June 30, 2018 by Gary Price
The following article was recently published by Research Evaluation, an Oxford University Press publication. Title Comprehensiveness of National Bibliographic Databases for Social Sciences and Humanities: Findings From a European Survey Authors Linda Sīle, Janne Pölönen, Gunnar Sivertsen, Raf Guns, Tim C E Engels, Pavel Arefiev, Marta Dušková, Lotte Faurbæk, András Holl, Emanuel Kulczycki, Bojan Macan, Gustaf […]
June 30, 2018 by Gary Price
From the Congressional Research Service (via EveryCRSReport.com): On June 27, 2018, Justice Anthony Kennedy, after serving on the Supreme Court as an Associate Justice since 1988, announced his intention to retire from the U.S. Supreme Court. Justice Kennedy indicated that his retirement would be effective July 31, 2018. This Insight provides an overview of several issues related to […]
June 30, 2018 by Gary Price
From the Anti-Defamation League: White supremacist groups continued to escalate their propaganda campaign targeting U.S. college campuses, with incidents increasing by 77 percent during the 2017-2018 academic year, according to new data released today by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). From Sept. 1, 2017 to May 31, 2018, ADL’s Center on Extremism documented 292 cases of white supremacist […]
June 30, 2018 by Gary Price
From Mashable UK: Millions of passwords, GPS locations, and financial records are sitting unprotected in plain sight — and yours could be one of them. Researchers at Appthority, a mobile security firm, scanned both Android and iOS mobile apps that used Firebase databases to store their users’ data. For the uninitiated, Firebase is a popular […]
June 29, 2018 by Gary Price
From OCLC: To learn more about how public libraries communicate, OCLC conducted a survey among US public libraries that asked general questions about active engagement efforts. Questions covered marketing concerns and barriers, communication channels, how they use email marketing, and much more. This report provides an overview of how US public libraries communicate to their […]
June 29, 2018 by Gary Price
The following paper will be presented at the IFLA WLIC 2018 taking place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia at the end of August. Title Engaging Liaison Librarians: Identifying Impact of a Research Data Management Educational Intervention Authors Megan Sapp Purdue University Abigail Goben University of Illinois at Chicago Source Library.IFLA.org Abstract Research data management (RDM) support has developed […]
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June 29, 2018 by Gary Price
From the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF): Community members, cops, and parents in one South Carolina school district are all pushing back against two summer reading books they believe propagate anti-police feelings. The books, The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas and All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely, were on a list of four titles […]
June 29, 2018 by Gary Price
From Lindsey McKenzie at Inside Higher Ed: In 2013, IU [Indiana University] president Michael McRobbie committed $15 million to the MDPI [Media Digitization and Preservation Initiative] to preserve some 325,000 audio and video recordings. Another $12 million was later added so that 25,000 film reels could also be preserved, said Cromwell. The $27 million project, conducted in partnership […]
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June 29, 2018 by Gary Price
From the CBC: Librarians and archivists at Laurentian University [located in Sudbury, Ontario] are concerned their budget is shrinking, after the school cut spending on staff and acquisitions by almost $200,000 in its most recent annual budget. Laurentian’s board of governors recently approved the 2018-2019 budget, which sets spending on library staff and operations at […]
June 29, 2018 by Gary Price
1. University of California, Irvine (UCI) Proposes New Name for Science Library, School of Biological Sciences, After Internal Investigation Substantiates Sexual Harassment Claims Against Signature Donor 2. Senate Appropriations Committee Approves Fy 2019 Library Funding (via District Dispatch) 3. Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees Statement Opposing the EU Copyright Package 4. European Open Education Librarian Network Launches (via SPARC Europe)