March 17, 2024 by Gary Price
Evidence Based Library and Information Practice (Vol. 19, No. 1) was recently published online. EBLIP is a peer reviewed, open access journal published quarterly by the University of Alberta Library. EBLIP publishes original research and commentary on the topic of evidence based library and information practice, as well as reviews of previously published research (evidence summaries) on a […]
March 15, 2024 by Gary Price
Will be updating this post with media coverage, documents, amicus briefs and other filings, etc. At the bottom of this post you will find a link to the Internet Archive’s brief and other materials. From the Association of American Publishers (AAP): Today, Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins Publishers, Penguin Random House, and Wiley (the “Plaintiffs”), filed […]
March 14, 2024 by Gary Price
Here’s the Full Text of Today’s ALA Announcement: The number of titles targeted for censorship surged 65 percent in 2023 compared to 2022, reaching the highest levels ever documented by the American Library Association (ALA). The new numbers released today show efforts to censor 4,240 unique book titles* in schools and libraries. This tops the previous high […]
March 12, 2024 by Gary Price
AI Combating Deepfakes (Spotlight Brief, via GAO) Google Restricts Gemini From Answering Election-Related Queries Worldwide (via MediaPost) Guiding Your AI Journey: Essential Resources (via JISC) What Motivates People to Trust ‘AI’ Systems? (preprint, via arXiv) Internet Fibre and Fixed Wireless Access are the Two Fastest Growing Fixed Broadband Technologies in the OECD (via OECD) ORCID […]
March 4, 2024 by Gary Price
From OECD: As roughly half the world’s population prepares to vote in elections, a new OECD report offers the first baseline assessment of how OECD countries are upgrading their governance measures to support an environment where reliable information can thrive, prioritising freedom of expression and human rights, and sets out a policy framework for countries […]
February 28, 2024 by Gary Price
AI Chatbots’ Inaccurate, Misleading Responses About US Elections Threaten to Keep Voters From Polls Ithaka S+R Assessing the Diversity of Library Collections: Announcing a New Cohort Project Music Libraries (Yes, Libraries!) are Leading the Crusade for New Music Discovery (via SPIN) Oregon Oregon Bill that Challenges Book Bans in School Passes Senate. Bill Will Now […]
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February 21, 2024 by Gary Price
From a Hanging Together Blog Post by Rebecca Bryant: The OCLC Research Library Partnership (RLP) and LIBER (Association of European Research Libraries) hosted a facilitated discussion on the topic of data-driven decision making on 7 February 2024. This event was a component of the ongoing Building for the future series exploring how libraries are working to provide state-of-the-art services, as described in LIBER’s […]
February 16, 2024 by Gary Price
From a Clarivate Blog Post: Over the past few years, we have implemented a series of policy changes for the Journal Citation Reports (JCR)™ aimed at aligning coverage between the Web of Science Core Collection™ and the JCR, providing more transparency of the data underlying JCR metrics encouraging a more inclusive, more holistic way of […]
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February 14, 2024 by Gary Price
AI States are Introducing 50 AI-Related Bills Per Week (via Axios) Alabama Alabama Lawmakers Want to Change Archives Oversight After Dispute Over LGBTQ+ Lecture (via AP) Coherent Digital Coherent Digital and Trojman Acquire Major Canadian Micropublisher to Create Neww Digital Collections EveryLibrary EveryLibrary Institute Announces New Editorial Board Members for The Political Librarian HathiTrust HathiTrust’s […]
February 12, 2024 by Gary Price
From an MIT Press Post: The MIT Press proudly announces that applications are now open for shift+OPEN, an initiative designed to flip existing subscription-based journals to a diamond open access publishing model. Launched with generous funding from Arcadia and expanded with funding from the National Science Foundation, shift+OPEN seeks to catalyze needed change in journals publishing, introduce […]