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Morris, Sarah

November 8, 2017

September 1 Sarah Morris joined the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library as humanities research and digital instruction librarian.

Darnell, Heather

November 1, 2017

In July Heather Darnell was appointed multimedia literacy librarian at George Mason University Libraries in Fairfax, Virginia.

Brammer, Charissa

November 1, 2017

Charissa Brammer started as e-resources access librarian at University of Colorado Denver’s Auraria Library June 11.

Baxter, Isabella

November 1, 2017

Isabella Baxter became agriculture and natural resources librarian at the University of Tennessee Libraries in Knoxville July 1.

Bagley, Michelle

November 1, 2017

July 1 Portland (Oreg.) Community College appointed Michelle Bagley library dean.

Davis, Terri

November 1, 2017

Rapid City (S.Dak.) Public Library appointed Terri Davis director, effective August 14.

DeLanty, Cindy

November 1, 2017

In June Cindy DeLanty joined Shasta (Calif.) Public Libraries as director.

Dollar, Patrick

November 1, 2017

August 1 Patrick Dollar joined the University of North Carolina at Greensboro Libraries as processing archivist in the Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives.

Enright-Miller, Katy

November 1, 2017

In August Katy Enright-Miller became director of Milton-Union Public Library in West Milton, Ohio.

Hale, Meredith

November 1, 2017

Meredith Hale joined University of Tennessee Libraries in Knoxville as metadata librarian July 10.

Greenstein, Becca

November 1, 2017

Becca Greenstein became STEM librarian at Northwestern University Libraries in Evanston, Illinois, in July.

Gipson, Tiffney

November 1, 2017

Tiffney Gipson joined University of Louisville (Ky.) Kornhauser Health Sciences Library as head of collections July 1.

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Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Lexi Lepof write: “On December 3, Knox County (Tenn.) schools received a list from the district of books to be removed from school libraries under Tennessee’s Age-Appropriate Materials Act. Knox County’s board of education voted in July, passing a policy to remove ‘explicit’ books from everyday student access in response to the new law. Some of the books on the list of nearly 50 titles might surprise parents. Among those to be removed are Shel Silverstein’s A Light in the Attic and Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five.”

WVLT-TV (Knoxville, Tenn.), Dec. 4
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Joe Foley writes: “Copyright rules vary from country to country and have changed over time. In the US, works created between 1929 and 1963 that gave notice and renewed copyright have 95 years from their first publication date. That means that on January 1, 2025, a host of works from 1929 will enter the public domain. This means that copyright will expire on Buck Rogers, Captain Easy, Horace Horsecollar, Tintin, Hal Foster’s first Tarzan comic strips and, yes, Popeye.” Other notable works entering public domain in the United States include the Marx Brothers’ first film, The Cocoanuts, contralto Marian Anderson’s first record, and Ernest Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms.

Creative Bloq, Dec. 7; Everybody’s Libraries, Dec. 3, Dec. 7; Public Domain Review, Dec. 10
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Brittany Adams writes: “The digital landscape of libraries is expanding rapidly, with an increasing shift towards electronic resources and online services. As members of the library community, we’re witnessing a transformative era where physical collections are complemented—and sometimes replaced—by digital ones. This transition offers new opportunities for enhancing accessibility and engagement, but it also presents challenges, especially for young patrons and their families. It is essential to equip children and their caregivers with the tools and knowledge they need to navigate this evolving space confidently.”

ALSC Blog, Dec. 9
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Karen O’Grady writes: “I am the embedded librarian for the Hahn School of Nursing at the University of San Diego. I am surrounded by nursing faculty, staff, and students rather than by librarians. This has proven to be an incredible gamechanger for the way I see things. Every student in my school knows me by name. I am often stopped in the hallway to answer questions. Every correct answer I give increases my authority and builds trust. Through these casual mini-lessons, this foreign animal called ‘librarian’ slowly becomes an approachable, knowledgeable person.”

College & Research Libraries News, Dec.
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ALA has selected 46 participants for its 2025 class of Emerging Leaders (EL). The EL program allows library staff and information workers to participate in project planning work groups, network with peers, gain an inside look into ALA structure, and have an opportunity to serve the profession in a leadership capacity early in their careers. The group will take part in a day-long session during the 2025 LibLearnX conference in Phoenix this January and work for six months, culminating in a poster session at ALA’s 2025 Annual Conference and Exhibition in Philadelphia in June, where they will highlight results of their project planning work.

ALA Office for Human Resource Development and Recruitment, Dec. 4
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On December 9, ALA announced a $25 million bequest by James W. Lewis, of Washington, D.C. The gift, the largest individual bequest in ALA’s history, will fund scholarships for aspiring librarians with demonstrated financial needs. Throughout Lewis’s career at Merrill Lynch, where he leads the Lewis Group as senior vice president and senior relationship manager, he has demonstrated his commitment to libraries and their communities by generously volunteering his time, including as a member of the Board of Visitors at the library of his alma mater, Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He also served as a Library Trustee Board member at District of Columbia Public Library for 10 years.”

AL: The Scoop, Dec. 9
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Tess Prendergast writes: “I will never forget the surprised look on one mom’s face during storytime when I dropped a tip—technically called an aside—about how rhyming helps babies differentiate sounds and prepares them for reading. “You mean that all this singing will help her in school?” she asked. “I thought we were just doing this for fun!” Early literacy activities are certainly fun—but also valuable. Many parents and caregivers aren’t aware that simple, everyday activities can benefit their child’s early language and literacy development and have a lasting positive impact on their learning.”

American Libraries column, Nov./Dec.

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