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Illustration: Gaby FeBland At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Ari Brooks wasn’t sure how to move forward with her library’s fundraising efforts. In a milieu of uncertainty caused by worldwide shutdowns, Brooks, executive director of Friends of the Library, Montgomery County (FOLMC) in Maryland, didn’t know if it was insensitive to ask the community […]
Illustration: Gaby FeBland In September 2017, Hurricane Maria devastated the Puerto Rican coastal city of Humacao. Much of The Palmas Academy (TPA), a K–12 school serving kids from across the island, was left damaged or destroyed—including its library. The library served as a hub for the school’s approximately 400 students and faculty. It had separate […]
Photo: ©kite_rin/Adobe Stock The work of medical librarians is essential and varied. Housed within academic medical libraries, hospitals, corporate libraries, and insurance companies, medical librarians provide information and resources to improve patient care, promote public health, and support medical education and research. Responsibilities are constantly evolving with technology and new programming. American Libraries spoke with […]
Photo: ©Rawpixel/Adobe Stock The world needs learners who can think for themselves and solve problems in creative ways, not blindly accept and reproduce facts. A good school librarian can use learning centers to help young people develop these attributes.Learning centers, or stations, aren’t a new concept in education. Many classroom educators already use them, often […]
Patrons of Thomas County (Ga.) Public Library System use litter cleanup kits they checked out. The initiative, launched in 2020, has been popular with groups of all sizes.Photo: Keep Thomas County Beautiful Nearly 50 billion pieces of litter are scattered along US roadways and waterways, according to a 2020 study by the nonprofit Keep America […]
With a grant from the National Library of Medicine, Pickens County (S.C.) Library System created medical wellness kits, including blood pressure kits, for checkout. Photo: Pickens County (S.C.) Library System Julie Lepore noticed that many of her patrons were feeling isolated following COVID-19 exposures, positive tests, or caring for sick family members. “We’re a fairly […]
Each phone in Las Vegas–Clark County (Nev.) Library District’s Cellphone Lending Program was loaded with more than 50 social service provider contacts. Photos: ©carballo/Adobe Stock (person); Las Vegas-Clark County (Nev.) Library District (phone) When Las Vegas–Clark County (Nev.) Library District (LVCCLD) closed its doors at the start of the pandemic, the technological barriers that existed […]
Photo: Calvin Gavion Few details go unnoticed by Clint Smith: His child’s first hiccup. The way his grandfather’s house still smells like his late grandmother’s hair. The eroding coastline in his home state of Louisiana. His poetry collection Counting Descent won the 2017 Literary Award for Best Poetry Book from the Black Caucus of the […]
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee in drag (Franklin High yearbook 1977, page 165) Tennessee legislators in the State Senate have voted to move forward SB 0003, a bill which will criminalize performance in drag. The bill is not particularly long nor difficult to understand, so I’m going to include the relevant bits here: SECTION 1. Tennessee […]
Since the release of his 2019 bestseller How to Be an Antiracist, author and scholar Ibram X. Kendi has adapted his guide for specific audiences, including young children and parents. Now Kendi, working with middle-grade and YA fiction author Nic Stone, is bringing his concepts and research to teens in an effort to help them […]
Those of you working with large datasets know that their size complicates pretty much everything you do, from opening them to analyzing them to sharing them. That’s why the team at the Stanford Digital Repository (SDR) has recently devised a better, smoother, faster way for you to move content you want to share from Oak, […]
I just got access to Bing Chat, so let’s see what it can do in the library world. I found myself on the monthly AI4LAM Community Call first thing this AM, and the topic was the use of ChatGPT in Libraries, Archives and Museums. While not my area of expertise, one of the examples shared […]
And here we are at this final post in the “Data We Love” series for #LoveDataStanford during #LoveData23 Week! For all the data curators out there, you will appreciate this example of well-prepared data. Take note, future data depositors! Show your love for your data by taking care to prepare for its use by others! […]
Today we celebrate transformative data in this penultimate post in the “Data We Love” series for #LoveDataStanford during #LoveData23 Week! Head’s up: if the phrase “collections as data” means anything to you, this one should be especially compelling, but we all can learn from this exemplary approach to transforming data in the interest of past, […]
I wish I’d put it together, but it was my colleague, Bronte Chiang, who just released this fantastic LibGuide on Artificial Intelligence. It’s not a hard-science guide, but “…has been created for students and instructors to explore how to responsibly and ethically use AI in their work. There is information about how to critically engage […]
Joslyn Dixon (left), executive director of Oak Park (Ill.) Public Library, poses with author Caseen Gaines in the LLX Marketplace.Photo: EPNAC For the first time, the American Library Association (ALA) held LibLearnX (January 27–30) in person. The four-day hybrid event drew 1,712 attendees and 757 exhibitors to New Orleans as well as 190 participants to […]
This is international Love Data Week, an annual celebration of all things data that highlights topics, opportunities, and services relevant to data in research. Check out this quick (1:37) video below to learn about new features for the Stanford Digital Repository (SDR) that make it easier than ever for you to share your data with others. Share your […]
Today we celebrate accessible data, the third post in the “Data We Love” series for #LoveDataStanford during #LoveData23 Week! Yesterday (Day 2) we celebrated innovative data. Before that (Day 1), impactful data was in the spotlight. This series is brought to you by the Stanford Digital Repository service team. Special thanks to co-producer Regina Roberts […]
Welcome to the second post in our “Data We Love” blog series! In honor of #LoveDataStanford during #LoveData23, every day this week we are highlighting data in the Stanford Digital Repository that stands out — and deserves a heart-filled shoutout — for being especially loveable! Today we draw your attention to an incredible project focused on […]
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