Library Technology Guides

Watch Free On-Demand Virtual Event Now: Will AI Replace Librarians? Benefits and Pitfalls of This Technological Revolution. IGI Global Scientific Publishing—"Publishing Tomorrow's Research Today" internationally since 1988—in collaboration with our partner eContent Pro, a trusted provider of professional copy editing and editorial services, recently co-hosted a thought-provoking live webinar titled Will AI Replace Librarians? Benefits and Pitfalls of This Technological Revolution. As automation and intelligent technologies become increasingly integrated in library operations, the role of AI in reshaping librarianship is coming into sharp focus. This engaging event brought together a panel of leading experts to examine how these AI advancements are transforming the profession—highlighting both the opportunities for innovation and the challenges they present. From streamlining routine tasks and personalizing research assistance to unlocking new possibilities in data analysis, AI offers promising benefits—but not without raising serious ethical, professional, and societal concerns. [Full Announcement].

CCC introduces Expanded RightsLink author services for scholarly publishers. CCC, a leader in advancing copyright, accelerating knowledge, and powering innovation, is expanding RightsLink Author Services to provide scholarly publishers with a streamlined way to automate and trigger targeted promotional offers and publication charges for authors at key points across the publication lifecycle. [Full Announcement].

Joint statement on the Trump administration's firing of Dr. Carla Hayden: forty-eight publishing, library, free expression, and civil society groups call on Congress to intervene. We, the undersigned, write to condemn the unjust firing of Dr. Carla Hayden, who has served as Librarian of Congress since 2016. Dr. Hayden's firing is an assault on our freedoms to access and pursue knowledge. This mirrors the recent attacks on the freedom to read books, the authors who create them, and our vast public network of public libraries and the cultural treasures they house. Together, we call on Congress to reinstate Dr. Hayden and investigate the circumstances of her firing. [Full Announcement].

Blackstone Publishing introduces eMagazines to Blackstone Unlimited: Revolutionizing Digital Access for Libraries. Blackstone Publishing announced the addition of bestselling eMagazine titles on the Blackstone Unlimited platform. Blackstone Unlimited Audio boasts the largest always-available collection of downloadable audiobooks for adults and children, featuring over 7,000 titles. With the introduction of eMagazines, library patrons can now enjoy unlimited streaming access to leading magazine titles, including People, Men's Health, Women's Health, Southern Living, Esquire, and Food Network Magazine. These eMagazines are included with Blackstone Unlimited Audio subscriptions, enhancing the value and versatility of the platform for libraries and their communities. [Full Announcement].

CCC receives national recognition for leadership, work-life flexibility, innovation, and purpose and values for the third year in a row. CCC, a leader in advancing copyright, accelerating knowledge, and powering innovation, announced today that it has earned numerous 2025 Top Workplaces Culture Excellence Awards from Energage LLC for Leadership, Work-Life Flexibility, Innovation, and Purpose & Values for the third consecutive year. [Full Announcement].

HoloMem joins the DPC Supporter Program. The Digital Preservation Coalition welcomed HoloMem to its Supporter Program. Based in the UK, HoloMem is a cold data WORM storage technology designed specifically for digital preservation. HoloMem stores data at ultra density on polymer media and has been designed to integrate within legacy systems with minimal hardware and software disruption, increasing the data density of existing storage infrastructure. [Full Announcement].

Wiley announces collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to integrate scientific content into Life Sciences AI Agents. Wiley, one of the world's largest publishers and a trusted leader in research and learning, announced a new collaboration with Amazon Web Services to launch a generative AI agent for scientific literature search on AWS. The first of its kind from a publisher on AWS, the AI agent will be unveiled at the 7th annual AWS Life Sciences Symposium in New York City on May 6. The AI agent will demonstrate how researchers can conduct comprehensive full-text scientific literature search across Wiley's extensive journal content, moving beyond traditional abstract-only searches to access detailed content within main sections like methods and results. [Full Announcement].

Neuilly-sur-Seine becomes first French Library to adopt the Quria Library Services Platform from Axiell. Axiell, the world's leading provider of software and services for the cultural sector, is proud to announce that Neuilly-sur-Seine Media Library becomes the first library in France to adopt Quria, Axiell's innovative cloud-based library services platform. The adoption of Quria not only sets a precedent for the adoption of the platform in France but also sees Neuilly-sur-Seine take the innovative step of transitioning to the IFLA-LRM bibliographic data model, empowering the library and its staff to work in a more centralized and efficient way. [Full Announcement].

Nexbib Launches ScienceWiz: A New Era in Digital STEAM Learning. Nexbib, a leading provider of forward-thinking library technology solutions, announced the newest addition to its portfolio suite for the North American market: ScienceWiz, an innovative browser-based platform designed to transform STEAM education exclusively provided by Nexbib for public libraries and the communities they serve. [Full Announcement].

Coherent Digital launches new collections: Indigenous Peoples; Refugees, Borders, and Migration; and LGBTQ+. Coherent Digital launched three new collections: LGBTQ+; Indigenous Peoples; and Refugees, Borders, and Migration—as part of its Social Justice and Culture Series. This initiative makes more than 500,000 previously hard-to-find, hard-to-cite, and at-risk items from over 3,000 organizations and 100 countries available for research and teaching. [Full Announcement].

