“Parents, activists, school board officials and lawmakers around the country are challenging books at a pace not seen in decades. The American Library Association said in a preliminary report that it received an “unprecedented” 330 reports of book challenges, each…
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Book Ban Efforts Spread Across the US
Tagged with: book ban, censorship, Information access, Libraries
Posted in Books, Knowledge and Truth, Libraries, Library
Posted in Books, Knowledge and Truth, Libraries, Library
NYPL says Goodbye to Late Fees
As I’m sure most people know, last month the New York Public Library systems announced that they were doing away with late fees in an attempt to “level the playing field” for library users and encourage library use. This decision…
Tagged with: Free Libraries, Information access, information accessibility, Libraries, Library Late Fees, New York City, Public Libraries
Posted in Libraries, Library
Posted in Libraries, Library
Buried in the Backlog
Foreign Affairs recently published a story about the incredible backlog at the National Archives with the process of declassifying historical documents. On top of the backlog, many of the offices that process these records are currently understaffed. This is quite…
Controlled Digital Lending Concept Gains Ground
As described in this article from Library Journal, copyright experts have started to build a framework for Controlled Digital Lending (CDL). For a library setting, the concept of using CDL is fairly simple. If the library owns a physical copy…
Representing the Legacy of Paul Otlet
When we watched the Otlet documentary “The Man Who Wanted to Classify the World,” I was struck by the contrast between its tone and that of the Brainpickings blog post “The Birth of the Information Age” by Maria Popova that…
Blockchains and Data Management: Worth the hype?
It seems like everyone is talking about blockchains these days, whether they’re promising lucrative futures in cryptocurrencies or claiming that blockchains will save the rainforest. But what are blockchains? And – more importantly for those of us taking Knowledge Organization…
Tagged with: blockchain, data, data management, Information, Information access, information systems, internet, technology
Posted in Uncategorized
Posted in Uncategorized
Most Americans – especially Millennials – say libraries can help them find reliable, trustworthy information
Americans struggle to determine what news and information sources they should trust and how to discern reliable information online. They worry that fake news is sowing confusion about current events. And many express a desire to get help. About six-in-ten…
Tagged with: fake news, Information access, Libraries, Public Libraries, technology
Posted in Libraries
Posted in Libraries
In the war on fake news, school librarians have a huge role to play
Some of you may have heard of the recent controversy surrounding Facebook’s “top stories” function promoting misleading, sloppily reported, or even completely made up news stories. Concern has escalated following the election, with many citing the exchange of falsified news…
Tagged with: Information access, information literacy, internet
Posted in Knowledge Structures, Library
Posted in Knowledge Structures, Library
Collections as Data: Stewardship and Use Models to Enhance Access
The rise of accessible digital collections coupled with the development of tools for processing and analyzing data has enabled researchers to create new models of scholarship and inquiry. The Library of Congress will stream “Collections as Data: Stewardship and Use…
by Hugh McLeod
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