US Library News:

Minnesota: Libraries are adding ‘maker spaces’ to attract DIY crowd (Star Tribune

Ohio: Massillon Library gets grant to buy ebooks for the homebound (IndeOnline)

Children practice reading aloud to dogs in ‘Tail Waggin’ Tutor’ program (Sun Sentinel)

Bentley Historical Library acquires Kevorkian papers, now open to the public (Michigan News)
International Library News:

Responding – Public Libraries and Refugees (IFLA)

New Article: “Chinese Internet Literature: Preserving Born-Digital Literary Content and Fighting Web Piracy” (Infodocket)

Quebec libraries leery of Islamic group’s books blaming feminism for societal ills (Yahoo Daily Brew)

Library builder’s monument of books (BBC)

Metadata that kills (Medium)

Policy and Privacy:

Data: Public Libraries: ALA Publishes Results of 2014 Digital Inclusion Survey (Infodocket)

Cyber bill could let feds spy on library users, advocate warns (The HIll)

Affordable Textbook Act Aims to Reduce College Book Prices (Education News)

Copyright:

Copyright Scares University Researchers From Sharing Their Findings (Torrent Freak)

Reference and Statistics:

Global Resource: OpenLandContracts.org Launches, Access Contracts From Large-Scale Land and Agriculture Projects (Infodocket)

Interactive Reference Resource: Oxford University Press Posts History of International Law Timeline (Infodocket)

Digital Science Launches GRID, A New, Global, Open Database Offering Unique Information On Research Organisations (Digital Science)

GPO’s MetaLib Metasearch Tool Adds New Features & Discover New Archived U.S. Government Web Sites (Infodocket)

Digital Collections:

Fader Magazine Offers Entire 16 Year Archive Free For Digital Download (Hypebot)

Palmer Museum of Art collection now available online (Penn State)

More Than 1000 Items From Kenya’s National Archives Now Online via Google Cultural Institute (Infodocket)

Lomax Family Manuscripts Now Online – Presentation Launches with 25,000 Pages of Archival Material (LOC)

GSA Launches Online Gallery of Public Art (GSA)

About once a week, I post links to digital-related library news articles and information about digital collections available online.  I also post other links of interest about the digital life daily on the Google Plus eBook Evangelist Page.