February 12, 2024 by Gary Price
Here’s the Full Text of the American Institute of Physics (AIP) Announcement: AIP is delighted to announce the appointment of Trevor Owens as its first Chief Research Officer. Starting Feb. 12, Owens will lead AIP Research, a core element of the Institute’s strategic transformation enabling AIP to leverage its work in statistical research, history, policy, […]
January 15, 2024 by Gary Price
From The Record: The British Library — the national library of the United Kingdom and an archive of millions of books and manuscripts — began restoring access to its online catalog on Monday following a ransomware attack last October. [Clip] The online system, for now, will be the only way to see the rarest books, […]
January 15, 2024 by Gary Price
Advocacy EveryLibrary Publishes 2023 Impact Report AI Gen-Al: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work (via IMF) OpenAI Unveils Plans For Tackling Abuse Ahead Of 2024 Elections (via Axios) ||| Official OpenAI Statement Microsoft Copilot Adds a Premium Subscription, Copilot Pro (via PC World) Idaho Idaho Bill On ‘Harmful’ Library Books Moves Forward After Most […]
January 2, 2024 by Gary Price
AI/GPT UPDATED: A Generative AI Primer (via JISC, National Centre For Artificial Intelligence) Boston Library Consortium BLC’s Inaugural Annual Report Highlights a Year of Collective Impact EPIC: Electronic Privacy Information Center DHS Releases Data Mining Report After EPIC FOIA Request Language Lake Superior State University Releases 2024 Banished Words List Missouri Kansas City Public Library […]
December 24, 2023 by Gary Price
Digital Curation Network (DCN) DCN Response to NSF Public Access Plan 2.0 Events Lecture: National Libraries in the Digital Era―Focusing on the Strategies of the National Library of the Netherlands (via National Diet Library, Japan) ||| Presentation Materials?Slides ||| Video Recording UNESCO Number of Countries with Open Science Policies Has Almost Doubled Since Adoption of […]
December 23, 2023 by Gary Price
AI/GPT Interview: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Discusses the Promise and Potential Perils of AI (via Morning Edition/NPR) Digital Libraries Learn About: La Bibliothèque Mondiale du Cheval (World Horse Library) Research Tools Free Law Project Powers ProPublica’s New App About SCOTUS Investments (via FLP) ||| Direct to ProPublica’s New “Supreme Connections” App
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December 22, 2023 by Gary Price
From Circulating Now/National Library of Medicine: On a quest to bring together and catalog the world’s medical knowledge, John Shaw Billings, an Army surgeon and book collector who oversaw the U.S. Surgeon General’s library (today known as NLM), acquired approximately 300 pamphlets from the private collection of the renowned French physiologist Claude Bernard in 1878. Later […]
November 16, 2023 by Gary Price
From The Library of Congress (via YouTube): The chief executive of the British Library and Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden discuss how national libraries are vital to connecting and engaging with users, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the British Library. The video was recorded on October 25, 2023 and is also available via […]
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November 9, 2023 by Gary Price
From the American Library Association: The American Library Association (ALA) Nominating Committee has selected two nominees to run for ALA president in the upcoming election. The candidates running for the 2025-26 term are Sam Helmick, Community & Access Services Coordinator at Iowa City Public Library, and Raymond Pun, Academic and Research Librarian at the Alder […]
November 4, 2023 by Gary Price
Note: infoDOCKET first shared a report about the BL cyberattack on Wednesday. In Canada, the Toronto Public Library continues to deal with a cyber incident one week after it was first reported. From The NY Times: On Saturday [10/28], the library was hit by what it is calling a “cyber incident.” Ever since, its website […]