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The article features the Ray and Pat Browne Library for Popular Culture Studies, also known as Browne Pop Culture Library (BPCL), located on the main campus of Bowling Green State University (BGSU) in Bowling Green, Ohio. Topics include the creation of the BPCL in 1969 to support the study of popular culture at BGSU, collections available at the library, and databases that are invaluable when describing rather uncommon materials such as Grand Comics Database, Fanlore, and Romance Wiki.

The article presents updates on library vendors as of September 2023. Topics include the partnership announced by OCLC with the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA), the launch of a selection of virtual field trips focused on STEM-based occupations and other in-demand careers by Lifeliqe, and the announcement by Project MUSE that it has engaged with the Association of University Presses of Latin America and the Caribbean.

The article offers tips to libraries on making their collections and programs more visible and available on the web through the use of search engines. Libraries are advised to adopt preferred methods for allowing their data to be consumed by search engines and ranked in search results, including keeping websites unblocked from crawlers and providing updates. Following the rules of the semantic web is also suggested.

The article reports that the collections of the New York State Library in Albany will be available to all New York residents. In a six-month pilot project, all residents of New York State will now have access to the collections of the New York State Library in Albany. Previously, access was available only to state officials and employees, legislators, members of the state bar, state licensed physicians, and local government historians. With the project, announced by New York education commissioner Richard Mills, all New Yorkers 18 and older can borrow directly from the library's circulating collection, as well as getting remote access to the library's NOVEL online databases, New York's statewide virtual library. NOVEL includes a range of resources, including full-text electronic-collections of national and international newspapers and magazines. The policy addresses a 2000 New York State Regents Commission on Library Services report that outlined ten recommendations to improve library services in New York State, which included improving access to the collections of the state library.

The article discusses the use of decodables or decodable books in the library to support classroom literacy. Topics include factors that pose challenges to librarians seeking to engage with them, ways to use decodables in one's library including coordinating with colleagues, using curation expertise, and making a word study station, and how decodable books allow readers to develop their confidence.

The article examines the role that can be played by libraries to make sure schools approach artificial intelligence (AI) right. Topics discussed include school districts in the U.S. that banned access to ChatGPT, citing fears over the ease with which students could cheat; view of media specialist Joni Gilman on AI tools, and opportunities and challenges posed by AI.

The article focuses on the free ebook access provided by Brooklyn Public Library's (BPL's) Books Unbanned Team to teens and young adults defying rising book challenges across the U.S. in 2022. Topics discussed include number of instances of individual books being banned listed by the freedom of expression nonprofit PEN America's Index of School Book Bans from July 2021 to June 2022, the launch of Books Unbanned campaign by BPL on April 12, 2022, and the partnership between BPL and PEN America.

The article reports that an alumnus of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York has sued the university over an old article that has been made available in the university library's digital collections. According to the "Cornell Daily Sun," Kevin Vanginderen filed a $1 million libel suit against the university.

The article reviews the web site Bloomsbury Food Library located at bloomsburyfoodlibrary.com from Bloomsbury.

The article reports on the receipt of the Michael and Susan Kahn Political Cartoon Collection by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Libraries on September 19, 2023. Topics discussed include value of the collection, some of Michael Kahn's favorite items in the collection, and comments from Christopher Gilman, digital curriculum program coordinator for the UCLA Library Digital Library Program.

The article offers information on zine, a self-published or indie publication. Topics discussed include a great way to introduce zines to teenagers, examples of recently published zines, and benefits of zine making to children. Also mentioned are zine's micro-historical topics and a short history of zines.

The article presents the "Library Journal" (LJ) Index of Public Library Service 2021 in the U.S. Topics include the public libraries eligible for the index and repeat and new star libraries from 2009 to 2021, an interview with directors of new or returning 2021 Star Libraries on topics including how their libraries were positioned to cope with the pandemic, and frequently asked questions about the LJ index and its Star Library ratings.

The article reports on an appeal submitted by the Internet Archive (IA) in September 2023 to the summary judgment against them in the Hachette v. Internet Archive copyright case and its request for the Second Court of Appeals for a deadline of December 15 for submitting its opening brief. Topics include plaintiffs involved in the lawsuit, statement from the IA in the case about its National Emergency Library, and comments from IA founder Brewster Kahle about the IA's Interlibrary Loan program.

The article discusses how libraries in the U.S. are providing services for people that are incarcerated. Topics covered include the findings of Jacob Kang-Brown and Ram Sabramanian's Vera Institute report "Out of Sight: The Growth of Jails in Rural America," the challenge of sorting information about library services to people who are or have been incarcerated and their families, and way to support the families of people who are incarcerated or recently released.

The article reports on a survey which revealed the changing use and visibility of open access content collections and open educational resources at colleges and universities.

