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 17, 2024 by Gary Price
From Magnolia State Live: Audiovisual holdings in the University of Mississippi’s Department of Archives and Special Collections will be modernized and gain audiences worldwide through a new digitization project. “Here in Archives and Special Collections, we have so many rich resources related to Mississippi and the American South,” said Greg Johnson, head of the department. […]
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 15, 2024 by Gary Price
From ZBW MediaTalk: The study “The neglect of equity and inclusion in open science policies of Europe and the Americas” was published in November 2023 and used a qualitative document research approach. One of its findings is that Open Science policies tend to focus on a narrow set of practices, particularly Open Access and Open Data, and […]
March 14, 2024 by Gary Price
Today, Ithaka S+R published the report, The Research Data Services Landscape at US and Canadian Higher Education Institutions. The report (10.18665/sr.320420) was written by Ruby MacDougall and Dylan Ruediger. From the Introduction: Ithaka S+R has been following trends in research data services for several years as part of our research into the support needs associated […]
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 […]
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March 14, 2024 by Gary Price
From an OurResearch Blog Post: OurResearch is proud to announce a $7.5M grant from Arcadia, to establish a sustainable and completely open index of the world’s research ecosystem. With this 5-year grant, OurResearch expands their open science ambitions to replace paywalled knowledge graphs with OpenAlex. Researchers, funders, and organizations around the world rely on scientific […]
March 14, 2024 by Gary Price
AI Generative AI’s Privacy Problem (via Axios) Consultation on Copyright in the Age of Generative Artificial Intelligence: Canadian Federation of Library Associations (CFLA) Response Canada Celebrating a Decade of the National Network for Equitable Library Service (NNELS) Idaho Idaho House Passes latest ‘Library Porn’ Bill (via Boise State Public Radio) Minnesota Libraries May Be Prohibited […]
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March 13, 2024 by Gary Price
ACRL Michelle Demeter Appointed College & Research Libraries Editor AI Anthropic (Providers of Claude) Launches a Library of Chatbot Prompts (via ZDNet) Croissant: A Metadata Format For ML-Ready Datasets (via Google Research) Wiley Announces Pilot of New AI-Powered Papermill Detection Service Canada Is Book Banning Coming to Canada? Libraries, Book Stores, Authors Watching Closely (about […]
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 […]