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The article announces several personal changes and awards related to librarians in the U.S., as of June 2016, including appointment of Krishna Nathan at S&P Global, Cheryl A. Middleton at Oregon State University, and presentation of Springer's Howard E. Brandt Best Paper Award to Mun Dae Kim.

The article presents news briefs as of January 1, 2018. Topics discussed include information on the website ScholarlyHub which provides access to research and papers and make scholarship across disciplines both visible and accessible; opening of Turkish library at the Yunus Emre Institute in Johannesburg, South Africa which promotes Turkish language and culture; and improvement in the National Digital Library of India (NDL India).

The article focuses on how LIBRARIES TAP INTO THE ZEITGEIST EVEN WHEN DENIED ACCESS. Topics discussed include librarians explain why they're Bridgerton fans and want to share it with their community; and Bridgerton takes place in the early 1800s and centers on the aristocratic Bridgerton family; and Librarians are finding ways to connect with their patrons about this wildly popular show.

Statistics are presented regarding the number of U.S. adults who believe that fake news stories, percentage by which the newspaper workforce has contracted in the past 20 years and position of Pokémon GO in the list of the most downloaded apps worldwide from Apple's App Store.

The article presents the highlights of the 2021 American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter virtual conference. Topics include racism in the U.S., the role of libraries to address the widening socioeconomic divide, and the role of libraries in creating more inclusive data. Participants include First Lady Jill Biden, Francisco Garcia-Ortiz of Yakima Valley Libraries, and retired librarian Deborah Taylor.

This section offers world news briefs as of July 1, 2022. Activists Brendan and Kahoa Corbett have raised funds and applied to some organizations to rebuild Tonga's first public library that was destroyed by a tidal wave in January. Electronic Information for Libraries has signed an agreement with Oxford University Press (OUP) that provides free publishing for academic and research authors. The Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries failed to reach an agreement with OUP.

The article discusses the highlights of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) 2015 biennial conference held in Portland, Oregon last March 25-28, 2015. Librarians and staff from educational institutions participated in the conference which included 500 sessions, 200 exhibitors and live conference webcasts. Keynote addresses were given by journalist and author G. Willow Wilson, Jad Abumrad of the Radiolab radio program and Lawrence Lessig, political activist and academic.

The article offers news briefs related to global information technology industry including launch of a website RightsStatements.org by Digital Public Library of America; work of Thomson Reuters with the New Partnership for Africa' Development; and a Pew Research Center's report on librarians.

The article presents some of the highlights with respect to the author's use of the Wayback Machine research function. These include the TV News Archive containing clips from around 760,000 new shows broadcast since 2009, the Live Music Archive offering more than 150,000 collections and concerts and the LibriVox Free Audiobook Collection which includes more than 9,000 public domain texts recorded by volunteers worldwide.

The article offers news briefs in the library sector worldwide as of October 2015. The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) issued its "IFLA Statement on Privacy in the Library Environment." Pearson and Knowledge Factor extended their partnership, in which Pearson will continue using Knowledge Factor's amplifire software. Springer Nature has purchased German humanities publisher JB Metzler.