March 1, 2024 by Gary Price
The paper linked from below was recently made available by Invest in Open Infrastructure (IOI) via Zenodo. Title The Cost and Price of Public Access to Research Data: A Synthesis Authors Gail Steinhart Invest in Open Infrastructure Katherine Skinner Invest in Open Infrastructure Source Invest in Open Infrastructure (via Zenodo) DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10729575 Abstract Beginning on […]
February 12, 2024 by Gary Price
Here’s the Full Text of the American Institute of Physics (AIP) Announcement: AIP is delighted to announce the appointment of Trevor Owens as its first Chief Research Officer. Starting Feb. 12, Owens will lead AIP Research, a core element of the Institute’s strategic transformation enabling AIP to leverage its work in statistical research, history, policy, […]
January 30, 2024 by Gary Price
From the Dayton Daily News: A $5 million grant to a Yellow Springs-based public radio station will fund the preservation of radio material for every Historically Black College or University that has a radio station in the country. WYSO has been awarded major funding from the Mellon Foundation to support The HBCU Radio Preservation Project, […]
January 30, 2024 by Gary Price
Here’s the Full Text of Today’s Library of Congress Release : Elton John and Bernie Taupin, one of the great songwriting duos of all time, will be the 2024 recipients of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden announced today. The prize is named for another legendary songwriting […]
January 28, 2024 by Gary Price
Association of Research Libraries UIC Dean of Libraries Begins Appointment As Vice President/President-Elect Of Association Of Research Libraries (via UIC) Climate Change Biden-Harris Administration Shares New Land Cover Data to Help Communities Understand Coastal Change (via NOAA) Funding CLIR Awarded US State Department Grant for Algerian Library Preservation Project (via Council on Library and Information […]
January 25, 2024 by Gary Price
From the UCLA Library (Full Text): Athena N. Jackson has been named UCLA’s Norman and Armena Powell University Librarian. Her appointment will begin March 1. Jackson, the former director of special collections at UCLA Library, has served since 2021 as dean of libraries at the University of Houston, where she holds the Elizabeth D. Rockwell […]
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January 9, 2024 by Gary Price
From the National Endowment For the Humanities (NEH): The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) today announced $33.8 million in grants for 260 humanities projects across the country. Among these are grants to support research for a cultural, political, and legal history of cancer in America that focuses on the Ames test for carcinogens; create a baccalaureate degree program […]
January 5, 2024 by Gary Price
Library Publishing Preserving What We Publish: Findings from the Library Publishing Coalition Preservation Task Force (via C&RL News) Ontario Personal Information of London Public Library Employees Stolen in Cyberattack (via Global News) Oregon Oregon Libraries Face Budget Cuts on Top of Safety Issues, Record Number of Book Ban Attempts (via KGW) Public Libraries Looking at […]
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December 21, 2023 by Gary Price
Digital Preservation Bibliothèque nationale de France Becomes the Digital Preservation Coalition’s Newest Member (via DPC) OpenAI Journalists Had ‘No Idea’ About OpenAI’s Deal to Use Their Stories (via WIRED) Eleven Pulitzer-Winning Authors Join OpenAI, Microsoft Copyright Lawsuit (via Reuters) Google Google Restricting Election-Related Responses on AI Products Ahead of 2024 (via The Hill) ||| Complete […]
December 5, 2023 by Gary Price
From a COAR (Confederation of Open Access Repositories) Post: Open Science is ushering in a new paradigm for research; one in which all researchers have unprecedented access to the full corpus of research for analysis, text and data mining, and other new research methods. A prerequisite for achieving this vision is a strong and well-functioning […]