April 4, 2023 by Gary Price
2023 National Book Festival to Take Place on August 12th A High-Quality Cloned Journal Has Duped Hundreds of Scholars, and Has No Reason to Stop (Retraction Watch) Biden to Discuss Risks of AI in Tuesday Meeting with Science Advisers (Reuters) scite Assistant Officially Launches! (“Ask Simple Questions, Get Answers From the Full Text of Millions […]
February 28, 2023 by Gary Price
From the U.S. Census: The U.S. Census Bureau, in partnership with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), today announced the launch of the ACCESS BROADBAND Dashboard. ACCESS BROADBAND stands for Advancing Critical Connectivity Expands Service, Small Business Resources, Opportunities, Access, and Data Based on Assessed Need and Demand Act. The new data tool shows how […]
February 17, 2023 by Gary Price
From the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB): The National Transportation Safety Board Wednesday introduced a new tool to visualize information about recent general aviation accident investigations. The General Aviation Accident Dashboard provides summary statistics, investigative findings and safety recommendations for general aviation accidents from 2012 through 2021. The Dashboard allows users to more intuitively display […]
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February 16, 2023 by Gary Price
From a Knowledge Unlatched Announcement (Full Text): Knowledge Unlatched (KU), a Wiley brand, is pleased to share the results of its 2022 pledging round, which ended in December 2022 and once again saw hundreds of libraries worldwide pledge support for OA book and journal collections offered by KU and its partners. Overall, about 283 books […]
January 26, 2023 by Gary Price
From NYU Langone: Researchers at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, in partnership with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, unveiled the Congressional District Health Dashboard (CDHD), a new online tool that provides critical health data for all 435 congressional districts and the District of Columbia. The dashboard incorporates 36 key measures of health, such as deaths […]
January 16, 2023 by Gary Price
From the Yale School of Public Health: Say hello to Jot: a free, open-source web application that matches manuscripts in the fields of biomedicine and life sciences with suitable journals, based on a manuscript’s title, abstract, and (optionally) citations. Developed by the Townsend Lab at the Yale School of Public Health, Jot gathers a wealth of data on […]
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November 22, 2022 by Gary Price
Assessment Trends in the Late Pandemic Era: Reflections from the 2022 Library Assessment Conference (via Ithaka S+R) Going Into Fourth Gear: SCOSS Launches Its 4th Pledging Round (via SCOS CHORUS and IEEE Have Signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to Pilot a TechRxiv Preprint Dashboard Service UC Berkeley and Justice Dept. Reach Agreement on Online […]
November 21, 2022 by Gary Price
Australia/New Zealand: IOP Publishing Announces Open Access Agreement With the Council of Australian University Librarians CHORUS and IEEE Have Signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to Pilot a TechRxiv Preprint Dashboard Service Germany: Wiley and Projekt DEAL Extend Open Access Agreement into Fifth Year Japan: Oxford University Press Unveils Read and Publish Deal in Japan […]
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October 4, 2022 by Gary Price
From the EPA: …the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced two new online tools available to the public that provide additional information on environmental enforcement and compliance in their communities. Through improved transparency, advanced technologies and community participation, these tools empower the public to help EPA assure compliance nationwide and protect public health and the […]
September 22, 2022 by Gary Price
From a Joint News Release: Paolo Manghi, CTO of OpenAIRE, is co-leading an international team led by University of North Texas that has been awarded a $1.2 million grant from the Mellon Foundation to develop core scholarly infrastructure for the community governed sharing of quality, interoperable, open-access book usage data. Open access (OA) materials are free to read […]