December 31, 2021 by Gary Price
The research article liked below was published today (12/31/21) by Scientometrics. Title OCLC Library Holdings: Assessing Availability of Academic Books in Libraries in Print and Electronic Compared to Citations and Altmetrics Authors Ashraf Maleki University of Turku, Finland Source DOI: 10.1007/s11192-021-04220-6 Abstract Although library holding data is constructed upon work format of books, it is […]
December 31, 2021 by Gary Price
From The Boston Globe: Public library patrons can’t get enough of free digital downloads these days; they’re snapping up ebooks and audiobooks at a record pace. But it’s not all good news for public libraries. They are often charged far more than consumers for digital books, and sometimes publishers won’t sell to libraries at all. […]
December 30, 2021 by Gary Price
From the National Archives (UK): Today we release files from the Prime Minister’s Office and Cabinet Office covering the first years of Tony Blair’s premiership. The newly released Cabinet Office files (CAB and PREM) shed light on a range of subjects both at home and abroad under Blair’s leadership. Some Examples of Files Being Released […]
December 30, 2021 by Gary Price
From an Interview with Librarian of Congress, Dr. Carla Hayden by Chicago Tribune Journalist, Darcel Rockett: Q [Rockett]: You’ve done so many firsts: The first woman and the first African American to lead the national library. What does that kind of responsibility feel and look like? A [Hayden]: My colleagues in the library world have […]
December 30, 2021 by Gary Price
We will update this post with additional comments/statements/reactions and media reports as they become available. UPDATES Jan. 3, 2022: NY Governor Vetoes Library Bill (via Readers First) Jan. 3. 2022: ALA Disappointed in New York Governor’s Rejection of Ebook Equity Legislation —– Vetoed Legislation New York State Assembly Bill: (A05837B) ||| New York State Senate […]
December 29, 2021 by Gary Price
From the CPL: The Old Pops Sheet Music Digital Collection contains 37 works of pre-1930s sheet music, pulled from the Chicago Public Library Old Pops & Piano Music Single Sheets collection. This sheet music, once commonly referred to as “parlor music,” features not only music and lyrics, but also attractive (and often colorful) cover illustrations. […]
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December 29, 2021 by Gary Price
From a Blog Post by Jennifer Jenkins, Director, Duke Law School’s Center for the Study of the Public Domain: In January 1, 2022, copyrighted works from 1926 will enter the US public domain, where they will be free for all to copy, share, and build upon. The line-up this year is stunning. It includes books […]
December 29, 2021 by Gary Price
From the JTA Article: There are two sketches of Philipp Manes, a leading early-20th-century German-Jewish businessman, in the notebooks that he kept with him during his two-year imprisonment at the Theresienstadt transit camp. Both are drawn shortly before Manes was deported to Auschwitz in October 1944, and could not be more different. One portrait shows […]
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December 29, 2021 by Gary Price
From the Journal of eScience Librarianship (JeSLIB): Data Soup is a collaboration between the Journal of eScience Librarianship (JeSLIB) and the Data Curation Network to host a series of community focused webinars/discussions to exchange practices for curating research data of different formats or subject areas among data curators. The lineup of the inaugural webinar includes […]
December 29, 2021 by Gary Price
The article linked below was published by The Journal of Academic Librarianship. Title An Integrated Paradigm Shift to Deal With ‘Predatory Publishing’ Authors Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva Mina Moradzade Kwabena Osei Kuffour Adjeid Christopher M.Owusu-Ansah Mulubrhan Balehegn Eduardo I.Faúndezh Manthan D.Janodia Aceil Al-Khatib Source The Journal of Academic Librarianship Volume 48, Issue 1 January […]