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Anthony, Bob

September 1, 2021

Bob Anthony, curator of the North Carolina collection at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Wilson Special Collection Library, retired May 31.

Hunt, Judith

September 1, 2021

Judith Lin Hunt retired as dean of library services at Montclair (N.J.) State University in July.

Jakubowski, Mary Jean

September 1, 2021

Mary Jean Jakubowski, director of Buffalo and Erie County (N.Y.) Public Library, retired in June.

Lyons, Kay

September 1, 2021

Kay Lyons retired as children’s librarian at Greenfield (Mass.) Public Library March 19.

Miller, Glenn

September 1, 2021

Glenn R. Miller retired as deputy secretary and commissioner for libraries and state librarian for the Pennsylvania Department of Education April 23.

Sheva Moore at Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C.Photo: Aubrey Gemignani/NASA

Bookend: Over the Moon

By Phil Morehart | September 1, 2021

A video librarian and researcher at Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C., Moore provides materials from the onsite video, photo, and audio collection to production companies, TV networks, advertisers, and private citizens with an interest in space and NASA. She also helps produce NASA’s social media content, segments for NASA TV, and science … Continue reading Bookend: Over the Moon →

Thorpe, Andrea

September 1, 2021

In March Andrea Thorpe retired as director of Richards Free Library in Newport, New Hampshire.

Walters, Carolyn

September 1, 2021

Carolyn Walters, Ruth Lilly Dean of University Libraries at Indiana University Bloomington, retired June 30.

Wilson, Lizabeth

September 1, 2021

June 30 Lizabeth Wilson retired as vice provost of digital initiatives and dean of University Libraries at University of Washington in Seattle.

Wofter, Babette

September 1, 2021

Babette Wofter retired as director of Licking County (Ohio) Library April 16.

Wrona, Michael

September 1, 2021

June 30 Michael J. Wrona retired as supervisor of Dearborn Heights (Mich.) Libraries’ John F. Kennedy Jr. Library.

Burton, Alice

September 1, 2021

Development Communications Associate Alice Burton left ALA June 16.

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Amy Hardin writes: “Library renovations can feel overwhelming—especially when you’re juggling tight budgets, big community expectations, and a building that’s showing its age. The good news is you don’t have to choose between ‘do nothing’ and ‘tear it down.’ Most successful library upgrades live somewhere in the middle: a smart, phased plan that protects your long-term vision while making meaningful improvements right now. Here are a few practical ways to think about approaching a library renovation.”

American Libraries Online, Sept. 15
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Violet Fox writes: “In March 2025, I wrote about anticipatory obedience at the Library of Congress (LC), describing how LC fast tracked changes to the Library of Congress Subject Headings relating to the Gulf of Mexico and Mount Denali. When Trump issued an executive order on August 27 directing federal agencies to change Lake Ontario to Lake America, catalogers around the world waited to see how LC would handle the changes. On September 3, LC scheduled a proposal to change the subject heading, and on September 11, the change was approved. The speed with which this happened is astounding.”

ACRLog, Sept. 12; Mar. 28, 2025
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In the 15 years since Fayetteville (N.Y.) Free Library opened the first recognized public library makerspace, similar creative hubs have spread to libraries throughout the country. In our By the Numbers feature, learn more makerspace facts, including details about DC Public Library’s Dance Studio, how University of Utah’s Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library used its makerspace to contribute to pandemic relief, and how Paul Smith Elementary School in Franklin, New Hampshire, taught students to make pillows perfect to lounge on while reading.

American Libraries Trend, Fall
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Ann Medaille writes: “With the advent of new technologies and rapid social and economic shifts, library workers’ jobs are being transformed. Compared with a decade ago, library workers now spend more time consulting on complex research tools, teaching digital literacy classes, supporting virtual learning environments, helping users troubleshoot devices, and codesigning projects with community partners. The pace at which library staffers are called upon to learn new skills is accelerating, and workers may struggle to keep up. While corporations may embrace upskilling to stay competitive, libraries will have to support upskilling to remain relevant.”

American Libraries feature, Fall
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Nicky Martin and Tracee Haupt Fugate write: “Preserving a website is complicated. Even a simple webpage can depend on dozens of images, videos, scripts, style sheets, and other resources scattered across the web. If some of those pieces are missed, the archived version may look or behave differently than the original. That is why quality assurance (QA) is an important part of web archiving.” They report on a project to evaluate an automated QA tool for website archiving.

Library of Congress: The Signal, Sept. 8
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Daly Barnett writes: “Doxxing is the deliberate disclosure of personal information to bully, harass, intimidate, or instigate a chain of harms against someone. The responsibility is on each of us to protect ourselves, but the good news is that there’s a lot you can do to reduce your digital footprint and take control of your data. In this two-part series, the first part focuses on prevention and ways to reduce your overall footprint, while the second focuses on incident response.”

Electronic Frontier Foundation, Aug. 31
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Kari Kivinen writes: “Finland’s Faktabaari EDU digital information literacy project has published a draft English version of a total of 286 task cards for teaching artificial intelligence (AI) literacy, covering early education through higher education. The cards are organized by level of education and, within each level, by subject. Each card is based on the principle of AI as supporting tool in which AI can be used to support human thinking, learning, and action, not as a source of information or a substitute for decision making.”

Kivinen, Sept. 2

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