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International Archives Week 2026 (8–12 June) puts the social role of archives in focus — theme: "Archives for Justice: Rights, Memory & Futures."

Our mini-symposium ***in Leipzig, Germany*** carries this theme: Mon, 15 June, HTWK Leipzig. A TIB Open Science Lab × Kula collaboration on open AI for cultural heritage, rescuing endangered research archives, and post-custodial archiving of Yezidi photographic heritage.

Full program on the event page: https://lib.uvic.ca/htwk2026

#IAW2026 #ArchivesForJustice #OpenScience #DigitalPreservation #LibraryFutures #Kula #UVic #HTWK #Leipzig

Kula: Library Futures Academy Feb 9

How much usable data is sitting in our archives, digitized but not truly accessible?

New vision-language OCR tools are changing what's possible. Our graduate fellow Chloë Farr tested these on 323 pages of archaeological ceramic data—tables that stumped traditional OCR completely.

Read Chloë's full analysis: 👇
https://kulaacademy.ca/datatables/

#DigitalArchives #GLAM #OpenSource #DataScience #LibraryFutures

Melissa May 21, 2025

Join Library Futures on Wednesday, May 28, 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT for a discussion of the new open access book, Governing Misinformation in Everyday Knowledge Commons. #LibraryFutures #misinformation

"From farmers market fraud to “bad actors” on Google Maps to the impact of messaging apps on presidential elections, this event promises all the information you won’t want to miss!"

https://nyu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5HF6te2VQxGROZMIHGnRAA#/registration

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Library Futures Governing Misinformation Book Talk. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

Join Library Futures on Wednesday, May 28, 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT for a discussion of the new open access book, Governing Misinformation in Everyday Knowledge Commons. Editors Dr. Madelyn Rose Sanfilippo and Dr. Melissa Ocepek (both of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign School of Information Sciences) will join Allison Jennings-Roche (Associate Director of Digital Initiatives & Collections at the University of Baltimore) for a conversation on truth and trust in our everyday lives. From farmers market fraud to “bad actors” on Google Maps to the impact of messaging apps on presidential elections, this event promises all the information you won’t want to miss!

Zoom

petersuber May 20, 2025

Kudos to the #Connecticut legislature for passing a new law on digital books and following the 2020 model legislation from #LibraryFutures.(@libraryfutures).
https://www.libraryfutures.net/post/connecticut-ebook-bill

"After the governor signs, #publishers will no longer be able to
* Prohibit #libraries from #lending #ebooks on their own terms,, including via interlibrary loan (#ILL)
* Restrict #license terms or checkout limits during the term of a license without offering agreements on “commercially reasonable terms” that align with the library mission
* Limit when libraries can buy an ebook license or how many licenses they can buy
* Prohibit libraries from making #preservation #copies
* Require libraries to violate patron confidentiality."

#Books #Privacy

Library Futures | Connecticut Passes Landmark Ebook Bill Based on Library Futures Model Legislation

Championing the right to equitable access to knowledge.

A. Rivera Sep 8, 2024

Of possible interest to some.

> Hachette v. Internet Archive: We're Still Fighting for Fair Use

https://www.libraryfutures.net/post/were-still-fighting-for-fair-use via #LibraryFutures

#books #reading #libraries #InternetArchive

Library Futures | Hachette v. Internet Archive: We're Still Fighting for Fair Use

Championing the right to equitable access to knowledge.

Melissa Jul 10, 2024

Newsletter announced today called CATS from #LibraryFutures
(I really wish they had more presence here, but I know better than to offer my services.)

https://cats.libraryfutures.net/

CATS! from Library Futures

A twice a month newsletter from Library Futures that keeps you up to date on all the library & intellectual property news that's fit to scratch.

CATS! from Library Futures

infoDOCKET Apr 30, 2024

OCLC Research Contributes Chapter to Book on Library Futures & More News Headlines https://www.infodocket.com/2024/04/30/first-peer-reviewed-book-on-using-ai-in-the-classroom-published-today-by-johns-hopkins-university-press-teaching-with-ai-a-practical-guide-to-a-new-era-of-human-learning-pidfest-registration-now-op/ #libraries #libraryfutures

First Peer-Reviewed Book on Using AI in the Classroom Published Today by Johns Hopkins University Press: Teaching With AI: A Practical Guide To A New Era Of Human Learning; PIDfest Registration Now Open to the General Public; & More News Headlines

AI First Peer Reviewed Book on Using AI in the Classroom Published Today by Johns Hopkins University Press: Teaching With AI: A Practical Guide To A New Era Of Human Learning More US Newspapers Sue OpenAI For Copyright Infringement Over AI Training (via Reuters) Canada Taylor Swift’s Impact on Poetry Book Sales and Library Circulation […]

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