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Consulting: Impelsys Acquires Delta Think
| Associations and Organizations, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Management and Leadership, News, Publishing, Scholarly Communications
The acquisition was announced this morning. The full text of the announcement is found below and is also available here. Impelsys, a global technology services company, today announced the acquisition of Delta Think, a leading consultancy in scholarly communications. Together, the two companies will offer clients a powerful combination of strategy and technology expertise across […]
The Public Interest Corpus Releases Principles and Goals
| Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Data Files, Libraries, News
From a Blog Post (via Authors Alliance): Today, we are pleased to release The Public Interest Corpus Principles and Goals. This release builds on the recap of our final planning workshop and anticipates release of our final deliverable later this month. [Clip] The Public Interest Corpus works with a growing coalition of stakeholders to develop a service that […]
Repositories: arXiv Receives $7 Million in Gifts and Grants From Schmidt Sciences and NASA
| Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Funding, Libraries, News, Open Access
From an arXiv Announcement: We are pleased to announce that Schmidt Sciences and NASA have generously awarded arXiv $7 million in gifts and grants, respectively, to allow arXiv to complete its technology migration project and to explore ways to improve the arXiv experience through personalized and fair discovery of new preprints. arXiv began its cloud […]
Journal Article: Artificial Intelligence Regulation Matures: Landscapes of the USA, European Union, and China
| Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Reports
The article (full text) linked below was recently published by IFLA Journal. Title Artificial Intelligence Regulation Matures: Landscapes of the USA, European Union, and China Author Leo S. Lo University of Virginia Source IFLA Journal Online First DOI: 10.1177/03400352251384915 Abstract Between 2023 and July 2025, artificial intelligence (AI) governance in the USA, European Union, and […]
From The Daily Texan: The UT School of Law launched a new database designed to highlight the use of artificial intelligence across fields such as academics and government, according to an Oct. 31 University news release. Researchers and nonprofits across the country developed the AI Opportunity Inventory database under the new UT AI Innovation and Law Program, which […]
From the BBC: New research coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC has found that AI assistants – already a daily information gateway for millions of people – routinely misrepresent news content no matter which language, territory, or AI platform is tested. The intensive international study of unprecedented scope and […]
Say Hello to Student Media Map! Here’s the launch announcement (via LinkedIn and reposted with permission) from Barbara “Bob” Allen, Founder and Director of CollegeJournalism.org. My little black book now has 1,100 names in it. Newspaper names, that is. Today, I’m proud to announce the launch of the Student Media Map, a searchable database of every […]
Alabama: State Library Board Head Seeks Help From GOP Backers. Opponents Say ‘Conflict of Interest’
| Associations and Organizations, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries
UPDATES Alabama Public Library Service Holds Public Hearing on Proposed Gender Ideology Amendment (via WSFA) The Alabama Public Library Service heard from the public about a proposed amendment during a meeting in Montgomery Tuesday morning. The amendment would deem any content that ‘promotes, encourages, or positively depicts transgender procedures, gender ideology, or the concept of […]
Milestones: Internet Archive Celebrates One Trillion Web Pages Preserved
| Associations and Organizations, Awards, Digital Preservation, Libraries, News, Open Access, Preservation
Ed. Note: infoDOCKET would like to take a moment to congratulate the Internet Archive on this monumental and important achievement. In a word, Wow! The vision and efforts (24x7x365) of Brewster Kahle, Mark Graham, and the ENTIRE IA team cannot be understated. The Wayback Machine is and will continue to be an essential research resource […]
ACRL Releases AI Competencies for Academic Library Workers
| Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Libraries, News
ACRL (Association of College & Research Libraries) recently published AI Competencies for Academic Library Workers. Leo Lo, former ACRL President and Dean of Libraries at the University of Virginia, posted on LinkedIn about the publication and with his permission we are sharing it below. Thanks Leo! From Leo Lo (via LinkedIn): I’m especially proud to […]
