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Tuesday, October 31, 2023
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A Day in the Life of Five Librarians, Part 11
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by Justin Hoenke
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Justin Hoenke, who has worked in public libraries in the U.S. and New Zealand, 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 April 2023 to September 2023, which have been lightly edited and excerpted for the web.
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Biden Administration Issues Executive Order on Moving Forward With AI
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On Oct. 30, "President Biden issued a landmark Executive Order to ensure that America leads the way in seizing the promise and managing the risks of artificial intelligence (AI)."
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Springer Nature Acquires Slimmer AI's Science Division
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Springer Nature signed a definitive agreement to bring Netherlands-based Slimmer AI's science division into its fold.
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CELUS Enters U.S. Market by Collaborating With ConsortiaManager for E-Resource Management
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"CELUS, an innovative e-resources usage statistics analytical solution for librarians, is entering the US market with a new partnership announcement."
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Getty Research Institute Gains Historical Artifacts From the Merrill C. Berman Collection
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The Getty Research Institute (GRI) acquired 600 prints, posters, catalogs, drawings, and other "printed ephemera" from the Merrill C. Berman Collection.
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Karger Publishers and Jisc Sign OA Agreement With Option to Showcase Research to the Public
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"Karger Publishers and Jisc have reached a three-year agreement by once again expanding Open Access (OA) research publishing and, for the first time, providing authors and institutions with the opportunity to bring their knowledge to a broader, nonscientific public."
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Halloween Information 3: The Revenge of Science
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by Anthony Aycock
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Like Evelyn reading aloud from the Book of the Dead in The Mummy, or Ash and his friends playing Raymond Knowby's tape recorder in The Evil Dead, I have set forces in motion that threaten to overtake me.
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Last Seen in Sea Isle
by Jane Kelly (A Meg Daniels Mystery, #7)
Meg Daniels should know by now that wherever she goes, mystery follows. Her fiancé is taking classes at Stockton University and has befriended Grace Grant, a fellow later-in-life student. Under false pretenses, Grace asks Meg to visit her lavish beachfront house in Sea Isle City, New Jersey, on the same weekend she’s hosting a reunion of pals from the summer of 1969. Meg discovers that Grace is hoping she’ll track down Guy—last name unknown—who disappeared from Grace’s life on the day of the moon landing.
2026 | ISBN: 978-1-940091-16-7 | 226 pp/trade paperback | $16.95
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