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Tuesday, February 04, 2025
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A Librarian Looks at Oscars 2025: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
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by Jessica Hilburn
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The 2024 movie year was a weird one. There was no one Barbenheimer to rule them all, leaving the field of award hopefuls wide open in "Phase Two"—the post-nominations portion of the campaign—of the Oscar race. Some contenders have surged to the front based on previous wins, and others are only now beginning to rev their engines through late wide releases. Whether you like movies based on famous books, original stories, body horror, or severely misguided movies operating under the guise of progressive representation, this slate has something for everyone.
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The 2025 Oscar Season at the Library
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by Brandi Scardilli
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The 97th Academy Awards will honor some of 2024's greatest movies on March 2, and public libraries are celebrating by hosting various programs. Read on to see what libraries are doing to bring awareness of the nominees to their patrons and what they think of this year's crop of Oscar hopefuls, including the 10 Best Picture contenders.
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Oscars 2025: 12 Records That Were Already Broken and 25-Plus That Could Be Broken in March
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VegasInsider has collected a list of 12 records that were already broken after the nominations announcement and a list of more than 25 records that could be broken during the Academy Awards ceremony on March 2.
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Book Riot Teaches How to Analyze a Trump Administration Press Release
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Kelly Jensen writes "How to Critically Read a Press Release From the Federal Government" for Book Riot, saying, "This exercise is meant to help as we move through the next several years, as we will see such communication from the federal government happening over and over again."
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ALA Mobilizes to Fight for Libraries
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Cindy Hohl, ALA's president, and Leslie Burger, ALA's interim executive director, issued an email message to ALA members that states, in part, "Amid the flurry of multiple assaults on the public interest, ALA and the library community must focus on those attacks with direct consequences for us because we cannot expect others to do so without our leadership."
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GPO Commits to International Cooperation With the Digital Preservation Coalition
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The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) "joined the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC), an international charitable foundation that supports digital preservation."
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Digital Science Creates an External Advisory Board
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Digital Science has formed "an external Advisory Board, to assist the company in improving its engagement and alignment with the communities it supports."
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HighWire and Reviewer Credits to Bolster the Peer Review Process
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HighWire partnered with the Reviewer Credits network for peer reviewers and publishing integrity hub to integrate HighWire's new DigiCorePro submission system into Reviewer Credits' existing suite of technical integrations.
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Advancing Dark Pattern Reform for Consumer Protection
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by Kelly LeBlanc
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Leading into 2025, we saw more legal cases addressing big business' use of dark patterns, which is a win for the consumer. This NewsBreak covers two dark patterns cases involving the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Epic Games, and Amazon.
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