Beyond revamping misleading terminology, some library science scholars and Indigenous knowledge holders are looking at how to index library materials in ways that reflect Indigenous knowledge.
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After 20 years of copyright battles, publishers have still not found a way to make the most of the potential of digital books.
The Parliamentary Library would certainly benefit from more funding, but the Parliamentary Budget Office urgently needs a wider brief and greater independence
The national broadcaster has a special role in preserving audio and visual materials, not least to underpin its own reportuing
Pre-pandemic, reading rates among teenagers were falling. But BookTok, a subculture of social media platform TikTok, has made teens read more often – and influences what they read. Here’s how it works.
Libraries are sharing knowledge so that when the war is over, Ukraine can see its cultural treasures rescued and restored.
Funding for writing and publishing is not just low: it’s also declining. Ben Eltham looks at a grim federal budget for literature, in the context of ongoing neglect for written culture in Australia.
There are no more ivory-billed woodpeckers or Bachman’s Warblers on Earth, but they’ve left an echo behind.
My friend, with whom I co-founded a library in Mazar-i-Sharif, tells me books are like lights. With no one visiting the library and opening books, ‘the lights are off.’
A major survey shows learning to read for pleasure can help children and their communities in many ways, but the field remains under-studied and under-resourced.
While public libraries and faith-based organizations may not be able to solve the issue of social stigma, looking at how they provide spaces for homeless people is a good place to start.
With vinyl records, zines and political posters instead of just books, The Library of Things We Forgot to Remember offers a way to reimagine African history.
Scientists and local communities can work together to design interactive play spaces that build math and literacy skills.
Headed off to college? A librarian shares four tips for college students ready to hit the books.
These efforts are growing due to the coronavirus pandemic. They involve partnerships with school districts, food banks and other institutions.
Unlike scholars, Google’s search engine can’t automatically decide which sources are the most important, most accurate or most significant.
Losing archives has significant implications in a country like South Africa with a fraught and contested history because voices from the past, which may carry alternative histories, are lost.
During economic downturns, local governments tend to cut spending on libraries, even as the need for their services grows.
The mass production of religious items such as rosaries and holy cards poses a problem for the curators of religious artifacts at libraries and museums. How do you dispose of unwanted donations?
Lockdown life accelerated the role of digital technology in the virtual classroom, but there is still no substitute for physical books in children’s lives and learning.
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Deputy University Librarian, University of California, Merced
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Slavic Resources Coordinator, and Head, Petro Jacyk Resource Centre, University of Toronto Libraries, University of Toronto
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Adjunct Professor, College of Arts, Social Sciences and Commerce, La Trobe University
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Baker Endowed Chair and Professor of Library and Information Science, University of South Carolina
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Director of the Centre for Organisational and Social Informatics, Monash University
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Assistant Professor of Library and Information Science, University of North Carolina – Greensboro
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Honorary Senior Lecturer, School of Education, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Associate Professor in Media, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Visiting Fellow, University of Technology Sydney
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Scholarly Communications Librarian, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Print and Digital Cultures, Cardiff University
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University Librarian and Vice Provost for Digital Scholarship, University of California, Davis
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Postdoctoral Fellow—Indigenous and Colonial Histories, University of Tasmania
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Associate Professor, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer, University of Strathclyde
