MORE POSTS
New Project for SPARC Europe to Reform Rights Retention and Open Licensing Policies in Europe
| Archives and Special Collections, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, News, Open Access, Publishing
From SPARC Europe: SPARC Europe has been selected to deliver the first project sponsored under the Knowledge Rights 21 (KR21) programme. KR21 seeks to strengthen access to knowledge in particular through libraries and archives. It is focused on bringing about changes in legislation and practice across Europe that will strengthen rights to knowledge. This is aligned to […]
Not Real News: An Associated Press Roundup of Untrue Stories Shared Widely on Social Media This Week
From the Associated Press: A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts… Direct to Full Text See Also: More “Not Real News” […]
Journal Article: “Public Libraries as Community Health Partners”
| Libraries, News, Open Access, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries
The article linked below was recently published by Certified Public Manager® Applied Research Title Public Libraries as Community Health Partners Authors Melinda HodgesLibrary Director, Buda Public Library, City of Buda Source Certified Public Manager® Applied Research (3)1 Abstract Public libraries are a combination meeting space, educational resource, information repository, and community building organization. As such, […]
University of Cincinnati: Lori Harris Named Interim Dean and University Librarian
| Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Lecture, Libraries, Management and Leadership, National Libraries, News
From the University of Cincinnati: Lori E. Harris has been named interim dean and university librarian of the University of Cincinnati Libraries effective July 1, 2022. Harris initially joined the Libraries in 2015 as an associate fellow from the National Institutes of Health/National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM). She permanently joined the University of Cincinnati Libraries […]
The article linked below appears in the July 2022 issue of College & Research Libraries. Title How Policies Portray Students: A Discourse Analysis of Codes of Conduct in Academic Libraries Authors Megan Bresnahan University of New Hampshire Source DOI: 10.5860/crl.83.4.549 Abstract In academic libraries, “codes of conduct” are policies that define what people who use […]
From FIU Announcement: Florida International University (FIU) has launched a first-of-its-kind resource for forensic science practitioners, students, researchers, and the general public. The Research Forensic Library provides access to thousands of articles and reports in the scientific literature, a critical step in the forward momentum required of forensic science and its varied applications. From daily […]
The video recording of Freedom Forum event about about book banning and the First Amendment was recorded at the Library of Congress on June 21, 2022. The discussion features: Suzanne Nossel, CEO of PEN America Catalina Camia, Free Press Managing Director, Freedom Forum
Educopia Partnering with Curtin University and OAPEN to Create a Community Governed OA Book Analytics Service for Publishers
| Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Dashboards, Data Files, Funding, News, Open Access, Patrons and Users, Publishing
From an Educopia Announcement: With more than AUD $1M in support from the Mellon Foundation, we at Educopia are excited to be working with collaborative partners at Curtin University and OAPEN on the Book Analytics Dashboard Project (2022-2025) to support the creation of a community-governed OA book analytics service for publishers. This service is needed […]
From the U.S. Copyright Office: On June 30, 2022, the U.S. Copyright Office published a report titled Copyright Protections for Press Publishers. At the request of Senators Leahy, Tillis, Cornyn, Hirono, Klobuchar, and Coons, the Office undertook a study to assess press publishers’ existing protections under copyright law and to evaluate the viability of adding […]
U.S. Census Releases 2021 Population Estimates: Nation Continues to Age as It Becomes More Diverse
| Data Files, News
From the U.S. Census: The last two decades have seen the country grow continuously older. Since 2000, the national median age – the point at which one-half the population is older and one-half younger – has increased by 3.4 years, with the largest single-year gain of 0.3 years coming in 2021, bringing it to 38.8 […]
ADVERTISEMENT