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
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 6, 2024 by Gary Price
From an Ithaka S+R Blog Post by the Brief’s Co-Authors Dylan Ruediger and Ruby MacDougall: Today, Ithaka S+R is publishing an issue brief exploring the current state of data sharing in the humanities and what a productive engagement with data might look like. Our findings are based on semi-structured interviews with key personnel at several humanities projects […]
February 23, 2024 by Gary Price
Alaska American Library Association President Hears About Struggles and Successes From Alaska Librarians (Interview with Emily Drabinski; via Alaska Public Media) Idaho Idaho Senate Rejects Bill on ‘Harmful’ Library Material. Is Bill ‘Worse Than this’ Next? (via Idaho Statesman) & Idaho Senate Rejects Library Bill By One Vote (via Idaho Capital Sun) Massachusetts Boston Public […]
February 21, 2024 by Gary Price
From a Hanging Together Blog Post by Rebecca Bryant: The OCLC Research Library Partnership (RLP) and LIBER (Association of European Research Libraries) hosted a facilitated discussion on the topic of data-driven decision making on 7 February 2024. This event was a component of the ongoing Building for the future series exploring how libraries are working to provide state-of-the-art services, as described in LIBER’s […]
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February 7, 2024 by Gary Price
From the Association of Research Libraries (ARL): In 2021 the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and six academic institutions involved in the Data Curation Network (DCN) were awarded a US National Science Foundation (NSF) EAGER grant to conduct research, develop models, and collect costing information for public access to research data across from funded researchers […]
February 7, 2024 by Gary Price
Artificial Intelligence in the News: How AI Retools, Rationalizes, and Reshapes Journalism and the Public Arena was published today by the Tow Center For Digital Journalism at Columbia University and Oxford Internet Institute at the University of Oxford. Author: Felix M. Simon Abstract Despite growing interest, the effects of AI on the news industry and […]
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February 1, 2024 by Gary Price
From an Interview by Kaylyn Groves and Andrew Pace: Today the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) welcomes Andrew K. Pace as our executive director. The interview (about 460 words) consists of five questions and responses. Here’s one of them. What is your vision for ARL? Andrew Pace: I think it’s the primary role of an association […]
January 29, 2024 by Gary Price
AI OpenAI’s ChatGPT Breaches Privacy Rules, Says Italian Watchdog (via Reuters) Silverchair Announces Launch of New AI Lab, Releases Prototypes Audiobooks NY Times Report: “Audiobooks are Booming. Spotify Wants in on the Action” California NY Times Publishes Interview with John Szabo, City Librarian of Los Angeles, on the LAPL’s Recent Acquisition of a Local Publisher […]