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If there’s a common trait of the various rightsholders groups around the world, it is their sense of entitlement. If anyone does anything with a work under copyright, they feel they have a right to ...

From 1971, when the Supreme Court endorsed prison law libraries, keeping them updated with the latest legal materials and tech has always been a point of contention between prison staff and people ...

Generative AI tools are becoming increasingly capable at helping people organize, analyze, and make sense of complex information. For many performing arts organizations, low-cost AI-powered tools are ...

The current threats to librarians and the books they circulate are necessitating a shift in the content of graduate library education. Librarians obviously need to know the content of books. But ...

The voluminous papers of the celebrated neurologist include letters, notebooks, drafts and other traces of a man who couldn’t stop writing. Now, the New York Public Library has acquired Sacks’s ...

“This is simply not okay, and it doesn%u2019t align with our commitment to serving all community members, especially children, with care and compassion” ...

Lauren Seegmiller, a longtime Denver Public Library employee, is a member of Denver Public Library Workers United. The union isn’t formally recognized by the city and hasn’t held a union election, but ...

The register of copyrights at the Library of Congress defended a lower court ruling that kept her in office despite President Donald Trump%u2019s attempts to fire her in a legal filing Monday urging ...

In June, the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) gave employees a presentation and tech demo called “AI-mazing Tech-venture” in which Google’s Gemini AI was presented as a tool ...

%u201CLibraries are what%u2019s right with the world,%u201D LaCava explained, noting that the vast majority of librarians are friendly and welcoming. %u201CThere are no expectations.%u201D LaCava, who ...

Nineteen states have followed the lead of California and passed consumer privacy laws. Three went into effect this year and eight will become effective in 2025. The remainder become effective in 2026.