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SLJ: Executive Orders, Legal Challenges, and Funding Cuts Impact Public Schools, Students

https://stephenslighthouse.com/2025/03/11/slj-executive-orders-legal-challenges-and-funding-cuts-impact-public-schools-students/

Published: March 11, 2025 20:00

Executive Orders, Legal Challenges, and Funding Cuts Impact Public Schools, Students https://www.slj.com/story/Executive-Orders-Legal-Challenges-Funding-Cuts-Impacting-Public-Schools-students     Pro plugin deactivated or invalid The post SLJ: Executive…

New Report From Andreessen Horowitz: The Top 100 Gen AI Consumer Apps (4th ed.)

https://stephenslighthouse.com/2025/03/11/new-report-from-andreessen-horowitz-the-top-100-gen-ai-consumer-apps-4th-ed/

Published: March 11, 2025 19:50

New Report From Andreessen Horowitz: The Top 100 Gen AI Consumer Apps (4th ed.) New Report From Andreessen Horowitz: The Top 100 Gen AI Consumer Apps (4th ed.) Direct to Full Text Report Also From Andreessen Horowitz: AI Voice Update 2025     Pro plugin…

Law Library of Congress: “Improved Public Access to CRS Reports on Congress.gov”

https://stephenslighthouse.com/2025/03/11/law-library-of-congress-improved-public-access-to-crs-reports-on-congress-gov/

Published: March 11, 2025 19:49

Law Library of Congress: “Improved Public Access to CRS Reports on Congress.gov” Law Library of Congress: “Improved Public Access to CRS Reports on Congress.gov” Pro plugin deactivated or invalid The post Law Library of Congress: “Improved Public Access to…

World Internet Trends in 2025

https://stephenslighthouse.com/2025/03/11/world-internet-trends-in-2025/

Published: March 11, 2025 19:29

World Internet Trends in 2025 World Internet Trends in 2025 “DataReportal recently released its Digital 2025: Global Overview Report that looks at the state of the Internet worldwide. The world population at the end of 2024 was 8.20 billion, up 70 million…

Report: “Missouri Secretary of State Suspends E-Book Service [Overdrive] Over Culture War Concerns About Minors”

https://stephenslighthouse.com/2025/03/11/report-missouri-secretary-of-state-suspends-e-book-service-overdrive-over-culture-war-concerns-about-minors/

Published: March 11, 2025 19:23

Report: “Missouri Secretary of State Suspends E-Book Service [Overdrive] Over Culture War Concerns About Minors” They’re coming for the right to read freely. Report: “Missouri Secretary of State Suspends E-Book Service Over Culture War Concerns About…

Neo-Censorship in U.S. Libraries: An Investigation Into Digital Content Suppression

https://stephenslighthouse.com/2025/03/11/neo-censorship-in-u-s-libraries-an-investigation-into-digital-content-suppression/

Published: March 11, 2025 17:26

Neo-Censorship in U.S. Libraries: An Investigation Into Digital Content Suppression is a painfully timely report into digital censorship in the United States, released by Library Futures in February 2025. It is an essential documentation of how our…

Museums slow pace of exhibits

https://stephenslighthouse.com/2025/03/11/museums-slow-pace-of-exhibits/

Published: March 11, 2025 13:47

Museums slow pace of exhibits Gonzalo Fuentes/ReutersCash-strapped museums are holding fewer exhibitions and running them for longer as they attempt to compete with online media for audience attention. The V&A Dundee in Scotland now holds just one major…

AI Literacy: A Guide For Academic Libraries

https://stephenslighthouse.com/2025/03/11/ai-literacy-a-guide-for-academic-libraries/

Published: March 11, 2025 10:11

Journal Article: “AI Literacy: A Guide For Academic Libraries” https://www.infodocket.com/2025/03/07/journal-article-ai-literacy-a-guide-for-academic-libraries/ “The article linked below was published online today by College & Research Library News (C&RL…

The State of Public Space Report

https://stephenslighthouse.com/2025/03/09/the-state-of-public-space-report/

Published: March 9, 2025 13:54

The State of Public Space Report The results are in! In recognition of our 50th Anniversary, Project for Public Spaces invited the growing professional community of planners, designers, place managers, public officials, artists, researchers, activists, and…

Top Ways to Advertise Library Programs

https://stephenslighthouse.com/2025/03/09/top-ways-to-advertise-library-programs/

