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 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 […]
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 […]
February 12, 2024 by Gary Price
From a NIST Announcement: On February 8, 2024, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released Version 2.0 of the NIST Research Data Framework (RDaF). The NIST RDaF is a multi-stakeholder, international effort designed to provide organizations with a structured approach to developing a customizable strategy for the management of research data. [Clip] Providing perhaps the most […]
February 8, 2024 by Gary Price
The preprint linked below was recently shared on arXiv. Title Google Scholar is Manipulatable Authors Hazem Ibrahim New York University Abu Dhabi New York University Fengyuan Liu New York University Abu Dhabi New York University Yasir Zaki New York University Abu Dhabi Talal Rahwan New York University Abu Dhabi Source via arXiv DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2402.04607 Abstract […]
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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 […]
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January 26, 2024 by Gary Price
From UC Berkeley News: UC Berkeley has chosen a new University Librarian, Suzanne L. Wones, who is associate university librarian for discovery and access at Harvard Library. Wones, with 20 years’ experience as a leader in academic libraries, will start her new post July 1, following University Librarian Jeffrey MacKie-Mason’s retirement. In a recent interview with Berkeley News, […]
January 26, 2024 by Gary Price
From Northwestern University: When Northwestern University’s Leigh Bienen launched Homicide in Chicago,1870-1930 in 2004, the website crashed the School of Communication’s servers the first weekend it went live. The site had more than 70,000 visitors in its first few days, following coverage in the Chicago Sun-Times. The interactive site now has logged more than 1.5 million visitors over the […]