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Librarians want to lead the way November 12, 2024. Florida Department of Education releases list of over 700 banned books in K-12 schools November 12, 2024. The EdTech Revolution Has …
Stories Of The Year – LISNews – News For Librarians
It’s time yet again to take a look back at the memorable library stories from the past year. Two themes dominated headlines in 2023: attacks on libraries; and the rising implications of …
About LISNews – LISNews – News For Librarians
Oct 21, 2024 — About LISNews. LISNews is a collaborative weblog [aka blog] devoted to current events and news in the world of Library and Information Science. A dedicated team of …
Ten Stories That Shaped 2023 – LISNews – News For Librarians
It’s time yet again to take a look back at the memorable library stories from the past year. Two themes dominated headlines in 2023: attacks on libraries; and the rising implications of …
Libraries – LISNews – News For Librarians
Oct 7, 2024 — Along with bomb threats and book challenges, we%u2019re seeing an increase in the number of libraries dealing with ransomware attacks, where hackers gain access to a …
Texas county sidelines librarians, reclassifies book on abuse of …
Oct 14, 2024 — Texas county sidelines librarians. A Texas county has mandated public libraries move a well-regarded children’s book documenting the mistreatment of Native Americans in …
The EdTech Revolution Has Failed – by Jared Cooney Horvath
1 day ago — The EdTech Revolution Has Failed. The fact that dozens of meta-analyses comprising thousands of calculated effect sizes has done little to quell excitement over digital technology …
Academic Libraries – LISNews – News For Librarians
Jan 6, 2023 — Thousands of scientists publish a paper every five daysTo highlight uncertain norms in authorship, John P. A. Ioannidis, Richard Klavans and Kevin W. Boyack identified the most …
Museums – LISNews – News For Librarians
Sep 26, 2024 — officials said. The National Museum of American History in Washington and smaller institutions said they were collecting and sorting through protest signs they now …
Texas condemned for placing book on colonization in library’s …
Oct 21, 2024 — Outcry in Montgomery county as Linda Coombs’ book on European colonization of Native American land reclassified. Anti-censorship advocates have joined the book publisher …