Published: March 9, 2025 10:53

Top Ways to Advertise Your Library Programs – Part 1 http://www.5minlib.com/2015/10/top-ways-to-advertise-your-library.html Top Ways to Advertise Your Library Programs – Part 2 http://www.5minlib.com/2015/10/top-ways-to-advertise-your-library_30.html Top…

Opinion: Public libraries celebrate the freedom to read what you like Author of the article by Pilar Martinez

https://stephenslighthouse.com/2025/03/08/opinion-public-libraries-celebrate-the-freedom-to-read-what-you-like-author-of-the-article-by-pilar-martinez/

Published: March 8, 2025 17:19

Opinion: Public libraries celebrate the freedom to read what you like Author of the article: Pilar Martinez https://edmontonjournal.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-public-libraries-celebrate-the-freedom-to-read-what-you-like Pro plugin deactivated or…

Pew Research: U.S. Workers are More Worried Than Hopeful About Future AI Use in the Workplace

https://stephenslighthouse.com/2025/03/07/pew-research-u-s-workers-are-more-worried-than-hopeful-about-future-ai-use-in-the-workplace/

Published: March 7, 2025 11:27

New Report From Pew Research: U.S. Workers are More Worried Than Hopeful About Future AI Use in the Workplace New Report From Pew Research: U.S. Workers are More Worried Than Hopeful About Future AI Use in the Workplace “From Pew Research: Artificial…

Researchers Digitally “Unroll” 2,000-Year-Old Herculaneum Scroll

https://stephenslighthouse.com/2025/03/07/researchers-digitally-unroll-2000-year-old-herculaneum-scroll/

Published: March 7, 2025 11:25

Via Nice News “Researchers Digitally “Unroll” 2,000-Year-Old Herculaneum Scroll Diamond Light Source The image above may not look like much, but it’s actually a 2,000-year-old Herculaneum scroll that was scorched by Mount Vesuvius. Although hundreds of…

CBC: Health misinformation on the rise, Canadian Medical Association survey finds

https://stephenslighthouse.com/2025/03/07/cbc-health-misinformation-on-the-rise-canadian-medical-association-survey-finds/

Published: March 7, 2025 11:05

Health misinformation on the rise, Canadian Medical Association survey finds New survey highlights need for greater media literacy, experts say https://www.cbc.ca/radio/whitecoat/health-misinformation-study-canadian-medical-association-1.7446639        …

For Review: Accessibility Roles and Responsibilities Mapping (ARRM) — First Draft

https://stephenslighthouse.com/2025/03/06/for-review-accessibility-roles-and-responsibilities-mapping-arrm-first-draft/

Published: March 6, 2025 23:01

For Review: Accessibility Roles and Responsibilities Mapping (ARRM) — First Draft Date: 06 March 2025 https://www.w3.org/WAI/news/2025-03-06/arrm/ Accessibility Roles and Responsibilities Mapping (ARRM) is ready for review. ARRM helps your team create more…

Librarians at the Center of Peer Review Training: Increasing Collaboration Among Scholarly Communication Stakeholders

https://stephenslighthouse.com/2025/03/06/librarians-at-the-center-of-peer-review-training-increasing-collaboration-among-scholarly-communication-stakeholders/

Published: March 6, 2025 11:52

Librarians at the Center of Peer Review Training: Increasing Collaboration Among Scholarly Communication Stakeholders https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/leap.1657 Janaynne Carvalho do Amaral, Nicolene Sarich, Merinda Kaye Hensley, Maria J. C.…

After years of attacks in the budget process, this time it is very real. Federal support for libraries is at risk. Now is the time to move from awareness to action.

https://stephenslighthouse.com/2025/03/05/after-years-of-attacks-in-the-budget-process-this-time-it-is-very-real-federal-support-for-libraries-is-at-risk-now-is-the-time-to-move-from-awareness-to-action/

Published: March 5, 2025 22:32

After years of attacks in the budget process, this time it is very real. Federal support for libraries is at risk. Now is the time to move from awareness to action. Federal support for libraries is at risk. Now is the time to move from awareness to action.…

There’s an Archive of the Pre-Trump CDC Website. It’s slightly out of date, but (almost) everything is there.

https://stephenslighthouse.com/2025/03/05/theres-an-archive-of-the-pre-trump-cdc-website-its-slightly-out-of-date-but-almost-everything-is-there/

Published: March 5, 2025 19:42

There’s an Archive of the Pre-Trump CDC Website It’s slightly out of date, but (almost) everything is there. https://lifehacker.com/health/pre-trump-cdc-website-archive “Some accurate medical information was removed from the CDC’s website last month, and…

