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Not Real News: An Associated Press Roundup of Untrue Stories Shared Widely on Social Media This Week

May 27, 2023 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 [...]

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Iowa Governor Signs Education Law on Book Bans, LGBTQ Teaching

May 26, 2023 by Gary Price

From the Des Moines Register: Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed a sweeping education law that orders the removal from schools of books that contain sex acts and restricts teaching about LGBTQ topics. Iowa Republican lawmakers combined several of their top priorities for education into the wide-ranging Senate File 496, which Reynolds [...]

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Report: “Central Arkansas Library System Moving Forward With Lawsuit Against State Library Law”

May 26, 2023 by Gary Price

From KUAR: The board of the Central Arkansas Library System voted to move forward Thursday on a lawsuit against a new state law regulating public libraries. Act 372 requires books deemed by a court to be “harmful to minors” to be placed in a restricted section that’s inaccessible to children, [...]

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Knowledge Matters: The British Library Releases Strategy For the Next Seven Years

May 26, 2023 by Gary Price

From a Blog Post by Roly Keating, Chief Executive, British Library: Today we publish Knowledge Matters, the British Library’s strategy for the next seven years. It outlines the ways in which we as the UK national library want to do more for new and existing audiences, while adapting to the monumental changes that are already impacting both […]

AI: “UNESCO Mobilizes Education Ministers From Around the World for a Co-Ordinated Response to ChatGPT”

May 26, 2023 by Gary Price

Here’s the Full Text of a Statement infoDOCKET Received from UNESCO: In response to the rapid emergence of new and powerful generative AI tools, on Thursday, UNESCO held the first global meeting of Ministers of Education to explore the immediate as well as far-reaching opportunities, challenges and risks that AI applications pose to education systems. […]

Just Released: ARL and CARL Report on Research Libraries’ Alignment with Institutional STEM Priorities

May 25, 2023 by Gary Price

From a Joint Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) Post: The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) have published a report, Observations on Research Libraries’ Alignment with Institutional STEM Priorities. This report synthesizes the two associations’ joint exploration of the need for, and […]

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Research Tools: World Health Organization (WHO) Announces Release of Data.who.int

May 25, 2023 by Gary Price

From the WHO: Data.who.int provides open access to WHO’s health data through a harmonized, consolidated and seamless experience. Starting with the data underlying WHO’s annual World Health Statistics report, the new website reimagines the indicator page – the most representative level of data presentation – with consistent, expressive and accessible visualization, while also presenting metadata […]

Standards: EPUB 3.3 Becomes a W3C Recommendation

May 25, 2023 by Gary Price

Here’s the Complete Announcement From the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C):  W3C has just published the newest version of EPUB, EPUB 3.3, as a W3C Recommendation (an international Web Standard) as part of the Digital Publishing activity (established with the merger of IDPF and W3C in 2017). EPUB defines a distribution and interchange format for digital publications and […]

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Fully Open Access Journals – Size Does Matter; Global Open Access Initiative, SCOAP3, Drives Dramatic Increase in Reach and Readership of Taylor & Francis Books; & More News Headlines

May 25, 2023 by Gary Price

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Pew Research: “A Majority of Americans Have Heard of ChatGPT, But Few Have Tried It Themselves”

May 24, 2023 by Gary Price

From Pew Research: About six-in-ten U.S. adults (58%) are familiar with ChatGPT, though relatively few have tried it themselves, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted in March. Among those who have tried ChatGPT, a majority report it has been at least somewhat useful. [Clip] How ChatGPT should be used has been hotly contested. […]

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