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New Data From OverDrive: Libraries Break Digital Lending Records in 2025 with Over 820 Million Checkouts and Over 1 Billion Minutes Streamed – OverDrive
From OverDrive: In 2025, libraries around the world continued to prove their essential role in connecting communities with stories, information, and entertainment, breaking new digital lending records in the process. As the need for flexible, on-demand access to books and media continued to grow, libraries expanded their digital collections to meet readers where they are,
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Digital Collections: Save Our Signs Archive Containing Over 10,000 Photos of National Park Service (NPS) Interpretive Materials Launches Online – Library Journal
The Save Our Sign Archive went live today. The full text of the launch announcement follows below. The Save Our Signs project (SOS), a community-driven effort to preserve National Park Service (NPS) interpretive materials before they are removed from public view, is proud to announce the launch of the Save Our Signs Archive, a collection
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For the Federal Workers – Editorial – Library Journal
For the Federal Workers | Editorial by Hallie Rich, Oct 02, 2025 | Filed in News A tribute to the lasting impact of civil service When I was in high school, the federal agency where my dad worked for almost 25 years—the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC)—was closed. It was devastating to our family, and, for…
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Library Materials: State Library of Oregon Releases Oregon Intellectual Freedom Clearinghouse (OIFC) 2025 Report
From the State Library of Oregon: The 2025 OIFC Annual Report lists 50 official challenge incidents in public libraries, special libraries, and schools. The number of challenges is tied with 2001 as the fifth highest reported since the State Library began keeping track. The incidents included challenges to 66 unique titles and 68 items, the fourth highest
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Going to the Dogs: The American Kennel Club Library and Archives l Archives Deep Dive | Library Journal
By Elisa Shoenberger, Apr 26, 2023 | Filed in News The American Kennel Club (AKC) Library and Archives has been collecting practically everything dog-related, with a significant focus on purebred dogs, since 1934. The library began as a resource for AKC members, explained AKC Archivist Jaimie Fritz; it holds about 15,000 volumes and the archives…
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Where Are We: The Latest on Library Reopening Strategies
In the messy middle of the pandemic, library leaders share how things have changed since March 2020, their takeways, and continuing challenges. Thanks to Library Link of the Dayhttp://www.tk421.net/librarylink/ (archive, rss, subscribe options) for the article alert and link… Source: Where Are We: The Latest on Library Reopening Strategies
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Research Tool: American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) State Immunization Information System | LJ infoDOCKET
“From the Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP): The AAFP has developed a web-based map that displays immunization rates and exemption laws in all 50 states, D.C., Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam. In addition, our searchable IIS Registry database provides state-by-state regulations for immunization registries across the U.S. These tools provide immunization data that…
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LJ Index 2015: Find Your Library
Whether or not your library has been given a star rating, you can benefit from finding peers in your expenditure category and comparing stats. For the scores for all libraries included in this round of the LJ Index, use the links below to download a spreadsheet with the libraries rated, their ratings, and the data…