LJ: What’s Up, What’s Down | Library Budgets and Funding 2025

https://stephenslighthouse.com/2025/03/05/lj-whats-up-whats-down-library-budgets-and-funding-2025/

Published: March 5, 2025 15:36

What’s Up, What’s Down | Budgets and Funding 2025 Fiscal trends in 2024 showed mixed results, from robust forward motion to defunding—with more uncertainty ahead   https://www.libraryjournal.com/story/news/whats-up-whats-down-budgets-and-funding-2025 Pro…

The Canadian Federation of Library Associations (CFLA) and the Canadian Health Libraries Association (CHLA/ABSC) jointly acknowledge and affirm the importance of health libraries. Read the statement on our website https://buff.ly/aP9nt5c

https://stephenslighthouse.com/2025/03/04/the-canadian-federation-of-library-associations-cfla-and-the-canadian-health-libraries-association-chla-absc-jointly-acknowledge-and-affirm-the-importance-of-health-libraries-read-the-statement-o/

Published: March 5, 2025 00:45

The Canadian Federation of Library Associations (CFLA) and the Canadian Health Libraries Association (CHLA/ABSC) jointly acknowledge and affirm the importance of health libraries. Read the statement on our website https://buff.ly/aP9nt5c Pro plugin…

Library Futures Releases Digital Censorship Report: The Censors Going After Your Databases

https://stephenslighthouse.com/2025/03/04/library-futures-releases-digital-censorship-report-the-censors-going-after-your-databases/

Published: March 4, 2025 21:50

The Censors Going After Your Databases What if you went to search for something in a database and it… just wasn’t there? A new report from Library Futures highlights attempts to censor the content in databases–or cut off access to them altogether–over…

What’s Behind Trump’s Love-Hate Relationship With Canada

https://stephenslighthouse.com/2025/03/04/whats-behind-trumps-love-hate-relationship-with-canada/

Published: March 4, 2025 19:04

What’s Behind Trump’s Love-Hate Relationship With Canada Canada is one of the United States’ largest trading partners, but President Trump wants to either take it or leave it. Pro plugin deactivated or invalid The post What’s Behind Trump’s Love-Hate…

How the US press would cover the 2025 Coup if it were happening in a foreign country

https://stephenslighthouse.com/2025/03/04/how-the-us-press-would-cover-the-2025-coup-if-it-were-happening-in-a-foreign-country/

Published: March 4, 2025 19:02

How the US press would cover the 2025 Coup if it were happening in a foreign country: “…and instead ever-more-firmly embraced an authoritarian government structure united primarily by transactional kleptocracy and white nationalism.” Trump Intent on…

Donald Trump’s Not-So-Strategic Crypto Reserve

https://stephenslighthouse.com/2025/03/04/donald-trumps-not-so-strategic-crypto-reserve/

Published: March 4, 2025 18:45

I suspect the endgame here is backing crytocurrency with Fort Knox gold.  Hence the visit. “The issue that derails his second term”: Trump’s crypto reserve gets pushback People have thoughts on Trump’s plan for the government to purchase and hold digital…

No One Wins a Trade War

https://stephenslighthouse.com/2025/03/04/no-one-wins-a-trade-war/

Published: March 4, 2025 15:25

No One Wins a Trade War Protective tariffs risk triggering a cycle of escalation that ends well for no one. By William J. Bernstein   https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/03/trump-tariff-retaliation-harms/681884/ Pro plugin deactivated or invalid…

Code red: Siri is on the verge of death.

https://stephenslighthouse.com/2025/03/04/code-red-siri-is-on-the-verge-of-death/

Published: March 4, 2025 13:32

Via FryAI “APPLE’S SIRI-OUS PROBLEM Code red: Siri is on the verge of death.  What’s the scoop? Apple’s ambitious plans to modernize Siri with AI are hitting roadblocks, with insiders stating that meaningful upgrades won’t happen until at least 2027.…

ONN: Resilience and community in times of change: The role of the non-profit sector

https://stephenslighthouse.com/2025/03/04/onn-resilience-and-community-in-times-of-change-the-role-of-the-non-profit-sector/

Published: March 4, 2025 11:43

Resilience and community in times of change: The role of the non-profit sector Resilience and community in times of change: The role of the non-profit sector PublishedFebruary 24, 2025 Written by Danielle Griffin is the director of strategic communications…