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Librarians Can't Be Neutral in the War on Information
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by Dave Shumaker
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In this article, Dave Shumaker argues that:
1) In practice, librarians are not neutral; we make judgments all the time.
2) Librarians cannot and should not be neutral; making judgments is part of our professional responsibility.
3) We're in the midst of a war on information, in which librarians can't be neutral and that requires new thinking and new professional guidance.
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IFLA Governing Board Announces Leadership Changes
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IFLA revealed the results of its latest Governing Board meeting, stating that the board "has released the Secretary General Gerald Leitner from his duties with immediate effect."
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CCC Plans April 13 Town Hall on Data Management
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CCC is hosting a live town hall on LinkedIn on April 13, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. EDT to address the question, "Is your data management program state-of-the-art?"
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U.S. Copyright Office Introduces New CCB Website
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The U.S. Copyright Office rolled out ccb.gov, which is the new website for the Copyright Claims Board (CCB).
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'Meet the 1,300 Librarians Racing to Back Up Ukraine's Digital Archives' by Pranshu Verma
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Pranshu Verma writes the following for The Washington Post: "Over the past month, a motley group of more than 1,300 librarians, historians, teachers and young children have banded together to save Ukraine's Internet archives, using technology to back up everything from census data to children's poems and Ukrainian basket weaving techniques."
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'Texas Leads Among 26 States With Book Bans, Free Speech Group Says' by Nicole Chavez
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Nicole Chavez writes the following for CNN: "More than … 1,000 books have been banned in 86 school districts in 26 states across the United States, a new PEN America analysis shows."
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A Day in the Life of Five Librarians, Part 8
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by Justin Hoenke
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Justin Hoenke, the director of Gardiner Public Library in Gardiner, Maine, has been talking to all types of library staffers for A Day in the Life, his column in Information Today. Among other things, he asks them about their typical days, moments that made them proud, their current projects, and how they see the library field evolving. Here's a look at his columns from July/August 2021 to January/February 2022, which have been lightly edited and condensed for the web.
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How to Meet the Challenge of Exponential Database Growth
Applied Knowledge Sciences CEO Art Murray discusses the five key drivers of knowledge growth and how to meet the challenges of that growth in this clip from his presentation at KMWorld 2022.
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Strangers in the Avalon Dunes (A Meg Daniels Mystery)
by Jane Kelly
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After the turbulence of her last adventure, Meg Daniels swears she never wants to help someone find a lost loved one ever again. She settles into a lazy routine in an upscale home in the high dunes of Avalon, New Jersey, that is owned by a friend who has asked her and her fiancé, Andy Beck, to housesit for several months.
However, Meg finds she can't outrun her reputation. When a young woman asks Meg to find her long-lost grandfather, Ken Patterson, Meg just can't say no.
January 2023/284 pp/trade paperback/ISBN 978-1-940091-12-9 | Regular Price $15.95
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