Latest Information Industry News and Resources
Duke’s University Librarian Deborah Jakubs Will Retire in May 2022
From Duke University: Deborah Jakubs, the Rita DiGiallonardo Holloway University Librarian and Vice Provost for Library Affairs will retire in May 2022, following nearly four decades of service at Duke University. Jakubs, whose career at Duke began in 1983, was named University Librarian in 2005. … [Read More...]
WIRED: “Blind People Won the Right to Break Ebook DRM. In 3 Years, They’ll Have to Do It Again”
Update 2: Statement from Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) Welcoming New Exemptions to Section 1201 Update 1: Librarian of Congress Grants 1201 Exemption to Enable Text Data Mining Research (via Authors Alliance) From WIRED: Advocates for the blind are fighting an endless battle to access ebooks … [Read More...]
New Study From IMLS: “Understanding the Social Wellbeing Impacts of the Nation’s Libraries and Museums”
From IMLS: The Institute of Museum and Library Services, in partnership with Reinvestment Fund, have released a new study, Understanding the Social Wellbeing Impacts of the Nation’s Libraries and Museums, which examines the role of museums and libraries in promoting social wellbeing in communities … [Read More...]
The Warhol Film Archive to Come to Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) From the Whitney Museum of American Art
From the Museum of Modern Art: The Museum of Modern Art announces the transfer of the Warhol Film Archive from the Whitney Museum of American Art. The Warhol Film Archive, established by the Whitney Museum of American Art, will be added to the MoMA Archives to serve as an ongoing resource for … [Read More...]
News Roundup (October 27, 2021)
American Society of Civil Engineers, Annual Reviews, BioOne and the Geological Society Join Climate Change Knowledge Cooperative (via Kudos) FCC Receives $1.3B in New Emergency Connectivity Fund Applications (via FCC) Millions of Open Cultural Heritage Resources From Europeana Now Easily Accessible … [Read More...]
Milestones: National Archives (NARA) Celebrates 150 Million Digital Copies in the Catalog
From an AOTUS Blog Post by David Ferriero, Archivist of the United States: Thanks to the persistence and dedication of many NARA staff and the help of our partners, the number of digital copies of our records in the National Archives Catalog has just surpassed 150 million. Digitizing large … [Read More...]
Coalition for Diversity and Inclusion in Scholarly Communications (C4DISC) Releases Updated Statement of Principles
From a C4DISC Announcement: The Coalition for Diversity and Inclusion in Scholarly Communications (C4DISC), formed to discuss and address issues of diversity and inclusion within our industry, has updated their Joint Statement of Principles. In principle and in practice, collectively, C4DISC member … [Read More...]
Report: “Predatory Publishers’ Latest Scam: Bootlegged and Rebranded Papers”
From Nature: One tactic predatory journals have used is to mimic longstanding legitimate journals online (or sometimes to acquire the titles). Predators rely on the journal’s reputation to collect fees1 without providing scholarly services. In August, scholar Anna Abalkina at the Free University of … [Read More...]
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)Awards $15 Million in American Rescue Plan Grants to Museums, Libraries and Native Communities
From the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS): The Institute of Museum and Library Services today announced $15,255,733 in American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act grants to institutions across 49 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico to support the role of museums and libraries in … [Read More...]
Video: Harvard Law School Library BookTalk: “Accessible Technology and the Developing World”
The video embedded below was recorded on September 28, 2021 and shared on YouTube yesterday. From the Harvard Law School (via YouTube): When digital content and technologies are designed in a way that is inaccessible for persons with disabilities, they are locked out of commerce, education, … [Read More...]
Next Generation Library Publishing Project (NGLP) Partners with Janeway
From Educopia: Janeway will join the California Digital Library and Longleaf to pilot three different service models for the software components developed through the Next Generation Library Publishing project. The Next Generation Library Publishing (NGLP) project takes a holistic approach to … [Read More...]
News Roundup (October 26, 2021)
Springer Nature Launches COP26 Climate Research Campaign, a Brand New Compilation of Most Important Research Articles (Free Access) Related to Climate From Across the Nature Portfolio (via SN) Leadership: Kanopy Appoints Jason Tyrrell as General Manager University of British Columbia Library … [Read More...]
SPARC’s Heather Joseph is the Guest on Latest Episode of the Creative Commons “Open Minds” Podcast
From Creative Commons: Happy International Open Access Week! Open Acces Week is a global, community-driven week of action to open up access to research, taking place from October 25-31 this year. In celebration of this, our guest on this episode is Heather Joseph, the Executive Director of … [Read More...]
New From BookNet Canada: “The Impact of COVID on Book Borrowing”
From BookNet Canada: What has been the impact of COVID-19 on book borrowing? In the first half of 2021, 40% of Canadians said that COVID impacted their book borrowing, slightly more than for book buying (36%). Let’s take a deeper look using the results from the Canadian Book Consumer survey, a … [Read More...]
Video Recording: 2021 HathiTrust Member Meeting
A video recording of the 2021 HathiTrust Member Meeting (virtual) was shared on YouTube today. The meeting was recorded on October 21, 2021. From the Video's Description: The past year has brought both the challenges of change and the opportunities, as well as urgent questions around access, … [Read More...]
Idaho’s Universities Team Up on the New Digital Library of Idaho
From Boise State Public Radio News: Libraries at Idaho’s colleges and universities are joining forces to put their digital collections all in one place. The Digital Library of Idaho lets anyone search through nearly 200 collections, like photos from the territorial days in the 19th century or … [Read More...]
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives Releases Five New Digital Jigsaw Puzzles
From the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives "Unbound" Blog: Ready to fall into another round of digital jigsaw puzzles? We’ve put together, or rather, taken apart five new puzzles based on images in our collections. Each puzzle is set at about 100 pieces but they are customizable to any skill set. … [Read More...]
News Roundup (October 25, 2021)
A Global Call for OpenDOAR Updates! Building Structural Equity: Michigan Publishing Celebrates Open Access Week eLending Requires Legal Guarantees: IFLA Supports German Members in Calling For Reform Launch of the Wikimedia Alliances Fund Oxford University Press and Council of Australian University … [Read More...]
Research Article: “Citation Analysis of Ph.D. Theses with Data From Scopus and Google Books”
The following research article was recently published by Scientometrics. Title Citation Analysis of Ph.D. Theses with Data From Scopus and Google Books Author Paul Donner Deutsches Zentrum für Hochschul- und Wissenschaftsforschung (DZHW) (German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science … [Read More...]
Coalition Publica Publishes Two Reports on Metadata in Scholarly Publishing
From a Coalition Publica Announcement: Metadata is an essential aspect of academic publishing. It ensures accurate identification of a journal’s content and can improve discoverability, access, dissemination, preservation, and, arguably, research impact. Given metadata’s important role in … [Read More...]
