Library catalogs have always been battlegrounds where content is not merely described but debated. President Trump’s January 20, 2025, Executive Order 14172 directing the renaming of longstanding geographical designations “Mount Denali” and “Gulf of Mexico” to the politically loaded “Mount McKinley” and “Gulf of America” reveal the naked truth of what cataloging has always been: a battlefield where meaning is contested and conquered.
Joshua Vossler, Jennifer Horton, and Christina Heady
“Additionally, the value of statistical significance was never downplayed in any of the 28 articles in which statistical significance was reported–it was only undermined when not in service of demonstrating positive (desirable) results. This “having their cake and eating it too” rhetorical pattern can be explained, at least in part, by the pressure FOSLI investigators (usually academic librarians with instruction responsibilities) are under to demonstrate the value of library instruction, and, indirectly, their livelihoods”
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“While the one-shot model of instruction is the most common model of library instruction, a review of the literature highlights that academic librarians have struggled to identify how and if it is possible to meet curricular needs. This theoretical literature review takes a critical look at the one-shot and argues that this model fails to be the equitable model we think it is. This literature review examines the one-shot by examining its role in combating or upholding information privilege, whether it can be used when supporting learners with disabilities, and what alternatives exist for instruction practices going forward.”
In 2022, Canada extended copyright protection from 50 years after the death of the creator to 70 years. Consequently, very little will enter Canada’s public domain until 2043.
Extending copyright by twenty years was a concession Canada made during the 2017-18 Canada-US-Mexico free trade agreement (CUSMA) negotiations. Unfortunately, term extension implementation was lopsided – no additional or expanded user rights were introduced to offset the loss to Canada’s public domain.
Theoretically, the longer a piece of copyright material is protected, the more revenue the owner stands to collect over time. However, this rarely plays out.
And, materials that remain moneymakers well beyond a creator’s death are equally rare, usually appearing in the form of blockbuster books, music or films.
More typically, after only a few years on bookstore shelves, most books are no longer making money. Similarly, a 2020 study found that most music album and track sales fall to nearly zero within one year after their release.
