Bohyun Kim Named Dean of University of Colorado Boulder Libraries

The University of Colorado (CU) Boulder has appointed Bohyun Kim (23LFP Fellow) as dean of University Libraries, effective August 24. Bohyun currently serves as associate university librarian for library information technology and interim associate university librarian for collections at the University of Michigan. She is an alum of the ARL Leadership Fellows Program (LFP) class of 2023. Learn more about Bohyun & her appointment. » 

A Trump Order Asked National Park Visitors to Flag “Negative” Historical Info. They Had Other Ideas »

(University of Minnesota Libraries via AP: The Associated Press) 

Learn to Lead—A New Interview Series on Our YouTube Channel »

(University of Miami Libraries via IATUL: International Association of University Libraries) 

Lost LA, a USC Libraries Co-production with PBS SoCal, Returns for Its Ninth Season »

(USC Libraries, USC: University of Southern California) 

2026 Designing Storage Architectures for Digital Collections »

(Library of Congress) 

U of T Chief Librarian Larry P. Alford Honored with OCUL Lifetime Achievement Award »

(University of Toronto (U of T) Libraries via OCUL: Ontario Council of University Libraries)
See also: FLOURISH Leadership Program Concludes Inaugural 2025–26 Cohort in St. John’s (U of T Libraries via CARL: Canadian Association of Research Libraries) 

UNC–Chapel Hill Launches Statewide Study on Libraries and Generative AI in Local Communities »

(UNC University Library, UNC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) 

UTK Libraries Summer Reading Bingo »

(UTK Libraries, UTK: University of Tennessee, Knoxville via Instagram)
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Cost Transparency Doesn’t Conflict with Library Values. It Can Help Us Defend Them. »

(Katina Magazine)
Also from Katina: Why the Gates Foundation Abandoned Article Processing Charges (APCs)

How Data Need People: The Social and Epistemic Practice of a Data-Rich Science (open-access book) »

(Cambridge University Press)

Study Finds Sharp Decline in Black, Hispanic Researchers Receiving NIH Funding »

(Science)

Understanding the Environmental Impacts of AI: Introducing a New LibGuide »

(Ithaka S+R)

Upcoming Webinar: Reflection, Reckoning, and Recommitment: Student Voices at the 250th (Thursday, June 25) »

(Campus Compact)

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