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Library Futures Digital Licensing Clause Bank by Layla Maurer, Esq. / bookshelf emerging from a tablet

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You CAN Negotiate With Vendors: Learn How With Our Clause Bank

Nov 10, 2026

Use our Clause Bank to negotiate the best deal for your library when licensing digital content.

On Our Terms: An OER about Library-Vendor Relationships by Barbara Alvarez and Eleanor Mattern / Library Futures

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Learn to Negotiate with Vendors in New OER

Oct 27, 2026

This OER from the Library Futures Research Network gives you the tools and the power to negotiate with vendors on your terms.

As long as the sun shines: Indigenous digital libraries across North America, Thomas Gagnon-van Leeuwen / snow covered road in an empty landscape with the sun in one corner

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Indigenous Digital Libraries Shine in This Interactive Story

Oct 21, 2026

An interactive map exploring the history of libraries and Indigenous cultures and how digital libraries and archives might return control to the Indigenous peoples to whom it belongs.

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AI Policy for Public Libraries: 2026 Library Futures Survey Results

Oct 15, 2026

Preliminary findings from the Library Futures Research Network AI Policies Working Group.

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Sick of your Spotify algorithm? Read this zine.

Dec 04, 2025

But what if algorithms were not an inevitable part of how we listen to music? Library Futures intern Thomas Gagnon-van Leeuwen explores the role of libraries in music.

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The Future is Digital, Local, and Read All Over: Visions for Library-Newsroom Collaboration

Sep 15, 2025

How can libraries, journalists, and newsrooms collaborate to create the future of local digital news?

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