The article discusses a variety of training options and practical tips offered by vendors to ensure librarians and patrons get the most out of their databases. Topics include the importance of training according to Allyson Zellner, manager of Customer Training Services for EBSCO, courses being offered by EBSCO Academy, and training offered by ProQuest.

Reports that the nation's major research libraries have until November 20, 1992 to apply for monies under the US Department of Education's (DOE) Strengthening Research Library Resources Program. Grants for research libraries; Maintaining and enhancing collections; Deadline dates; Award amounts available; Contact information.

The article reports on the joint statement released by Library Freedom Project (LFP) and Library Futures (LF) demanding full accountability for how several fascist ebooks became available on the platform hoopla. It notes on the contention of the organizations that additional transparency regarding vendor practices is needed to prevent misinformation and extremist content from appearing without context in a popular nonfiction collection on a library platform.

Discusses compact discs (CDs) and how to successfully integrate them into a library collection. Sources and tools available in selection of CDs; "Schwann CD"; "CD Guide"; CD reviews; Indexes to CD reviews; Alternatives to CDs; Lists resources for the CD collection builder.

The article focuses on a partnership between Las Vegas-Clark County Library District (LVCCLD) and the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada to bring the library's digital resources to every bus in town. Topics discussed include the use of the OverDrive's Libby app by riders to become library users, role of LVCCLD Executive Director Kelvin Watson in the project, and comments from Watson about the partnership.

The article discusses how libraries and archive genealogy services are adapting to widespread DNA testing and challenge brought by the Covid-19 pandemic. Topics include the hosting of virtual events by the Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library (CHPL), Ohio, an excellent resource for genealogy experts when researching Hispanic genealogy from afar, and comments from Ayshea Khan, the Asian American Community Archivist at the Austin History Center, Austin Public Library in Texas.

The article offers information on the "School Library Journal" Summit free, all-day virtual event on October 28, 2021, with the theme "In Community."

The article features LA County Library in Los Angeles, California, the 2019 Gale/Library Journal (LJ) of the Year. Topics discussed include remarks from its director, Skye Patrick, who was named LJ's Librarian of the Year; the launch of the iCount program by the library beginning in 2017; and background on the establishment of the library in 1912. The partnerships of the library staff with every county agency, along with private institutions and firms are also mentioned.

This article profiles Chip Nilges, an executive director at the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC). Nilges has been creating change at OCLC since he arrived in 1994. Every innovation OCLC has introduced in the past few years has his fingerprints all over it. At first Nilges was somewhat embarrassed about not being a librarian (though he now feels like he's earned an honorary MLS). But he felt very good bringing business acumen and an entrepreneurial drive to an organization that needed both. Watching people flock to search engines for information, he realized libraries had to offer equally seamless, convenient access to their specialized information. One of his first projects at OCLC was linking FirstSearch databases with full-text articles in its Electronic Collections Online. Nilges understood that if libraries were to compete, they needed to be available wherever people were. That led to QuestionPoint, which took librarians to the researchers. But library content also needed to be searchable. Nilges knew that one library couldn't go to Google and make the case. "But libraries, with a capital L, could." He convinced Google and Yahoo!, which feed on content, that OCLC offered a wealth of it. In return, Yahoo! and Google offered its users a way to find that content in libraries near them.

The article reviews the website Omnigraphics' Health Reference Series Online which can be accessed at omnigraphics.com which offers a collection of health information to analyze and control one's health.

This section offers news briefs related to libraries in the U.S. as of August 2018, including the addition of five companies to Consortium, an Ingram Publisher Services LLC brand; the launch of a library card by Kent District Library for active military and veterans; and the funding received by the Navajo Nation Library from the Navajo Nation Council to digitize its Oral History collection.

Suggests how a library might approach building a collection of books on wildlife gardening. The common features of the books available; Why books published ten years prior to 1996 can be useful; Discarding of titles that promote the use of biocides and other chemicals; Listing of recommended books. INSET: The developing schedule..

The article focuses on Harvard Law School (HLS) which will take its collections of legal materials available online to the public. Topics discussed include HLS Library which will scan and digitize the collection in collaboration with California-based legal research and analytics firm Ravel Law to make the collection available for online, digitization of the official print version of the historical court decisions in the U.S., and the employees who worked during the library's operating hours.

This article discusses the factors which may contribute to campus literacy programs in the U.S. as of March 1, 1991. The Federal Student Literacy Corps provides funding over two years to institutions of higher learning for developing courses that address literacy and include a volunteer component for students to become involved in field service work. The second edition of the book Literacy Action: A Resource Book for Colleges and Universities written by Louisa B. Meacham, covers all the major issues involved in establishing and running a campus literacy program. College and university librarians support student literacy initiatives or the literacy efforts of their local public libraries by providing office/meeting space for student literacy coalitions, space for tutoring/student training sessions and access to bulletin boards and campuswide publications. They can also develop professional collections of literacy materials for program coordinators, tutors and trainers. Support may also be given through the creation of a demonstration collection for tutors to review literacy materials. If there are children's titles in education or library science collection, it should be made available to student tutors to use in family literacy activities.

