The Harvard Law School Library Innovation Lab (LIL) has created a data vault to download, authenticate, and provide access to copies of public government data that may be in danger of disappearing. The project will collect major portions of the datasets tracked by data.gov, federal GitHub depositories, and PubMed—information of value for researchers, scholars, and policymakers. When the public-facing site launched on February 6, the data vault had collected metadata and primary contents for more than 300,000 datasets available on data.gov.
As LJ previously reported, Clarivate—parent company of ProQuest and its Ebook Central platform—announced on February 18 the launch of a new subscription-based content access strategy for ebooks and digital collections. The company had originally intended to phase out library purchases of one-time perpetual licenses for e-content in 2025, with demand-driven acquisition programs and single-title purchase orders to be discontinued as of October 31.
Artificial intelligence is not a solution—it’s a tech tool that is only useful when it actually solves problems for learners and librarians. AI is everywhere you look today, from the big three search engines to the local library.
This year's Budgets and Funding Survey showed mixed results for fiscal trends in 2024, from robust forward motion to defunding—with more uncertainty ahead.
In 1987, Women’s History Month was formally recognized by presidential proclamation as a monthlong celebration to honor women’s contributions, accomplishments, and voices throughout U.S. history. The following books spotlight extraordinary women from the distant and not-so-distant past—women both imagined and real, both famous and little-known, coming from diverse cultures, countries, and continents.
We are pleased to be contributing to the advancement of medicine and healthcare by publishing open access journal Research Connections from early 2025. Research Connections will support the scientific community by publishing strong foundational research and important contributions to evidence-based medicine practice.
She was a bit shaky at first but persevered through nerves and emotion to tell her story. My mother's testimony bore witness to injustice. Stories matter.
We cannot be caught flat-footed when library funding is called into question. Doing the work of capturing stories today will help ensure we’re prepared to deal with threats that we may face tomorrow.
Longlists for the Women’s Prize for Fiction and the Plutarch Award are announced, along with category winners of AAP PROSE Awards. HarperCollins will publish posthumous stories and essays by Harper Lee in a forthcoming collection, The Land of Sweet Forever, due out October 21.
“I don't think the current conversation about what is happening in the federal web changes how libraries and archives should be thinking, but I think it underscores how we should be thinking.”
The shortlist for the Republic of Consciousness Prize (United States and Canada), finalists for the Minnesota Book Awards, and winners of the Florida Book Awards are announced. PEN America releases its report “Cover to Cover: An Analysis of Titles Banned in the 23–24 School Year.” Doubleday launches Outsider Editions, an imprint for paperback reissues.
Dimitrov’s collection is fast paced, in-the-moment, and reflective. It is sure to make connections with readers, both those who are familiar with his writing and those who are newly discovering it.
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