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Research Tools: New Database Provides World’s Most Comprehensive Data on River Barriers and Reservoirs
From the World Wildlife Fund: A new database developed by the Global Dam Watch (GDW) consortium is set to revolutionize our understanding of river barriers and reservoirs worldwide. The database, known as the GDW database, integrates existing global datasets to provide the most comprehensive and globally consistent resou[Cliprce for large-scale analyses to date. Researchers and policymakers […]
EBSCO Information Services Launches Inspec with Full Text; Research Solutions and Karger Publishers Collaborate to Enrich Journal Content with Scite Smart Citations; & More Headlines
AI OpenAI Announces Content Deal with Hearst, Including Content from Cosmopolitan, Esquire and the San Francisco Chronicle EBSCO EBSCO Information Services Launches Inspec with Full Text Research Solutions Research Solutions and Karger Publishers Collaborate to Enrich Journal Content with Scite Smart Citations OCLC Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Library Joins OCLC’s Worldshare Management Services Community Systematic […]
Journal Article: “The OpenCitations Index: Description of a Database Providing Open Citation Data”
The article linked below was recently published by Scientometrics. Title The OpenCitations Index: Description of a Database Providing Open Citation Data Authors Ivan Heibi University of Bologna Arianna Moretti University of Bologna Silvio Peroni University of Bologna Marta Soricetti University of Bologna Source Scientometrics September 28, 2024 DOI: 10.1007/s11192-024-05160-7 Abstract This article presents the OpenCitations […]
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San Francisco Public Library and hoopla Bring Free E-Resources to County Jails; Buying Print Books in Canada 2023; & More Headlines
Canada Buying Print Books in Canada 2023 (via BookNet Canada) Dictionaries 200 New Words and Definitions Added to Merriam-Webster.com (via M-W) Ex Libris Ex Libris Introduces Specto, an AI-Powered Digital Asset Management Solution Prisons/Jails San Francisco Public Library and hoopla Bring Free E-Resources to County Jails (via CIL) Reading Freedom to Read Community Day of […]
The Internet Archive’s Fight to Save Itself; Patron Privacy Protections in Public Libraries: IT Professionals’ Points of View; & More Headlines
IEEE IEEE is the Latest Publisher to Join GetFTR IIIF (International Image Interoperability Framework) Registration Now Open For 2024 International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) Online Meeting ||| Meeting Agenda/Session Descriptions Internet Archive The Internet Archive’s Fight to Save Itself (via WIRED) Language Models Language Agents Achieve Superhuman Synthesis of Scientific Knowledge (preprint via arXiv) Library Publishing […]
AI: Google’s NotebookLM Adds Audio and YouTube Support; Announcing the Launch of the Peer Review Terminology Website; & More Headlines
AI Google’s NotebookLM Adds Audio and YouTube Support (via Google) Google Serving AI-Generated Images of Mushrooms Could Have “Devastating Consequences” (via 404 Media) ILO Launches New AI And Digital Economy Online Knowledge Hub (Via International Labour Organization) Analytics 2024 EDUCAUSE Analytics Landscape Study (via EDUCAUSE) China Studies Luce/ACLS Digital Archives Mapping Project Publishes Open Database […]
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Digital Collections: NAACP Legal Defense Fund Records Newly Digitized and Now Available Online From the Library of Congress
From the Library of Congress: A major portion of the processed records of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund are now available online for the first time from the Library of Congress. Spanning the years 1915-1968, with most dating from 1940 to 1960, these records document the organization’s work as it combated racial discrimination in the […]
New Urban Libraries Council (ULC) Brief: “The Role of Libraries as Public Spaces in Countering Misinformation, Disinformation, and Social Isolation in the Age of Generative AI”
From the Urban Libraries Council: The Urban Libraries Council released a new Leadership Brief addressing the rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and its contribution to the spread of misinformation and disinformation. With social isolation on the rise, this brief examines how public libraries are uniquely positioned to combat these issues through the promotion of digital […]
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CODATA and the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) Announce the CODATA Research Data Management Terminology (RDMT)
From CODATA: CODATA and the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) are delighted to announce the publication of the machine-actionable CODATA Research Data Management Terminology (RDMT). The Terminology is open to the public and free to use via the ARDC’s Research Vocabularies Australia (RVA). The RDMT enables those working on research data management (RDM) to access […]
Journal Article: “Innovation in Libraries: A Service-Oriented Perspective”
The article (full text) linked below was recently published by Title Innovation in Libraries: A Service-Oriented Perspective Authors Benoît Desmarchelier University Sorbonne Paris Nord Faridah Djellal University of Lille Faïz Gallouj University of Lille Source Research Policy Volume 54, Issue 1, January 2025, 105110 DOI: 1016/j.respol.2024.105110 Abstract This article is devoted to the question of innovation […]
