May 15, 2024 by Gary Price
From Syracuse University Libraries: Syracuse University Libraries has launched its new online Plastics Collection comprised of digitized content from the Special Collections Research Center’s (SCRC’s) plastics collecting area. This new landing page for the collection reimagines the previous site, which formerly focused on the digital photography of more than 3,000 objects from the Plastics Artifacts Collection. The new Plastics Collection brings […]
May 9, 2024 by Gary Price
From a UC Davis Announcement: William Garrity, deputy university librarian and the library’s chief operating officer, has been selected as the next university librarian and vice provost of digital scholarship for UC Davis. Garrity, who has served as interim university librarian since July 2023, will officially start on May 15. “UC Davis has a highly […]
May 1, 2024 by Gary Price
AI Request For Information: Pathways to AI-Enabled Research (Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Science Clarivate Clarivate Will Make AI-Powered Web of Science Research Assistant Available in September Colorado Colorado Lawmakers Make Second Attempt at Curbing Book Bans in Public Libraries (via Colorado Newsline) Lyrasis Lyrasis Partners with Open Syllabus SPARC Key Takeaways From SPARC Discussion on […]
April 11, 2024 by Gary Price
AI I Tested 4 Different AI Image Detectors: Here’s How Accurate They Were (Make Use Of) Authors James Patterson Speaks Out on $500 Bonuses to Bookstores, Librarians (via ABC News) Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) DPLA Brings Librarians and Independent Publishers Together at Inaugural Indielib Forum California Digital Library UC Libraries Endorse Joint Statement […]
April 3, 2024 by Gary Price
AI Anthropic Researchers Wear Down AI Ethics With Repeated Questions (TechCrunch) Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Financial Services (via CRS) ChatGPT Jailbreak Prompts Proliferate on Hacker Forums (via SC Magazine) Hackers Force AI Chatbots to Break Their Own Rules (via Axios) Is Generative AI the Answer for the Failures of Content Moderation? (via Just […]
April 2, 2024 by Gary Price
Here’s the Full Text of Today’s Acquisition Announcement: OCLC has acquired cloudLibrary, a platform that offers access to a wide variety of digital content through libraries. The acquisition will help OCLC support public libraries in their efforts to successfully manage accelerated shifts to digital collections. Nearly 500 libraries in 20 countries rely on cloudLibrary to […]
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March 29, 2024 by Gary Price
From Boise State Public Radio: In 2021, the departments of Interior and Agriculture issued a joint order calling for agreements to co-steward federal lands with tribal governments, and to incorporate Indigenous knowledge. It called for these arrangements “where Federal lands or waters, including wildlife and its habitat, are located within or adjacent to a federally recognized Indian […]
March 28, 2024 by Gary Price
Florida Morningstar Drops Investment Service at Library After Landing on Florida’s Anti-Israel List (via Orlando Sentinel/Tampa Bay Times) Georgia Law That Would Ban the American Library Association From Georgia Falls Short on Final Day of Session (via WABE) & Georgia Lawmakers Leave Library Bill on the Shelf (via AJC) ORCID ORCID and GitHub Sign Memorandum of […]
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March 11, 2024 by Gary Price
From The Guardian: Australia’s chief scientist, Dr Cathy Foley, has placed open access firmly on the agenda before her three-year tenure ends in December. Her world-first open access model, recently finalised for the federal government, would provide a centralised digital library for all Australians to access research papers free of charge, as long as they […]
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 […]