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The article discusses how LEGO encourages learning through play at libraries. Topics discussed include the 2022 EIFL Public Library Innovation Award backed by the LEGO Foundation, the caring arm of the Danish toy company; the views of Jean Fairbairn, EIFL's communications manager, and the growing success of augmented books, which are being touted as a means to enhance and provide for a deeper reading experience.

The article presents studies which appeared advocating particular approaches that librarians could take to expand their electronic (e)-book collections. ProQuest's February 2017 white paper promotes the use of ebook platforms and support services of ProQuest. The Publishers Communication Group's white paper focuses on benefits for enhanced chapter-level metadata to publishers.

The article focuses on the current state of the European book market, highlighting recent sales trends for print books, audiobooks, and ebooks in various European countries, as well as the impact of COVID-related restrictions and future uncertainties in the market.

This article discusses the preferences of Information Today and NewsBreaks writers regarding horror movies and related media as Halloween approaches. The writers express their varying tastes, some sharing their dislike for being scared while others appreciate the lore and mythos created by horror movies and literature. They recommend a range of movies and books that cater to different tastes, from classic horror to vampire-themed stories.

The article provides information on the Copyright Act of 1976, cases of copyright infringement and the meaning of fair use under the 17 U.S. Code Sections 107 and 108. Topics discussed include the possible use of some parts of a copyrighted work without the owner's permission under the fair use clause, factors to consider to determine the fair use of a copyrighted work, and the lack of accountability of libraries for users making copies in excess of fair use.

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 announces the 2016 Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award given to dean James L. Mullins of Purdue University and the Best Paper Award 2015 received by David Calligaris from the journal "Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry (ABC)."

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 informs that archivists and curators in Poland are combing through a large archive of Masonic records that were amassed by the Germans before World War II. It is noted that Italian author Umberto Eco's archive, library and collection of ancient books have been acquired by Italy and will be donated to two institutions. Eco's modern library comprises more than 30,000 volumes and he is best known for his 1980 murder mystery "The Name of the Rose."

The article presents an update related to libraries as of July 2021. Topics discussed include the recovery plans for the University of Cape Town (UCT) Jagger Library in South Africa after a fire, continuation of the grassroots campaign #ebookSOS by British academic librarians to promote fair pricing for electronic books with a meeting with the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), and auction of the Harry Potter first edition books by Hansons Auctioneers.

The article offers information on artificial intelligence (AI), defining it as the ability of machines to mimic human thinking and perform human-like tasks. It categorizes AI into four types: reactive machines, limited memory, theory of mind, and self-awareness. Reactive AI generates probable outputs based on received information, theory of mind AI aims to understand and respond to human emotions, and self-aware AI envisions machines with human-level consciousness.

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.

The article reports that the EBSCO Information Services announced two groundbreaking partnerships that extend the scope of its involvement in the scholarly information community. Topics include its new partners, protocols.io and Code Ocean, both offer information-sharing services for scholarly researchers; and EBSCO's traditional focus on scholarly articles and other published literature.

The article discusses the highlights of the Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA) conference held in Zadar, Croatia on June 16-20, 2014. Topics include qualitative methods and altmetrics in assessing libraries and scholarly communication, the paper "Are Downloads and Readership Data a Substitute for Citations? The Case of a Scholarly Journal" presented by Christian Schloegl, and the conference's conclusion that altmetrics could complement but should not substitute citation data.

This section offers digital information news briefs including Nature Publishing Group's (NPG) offering of double-blind peer review for its authors, the Global Commission on Internet Governance's latest working paper on Internet governance, and cybersecurity, and the Web of Things initiative.

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.

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 discusses the American Library Association (ALA) 2016 Annual Conference that was held at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida from June 23-28, 2016. The conference highlights the association's focus on equity, diversity and inclusion, awards to librarians, and a discussion on the changes in library technology.

The article presents the highlights of the 81st International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) General Conference and Assembly in Cape Town, South Africa on August 15-21, 2015. Topics include the Cape Town Declaration, IFLA's contributions to the United Nations' (UN) 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development on access to information, and the radio telescope built by Square Kilometre Array (SKA). Speakers include SKA's Rob Adam, and South African Minister Nathi Mthethwa.

The article offers information on the ways in which libraries and other institutional stakeholders better understand how institutions are adopting research information management practices, driven by many different uses, such as support for expertise in discovery, open access policies and compliance, faculty activity reporting workflows, and research assessment activities. The Research Information Management (RIM) is the aggregation, curation, and utilization of information about research.

The article offers information on the Open Media Desk (OMD) session, which focuses on a serious plan-test-plan strategy in advance of the storytelling with a trio of objectives like aligning desired outcomes with the available strategic partners, library resources and talents, and stakeholders. It mentions information on determination of Open Media Desk as an opportunity analysis tool. It presents information on identification of library-friendly influencers as an objective of OMD.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses various reports within the issue on topics including cyberwarfare at a global scale; copyright tribunal; and an interview with Valerie Gross, president of the Howard County Library System in Maryland.

