MORE POSTS FROM DECEMBER 2019
From Andrew Albanese, Publishers Weekly: In a December 27 letter, lawyers for Audible and a group of seven major publishers reported that a settlement to end a closely watched copyright lawsuit over Audible’s proposed Captions program is within reach. [Clip] First filed in August of 2019 by seven publishers, the suit claims that Audible’s proposed Captions program, which scrolls a […]
2019 in Review: DORA’s List of the Top 10 Advances In Research Assessment 3 Internet Language Trends From 2019, Explained (via The Conversation) International Observatory Targets Predatory Publishers (via THE) See Also: Commentary: “Predatory Journals: No Definition, No Defence”
From the U. of Chicago Library: A group of masked dancers, frozen in dramatic poses. A plane descending at an airport, with another trailing in the distance. And a pair of … carnivorous dinosaurs? These disparate images all can be found within the University of Chicago Library’s new collection of North Korean stamps, assembled in a public online […]
Journal Article: “A Survey of the State of Research Data Services in 35 U.S. Academic Libraries, or ‘Wow, What A Sweeping Question'”
Academic Libraries, Data Files, Libraries, News, Open Access
|The following article was published today by Research Ideas and Outcomes (RIO). Title A Survey of the State of Research Data Services in 35 U.S. Academic Libraries, or “Wow, What A Sweeping Question” Authors Matthew Murray University of Guelph Megan O’Donnell Iowa State University Mark J. Laufersweiler University of Oklahoma John Novak University of Maryland, […]
From the Down the Rabbit Hole Blog: Billions of people visited Wikipedia over the course of a chaotic 2019, and we now have the data to say what they were most interested in. Let’s all kneel before Thanos, whose Avengers: Endgame ruled over all of us. The film, the culmination of over a decade of storytelling […]
From Fox 26 (Medford, OR) The Phoenix [Oregon] Library is rolling out a new, quirky exhibit. People checking out books at the library are met with a display of vintage toilet paper. The toilet paper dates back to 1969 from a traveler’s journey through Europe. It is on loan to the library from a resident […]
From The Register-Guard: The Harrisburg School District may have violated the state’s anti-discrimination law and rules this fall after limiting access to a book that told the story of a transgender fourth-grader, the Oregon Department of Education has found. Jennifer Smid, a parent in the district, filed a complaint with the state after she discovered […]
Case Study: “Open Data for the Crowd: An Account of Citizen Science at ETH Library”
Academic Libraries, Data Files, Journal Articles, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News
|The following case study was recently published by LIBER Quarterly published by LIBER (Association of European Research Libraries). Title Open Data for the Crowd: An Account of Citizen Science at ETH Library Author Stefan Wiederkehr ETH Zurich Source LIBER Quarterly, 29(1) DOI: 10.18352/lq.10294 Abstract This paper gives an account of ETH Library’s combined strategy of […]
From the Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette: The main campus library at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville has temporarily closed two floors to prepare for an estimated $23.5 million renovation. [Clip] The 18-month renovation project, once complete, will add seating for students and return some books to the library, said Dennis Clark, UA’s library dean since […]
U.S. Federal Data Strategy 2020 Action Plan Released
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|From the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA): The Federal Records Act governs the lifecycle of data when created and used in the same context of a Federal record. As such, NARA is engaged with the Federal Data Strategy Team to ensure records management is considered where applicable in this government-wide initiative. Direct to Federal […]