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Prock, Jana

December 31, 2023

Jana Prock retired as director of Keller (Tex.) Public Library in March.

Fowler, Betsy

December 31, 2023

Betsy Fowler retired as director of Williamsburg (Va.) Regional Library in December.

Cullings, Karen

December 31, 2023

Karen Cullings retired as executive director of Dauphin County (Pa.) Library System September 30.

Anderson, Steven

December 31, 2023

September 8 Steven Anderson retired as president and CEO of the Forest History Society in Durham, North Carolina.

White, Ariane

December 31, 2023

November 6 Ariane White was promoted to director of organizational culture, equity, diversity, and inclusion at UCLA Library.

Stillo, Stephanie

December 31, 2023

Stephanie Stillo was promoted to chief of the Rare Book and Special Collections Division of the Library of Congress October 9.

Nauenburg, Miriam

December 31, 2023

Miriam Nauenburg was promoted to head of metadata management and discovery services at University of West Georgia’s Ingram Library in Carrollton October 1.

Flournoy, Ann

December 31, 2023

In April Ann Flournoy was promoted to director of Keller (Tex.) Public Library.

Boyce, Paul

December 31, 2023

Paul Boyce was promoted to manager of Columbus (Ohio) Metropolitan Library’s New Albany branch October 29.

Bostrom, Dan

December 31, 2023

Dan Bostrom became director of marketing and communications at Reaching Across Illinois Library System in Burr Ridge October 31.

Steinmacher, Michael

December 31, 2023

Michael Steinmacher became director of library services for Ogle Learning Commons Library at Ivy Tech Community College in Sellersburg, Indiana, in August.

Taylor, Curtice

December 31, 2023

In May Curtice Taylor joined Genesee District Library’s William F. Delaney Headquarters Library in Flint, Michigan, as branch librarian.

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Ricardo Serrano Denis writes: “New York Public Library (NYPL) has put together a list of the best new comics of 2026 based on librarian input and feedback. It’s a special list as it offers a glimpse into the reading habits, intellectual leanings, and potential fandoms shared among New York’s book ambassadors. As such, it is an infectious selection of comics. Manga and young adult comics have always had a strong presence in NYPL’s best new comics lists, especially in recent years. This year, the selection is more varied, running the gamut of genres.”

The Beat, Oct. 1
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Eamon O’Connor writes: “Calling on public spaces to be the savior for our crisis of social connection can seem like a tall order. Can we really expect library- and park-goers to become fast friends just because they’re sharing the same space? Maybe with time—but the key is understanding that friendship is not the only goal. Indeed, many studies are showing the value in the weak ties, the casual encounters and loose acquaintances in our orbit that keep us connected to community.”

Reimagining the Civic Commons, Oct. 6
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Evie Cordell, Kate Lambaria, and Piper Martin write: “Springshare’s LibGuides platform is a widely used tool for sharing digital content, allowing librarians to curate resources about specific topics. However, at many libraries, the large number of guides and their inconsistent quality pose educational and practical challenges. Librarians at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Library developed a systematic, multi-phase process to assess, update, and standardize LibGuides, balancing the importance of maintaining high-quality instructional content with the need for scalable, sustainable, and accessible LibGuides.”

Portal: Libraries and the Academy, vol. 26, no. 4, Oct.
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Chirag Shah writes: “Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has made production close to free. A report, a thread, a paper, a newsletter: one prompt and 30 seconds. So what changed? Everything on the supply side, and nothing at all on the demand side. Whatever generative AI has done to the supply of text, it’s done nothing to the thing that actually limits knowledge, which is a human being paying attention long enough to understand something. We automated the easy half of the loop and left the hard half exactly where it was.”

Information Matters, Sept. 30
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How many Bluesky posts has the Censorship Cases Bot made providing updates on legal cases related to book censorship? What percentage of 2025’s library censorship attempts were initiated by pressure groups, government officials, or decision makers rather than “concerned parents”? Find these statistics and more in a special edition of American Libraries’ By the Numbers.

American Libraries Online, Oct. 7
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“Book bans are pervasive and insidious threats to creative expression and intellectual freedom. Stories are an unparalleled tool for truth, and in the face of fear of misinformation, it is paramount that truth prevails.” Read quotes like this one from Tony Weaver Jr., Banned Books Week honorary cochair and author of the graphic novel Weirdo, on intellectual freedom and book-banning.

American Libraries Online, Oct. 7
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Phil Morehart writes: “This year’s Banned Books Week coincides with ALA’s official 150th anniversary on October 6. To mark the occasion, ALA has released a list of the 150 most challenged books documented from 1990 through 2025. The list spans contemporary titles such as Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe and literary classics such as To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck.” Also in recognition of ALA’s anniversary, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson officially proclaimed October 6, 2026, as American Library Association Day in Chicago.

I Love Libraries, Oct. 5; ALA150.org, Oct. 6

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