May 7, 2024 by Gary Price
ACRL The May 2024 (Vol 85, No. 5) Issue of College & Research Libraries News (C&RL News) is Now Available Online AI Elsevier Announces Launch of SciBite Chat, an AI-Powered Semantic Search Tool for Life Sciences R&D ALPSP ALPSP’s Learned Publishing Journal to Transition to Gold OA in 2025 Archives NPR Report: “Archive of Japanese […]
May 6, 2024 by Gary Price
From a Joint Announcement: The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) are pleased to announce the publication of The ARL/CNI 2035 Scenarios: AI-Influenced Futures in the Research Environment. These scenarios explore potential futures shaped by the rapid growth of artificial intelligence (AI) and its integration within the research environment. Developed […]
May 2, 2024 by Gary Price
AI Artificial Intelligence’s Role in Digitally Preserving Historic Archives (via Preservation, Digital Technology & Culture) Books ACLS Announces 2024 ACLS Open Access Book Prize and Arcadia Open Access Publishing Award Winners Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) One Step Closer to a New Home for America’s Digital Heritage Libraries The May 2024 Issue of College […]
April 26, 2024 by Gary Price
Copim: A community working to build a fairer, more open future for scholarly books has just announced the launch of three experimental book publishing pilot projects. 1) Launch of Experimental Book Publishing Pilot Project ‘Servpub – A Collective Infrastructure to Serve and Publish’ The Open Book Futures (OBF) Experimental Publishing Group is pleased to announce […]
April 25, 2024 by Gary Price
From the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA): Libraries have a long history of helping to deliver on a wide variety of development goals, from literacy and school readiness to research productivity and urban cohesion. Their unique potential – thanks to their public spaces, committed staff, responsive service provision and collections – has […]
April 23, 2024 by Gary Price
Alabama Alabama Library Employees Call Proposed Bill ‘Potential Slippery Slope,’ Consequences ‘Frightening’ (via CBS42.com) American Library Association ALA Announces State Intellectual Freedom Helpline Program Grants to Support Libraries Addressing Censorship Attempts (via ALA) Book Bans Librarians, Students, and Lawmakers Have a New Strategy. Ban the Book Bans (via Christian Science Monitor) Copyright/Intellectual Property Creative Commons […]
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April 21, 2024 by Gary Price
Alabama Alabama Bill that Criminalizes Librarians for Putting Explicit Material on Bookshelves Headed to House Floor (via WRBL) New Mexico NM Lawmakers Pass On Full Funding For Rural Libraries (via KRWG)
April 16, 2024 by Gary Price
From The Washington Post: The bill in Connecticut, pending before an education committee, is one of a raft of measures advancing nationwide that seek to do things like prohibit book bans or forbid the harassment of school and public librarians — the first such wave in the country, said John Chrastka, director of library advocacy […]
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April 16, 2024 by Gary Price
From the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH): The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) today announced $26.2 million in grants for 238 humanities projects across the country. Grants awarded today will underwrite a new permanent exhibition at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh on how the Nile River shaped ancient Egyptians’ ideas of […]
April 16, 2024 by Gary Price
From Science: Some of the best known databases, such as the Web of Science and Scopus, are proprietary and offer pay-to-access data and services supporting these and other metrics, including university rankings and journal impact factors. But in a declaration posted today, more than 30 research and funding organizations call for the community to commit to […]