• Amigos NISO consortium agreement announced

Citing this NISO press release Library Technology Guides reports that “Amigos Library Services and the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) have announced a consortium agreement to provide NISO Library Standards Alliance (LSA) membership to all Amigos members.
The agreement will provide over 500 Amigos member libraries with full LSA membership benefits, including free access to NISO’s educational webinar program, unlimited participation in NISO Working Groups/Standing Committees, and discounted registration for all non-webinar events, including the annual NISO Plus conference. …”

MORE LIBRARY AND PUBLISHING NEWS FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES

• Just Launched: Historical Representation at American House Museums Web Archive (Columbia University Libraries)

• Penn State University Libraries: Expanded Judy Chicago Research Portal Relaunches With Five Unified Collections

• Clarivate Announces Gordon Samson as President, Intellectual Property and Nominates Dr. Saurabh Saha as New Independent Director

• American Library Association reports record number of demands to censor library books and materials in 2022

• OverDrive Academic Unveils New Content Collections

• Equinox announces Fulfillment 11 with Koha ILS connector

• Audible is adding Dolby Atmos to Podcasts and Originals

• Inclusive subject headings: Reducing harm in library discovery

CONFERENCES, MEETINGS, WEBINARS

CCC Plans Town Hall on Generative AI Tools

According to Information Today, “CCC is hosting a live town hall, ChatGPT & Information Integrity, via LinkedIn on March 30, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. EDT. It aims to address the questions, “What is the evolving nature of originality and authenticity?” and “What place do human expertise and empathy have when machines provide information? …”