [The Siasat Daily]
  27. New Mexico AG Torrez urges Congress for AI regulation after attempted OpenAI hack on UNM [Source NM]
  28. 3 decades after sparking a debate about censorship, 'Daddy’s Roommate' returns to Rutland [VTDigger]
  29. With school librarians in short supply, the Oklahoma education board begrudgingly grants 56 waivers [KGOU]
  30. AI Slop Coming to a Library Near You [Inside Higher Ed]

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