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NewsLink Spotlight |
| A History of Censorship: Get to Know An American Tragedy |
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by Anthony Aycock
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A hundred years ago, book bans operated much like they do today: Aggressive, well-funded social groups used wide-open state and federal laws to agitate for the removal of books they found inappropriate. Among these groups was the Boston Booksellers Committee. In 1927, the committee tried to suppress Theodore Dreiser's magnum opus, An American Tragedy, for its subject matter—sex, abortion, murder—and "obscene language." In honor of the 100th anniversary of An American Tragedy, here is a collection of websites that pertain to the book, its author, and its role in the history of American censorship. |
Weekly News Digests |
| GPO Publishes Historical Supreme Court Cases to GovInfo |
| The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) made hundreds of Supreme Court cases available via its GovInfo site. The cases date from 1790 to 1991. ... |
| GetFTR Integrates With Lean Library and With Scite |
| Get Full Text Research (GetFTR) has new integrations with Lean Library and with Scite. "These collaborations further GetFTR's mission to support streamlined, user-centric access to scholarly content. ..." |
| Digital Science Finds That China Leads the World in AI |
| Digital Science reports that "China is outstripping the rest of the world in artificial intelligence research at a time when AI is becoming a 'strategic asset' akin to energy or military capability." ... |
| Wiley Teams Up With Anthropic to Integrate Journal Content With AI Tools |
| Wiley is entering into a strategic partnership with Anthropic. The company will adopt Anthropic's Model Context Protocol (MCP) open standard. ... |
| EFF Marks 35 Years of Defending Digital Freedom for All |
| The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is celebrating its 35th birthday. Executive director Cindy Cohn shares [a statement]. |
NewsBreaks |
| OverDrive's Sora and Summer Reading: An Interview With VP Renee Davenport |
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by Brandi Scardilli
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| Despite the major setbacks the library world has suffered so far this year, summer reading programs are in full swing in many libraries across the country. When OverDrive reached out to me to introduce its new VP of North America schools, Renee Davenport, I wanted to know what she thought about the importance of summer reading and preventing summer slide. |
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