Dr. Carla Hayden was sworn in this week as the 14th Librarian of Congress. Coverage from the NY Times is here. Below is video of her speech from the ceremony which was streamed live on the Library of Congress’s YouTube channel. Congratulations Dr. Hayden!

The International Federation of Library Association and Institutions (IFLA) released the IFLA Trend Report 2016 Update discussing key issues and developments in libraries around the world.

The Pew Research Center released a new report as well. This one looks at Americans’ views and use of their local libraries.

In another case of algorithms behaving suspiciously, odd incidents of Facebook blocking content were recently reported by Techdirt.