Gale In Context Databases help Boise School District develop students' critical thinking and information literacy skills. With the rampant spread of mis-, dis- and mal-information across the internet and social media platforms, Gale, part of Cengage Group is helping Boise High School students learn how to analyze and think critically about the information they read and the reliability of its source. The Boise School District in Boise, Idaho, is using Gale In Context, a suite of online databases designed to provide students with access to current, relevant and authoritative digital content for effective researching. These resources allow learners to develop a better understanding of where they're getting their information. [Full Announcement].

CCC Honored as 2025 Artificial Intelligence Excellence Awards Winner. CCC, a leader in advancing copyright, accelerating knowledge, and powering innovation, has been named a winner in the 2025 Artificial Intelligence Excellence Awards, highlighting the company's “exceptional advancements in AI and the value it brings to stakeholders and the broader community” through its Annual Copyright License, an enterprise-wide rights licensing solution offering companies an efficient way to license rights, including rights for the internal use of legally-procured copyrighted materials within AI systems, and to use copyrighted materials with AI systems by providing users with a harmonized set of internal use AI rights from a broad range of rightsholders. [Full Announcement].

Koha Community Challenge 2025. ByWater Solutions has partnered with koha-US for another Community Challenge! This is a great way for the open source community to come together, move, and raise money for a good cause. Walk, Jog, Run, Swim, Bike, Hike, Yoga, Dance- whatever your activity of choice is-come join us for this community challenge. Be part of the open-source community sharing your daily activities, photos, and words of wisdom. [Full Announcement].

OCLC's CloudLibrary is now integrated with WorldCat, making digital content more visible, discoverable for users. OCLC's CloudLibrary, the platform that offers access to a wide variety of digital content, is now integrated with WorldCat, making this content more visible and discoverable through libraries with OCLC cataloging subscriptions. CloudLibrary libraries that maintain an OCLC cataloging subscription can register their CloudLibrary collection in WorldCat. Once registered, libraries that subscribe to FirstSearch or WorldCat Visibility can enable the collection to be viewed across the web through a wide variety of strategic partnerships with search engines and other popular websites. [Full Announcement].

Get a new Virtual Bookshelf and access more Than 300,000 eBooks and eAudiobooks. Every Californian with an email address and an internet connection can now visit California's Bookshelf and access more than 300,000 eBooks and eAudiobooks. Previously, readers had to log in through a participating library to get to all the ebooks available on the eBookshelf. With California's Bookshelf, access to our vast collection is just a few clicks away. [Full Announcement].

Hoopla Digital launches new gaming experience with Puzzmo BingePass Share. Hoopla Digital, the only all-in-one digital media app for public libraries and their patrons, today announced its partnership with Puzzmo, the premier puzzle platform from Hearst Newspapers, to exclusively offer its partner libraries seven days of unlimited access to a diverse selection of online games. Designed by award-winning game developers Zach Gage and Orta Therox, Puzzmo brings an innovative twist to the digital games page of newspapers with modern classics like SpellTower, Really Bad Chess, Typeshift, Memoku, Flipart, Cross|word and more. Library patrons only need a valid library card and a single borrow to enjoy a mental break and challenge their minds with these playful, thought-provoking puzzles for seven days, all with no ads or fees. [Full Announcement].

Digital Reading Among Students Hits Another Milestone. Sora announced the release of its second annual digital reading report for the 2023-2024 year, “The State of K-12 Digital Reading.” The report reveals a second consecutive year of record-breaking ebook and audiobook usage, underscoring the growing role of digital reading in classrooms. The report draws on data from the Sora platform, which is used in 62,000 schools worldwide. The data was collected from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024. [Full Announcement].

MINISIS Trusted Data Repository for Digital Preservation now available from Soutron Global. Soutron Global, an internationally recognized SaaS provider of information management solutions for archives, libraries, museums and knowledge management hubs, is proud to announce the availability of MINISIS Trusted Digital Repository. Designed to meet the growing needs of organizations to securely store and manage their digital assets, the MINISIS TDR solution ensures the long-term preservation, management and accessibility of digital assets, addressing this growing need for secure and sustainable digital preservation. As both a product and a service, the MINISIS TDR goes beyond simple storage by providing a robust system that safeguards against file obsolescence and data loss. This comprehensive preservation solution enables organizations to prepare, ingest, securely store, preserve, manage and access their digital collections. [Full Announcement].

Account Portal: A unified experience for patrons. Innovative, from Clarivate, unveiled an exciting new feature for Vega Discover called Account Portal, designed to streamline how patrons manage their library accounts. Whether you're a parent overseeing checkouts for your children or a partner sharing materials, Account Portal makes library interactions easier, more intuitive, and more efficient. With Vega Discover continuously evolving, libraries can offer patrons greater control, flexibility, and convenience, strengthening their role as a trusted community resource. [Full Announcement].

CollectionSpace version 8.1 release announcement. The CollectionSpace team is over the moon excited to announce the release of CollectionSpace Version 8.1. [Full Announcement].