June 30, 2022 by Gary Price
ALPSP Awards for Innovation in Publishing 2022: Shortlist Announced (via ALPSP) Library Publishing Coalition Welcomes University of Kansas and University of Delaware as New Members (via LPC) NLM Responds to Librarians’ Open Letter re: MeSH Term Changes (via MLA) Public Knowledge Project Releases 2021 Annual Report (via PKP) Scopus Roadmap: What’s Coming Up in 2022? […]
June 29, 2022 by Gary Price
From the ACLU: …last month, a Virginia resident initiated obscenity proceedings against two acclaimed books: Gender Queer, a Memoir, by Maia Kobabe, an autobiographical graphic novel that depicts the author’s experience as a non-binary and asexual person; and A Court of Mist and Fury, by Sarah J. Maas, a fantasy novel. The obscenity proceedings come […]
June 29, 2022 by Gary Price
CORE: Our Commitment to The Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure Elsevier’s Acquisition of Interfolio: Risks and Responses GPO to Discontinue Assigning Library of Congress Classification Numbers in Records for Hearings and Reports (via FDLP) New Board Members for CLOCKSS New Video: Introduction to the Open Book Collective (via COPIM) Now Available: Special Issue of IFLA […]
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June 28, 2022 by Gary Price
From National Geographic: In the early 1990s, a Canadian student named Adam Smith opened a dumpster in the basement of his apartment building in Vancouver, Canada, and discovered a stack of old leather suitcases. In one of them was a plaster “death mask” cast from the face of a man with a thick mustache. In […]
June 28, 2022 by Gary Price
From the Google Scholar Blog: Scholar Metrics provide an easy way for authors to quickly gauge the visibility and influence of rec. This release covers articles published in 2017–2021 and includes citations from all articles that were indexed in Google Scholar as of June 2022. Scholar Metrics include journals from websites that follow our inclusion guidelines and […]
June 28, 2022 by Gary Price
The Rare Book School (U. of Virginia) video embedded below (a National Endowment for the Humanities-Global Book Histories Initiative Lecture by Kelly Wisecup) was recorded on June 15, 2022. From the Video Description: A National Endowment for the Humanities-Global Book Histories Initiative Lecture, delivered on 15 June 2022 by. Where and what are Indigenous archives? […]
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June 27, 2022 by Gary Price
Full Text of a Texas A&M University Libraries Announcement: We are pleased to announce the appointment of Julie Mosbo Ballestro as University Librarian and Assistant Provost of University Libraries at Texas A&M University, beginning July 1, 2022. The University Librarian is responsible for directing programs and personnel and leading a wide range of library services […]
June 22, 2022 by Gary Price
From the Report Summary: The United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration asked us to review the handling of sexual harassment cases at the Library. The audit’s objectives were to (1) evaluate policies, procedures, and strategic planning activities related to the Library’s anti-harassment program, particularly a s they related to preventing, eliminating, and punishing […]
June 21, 2022 by Gary Price
From a Committee on Publication Ethics Blog Post: COPE and STM undertook a study with Maverick Publishing Services, using data from publishers, to understand the scale of the problem of paper mills. The study also involved interviewing stakeholders – research investigators, publishers, and Retraction Watch. All stakeholders believe that the issue of paper mills is […]
June 20, 2022 by Gary Price
Information Technology and Libraries (ITAL) Vol 41 No 2 was published online today. Direct to TOC Editorials Letter from the Editors (June 2022) Kenneth J. Varnum; Marisha C. Kelly PDF Gathering Strength to Combat Access Inequality: How a Small Rural Public Library Supported Virtual Access for Public School Students, Staff, and their Families Julie Lane […]