August 15, 2022 by Gary Price
From the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA): Nearly 4,000 Universal Newsreel Release descriptions have been added to the National Archives Catalog, the result of a unique, multi-year collaborative effort by NARA staff of the Moving Image and Sound Branch and Citizen Archivist Phil Stewart. The project’s goal was to systematically transcribe the content of […]
August 14, 2022 by Gary Price
The article linked below was published by the Journal of Medical Information Research. Title Misinformation About COVID-19 Vaccines on Social Media: Rapid Review Authors Ingjerd Skafle Anders Nordahl-Hansen Daniel S Quintana Rolf Wynn Elia Gabarron Source J Med Internet Res 2022 (Aug 04); 24(8):e37367 DOI: 10.2196/37367 Abstract Background The development of COVID-19 vaccines has been […]
August 13, 2022 by Gary Price
From Big Heavy World: The ‘Green Mountain Digital Archive’ (VT-GMDA) is a collaborative statewide initiative to bring Vermont’s digital cultural content to a highly visible national platform, the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA). Big Heavy World, with the generous expert support of staff at Middlebury College, recently channeled digital images of approximately 5,000 Vermont-made musical recordings into this […]
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August 13, 2022 by Gary Price
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 Real News” […]
August 12, 2022 by Gary Price
From The White House: Today, President Biden announced his intent to appoint the following individuals to serve in key roles: Joan Breier Brodsky, Member, National Museum and Library Services Board Susan Lynn Gibbons, Member, National Museum and Library Services Board Amy Elizabeth Gilman, Member, National Museum and Library Services Board Julius C. Jefferson Jr., Member, […]
August 12, 2022 by Gary Price
UPDATE: Sunday, August 14, 2022: Salman Rushdie ‘On the Road to Recovery,’ Agent Says (via AP) Salman Rushdie is “on the road to recovery,” his agent confirmed Sunday, two days after the author of “The Satanic Verses” suffered serious injuries in a stabbing at a lecture in upstate New York. Read the Complete Article —End […]
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August 12, 2022 by Gary Price
From Furious Flower Poetry Center and JMU Libraries: The Furious Flower Poetry Center and James Madison University Libraries are pleased to announce the publication of “Flowerings: A Framework for Mutual Growth.” The Framework addresses leaders of libraries, archives, museums, and centers for the arts and humanities who wish to partner across organizational lines and bring […]
August 12, 2022 by Gary Price
The article linked below was recently published by PLOS One. Title Trends of Research Productivity Across Author Gender and Resear Authors Milad Haghani Alireza Abbasi Clara C. Zwack Zahra Shahhoseini Nick Haslam Source PLOS One 17(8): e0271998 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0271998 Abstract Bibliographic properties of more than 75 million scholarly articles, are examined and trends in overall […]
August 12, 2022 by Gary Price
BBC Report: The Librarian Who Defied the Taliban Google Will Start Letting You Know When You Can’t Just Google It (via BuzzFeed News) Microsoft Bing Adds Price History, Coupons, Ethical Ratings to Shopping Searches (via Media Post) Rural Iowa Town’s Public Library Facing Calls for LGBTQ Book Ban (via KETV) Texas: Black-Owned Austin Bookstore Fights […]
August 11, 2022 by Gary Price
The video embedded below was recorded on July 28, 2022. From the US Copyright Office, Library of Congress: The goal of the committee is to expand and enhance communication with external stakeholders on IT modernization of Copyright Office systems, and to provide a bi-annual public forum for sharing information and answering questions related to this […]