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Tuesday, February 10, 2026
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The 2026 Oscar Season at the Library
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by Brandi Scardilli
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The 98th Academy Awards (aka the Oscars, held by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) will honor some of 2025's greatest movies on March 15, 2026, 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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A Librarian Looks at Oscars 2026: An Emotional Smorgasbord
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by Jessica Hilburn
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There are 50 different titles nominated in at least one category at this year's Oscars. Of that 50, I've watched 21 so far, and 13 are currently unavailable, which means I've watched more than half of the films available for my eyeballs. Since nominations came out a week-and-a-half ago and I have a non-entertainment job, I'd say that's not too shabby. Of those 21, there are a good number I really loved.
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PLA Task Force Wrestles With the Upsides and Downsides of AI
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by Brandi Scardilli
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On Jan. 27, 2026, the Public Library Association (PLA) hosted a town hall, Exploring an AI-Assisted Future in Public Libraries. PLA president Brandy McNeil started it by introducing the members of the Transformative Technology Task Force who would be speaking, noting that the town hall would inform the task force's work.
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Online Teaching in K-12, 2nd Edition
Models, Methods, and Best Practices for Teachers and Administrators
Edited by Sarah Bryans-Bongey and Kevin J. Graziano, foreword by Norman Vaughan
Since the publication of the first edition of Online Teaching in K–12, education has undergone two seismic shifts: the pivot to online teaching necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic and the rise of generative artificial intelligence tools for the classroom.
This updated second edition takes these developments into account, serving as a hands-on reference for education professionals—teachers, administrators, program managers, policy makers, and faculty in teacher preparation programs—who are seeking success in the planning, design, and teaching of K–12 online courses and programs.
2025 | ISBN: 978-1-57387-615-5 | 415 pp/softbound | $39.50
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