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The article discusses that the punch line in the strip harkens back to when Richard Nixon was able to estimate a "collectable" value of his prepresidential personal papers and claim a charitable donation for a $500,000 deduction off of his tax bill.

The article reports on the efforts of the Library Association of Ireland and the #ebooksSOS campaign to raise awareness of the issue of publishers pulling ebooks from digital collections. It also mentions the success of Blind SA in persuading the South African High Court to amend the country's Copyright Act to make adequate provision for blind and visually impaired people to access books.

The article highlights the theme of the Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA) conference, emphasizing "Information Everywhere," with discussions on the challenges of the pandemic on people's daily lives. Invited speakers such as Annemaree Lloyd focused on the critical need for information resilience in an age of information ubiquity, stressing the importance of understanding and countering the impacts of algorithmic culture and bias.

The article discusses various methods and technologies for long-term storage and retrieval of information, ranging from ancient Babylonian clay tablets to modern advancements like M-Discs and ceramic tape cartridges. It explores the use of 5D glass storage, such as the Superman memory crystals, for storing data for billions of years.

The article provides information on the current status of the COVID-19 pandemic on its third anniversary. It highlights that the virus is still spreading, with a global death toll nearing 7 million. While many have returned to normal life due to infections and vaccinations, concerns remain about the virus's ability to adapt and produce more dangerous variants.

The article informs that the Open Library Foundation has appointed the Library Data Platform (LDP) as the first project to participate in its Project Incubation Program. The booklet "ASERL Eleven: Recommended Principles and Terms for Electronic Resource Agreements" was published by the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries. It is noted that Clarivate's Institute for Scientific Information produced the report, "Making It Count: Research Credit Management in a Collaborative World."

The article discusses the intellectual aid provided to African nations, focusing on Uganda, through free or low-cost access to paid journals and books. It highlights organizations such as Research4Life, African Journals Online, Book Aid International, EIFL, individual publishers, and specialist organizations that contribute to enhancing access to research and knowledge in Africa.

The article discusses about several challenges faced by librarians ranging from criticism over selection and hiring decisions to online harassment. Topics include a report from New York Times stating that librarians have been labeled pedophiles on social media; a great deal of time and energy put by the librarians in addressing pervasive digital disinformation and misinformation, and some similarities and differences between disinformation and censorship and the challenges they contain.

The article presents a discussion between the author and Charlie Rapple, co-founder and director of Kudos. Topics discussed include a brief overview of the Kudos Knowledge Cooperatives; How this project was started, and how it has grown over the years, and a brief insight into the partnership between Kudos and the Impact Science, which actually was the driving force behind the knowledge co-operative model.

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 author discuusses the experience of trying the chatbot ChatGPT in December 2022, and mentions limited experimentation of the tool. Topics discussed include claims of ownership made by ChatGPT, views of May Habib, co-founder of Writer, artificial intelligence (AI) writing platform, on concerns of transparency related to the ChatGPT, and automatic content to be checked by AI against style sheet and make corrections.

The article reflects on the 40-year history of Information Today, a magazine that was launched before the internet, during a time of dial-up online searching and microcomputers. It highlights the magazine's role in connecting content producers and online vendors with users and provides in-depth coverage of the information industry's changes over the years, especially the transformative impact of the internet.

The article demonstrate that several percentage of children born in 1940 achieved upward income mobility, but by the 1980 that percentage had declined. Topics include examines the principal cause was long-term changes in the country's income distribution and the article elicited widespread distress about American's mobility prospects, especially since it appeared against a background of long-standing concerns about economic inequality and the decline of the middle class.

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.