September 1, 2024 by Gary Price
From the International Federation of Library Association and Institutions (IFLA): We are glad to announce that all videos and presentation slides from the IFLA Academic Research Libraries Section (ARL) “Hot topics” session “Current & Future Literacies: Libraries Leading Literacy Development” held online on Tuesday, August 13, 2024, are now available. YouTube: please access here SlideShare: Presentation 1: AI in […]
August 30, 2024 by Gary Price
Season 3, Episode 1 on the CNI Interviews podcast is now available via this url, embedded below, and YouTube. Cliff Lynch, executive director for the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) discusses the evolving impact of AI on scientific research and education. A text transcript is also available. See Also: Coalition For Networked Information (CNI) Director […]
August 22, 2024 by Gary Price
The video embedded and linked below is a recording of the opening plenary session at the FORCE11 Scholarly Communication Institute (FSCI) in partnership with the UCLA Library. It was recorded on June 24, 2024. Presenters Ivan Oransky–Retraction Watch Martyn Rittman–Crossref Description In 2000, there were about 40 retractions from the scholarly literature. In 2023, there […]
August 21, 2024 by Gary Price
From the U. of Arizona: The University of Arizona Poetry Center’s Voca archive of recorded poetry readings is now accompanied by digitized captions, making one of the world’s major poetry audiovisual archives fully accessible and searchable. The project, started in 2021 with a $135,000 Mellon Foundation Public Knowledge grant, has created one of the largest captioned digital […]
August 11, 2024 by Gary Price
The video linked and embedded below was recorded at the Force2024 Conference (Force11) on Wednesday, July 31, 2024. Panel discussion including the three original authors of the Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure. Panelists Jennifer Lin, Indeed.com, Product Director Geoffrey Bilder, Freelance, Louche Cannon Cameron Neylon, Curtin University, Professor of Research Communications
July 17, 2024 by Gary Price
AI Apple, Nvidia, Anthropic Used Thousands of Swiped YouTube Videos to Train AI (via Proof News, WIRED) STM Statement Regarding Unlicensed Use of STM’s Members’ Content in the Training, Development, and Operation of AI Models ||| Infographic (both items via STM) Dictionaries Aussieness: New Australian English Additions to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) (via Oxford […]
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July 5, 2024 by Gary Price
LIBER (Association of European Research Libraries) 2024 Annual Conference took place in Limassol, Cyprus from July 3 -July 5, 2024. Video recordings of keynotes, panel sessions are linked below. We will update this post if/when more video recordings become available. The theme of the 2024 conference was “State-Of-The-Art Libraries in the Service of Science and […]
June 21, 2024 by Gary Price
From CBS News: The Richland Public Library in Columbia, South Carolina, is a national leader in reimagining the library’s place in the community. The Richard library has its own teaching kitchen, where patrons can learn about culinary techniques. It also comes with a fully equipped woodworking shop, a seed library and a “library of things,” […]
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June 17, 2024 by Gary Price
American Library Association (ALA) American Library Association (ALA) Releases Free “Partnering for Stronger Programming: A Toolkit for Libraries” CHORUS Event Summary: CHORUS Forum: Navigating the Future of Persistent Identifiers (PIDs) in Scholarly Publishing Columbia University Libraries Columbia University Selects FOLIO as New LSP with EBSCO FOLIO’s Support HathiTrust HathiTrust’s Strategic Vision (Video Recording of June […]
June 3, 2024 by Gary Price
From the Audio Publishers Association: Publishers’ audiobook revenue grew 9% in 2023 to $2 billion, continuing the trend of year-on-year growth according to the Audio Publishers Association’s Sales Survey conducted by Toluna Harris Interactive. Edison Research conducted the Audio Publishers Association’s 2024 Consumer Survey and found the majority of U.S. adults (52%) have listened to […]