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Data Released Today by US Census Show Big Population Shifts in Cities and Towns One Year into Pandemic, Fastest Growing Cities Still in West and South
From the US Census: Populations of cities and towns in the South and West regions of the United States still experienced the most growth from July 2020 to July 2021, with the top 15 fastest-growing cities or towns located in these regions, according to new population estimates for cities and … [Read More...]
Report: “A Florida Library’s LGBTQ Pride Display Started a Yearlong Battle”
From The Tampa Bay Times: The yearly LGBTQ Pride Month display in the Citrus County library went largely unnoticed until 2021. But last year, the small array of LGBTQ-themed books surrounded by rainbow hearts and signs saying “love is love” became a point of contention that has expanded into a … [Read More...]
Research Article: “One-Year in: COVID-19 Research at the International Level in CORD-19 Data”
The article linked below was recently published by PLOS One Title One-Year in: COVID-19 Research at the International Level in CORD-19 Data Authors Caroline S. Wagner The Ohio State University Xiaojing Cai Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China Yi Zhang University of Technology, Sydney, … [Read More...]
“Connecting Communities: Libraries as Invisible Infrastructure”
From a CitiesSpeak (National League of Cities) Article by Daphna Blatt, Senior Director of Strategy & Public Impact at The New York Public Library: In collaboration with library professionals across the country and the Our Common Purpose Project at the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, … [Read More...]
Roundup (May 25, 2022)
DuckDuckGo Browser Allows Microsoft Trackers Due to Search Agreement (via Bleeping Computer) Remote Learning Apps Tracked Millions of Kids Around the World (via Protocol) Show Me the Data 2022: States Have Lost Momentum on Improving Report Cards (Data Quality Campaign) U.S. Book Show: Jamie Raskin … [Read More...]
Jon Shaw Appointed New Leader of the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries at Vanderbilt University
From Vanderbilt University: Jon Shaw has been appointed the new leader of the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries at Vanderbilt University, effective July 1. Previously, Shaw served as associate vice provost and deputy university librarian for the University of Pennsylvania Libraries. With … [Read More...]
New From The Internet Archive: A Digital Collection of Backlist Titles From the Music Library Association
From an Internet Archive Blog Post by Caralee Adams: For librarians who specialize in caring for music collections, it can be challenging to keep up with the latest technology and resources in the profession. The Music Library Association recently helped address this problem by making many of its … [Read More...]
Open Research in Conversation: Two Approaches (Octopus and ResearchEquals) to Micropublications
From a Guest Blog Post via JISC Research by Dr Alex Freeman, Director of Octopus Publishing CIC and Chris Hartgerink, CEO of Liberate Science: Octopus and ResearchEquals (formerly Hypergraph) are two projects which have much in common, and which followed a similar timeline from initiation to … [Read More...]
OCLC Releases More Than 150 Million WorldCat Entities as the Foundation of a Linked Data Infrastructure
From OCLC: OCLC has completed a project, funded in part by a grant from the Mellon Foundation, to develop a shared entity management infrastructure that supports linked data initiatives in the library community. As a result of this effort, OCLC has released millions of authoritative WorldCat … [Read More...]
Plan S Journal Comparison Service is Now Open for Publishers to Register and Deposit Price and Service Data
From a cOAlition S Announcement: cOAlition S is excited to release today the Journal Comparison Service (JCS), a secure, free and long-anticipated digital service, that aims to shed light on publishing fees and services. Starting from today, publishers can register with the JCS publisher portal. … [Read More...]
Open Web Research Resource: FAO Unveils New Public Tool Based on Agricultural Census Data
From the FAO: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is endowing FAOSTAT, the world’s largest agricultural data base, with an important new domain that enables much easier comparison and assessment of trends over time of the agricultural structures of all Member … [Read More...]
AP Report: “Burn-Proof Edition of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Up for Auction”
From the Associated Press: On Monday night, timed for PEN America’s annual gala, Atwood and Penguin Random House announced that a one-off, unburnable edition of “The Handmaid’s Tale” would be auctioned through Sotheby’s New York. They launched the initiative with a brief video [see below] that … [Read More...]
Book Chapter: Ethics of Open Data
The following book chapter (accepted for publication, preprint) is scheduled for publication in the ACRL publication, Scholarly Communication and Open Culture. Title Ethics of Open Data Authors Nic Weber University of Washington Brandon Locke Educopia Source via arXiv Chapter accepted for … [Read More...]
Roundup (May 24, 2022)
Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Comments on US Federal Priorities for Information Integrity Research & Development Athletes: A Collection of Free to Use and Reuse Images From the Library of Congress Colorado State University Libraries Joins OCLC Research Library Partnership (via OCLC … [Read More...]
Columbia, Missouri: “Daniel Boone Regional Library Workers Vote to Unionize”
From the Columbia Missourian: Workers at Daniel Boone Regional Library made state history on Monday, becoming the first library staff to unionize in Missouri. The results of the vote showed 101 employees in favor of unionizing to 55 opposed, for 65% approval, per the Missouri State Board of … [Read More...]
Association of University Presses (AUPresses) Releases 2022 Annual Report
Via Email, by Peter Berkery, Executive Director, Association of University Presses (AUPresses): The past year has been a difficult one, and yet there were many things for our Association to learn from and to celebrate. Despite a host of disruptions, chronic and emergent, our global community of … [Read More...]
New Data From NPD Finds “Press Coverage of ‘Antiracist Baby’ and Other Banned Books Led to Increased Sales”
From NPD: The number of books banned last year in various states in the U.S. reached the highest levels in the history of tracking by The American Library Association. In the public square, the surge in bans and community challenges against specific titles, like “Maus,” “Antiracist Baby,” and … [Read More...]
New York City’s Three Public Library Systems Announce the Launch of the NYC Banned Books Challenge
From a Joint Announcement: The City’s three public library systems are taking a stand against censorship with a new Banned Books Challenge: 10 banned or challenged books that expert librarians recommend New Yorkers borrow and read. To get the city started, Brooklyn Public Library, The New York … [Read More...]
Roundup (May 23, 2022)
Introducing the 2022 Authenticity Project Fellows (via CLIR) Knowledge Rights 21 Calls for Action on Library Rights (via Internet Archive) Why Preprints are Good for Patients (via Nature Medicine) … [Read More...]
Short List Finalists For the 7th IFLA Green Library Award Announced
From the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions: IFLA Green Library Award was a success also this year. To our great delight ENSULIB received 31 submissions from around the world, including Argentina, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, … [Read More...]
