MORE POSTS FROM MAY 2019
From NTHP: Each year, America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places sheds light on important examples of our nation’s heritage that are at risk of destruction or irreparable damage. Over 300 places have been listed in its 32-year history, and in that time, fewer than 5 percent of listed sites have been lost. The 2019 list includes a […]
From The Intelligencer: The David Library of the American Revolution — a treasure trove of Early American history set within the scenic splendor of Washington Crossing — will move next year from Upper Makefield to a new home at the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia, where the priceless collection of documents and books are expected […]
From NISO: The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) Voting Members have approved a new project, Assess Video and Audio Metadata and Standards for Academic Research and Professional Information, to determine best practices and recommendations for metadata associated with scholarly output and instructional materials in video and audio formats. NISO is now forming a working group; […]
The link below is to an open access version of an article published by Law Library Journal. Title Sustainable and Open Access to Valuable Legal Research Information: A New Framework Authors Alex Zhang Washington and Lee University School of Law James Hart University of Cincinnati College of Law Source via Washington and Lee University School […]
From the U.S. Census: More education leads to higher earnings but the gender pay gap is wider among men and women with a bachelor’s degree than among those without. Among workers with a bachelor’s degree, women earn 74 cents for every dollar men make, which is less than the 78 cents for workers without the […]
From a Joint Announcement: The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) and the Information Accountability Foundation (IAF) partnered to form the FPF-IAF Joint Health Initiative in 2018. Today, the Initiative is releasing A Taxonomy of Definitions for the Health Data Ecosystem; the publication is intended to enable a more nuanced, accurate, and common understanding of the current state of […]
United Kingdom: “ARCHANGEL: Securing Our National Archives with AI and Blockchain”
Archives and Special Collections, Data Files, Digital Collections, Journal Articles, News
|From the University of Surrey: In a paper to be presented at the CVPR conference in Los Angeles in June, Surrey’s Centre for Vision, Speech and Signal Processing (CVSSP) explain how they have been working with the Open Data Institute and the National Archives in the UK to develop ARCHANGEL – a highly secure, decentralised computer vision and blockchain based system […]
From Europol: With the support of Europol, the French National Police (OCBC – National Unit in charge of Cultural goods trafficking) and the Spanish Guardia Civil (UCO) have dismantled an organised crime group suspected of stealing maps in the archival collections of libraries throughout Europe. On 20 May, 6 properties were searched simultaneously in France […]
Research Paper: “Shared Feelings: Understanding Facebook Reactions to Scholarly Articles” (Preprint)
Data Files, Journal Articles, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users
|The following article was recently posted on arXiv. Title Shared Feelings: Understanding Facebook Reactions to Scholarly Articles Authors Cole Freeman Northern Illinois University Mrinal Kanti Roy Northern Illinois University Michele Fattoruso Northern Illinois University Hamed Alhoori Northern Illinois University Source via arXiv Abstract Research on social-media platforms has tended to rely on textual analysis to […]
The following article (preprint) is scheduled for publication in portal: Title Academic Libraries’ Stance Toward the Future Authors Andrew M. Cox Stephen Pinfield Sophie Rutter Source portal: Libraries and the Academy Vol. 19, No. 3 Abstract The literature about academic libraries takes a strong interest in the future, yet little of it reflects on academic […]