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Research Tools: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Releases Online Tool to Help Renters and Landlords Access Federal Assistance
From CFPB: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today released an online tool to help renters and landlords impacted by the pandemic easily find and apply for payment assistance for rent, utilities and other expenses. The Rental Assistance Finder, available at … [Read More...]
UC San Francisco (UCSF) to House COVID Tracking Project, a National Database Donated by The Atlantic
From UCSF: UC San Francisco and The Atlantic have announced that the COVID Tracking Project, a crowdsourced digital archive documenting the face of the pandemic in the United States, will become part of the University’s permanent library collection and is accessible to researchers and the … [Read More...]
Not Real News: An Associated Press Roundup of Untrue Stories Shared Widely on Social Media This Week
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 Also: More “Not … [Read More...]
Canada: “Copyright Collective Can’t Force Tariffs on University, Supreme Court Rules”
From The Canadian Press/CTV: The Supreme Court of Canada says a copyright collective cannot force York University to pay specific tariffs for the use of published works in the classroom. In its unanimous decision today, the high court says the law does not empower the Access Copyright collective to … [Read More...]
Journal Article: “Analysing the Requirements for an Open Research Knowledge Graph: Use Cases, Quality Requirements, and Construction Strategies”
The following article (full text, open access) was recently published by the International Journal on Digital Libraries. Title Analysing the Requirements for an Open Research Knowledge Graph: Use Cases, Quality Requirements, and Construction Strategies Authors Arthur Brack Leibniz Information … [Read More...]
IMLS Announces $22.7 Million Investment in U.S. Library Initiatives
From IMLS: The Institute of Museum and Library Services today announced 78 awards totaling $22,711,204 to support libraries across the country. The FY 2021 awards were made through National Leadership Grants for Libraries and the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program. The awarded grants … [Read More...]
National Archives (NARA) Seeks Feedback on Draft of New Strategic Plan
From the National Archives and Records Administration: The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has posted its new draft Strategic Plan and invites feedback from staff, public and government customers, stakeholders, and colleagues in the archival, historical, and records management … [Read More...]
Roundup (July 30, 2021)
Call for Participation: The Canadian Web Archiving Coalition (via Canadian Association of Research Libraries) National Library of Medicine Joins Instagram (via NLM Collections) New Wikipedia Preview Feature Provides Context from Wikipedia Across the Web (via Wikimedia Diff) Open Research Funders … [Read More...]
Nature Editorial: “The Lack of People of Colour in Science Images Must be Fixed: Archives, Libraries, Photo Agencies and Publishers Need to Do Better to Reflect Science’s True Past and Present”
From Nature: Nature often illustrates articles reporting on communities and countries that are under-represented in science using generic images, in part because universities, national libraries and commercial photo agencies hold relatively few images of people from such communities. Although we do … [Read More...]
Library of Congress Labs Announces Launch of “Speculative Annotation” Experiment
From LC: Created by artist and 2021 Innovator in Residence Courtney McClellan, Speculative Annotation is an open-source dynamic web application and public art project. The app presents a unique mini collection of free-to-use items from the Library for students, teachers and learners to annotate … [Read More...]
California: $115 Million Investment in Zero Textbook Cost Degrees and OER Signed Into Law, Single Largest State Investment in Open Educational Resources to Date
From SPARC California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law an unprecedented $115 million investment in the expansion of Zero Textbook Cost degrees and open educational resources at the state’s community colleges. Building on a successful pilot that concluded in 2019, the funding will support the … [Read More...]
Report: “New Bill Would Update Decades-Old Law Governing Children’s Privacy Online, Add Protection For Teens”
UPDATE: Additional Details About the Bill Along with the Full Text of the Legislation are Now Available via Rep. Castor's Office From The Washington Post: Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Fla.) plans to introduce a bill Thursday morning that would update the decades-old law governing children’s privacy … [Read More...]
Roundup (July 29, 2021)
July/August 2021 Issue of Archival Outlook Published by the Society of American Archivists (SAA) is Now Available Online University of Miami: Libraries Shed Light on Turmoil in Cuba, Haiti VIVO Announces Dragan Ivanović as Technical Lead (via LYRASIS) … [Read More...]
Cleveland, Ohio: Nation’s Oldest African American Producing Theatre and Cultural Arts Center is Donating Archives to Kelvin Smith Library, Case Western Reserve University
From The Daily, Case Western Reserve University: The Karamu House guest book alone is extraordinary, with such signatories as Martin Luther King Jr., Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis, musicians from Duke Ellington’s Orchestra and visitors from across the globe. The theatre’s historic register—photographs, … [Read More...]
Scientific Publishing Organizations and All 17 U.S. National Laboratories Partner on Transgender-Inclusive Name-Change Process for Published Papers
From the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Complete News Release): All seventeen U.S. national laboratories and many prominent publishers, journals, and other organizations in scientific publishing announced today the beginning of a partnership to support name change requests from researchers … [Read More...]
New Research Resource: “Curious About Utah’s Frontier Women? Browse BYU’s New Database of Women’s Newspaper Ads”
From Brigham Young University: A single bottle of tonic to cure diabetes, cancer, ulcers and dizziness. Raisins and currants for Christmas mince meat pies. Midwifery courses taught by a certified female doctor, $30 a term. A souvenir stone from the Hill Cumorah, “guaranteed genuine,” mailed from New … [Read More...]
Roundup (July 28, 2021)
FCC Enrolls Over 4 Million Households in Emergency Broadband Benefit Program and Continues with Additional Program Outreach (via FCC) Jisc to Manage Central Licensing and Invoicing for Direct to Open From the MIT Press (via MIT Press) Maryland Libraries Work with Publishers to Set “Reasonable Terms” … [Read More...]
Journal Article: “Data Sharing Practices and Data Availability Upon Request Differ Across Scientific Disciplines”
The following article was published today by Scientific Data. Title Data Sharing Practices and Data Availability Upon Request Differ Across Scientific Disciplines Authors Leho Tedersoo Estonian Young Academy of Sciences Rainer Küngas Ester Oras Kajar Köster Helen Eenmaa Äli Leijen Margus … [Read More...]
Interlibrary Loan: Internet Archive Joins IDS Project
Note: This is the second Internet Archive ILL-related announcement in three months. On April 27th announced a pilot project with the RapidILL. From an IA Blog Post by Brewster Kahle: The Internet Archive is pleased to announce it has joined the The Information Delivery Services (IDS) Project, a … [Read More...]
ARL: “Research Libraries Ensure Trustworthiness in Times of Need”
From a Post by Mary Lee Kennedy, Executive Director, Association of Research Libraries As we emerge into what follows historic crises in public health, democracy, and social justice, our society is challenged in almost every dimension of our lives with questions of trust and … [Read More...]
