Latest Information Industry News and Resources
ICYMI: Presentations and Resources From Academic-Led Publishing Day
Academic-Led Publishing Day took place on February 7th. The goal of Academic-Led Publishing Day is to create an open dialogue about academic-led publishing programs and funding models - both current and potential - and to raise awareness about the roles and capabilities of different stakeholders in … [Read More...]
Roundup (February 23, 2019)
Jennifer Meehan, Penn St. Special Collections Library Head, Aims to Connect Visitors with StoriesEPIC FOIA: National Archives Releases New Batch of Kavanaugh Records (via EPIC) Heritage Library: A Treasure Of Resources at Qatar National Library … [Read More...]
Guiding Principles on Ethics in Digital Health Produced During a Seminar at Stanford Libraries
From Stanford Libraries: Stanford Libraries and more than 30 partners, including Proteus Digital Health, today [2/21] unveiled Guiding Principles on Ethics in Digital Health resulting from a multiday seminar that brought together industry, academic and nonprofit leaders to address the growing … [Read More...]
New Research Report From CIRA Shares Canadian Perspective on Fake News, Privacy, Cybersecurity and Internet Access
From the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA): [The] Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) [recently] released a research report displaying Canadians' opinions and experiences regarding the internet and fake news, privacy, cybersecurity and access. Based on a survey of over … [Read More...]
New Resource: ‘Historical ‘Google Earth’ Project’ Offers 70 Years of Change to UK’s Cities and Landscapes (Britain From The Air: 1945-2009)
From the University of Cambridge: Aerial photographs of Britain from the 1940s to 2009 – dubbed the ‘historical Google Earth’ by Cambridge academics – have been made freely available to everyone on Cambridge University Library’s Digital Library. The first 1,500 photographs … [Read More...]
Research Article: “Google Search Histories Of Patients Presenting to Emergency Department: An Observational Study”
The following article was recently published by BMJ Open. Title Google Search Histories Of Patients Presenting to Emergency Department: An Observational Study Authors Jeremy M AschUniversity of PennsylvaniaPenn Medicine David A AschPenn MedicinePhiladelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center Elissa V … [Read More...]
Catherine Murray-Rust, Dean of Libraries at Georgia Tech University, to Step Down in Summer 2020
From Georgia Tech University Libraries (Full Text): Catherine Murray-Rust, dean of Libraries, has announced her desire to focus on the completion of the Library Next project before stepping down as dean in the summer of 2020. Murray-Rust has served as the dean of Libraries since 2008. During her … [Read More...]
Report: Using Librarians to Foster Information Literacy
From Community College Daily (American Association Of Community Colleges): Information literacy is considered an essential learning outcome by the Association of American Colleges & Universities and among its high-impact educational practices. It topped the Chronicle of … [Read More...]
New Free Tool Scans for Chrome Extension Safety (Beta)
From the Duo Security Web Site: To provide users and IT teams with actionable intelligence about Chrome extensions, Duo Labs is excited to announce the public beta of CRXcavator (rhymes with “excavator”), a free service that analyzes Chrome extensions and produces comprehensive security … [Read More...]
New NASA Book Shares Beauty of Earth from Space; Interactive (Free), E-Book (Free), and Print Versions Available
From NASA: Swirling white clouds, deep blue oceans and multicolored landscapes bring to life the pages of NASA’s new 168-page book “Earth,” a collection of dramatic images captured by Earth-observing satellites. The book is available now in hardcover and ebook, and online with interactive … [Read More...]
Library Design: IUPUI University Library Renovation Garners Positive Reviews
From IUPUI in Indianapolis: The book was closed last fall on University Library's $1.75 million renovation of the third and fourth floors, and library officials are writing a new chapter this spring on how new furniture and study spaces are being utilized. [Clip] New signage and artwork for … [Read More...]
New Data: Number of Master and Doctoral Degrees Doubles Among U.S. Population
From the U.S. Census: In the last two decades, the number of people with master’s and doctoral degrees has doubled. Since 2000, the number of people age 25 and over whose highest degree was a master’s has doubled to 21 million, and the number of doctoral degree holders has more than doubled … [Read More...]
Research Tools: National Library of Medicine (NLM) Launches “Medicine on Screen”
From NLM: The U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM), the world’s largest biomedial library, announces the launch of Medicine on Screen: Films and Essays from NLM—replacing Medical Movies on the Web which debuted in 2013—expanding NLM’s engagement with researchers from a variety of … [Read More...]
Research Paper: “False News on Social Media: A Data-Driven Survey” (Preprint)
The following research paper (preprint) was recently shared on arXiv. Title False News on Social Media: A Data-Driven Survey Authors Francesco Pierri Politecnico di Milano Stefano Ceri Politecnico di Milano Source via arXiv Abstract In the past few years, the research community has dedicated … [Read More...]
Report: “Pinterest Cracks Down On Anti-Vaxxers, Pressuring Facebook To Follow”
From CNBC: Social network Pinterest has taken a big step to stop the spread of false content that is damaging people's health, which could put pressure on competitors to follow. [Clip] Pinterest said Wednesday that it would no longer return any search results, including pins and … [Read More...]
University of Kentucky Libraries Joins HathiTrust
From the U. of Kentucky: University of Kentucky Libraries has joined HathiTrust, a growing, global partnership with more than 145 major research institutions and libraries. This new partnership will bolster the accessibility of resources currently available to UK faculty, staff and students. UK … [Read More...]
Roundup (February 21, 2019)
Annual Report: A Recap of DORA Activities in 2018 Multiple Reports "Google Fails to Disclose Microphone in Nest Secure" (via Reuters) "Google Says the Built-In Microphone it Never Told Nest Users About Was 'Never Supposed To Be A Secret'" (via Business Insider) EPIC to FTC: After Home Spying … [Read More...]
United Nations: “Kofi Annan Declassified: Preserving His Legacy” (Access to Digitized Materials)
From the Dag Hammarskjöld Library: When former Secretary-General Kofi Annan completed his 10-year-term at the head of the Organization, he left behind 1,200 boxes of records – a literal flood of memos, letters, and handwritten notes. Several of his close collaborators, UN Archives staff and … [Read More...]
Introducing eLife’s First Computationally Reproducible Article
From eLife Labs: In September 2017 eLife announced the start of the Reproducible Document Stack (RDS) project, a collaboration between Substance, Stencila and eLife to support the development of an open-source technology stack aimed at enabling researchers to publish reproducible manuscripts … [Read More...]
New Platform From Researchers at MIT & Harvard Puts Data Privacy in the Hands of Users
From MIT: A new platform developed by MIT and Harvard University researchers ensures that web services adhere to users’ preferences on how their data are stored and shared in the cloud. In today’s world of cloud computing, users of mobile apps and web services store personal data on remote data … [Read More...]
