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Journal Article: “The Financial Maintenance of Social Science Data Archives: Four Case Studies of Long-Term Infrastructure Work”
The article linked below was recently published by the Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology (JASIST). Title The Financial Maintenance of Social Science Data Archives: Four Case Studies of Long-Term Infrastructure Work Authors Kristin R. Eschenfelder University of Wisconsin-Madison Kalpana Shankar University College Dublin Greg Downey University of Wisconsin-Madison Source Journal of […]
How Can Data Librarians Support Data Communities? An Interview with Jordan Wrigley
From the Ithaka S+R Interview by Dylan Ruediger and Ruby MacDougall: Data communities provide social and practical incentives for scientists to voluntarily share and reuse data with colleagues. In order for data communities to emerge and grow, they need support. Information professionals, such as data librarians and research computing specialists, can advise data communities on […]
New From COPIM: “WP7 Scoping Report on Archiving and Preserving OA Monographs”
From the Report: Technical methods for effectively archiving complex digital research publications and for creating an integrated collections of content in different formats have not yet been developed. As part of COPIM, an international partnership of researchers, universities, librarians, open access book publishers and infrastructure providers, WP7 (Work Package 7) have begun by compiling a […]
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Meet Smithsonian Libraries and Archives’ New Director, Chicago Native Tamar Evangelestia-Dougherty: ‘I Don’t Think I Will Ever Be Bored Working at the Smithsonian.’
From the Chicago Tribune: Chicagoan Tamar Evangelestia-Dougherty won’t let her 312 phone number go. She’s had it since 2006. “I’m not losing my number,” said the native West Sider. “I love my Chicago area code.” Evangelestia-Dougherty hasn’t been back to Chicago since before the pandemic. She’s been living in Washington, D.C., given her new role […]
“New Partners, New Projects and a New Nonprofit: RoRI Embarks on Its Next Five Years of Research on Research”
From the Research on Research Institute (RoRI): Today marks the start of RoRI’s Phase 2. With our international consortium of partners, we’re excited to launch another five years of generating, synthesising and translating ideas and evidence into practical solutions to improve research. Launched in 2019 by the universities of Sheffield and Leiden, Wellcome Trust, and […]
Roundup (July 13, 2022)
Arizona State University Library Hosts Inaugural Data Science Conference (via ASU Library) LYRASIS Open Access Community Investment Program Meets Funding Goals Open Letter to EPA Asks Agency Not to Sunset its Online Archive (via Environmental Data and Governance Initiative) Science Europe Publishes a Values Framework for the Organisation of Research The Library’s Role in Facilitating […]
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Ithaka S+R Releases Results From “Streaming Media Licensing and Purchasing Practices at Academic Libraries” Survey
From an Introductory Blog Post by Danielle Cooper, Dylan Ruediger, and Makala Skinner: Today Ithaka S+R releases the findings from the most comprehensive survey to date of academic library streaming media approaches at four-year institutions in the US and Canada. The survey explored the range of vendors providing streaming media, acquisition models and licensing approaches, […]
AP Report: “Burn-Proof Edition of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Up for Auction”
UPDATE June 7, 2022 “Unburnable’ Copy of Handmaid’s Tale Auctioned For $130,000” (via AP) —End Update— From the Associated Press: On Monday night, timed for PEN America’s annual gala, Atwood and Penguin Random House announced that a one-off, unburnable edition of “The Handmaid’s Tale” would be auctioned through Sotheby’s New York. They launched the initiative […]
Peter Berkery and Mary Lee Kennedy on “What Do Library-Publisher Relations Look Like in 2022?”
From The Scholarly Kitchen: In order to gain greater insight into the state of library-publisher relations today, we asked Executive Director of AUPresses, Peter Berkery, and Executive Director of the Association of Research Libraries, Mary Lee Kennedy, to share their thoughts about how relations between the two communities have changed. Their answers ultimately reveal more […]
Journal Article: “Native American Student Experiences of the Academic Library”
The article linked below was recently published by College & Research Libraries (C&RL). Title Native American Student Experiences of the Academic Library Author Rosalind Bucy University of Nevada, Reno Libraries Source College & Research Libraries (C&RL) Vol 83, No 3 (2022) DOI: 10.5860/crl.83.3.416 Abstract Native Americans are underrepresented in higher education; and, while considerable research […]