The article offers the author's view on libraries and their condition. He mentions its development through technology including open source data, streaming content and social media. An overview of the perspective of David Pescovitz of the Super Friends-sounding Institute for the Future on the issue is also presented.

The article offers information on political participation of libraries in the U. S. Topics discussed include decision of U.S. Supreme Court affirming library's right to present available information; University of Michigan Law School's Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse provides litigation documents related to Information Act (FOIA) cases; and Princeton University Library consists a guide U.S. Government Documents: The President of the United States, which exhibits presidential speeches.

The author discusses aspects of the role, responsibilities and challenges of a library director. Library directors need to work hard to create relationships and connections with people and the community. Library directors must also spend time working beside other library staffers on youth programs and provide helping behavior when needed.

The article present an interview with library cadet in New Zealand, Tyla Winter who discusses about how long she have been working in libraries; what are some of the projects she have been working on; and what is her role at the South Taranaki District libraries.

The article discusses the biannual Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA) conference held in Zadar, Croatia from June 13-17, 2016 with the theme "Making Digital Library Content Available Now and in the Future." Topics discussed include the presentation on the importance of digital curation and preservation in library science, the panel discussion on digitized data collection, and the aspects of digital library education.

The article offers information on the VALA 2016 conference and exhibition hosted by the Libraries, Technology and the Future Inc. (VALA), an Australian not-for-profit, held February 9–11 , 2016 in South Wharf, Australia, a suburb of Melbourne. It reports that at the event Lesley Ryall, VALA's executive officer discusses issues faced by librarians in the country includes Lesley Ryall, VALA's executive officer.

The article informs about 2019 American Library Association annual conferences and Exhibition, held at June 20–25, 2019, in Washington, D.C. which is sponsored by the Library and Information Technology Association. Topics discussed include patron spent summers in a blocked country and complained longer library access; technology may seem remote for day-to-day library operations; and goal is to create things that nobody ever dreamed of to solve problems that seem impossible.

The article focuses on association of blockchains for enhancement of digital technology in public libraries. Topics discussed include attribution of several thefts related to several financial transactions; initiation of automated tracking system by employment of blockchain-controlled services; implementation of open access (OA) strategies with blockchain methods; development of universal ledgers for monitoring external services and observation of complexity with adoption of digital technology.

The article focuses on the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) World Library and Information Congress 2016 held in Columbus, Ohio from August 13-19, 2016, with the theme "Connections. Collaboration. Community." Topics at the conference included role of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in transparency; importance of web literacy for librarians; and suggestions for encouraging innovation in libraries.

The article offers information on the Impact of the Internet of Things on Libraries and Users. Topics discussed include that libraries may save a lot of their IT budget by adopting several approaches such as discovering the smartphones located in certain areas of the library, track Wi-Fi devices to show traffic patterns and identify popular shelves in order to make better informed space-usage decisions and using fire sensors that are connected to the internet.

The article focuses on libraries and its problems and the gifting economy. It states that gifting economy comprises non-capital-intensive community solutions, lower capital costs, and decreased risk and libraries have been leading gifting economy across the planet for millennia. It mentions that libraries are ideal resources to deploy limited community data to address real-world problems and public library has offered an open door to community members to share solutions to community problems.

The article offers the author's insights on the efforts of various libraries in the U.S. to master the practice of curating experiences, including opportunities to co-create those experiences. Topics discussed include incorporating strategic thinking with the cultural engine at Stratford Public Library (SPL), the importance of key performance indicators (KPIs), and behavioral librarianship.

The article discusses the need for librarians to actively work in testing and deploying new digital advances for adopting open search in sharing information. Topics covered include the study of Canadian social sciences scholar Zoe Dickinson in opening libraries to search engines, behaviors in human attachment and measuring library social return on investment (ROI). Also cited are the BiblioCommons catalog, the algorithms of Google and optimizing visibility of libraries in search engines.

The article discusses the involvement of astrophysicists with data science for librarians and how the librarians will benefit in multiple ways by adopting the DST4L. It cites the DST4L training course in Copenhagen, Denmark which was dedicated to an intense, get-your-hands dirty process of playing with data archiving, sharing and analytics. It refers to data science as a means for libraries to identify the community's keys to prosperity.

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 focuses on the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) which helps creators/publishers in the U.S. in managing copyright. Topics covered include the passage of the federal copyright act in the country, the difficulty of making and sharing copies of any type of media and the services launched by CCC in response to the expanding digital arena such as Open Access Solutions. Also mentioned is the incorporation of Interlibrary Loan Fee Management Service into CCC's Get It Now service.

The article offers information on referral, an often-overlooked tool in the digital age and patrons use mobile apps and various online databases and tools. It mentions a article "The Art of Referral: Going Strong in the Digital Era" published in journal "Computers in Libraries" on the use of mobile apps and various online databases and tools. It also mentions "Primary Research Tips and Techniques: Going Beyond Online Searching" published in journal "Online Searcher."

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.