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arXivLabs Adds Two New Integrations That “Provide Insights Into the Academic ‘Influence’ of Researchers and Enable Reproducibility Through Access to Data and Code”
From an arXiv Blog Post: arXivLabs, a framework for enabling the arXiv community to contribute to arXiv, continues to grow. We recently rolled out two new integrations—DagsHub and Influence Flower—to provide our users with access to data, code, and other materials underlying research and present a map of influence for individual articles on arXiv, respectively. Through its […]
American Library Association Reports Record Number of Demands to Censor Library Books and Materials in 2022: Book Challenges Nearly Doubled From 2021
From the American Library Association: The American Library Association (ALA) today released new data documenting* 1,269 demands to censor library books and resources in 2022, the highest number of attempted book bans since ALA began compiling data about censorship in libraries more than 20 years ago. The unparalleled number of reported book challenges in 2022 nearly […]
Research Tools: National Geographic Society and Utrecht University Launch World Water Map
From the National Geographic Society: Today, the National Geographic Society launched the World Water Map as part of its five-year World Freshwater Initiative to better understand developing freshwater shortages around the world and inspire sustainable action. The Map was created by the National Geographic Society in cooperation with Utrecht University and Esri to identify water availability hotspots, […]
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The Verge: “The Internet Archive is Defending Its Digital Library in Court Today”
UPDATE Hachette v. Internet Archive Statements, Materials, and Media Reports Re: March 20, 2023 Oral Arguments (Last Updated: 10:00am, March 21, 2023; We Expect Additional Updates) Media Reports A Skeptical Judge Presses Internet Archive to Cite Cases That Support Their Copying (via Publishers Lunch; Blurb Only, Full Text Subs Only) At Hearing, Judge Appears Skeptical […]
Journal Article: “Services to Mobile Users: The Best Practice from the Top-Visited Public Libraries in the US”
The article linked below was published today by Information Technology and Libraries (ITAL). Title Services to Mobile Users: The Best Practice from the Top-Visited Public Libraries in the US Authors Yan Quan Liu Southern Connecticut State University Tianjin University of Technology Sarah Lewis Connecticut State University Source Information Technology and Libraries (ITAL) 42(1); 2023 DOI: […]
Coming Soon: CORE-GPT (Question Answering Using GPT-3 and the CORE Corpus of Open Access Articles)
From a CORE Blog Post: Today we’re excited to unveil a project we’ve been working on here called CORE-GPT. The CORE-GPT application is a step change in academic question answering. Simply ask a question, in a perfectly natural way, this is then parsed using GPT-3 (and soon 4!). Our key development is that the provided […]
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Library and Archives Canada: 1931 Census of Canada to be Released Online on June 1, 2023
From a LAC Announcement: After the legislated 92 years in the vault, the highly anticipated 1931 Census of Canada will be made available to the public. Collected during the Great Depression and at a time of significant immigration, the census provides a snapshot of the more than 10 million people living in Canada in 1931. […]
Journal Article: “Public Libraries and Health Promotion Partnerships: Needs and Opportunities”
The article linked below was recently published by Evidence Based Library and Information Practice (EBLIP). Title Public Libraries and Health Promotion Partnerships: Needs and Opportunities Authors Noah Lenstra University of North Carolina at Greensboro Joanne Roberts University of North Carolina at Greensboro Source Evidence Based Library and Information Practice (EBLIP), 18(1) DOI: 10.18438/eblip30250 Abstract Objective – […]
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The Atlantic: “The Librarians Are Not Okay”
From The Atlantic by Xochitl Gonzalez: The line for the tattoo station at the annual conference of the New York Library Association in Saratoga Springs was already snaking through the hotel lobby, and I hadn’t even had my first morning cup of coffee yet. Harry Potter motifs, ghost dogs, angelic hearts, and, of course, books were […]
Stanford Libraries Launches Taube Archive of the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, 1945-46
From a Stanford Libraries Blog Post: The Taube Archive of the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, 1945-1946 (IMT) is now available as the result of a partnership between the Stanford Libraries and the Stanford Center for Human Rights and International Justice. This online archive makes available to the global audience digitized versions of the original, unpublished, and complete official record […]
