May 1, 2024 by Gary Price
The latest edition of Marshall Breeding’s annual “Library Systems Report” is now available online from American Libraries. The 2024 report runs about 6700 words. From the Introduction to the Report: The library technology industry had a quiet year in 2023. But in the absence of major business moves and acquisitions, companies set their sights on […]
April 29, 2024 by Gary Price
Association of Southeastern Research Libraries ASERL and De Gruyter Create Partnership to Support University Presses Florida Miami’s Oldest Public Library, in Little Haiti, Closes For Makeover (via WLRN) National Library of Medicine MTIX: the Next-Generation Algorithm for Automated Indexing of MEDLINE Public Domain Debut Issue of the “The Public Domain Newsletter” (April 2024) From the […]
April 25, 2024 by Gary Price
The article linked below was published today by PLOS One. Title Seek and You May (Not) Find: A Multi-Institutional Analysis of Where Research Data are Shared Authors Lisa R. Johnston University of Wisconsin-Madison Alicia Hofelich Mohr University of Minnesota Joel Herndon Duke University Shawna Taylor Association of Research Libraries Jake R. Carlson University of Buffalo […]
April 25, 2024 by Gary Price
From the Association of Research Libraries: The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has issued a set of “Research Libraries Guiding Principles for Artificial Intelligence.” AI technologies, and in particular, generative AI, have significant potential to improve access to information and advance openness in research outputs. AI also has the potential to disrupt information landscapes and […]
April 24, 2024 by Gary Price
Carnegie Mellon University Libraries Libraries AI Literacy Hackathon Expands Educational Resources (via CMU Libraries) ChatGPT (Added 4/25) Sage Launches Free Course in ChatGPT Literacy Ebooks Amazon is Filled With Garbage Ebooks. Here’s How They Get Made. (via Vox) Facebook & Meta Facebook Wrongly Labels Photographs of Auschwitz Victims as Showing ‘Bullying’ and ‘Nudity’ (via The […]
April 19, 2024 by Gary Price
The video recording linked and embedded below was recorded at the Coalition For Networked Information (CNI) Spring 2024 Membership Meeting on Monday, March 25, 2024. You can find more session recordings from the meeting listed and linked here. Title: The ARL/CNI Task Force on AI Futures Scenarios for the Research Enterprise and Research Libraries Description […]
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April 18, 2024 by Gary Price
Association of Research Libraries (ARL) ARL to Congress: No One Can Own the Law (via ARL) Louisiana Bill Would Apply Obscenity Laws to Louisiana Public School Libraries (via The Acadiana Advocate) Misinformation/Fake News The Geography of Corporate Fake News (via PLOS One) North Carolina Beta Version of the New UNC University Library Website Now Available […]
April 10, 2024 by Gary Price
Here’s the Full Text of the Announcement From the National Indigenous Knowledge and Language Alliance (NIKLA): The Respectful Terminology Platform Project (RTPP), an Indigenous-led initiative under the NIKLA-ANCLA umbrella, is honoured to announce that the project has been awarded a two-year grant for a total of $1.4M USD from the Mellon Foundation. Led by RTPP […]
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April 8, 2024 by Gary Price
Congrats Ray! Here’s the Full Text of Today’s ALA Announcement: Raymond Pun, Academic and Research Librarian at the Alder Graduate School of Education in California has been elected 2024-2025 president-elect of the American Library Association (ALA). Pun received 5,611 votes, while his opponent, Sam Helmick, Community & Access Services Coordinator at Iowa City Public Library, […]
April 5, 2024 by Gary Price
The article linked below was recently published by College & Research Libraries (C&RL). Title Academic Librarians as Teachers and Faculty Developers: Exploring the Potential of the ‘Teach the Teachers” Model of Information’ Authors Jane Hammons The Ohio State University Source College & Research Libraries (C&RL) Vol 85, No 3 (2024) DOI: 10.5860/crl.85.3.378 Abstract Proponents of […]