This section presents information on several computer software and CD-ROM packages for U.S. libraries. Get-A-Ref version 4.0 is a tool for researchers, scientists, physicians, graduate students, or anyone else who must access and update personal libraries of reprints. The Third College Edition of Webster's New World Dictionary database holds approximately 30 megabytes of standard dictionary data including 140,000 lexemes, 180,000 definitions, 51,000 etymologies, and 50,000 classification descriptors. Utlas International has released a CD-ROM containing over 460,000 full MARC serials records to complement its CD-CATSS cataloging system. The records consist of the pre-1987 authenticated CONSER files from the Library of Congress and the National Library of Canada as well as original serials records from selected Utlas customers. The Unisys Corp. has completed negotiations with the University of North Dakota for the implementation of a PALS Library Management system to serve libraries statewide. The network will allow the Grand Forks Public Library and the North Dakota State Library to make their combined 1.7 million-volume collection available to any library system.

Discloses that the Universal Serials & Book Exchange (USBE) is discussing affiliation with UTLAS, the University of Toronto Library Automation System. Aim of becoming a vendor of UTLAS and make USBE collections available for online ordering by Canadian libraries.

In this article the author, an elementary school librarian, comments on his experience purchasing and using a Kindle, an electronic book reader (ereader). He discusses his reluctance to purchase an ereader he felt would be technologically obsolete in a short while, comments on the ease of reading content on an ereader in comparison to a laptop computer, and voices his displeasure with the limited collection of ebooks available from his local library in comparison to Kindle's online store.

The article reviews the electronic book web site Bloomsbury Collections, located at www.bloomsburycollections.com, by Bloomsbury Publishing.

The article features several digital developers who helped influence the future of libraries in the U.S. These include head of information technology (IT) services Nathaniel Rasmussen of Schlow Centre Region Library of State College, Pennsylvania, library data strategist Kristina Spurgin of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries, and curator of rare books Jay Moschella of Boston Public Library.

The article reports on the need for libraries to have inventive storage solutions to strike a balance between group gatherings and room to read. It is said that many libraries are trying to make more space for people. Dri Ralph, facilities design coordinator at Washington’s King County Library System (KCLS), says that people do not hang out in the stacks.

The article reviews the Web site Weimar and Nazi Germany located at https://coherentdigital.net/wena published by Coherent Digital hosted on the History Commons platform.

The article discusses that Amie Wright, New York Public Library's (NYPL) manager for the MyLibraryNYC (MLNYC) school program added graphic novels and comics including John Lewis's “March" and George O'Connor's “Olympians" series to increase the circulation by varying the teacher collection.

The article features the best media releases in 2016 according to the "Library Journal," including the audiobook "American Housewife" by Helen Ellis, the documentary film "Dark Horse" released on DVD and the videogame Dishonored 2 from Arkane.

The article reviews several websites including Bloomsbury Design Library at www.bloomsburydesignlibrary.com/, Routledge Performance Archive at www.routledgeperformancearchive.com, and Ebsco at www.ebsco.com/products/research-database/onarchitecture.

The article focuses on the verdict for the court case Authors Guild v. Hathitrust that may alter access for the print-disabled and how libraries can handle digitization for search. It states the Authors Guild appealed the ruling on November 8, 2012 to the U.S. Court of Appeals Second District and mentions the Library Copyright Alliance expressed disappointment at the decision to appeal. It talks about previous re-digitization practices on demand for students who need them.

The article reports that Harvard University will make publicly available from its 73 libraries over 12 million catalog records under a creative commons license.

The article reviews iCurate inClusive, an online collection development tool and service that offers a wide range of assessment snapshot of a library's adult, teen and children's collections, on Instagram.

Reports that the King County Library System in Washington has made electronic audiobooks available in its eAudio collection. Way that books are played on MP3 players; Titles bought from the company Audible.com; How library patrons want to download electronic books themselves.

The article offers brief information on several streaming video services for libraries including Ambrose Digital from Ambrose Video Publishing, Digital Campus from Swank Motion Pictures, and SAGE Video from Sage Publications Ltd.

The article reports on the American Library Association (ALA) conference which took place June 25-30, 2015, in San Francisco, California. It discusses conference presentations on topics including the collection and analysis of library patron data, trends in the needs of academic library users, and library technologies. Other topics include book awards and a planned partnership of online research firm EBSCO and library automation firm Ex Libris.

