February 28, 2021 by Gary Price
The following article was recently published by the Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication (JLSC). Title From “Patchy Endorsements” to Intentional Advocacy: Deconstructing Bias in the Language of Open Access Authors Lauren B. Collister University of Pittsburgh Melissa H. Cantrell University of Colorado Boulder Source Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication, 9(1), p.eP239 DOI: 10.7710/2162-3309.2395 […]
February 28, 2021 by Gary Price
The article (preprint) linked below was recently made available by portal: Libraries and the Academy. Title Why is Access to the Scholarly Journal Literature So Expensive? Authors Bo-Christer Björk Professor Emeritus of Information Systems Science Hanken School of Economics in Helsinki, Finland Source Preprint portal: Libraries and the Academy. To Appear: Volume 21, Number 2 […]
February 28, 2021 by Gary Price
From the Ivy Plus Libraries Consortium Description(via Archive-It): The Global Social Responses to Covid-19 Web Archive is an initiative developed by librarians throughout the Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation in partnership with librarians at Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, the Library of Congress, the New York Public Library, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, the University of California-Berkeley, the University of Hawaii, […]
February 27, 2021 by Gary Price
From the Associated Press: A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts… Direct to Full Text See Also: More “Not Real News” […]
February 27, 2021 by Gary Price
From a Post on the International Federation of Library and Information Association E-Mail List IFLA-L: The IFLA Building Strong LIS Education Working Group invites the library and information science (LIS) community to provide feedback on the draft IFLA Guidelines for Professional Library and Information Science (LIS) Education Programmes by completing a feedback form AND/OR attending an online forum. […]
February 27, 2021 by Gary Price
From the Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband (SHLB) Coalition: Today the House of Representatives passed legislation that includes a $7.6 billion Emergency Connectivity Fund. For the duration of the ongoing pandemic, the Fund will enable schools and libraries to connect students and library patrons to broadband services and devices. John Windhausen Jr., executive director of […]
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February 27, 2021 by Gary Price
The hearing will take place on on Wednesday, March 2, 2021 beginning at 12:30pm Eastern. The video to watch the hearing is embedded below. Witnesses Dr. Carla Hayden Librarian of Congress, Library of Congress Ms. Mary B. Mazanec Director, Congressional Research Service Ms. Maria Strong Acting Director U.S. Register of Copyrights, U.S. Copyright Office Source […]
February 27, 2021 by Gary Price
From The British Library’s Endangered Archives Blog: February may be the shortest month of the year, but it is another month packed with newly digitised collections being added to the EAP website. The three latest projects to go online include: EAP791 – Manuscripts of the Lanten community in northern Laos Led by Professor Dr Josephus […]
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February 26, 2021 by Gary Price
From a LPC Blog Post: As part of our commitment to anti-racism, LPC’s Diversity and Inclusion Task Force has prepared the LPC Roadmap for Anti-Racist Practice. This document owes a great deal to the ideas and input of library publishing workers at last fall’s anti-racism community call, which was hosted by the task force and […]
February 26, 2021 by Gary Price
From Reuters: A new version of the first known on-screen kiss between two African-American actors has been discovered in the collections of the National Library of Norway. The 1898 film, directed by U.S. film industry pioneer William Selig, stars vaudeville actors Saint Suttle and Gertie Brown and shows them courting and kissing in front of […]