Librarians, with their core values of access, intellectual freedom, stewardship and democracy, share bibliodiversity advocates’ vision of an eco-social system of diverse cultures and reading as a demo...

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Librarian J. Silvia Cho explains why sharing library resources matters and her mission to make information more equitable and accessible.

The National Archives safeguards our collective history, protects the public's right to know, and ensures transparency and accountability in government.

CUNY Graduate Center Chief Librarian Maura Smale shares how the library sustains scholarship and intellectual freedom on The Thought Project podcast.

Stephen Casper, Apr 18, 2025 — AI policy should be grounded in robust evidence — but today’s research environment makes that difficult. From flawed benchmarks to corporate influence, structural reform...

Championing the right to equitable access to knowledge.

CJR study shows AI search services misinform users and ignore publisher exclusion requests.

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The copyrights of thousands of 20th-century films, books, compositions and sound recordings expire on Jan. 1, making them free for anyone to share and adapt. Here are some of the highlights.

Lawyers for Libraries (L4L) is a network of attorneys around the country involved in, or committed to becoming involved in, the defense of the First Amendment freedom to read and the application of co...

Inaccessible Access ethnographically addresses barriers to inclusion within knowledge-making. It focuses on the social, environmental, communicative, and ep...

A new research fellowship is expanding access to the John Carter Brown Library’s collection of materials on early American history, including for members of Native and Indigenous tribes.

SciElo, other platforms work to help journals reach readers around the world

Other Western democracies have been roiled by the use of spyware to target political opponents, activists, journalists, and other vulnerable groups. Could it happen here?