The article offers information on Assistant Professor Maria Montalvo's U.S. History Seminar Class "Slavery and the Archive" at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. Topics discussed include lesson learned by the students from the Montalvo's Class, historic newspaper collections that help students trace ideas over time, and comments from Librarian for African American Studies and U.S. History Erica Bruchko.

The article focuses on researcher Ryan Cordell and his study of the dissemination of information in the U.S. during the 19th century. Topics include how information travels throughout communities and how Boston, Massachusetts became a major publishing center. Information is also provided on the digitzation of materials for open access and the use of crowdfunding for digital projects.

This section offers news briefs on issues of interest to reference staff in public and academic libraries as of March 2018. Topics discussed include the decline in undergraduate enrollment in the U.S. according to a research by Martin Kurzweil and Daniel Rossman of the nonprofit research organization Ithaka S+R, grant-funded online resources on studying social life in the Appalachian region, and the need for Canadians to have better tools to help manage and protect their online reputations.

The article discusses the importance for library leaders to measure the performance of their institution. It mentions several library institutions that offer outcomes-based evaluation (OBE) training and support for their members to effectively measure outcomes and address the rising need of its users. It also mentions the strategy of other libraries in measuring outcomes, which helped decision-makers further improve the service they can offer.

Presents resources for digital imaging projects. Variables involved depending on the project; Questions needing to be answered for a given project; Resources from the United States Library of Congress (LC) and the US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Understanding underlying technical issues; Use of Kodak materials; List of published and Internet resources.

The article reviews the web site Sex & Sexuality Module II: Self-Expression, Community, and Identity, located at sexandsexuality.amdigital.co.uk, from Adam Matthew Digital.

Reports that the Hearst Corp. has donated photographs and clippings from the defunct newspaper the "Los Angeles Herald Examiner" to the Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL). Statement of Sanford Paris, president of the Board of Library Commissioners, that the donation will improve the library's resources; Description of the collection, which covers the history of Los Angeles from 1900 to 1989; Outlook for the collection to be available at the Central Library building when it opens in 1993.

Describes how the Saint Louis Municipal Library Cooperative employed an integrated computer package for the Missouri library. Courses and workshops attended by library staff and officers; Barcoding the collection; Effort to make computer available by appointment for use by individuals of the community; Vendor support for the Book Trak program; Funding for the computers.

Announces the Canadian Library Association's (CLA) call for the establishment of a national library network. CLA effort to encourage the National Library to take the initiative and negotiate contracts with other major research libraries to form a network and make their collections available nationwide.

The article discusses the architectural design of the Tidewater Community College/Virginia Beach Joint-Use Library in Virginia, designed by RRMM Architects and Carrier Johnson + CULTURE (CJ+C).

The article discusses the use of data-driven decisions in the collection development of libraries and the data tools available to make such decisions as of May 2014. Topics include the need for human review of circulation data to determine whether a title should be remove or promoted in a new way, the data collection tool collectionHQ from Baker & Taylor, and the use of supplemental information-gathering techniques to reflect the needs of a library's community.

The article reviews various subscription databases with extensive historic black newspaper collections, including African-American Historical Serials Collection from EBSCO, Chronicling America from National Digital Newspaper Program, 19th Century U.S. Newspapers from Gale.

A news brief is presented which discusses the increased demand and availability of electronic books in United States libraries, despite frustrations involving the pricing and availability policies of the publishers. Statistics are provided which indicate that nine out of ten public libraries offer electronic books, that average circulation quadrupled from 2010 to 2011, and that the most active borrowers of electronic books are adults between the ages of 35 and 44.

The article presents an introduction to a collection of reviews of mystery stories which will be available to libraries in 2012 and 2013, including "Death In the 12th House" by Mitchell Scott Lewis, "The Sign of the Weeping Virgin" by Alana White, and "The Cold Cold Ground" by Adrian McKinty.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to a letter on audiobooks in libraries published in an August 2012 issue.

The article evaluates the website McGraw-Hill eBook Library at http://www.mhebooklibrary.com by the publisher McGraw-Hill.

The article reports that text aggregator firm EBSCO Publishing (EP) has partnered with the online education resource Bridgeman Education (BE) which will allow images from BE's collection to be searched with in EP's Discovery Service (DS).

The author investigates the 2011 suit brought by the Authors Guild (AG) organization against the HathiTrust, a collaborative digital archive project between several research universities including University of Michigan, Cornell University, and Indiana University. The author notes that AG's president Scott Turow formerly supported libraries. She points out that HathiTrust has not violated libraries' fair rights under copyright law by making its collection available for full-text searching.

The article looks at the partnership between the Internet search company Google Inc. and the British Library to digitize books for research purposes.