Latest Information Industry News and Resources
Recently Announced Open Access Publishing Agreements: News from ACS, DeGruyter, PLOS, and Others
February 20, 2020 American Chemical Society Signs ‘Read and Publish’ Agreement With Bibsa Consortium In Sweden February 19, 2020 PLOS and the University of California Announce Open Access Publishing Agreement X-Posted by PLOS Rockefeller University Press is First US Based University Press to … [Read More...]
$166 Million Invested in Libraries Across America, IMLS Releases FY 2020 Allotment Table for 59 State Library Administrative Agencies (SLAAs)
From IMLS: The Institute of Museum and Library Services released its FY 2020 allotment table for 59 State Library Administrative Agencies (SLAAs), totaling $166,803,000. These annual grants to the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Territories represent the largest source … [Read More...]
Research Tools: “Plants and the People Who Name Them: The International Plant Names Index and BHL”
From a Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) Blog Post by Grace Costantino: At the end of the twentieth century, the The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, The Harvard University Herbaria, and The Australian National Herbarium began collaboration on an ambitious project—to create an online index of names … [Read More...]
New: Add a Tweet to One You Already Tweeted
Now you can add a Tweet to one you already Tweeted, faster! pic.twitter.com/j3ktAN6t5o — Twitter (@Twitter) February 19, 2020 … [Read More...]
Final Report of Post-Publication Open Peer Review Experiment Published
From an OPERAS Blog Post: A final report on the results of the post-publication open peer review experiment that took place from October 2018 to June 2019 within the HIRMEOS project has been published. The project has included the implementation of an annotation service on the OpenEdition Books … [Read More...]
“Building the Bots that Keep Wikipedia Fresh”
From Government Computing News: Researchers at Stevens Institute of Technology classified the Wikipedia bots into nine roles and 25 associated functions with the goal of understanding what bots do now and what they might do in the future. Jeffrey Nickerson, professor and associate dean of research … [Read More...]
Digital Library on American Slavery From UNC Greensboro Recognized by National Park Service (NPS) as First-Ever “Virtual” Stop on the Underground Railroad Network to Freedom
From UNC Greensboro: The Digital Library on American Slavery at UNC Greensboro has been recognized by the National Park Service (NPS) as the first-ever “virtual” stop on the Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. [Clip] The Digital Library on American Slavery is an expanding resource … [Read More...]
“UC Berkeley Library Digitizes Massive Trove of Materials on Internment Of Japanese Americans”
From the UC Berkeley Library: In the spring of 1942, approximately 120,000 Japanese Americans were banished from their homes, shuffled into squalid detainment centers as internment camps were built. Uchida’s letter is one of thousands held in The Bancroft Library, where the memory of a national … [Read More...]
Report: “Rhode Island’s Libraries are Pushing Back Against What Critics Say are Unfair Restrictions on e-Book Pricing”
From the Cranston Herald: Rhode Island’s libraries are pushing back against what critics say are unfair restrictions on e-book pricing and availability on the part of publishers – and the assistant director of the Cranston Public Library is helping to lead the charge. The Rhode Island Library … [Read More...]
PressReader Enters Into a New Licensing Agreement with Dow Jones For WSJ Content
From a News Release: PressReader today announced a new licensing deal with Dow Jones and its flagship Wall Street Journal brand. [Our emphasis] Under the terms of the deal, The Wall Street Journal's US digital replica daily edition will be made available to PressReader subscribers outside of the … [Read More...]
Columbia University’s Butler Library Creates an “Exclusive Circulation of Textbooks For First-Generation Low-Income Students
From The Columbia Spectator: This semester, Butler Library created an exclusive circulation of textbooks for first-generation low-income students to lighten that burden. This effort, led by the Columbia First-Generation Low-Income Partnership [FLIP], follows six years of student organizing for a … [Read More...]
Library of Congress Acquires Photography Archive of Shawn Walker and a Collection of Harlem Photography Workshop
From LC: The Library of Congress has acquired the archive of photographer Shawn Walker and his collection of photos, ephemera and audio recordings representing the influential Kamoinge Workshop based in Harlem, the Library announced today. Founded in New York City in 1963, the Kamoinge Workshop … [Read More...]
News From the University of Toronto Libraries, JISC, and Others
Angela Arnold Hired General Manager of OverDrive's K-12 United (OverDrive Education) Canada: "Regina Public Library is Frustrated With the Increase in Costs and Restrictions Some Big Publishers are Putting on eBooks and eAudiobooks." (via CTV) PLOS and the University of California Announce Open … [Read More...]
New York: “Female Security Guard Dies After Being Repeatedly Stabbed in Spring Valley Library”
From WABC: A woman has died after she was stabbed repeatedly inside a library in Spring Valley on Tuesday afternoon. The incident was reported at the Finkelstein Memorial Library on Chestnut Street just after 2 p.m. The 52-year-old female security guard was sitting at her post on the third floor … [Read More...]
U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) “Slams Feds For Trying to Cut Museum, Library Funding”
From WCBS Radio: A Connecticut lawmaker is leading the charge against a Trump administration budget proposal that would slash federal funding for local museums and libraries. As President Donald Trump attempts to tackle to federal budget deficit, one of the many items are on the chopping block, … [Read More...]
ALA: Boards of ALCTS, LITA and LLAMA Put Recommendation to Form a New Division, Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, on March 2020 Ballot
From ALA: The Boards of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS), Library Information Technology Association (LITA) and the Library Leadership & Management Association (LLAMA) have all voted unanimously to send to members their recommendation that the divisions … [Read More...]
Celebrating Black History: Mississippi State University Libraries to Digitize Records of Enslaved Mississippians For the First Time
From Mississippi State University: Mississippi State University Libraries is helping create the state’s first institutionally supported digital database intended to give greater access to legal records identifying victims of slavery. The Lantern Project is one of only a few in the South and is … [Read More...]
Report From the Archiving Email 2020 Symposium at National Library of New Zealand
From the National Library of New Zealand Blog: On 30 January 2020, archivists, digital preservationists, records managers, librarians, academics, and IT specialists from across Aotearoa and Australia came together in Wellington to discuss the particular challenges and opportunities in preserving … [Read More...]
ACLU and Other Organizations File FOIA Requests to Obtain ICE Records at “Serious Risk of Destruction”
From ACLU: Public oversight of ICE detention is about to become even harder, further eroding accountability and endangering the health and safety of more than 50,000 people in ICE custody every day. That's because the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) recently gave a … [Read More...]
Conference Paper: “What is Trending on Wikipedia? Capturing Trends and Language Biases Across Wikipedia Editions” (Preprint)
The paper linked to below (preprint) will be presented at WWW ’20 (The Web Conference) in April. Title What is Trending on Wikipedia? Capturing Trends and Language Biases Across Wikipedia Editions (Preprint) Authors Volodymyr Miz Joëlle Hanna Nicolas Aspert Benjamin Ricaud Pierre … [Read More...]
