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A University Librarian Asks: How Do We Rescue the Past?; Preview Upcoming Improvements to PubMed Central; & More Headlines
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|Artificial Intelligence (AI) The Tech Industry Can’t Agree On What Open-Source AI Means. That’s a Problem (via MIT Technology Review) Arts New Data: Arts & Cultural Sector Hit All-Time High in 2022 Value Added to U.S. Economy (via National Endowment for the Arts, US Bureau of Economic Analysis) Librarians A University Librarian Asks: How Do […]
Video Recordings: Keynotes and Presentations From the RLUK24 Conference
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|The RLUK24 (Research Libraries UK) “New Frontiers: The Expanding Scope of the Modern Research Library” took place virtually from March 22-24, 2024. Below, find links to video recordings of conference keynotes, panels, workshops, and roundtables. You can also access a video playlist of these sessions on YouTube. The complete event agenda is available here. Video […]
New Report From the Association of Research Libraries (ARL): “Publicly Shared Data: A Gap Analysis of Researcher Actions and Institutional Support throughout the Data Life Cycle”
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|From the Association of Research Libraries: The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has released Publicly Shared Data: A Gap Analysis of Researcher Actions and Institutional Support throughout the Data Life Cycle, a report from the Realities of Academic Data Sharing (RADS) Initiative. ARL and six academic institutions involved in the Data Curation Network (DCN) were awarded […]
The following article was recently published by The Journal of Academic Librarianship. Title Demand Driven Acquisitions In Academic Libraries: A Scoping Review Authors Amalia Monroe-Gulick University of Kansas Andi Back University of Kansas Gwen Geiger Wolfe University of Kansas Sara Outhier University of Kansas Sara E. Morris University of Kansas Source The Journal of Academic […]
A New Issue (43.1) of Information Technology and Libraries (ITAL) is Now Available Online
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|Information Technology and Libraries (ITAL; 43.1, 2024) was today (March 18, 2024). It’s published by ALA’s Core Division and is a peer-reviewed, open-access publication. Direct to Table of Contents Editorials Letter from the Editors: March 2024 Kenneth J. Varnum; Marisha C. Kelly Public Libraries Leading the Way How Libraries Can Fosr a Vibrant Local Music […]
A New Issue (19.1) of Evidence Based Library and Information Practice (EBLIP) is Now Available Online
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|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 […]
New Today: Ithaka S+R Publishes “The Research Data Services Landscape at US and Canadian Higher Education Institutions”
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|Today, Ithaka S+R published the report, The Research Data Services Landscape at US and Canadian Higher Education Institutions. The report (10.18665/sr.320420) was written by Ruby MacDougall and Dylan Ruediger. From the Introduction: Ithaka S+R has been following trends in research data services for several years as part of our research into the support needs associated […]
Communications of the ACM Relaunched as Open Access, Web-First Publication; Wiley Announces Pilot of New AI-Powered Papermill Detection Service; & More Headlines
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|ACRL Michelle Demeter Appointed College & Research Libraries Editor AI Anthropic (Providers of Claude) Launches a Library of Chatbot Prompts (via ZDNet) Croissant: A Metadata Format For ML-Ready Datasets (via Google Research) Wiley Announces Pilot of New AI-Powered Papermill Detection Service Canada Is Book Banning Coming to Canada? Libraries, Book Stores, Authors Watching Closely (about […]
What Motivates People to Trust ‘AI’ Systems?; ORCID Releases 2023 Annual Report ; & More Headlines
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|AI Combating Deepfakes (Spotlight Brief, via GAO) Google Restricts Gemini From Answering Election-Related Queries Worldwide (via MediaPost) Guiding Your AI Journey: Essential Resources (via JISC) What Motivates People to Trust ‘AI’ Systems? (preprint, via arXiv) Internet Fibre and Fixed Wireless Access are the Two Fastest Growing Fixed Broadband Technologies in the OECD (via OECD) ORCID […]
Report: What Brings Gen Z to the Library?
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|From an EdSurge Article by Jennifer Howard: Gen Zers, born between 1997 and 2012, spend a lot of time online, consuming and creating digital content. Ninety-two percent check social media daily. But they still like print, and they still like to go to the library, according to a survey of Gen Z and Millennial public library […]