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Your New Neighborhood Library

Information Governance Perspectives

Library science is an interdisciplinary field incorporating the humanities, law, and applied science that studies topics related to libraries, the collection, organization, preservation, and dissemination of information resources, and the political economy of information. What’s it like to work in this field?

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Introducing ARCHWay

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In line with our goal to make computational research (text and data mining, AI, machine learning, etc.) and education with digital collections more accessible we are introducing ARCHWay – a free to use ARCH service tier.

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A greener library: The Bodleian?s push for sustainability

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A greener library: The Bodleian?s A greener library: The Bodleian?s As well as looking at some of the easy wins on the sustainability agenda, this article also explores the cutting edge of library sustainability, with the focus on library buildings, their resources and users. s push for sustainability. She said: ?For

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Now is the time: Information literacy and sharing information about COVID-19

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Ruth Carlyle is the regional lead for NHS library and knowledge services in the East of England and the Midlands, part of the Health Education England team leading the development of NHS libraries in England. On COVID-19 specifically, Health Education England?s Published: X Month Year. More from Information Professional.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in April 2021 – 1 billion records breached

IT Governance

Data breaches. million) Wyoming Department of Health leaking data online (164,021) Maine government website displayed mental health patients’ confidential information (unknown) Israel: Private patient cases of deceased psychologist found on the street (unknown) Contact tracing data breach exposes health information of Pennsylvanians (72,000).

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Reporting back from the 2022 ARCHIVES*RECORDS Conference

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Many more attended the numerous plenaries, education and incubator sessions, council meetings, mini-theaters, social hours, and so on online. They urged archivists to continue acting quickly in preserving these records, educating those responsible for keeping these records, and advocating for more protection of the public record.

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Jimmy Wales: Wikipedia and the search for trusted information

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s Rob Green about the search for trusted information and the role of libraries and librarians in the face of the rise of fake news, clickbait and the erosion of trust in news and information sources. s connected generation take fingertip computing power for granted, and have instant access to information and data from across the internet.