Public Libraries: “Study Shows Challenges to Protecting Privacy of Library Users”
From the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: Librarians have historically taken a strong stand on protecting the privacy of their patrons. But how well they accomplish this varies widely with the size of a library, and technology has made it more difficult, according to the first study of privacy practices and challenges [...]
Research Article (Preprint): “Data Stewardship: Case Studies From North-American, Dutch, And Finnish Universities”
The article (preprint) linked below was recently share on arXiv. Title Data Stewardship: Case Studies From North-American, Dutch, And Finnish Universities Authors Antti M. Rousi Aalto University, Finland Reid I. Boehm Purdue University Yan Wang Delft Technical University, Netherlands Source via arXiv (December 7, 2023) DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2312.04092 Abstract Purpose – [...]
NY Review of Books: Robert Darnton Reviews Peter Baldwin’s, “Athena Unbound: Why and How Scholarly Knowledge Should Be Free for All”
From Robert Darnton’s NYRB Review: In Athena Unbound Baldwin takes a hard look at the world of knowledge. Have no illusions, he warns: journal publishers are gouging their customers, scholarly monographs reach a tiny audience, libraries are floundering under budget pressures, academics are pursuing careers rather than truth, and readers are not [...]
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