October 19, 2023 by Gary Price
ACM Statement on Principles for the Development and Use of Systems to Detect Generative AI Content Center for Research on Foundation Models (CRFM)/Stanford HAI Introducing The Foundation Model Transparency Index Ex Libris The Impact of Generative AI on Libraries Oxford University Press AI in Education: Where We are and What Happens Next Scholarly Publishing Journal […]
August 16, 2023 by Gary Price
AI ChatGPT Answers More Than Half of Software Engineering Questions Incorrectly (via ZDNet) Book Bans Books Banned in Other States Fuel Vermont Lieutenant Governor’s Reading Tour (via AP) ||| Learn More About the Tour (via VT Lieutenant Governor Website) Brown University Brown Library Receives Second NEH Grant for Digital Publishing Institute Georgia State University Georgia […]
June 13, 2023 by Gary Price
Maryland’s First Freedom Libraries to Open in Adult and Youth Correctional Facilities (via CBS Baltimore) University of Deleware Library Launches New Search Functionality. Powered by Ex Libris (via UDLMP) How AI is Revolutionizing How Governments Conduct Surveillance (via NPR) NTIA Receives More Than 250 Comments to Inform Digital Equity Act Programs (via NTIA) Texas Bans […]
June 12, 2023 by Gary Price
Connecticut: Essex Public Library Restores ‘Pride’ Displays After Over 20 Books Were Removed By Visitor (via WTNH) ||| More From Fox 61 News Duke University Libraries Selects Alma Library Services Platform From Ex Libris (via DUL) Iowa School Librarians Await Guidance as They Prepare For New Law That Will Ban Certain Materials (via The Gazette) […]
November 7, 2022 by Gary Price
Below, full text of statements from OCLC and Clarivate along with links to today’s court filing and the complete case docket. Statement From OCLC OCLC is pleased to announce today that it successfully defended WorldCat to protect the collaborative service developed and maintained with and for libraries worldwide. An agreement has been reached in a […]
June 15, 2022 by Gary Price
LAST UPDATE June 29, 2022 (12:15 PM Eastern): At the bottom of this post we have added (Update 6) a link to the full text of an updated statement from Clarivate. —END UPDATE– Direct to Complete Case Docket The lawsuit was filed by OCLC earlier this week in U.S. Federal Court, Southern District of Ohio. […]
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April 18, 2022 by Gary Price
From Library Technology Guides: The International Survey of Library Automation provides a unique opportunity for libraries to evaluate their core technology systems, their associated vendors, and to offer their views on relevant topics and trends. This fifteenth edition of the survey received 2,790 responses. The 43,049 cumulative responses received since 2007 document interesting and important […]
February 27, 2022 by Gary Price
Last Update: 11:30 A.M. Eastern (April 18, 2022) Statement by the President of the Ukrainian Library Association Mechanical Translation via Google Screen Cap of Mechanical Translation via Microsoft Translator Statements of Solidarity and Support (Latest Entry in Bold) ACS Publications Joins Other Publishers in Condemning Invasion of Ukraine American Historical Association: Historians Condemn Russian Invasion […]
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December 1, 2021 by Gary Price
Cambridge University Press Releases 2021 Annual Report Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) Virtual Conference in Review Clarivate Completes Acquisition of ProQuest Ex Libris Esploro Solution Now Integrated with ORCID LibLynx Integrates with the IPregistry.org to Simplify Access Control for De Gruyter RBmedia Acquires Author’s Republic Self-Published Audiobooks Platform SPARC Shares 2021 Accomplishments The Wikimedian on […]
October 7, 2021 by Gary Price
From ExLibris: Ex Libris, a ProQuest company, is pleased to announce the publication of its annual study on the challenges that academic researchers face, the priorities of research office leaders, and key opportunities for libraries and research offices to advance scholarship at their institution. Commissioned by Ex Libris, the study was conducted by Alterline, an […]