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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
April 3, 2024 by Gary Price
The April 2024 (Vol 85 No 4) issue of College & Research Libraries News from the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) is now available online. Direct to Complete Table of Contents Direct to Download Complete Issue (PDF) Features Story Telling, Learning Objects, and Scalar: Hidden Tools in Asynchronous Educational Models Charmaine Henriques You […]
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March 31, 2024 by Gary Price
The preprint linked below was recently shared on arXiv. Title Forensic Scientometrics — An Emerging Discipline to Protect the Scholarly Record Authors Leslie D. McIntoshDigital Science Cynthia Hudson VitaleAssociation of Research Libraries Source via arXivarXiv:2404.00478v1 Abstract Forensic Scientometrics (FoSci) is emerging as a vital discipline at the intersection of scientific integrity and security. Scholarship and […]
March 29, 2024 by Gary Price
From ARL: The onset of new, more accessible, artificial intelligence (AI) technologies marks a significant turning point for libraries, ushering in a period rich with both unparalleled opportunities and complex challenges. In this era of swift technological transformation, libraries stand at a critical intersection. To effectively chart this transition, two quick polls were conducted among […]
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March 28, 2024 by Gary Price
Censorship and Academic Freedom in the Public University Library was published today by Ithaka S+R. The report was written by: Ess Pokornowski Senior Analyst, Ithaka S+R Roger C. Schonfeld Vice President, Organizational Strategy and Libraries, Scholarly Communication, and Museums From the Report’s Executive Summary: Research libraries are expected to provide and preserve collections in support […]
March 25, 2024 by Gary Price
From an OCLC Release: Following a comprehensive governance study, the OCLC Global Council ratified plans to establish a new council structure to clarify its role and increase member engagement. The new OCLC Leaders Council will be phased in over the next year with a clear purpose: to provide library perspectives that inform OCLC’s strategic goals […]