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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 […]
Open for Public Comment: National Information Standards Organization (NISO) Releases Draft of Interoperable System of Controlled Digital Lending (IS-CDL) Recommended Practice
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|From a NISO Announcement: The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) announced today that its draft Interoperable System of Controlled Digital Lending (IS-CDL) Recommended Practice (NISO RP-44-202X) is now available for public comment through April 21 at the project website. Libraries often need to lend digital surrogates of print content from their collections for various reasons, […]
Report: “Texas Libraries Work To Bridge State’s Mental Health Services Gap”
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|From The Texas Tribune: From the Texas State Library and Archives Commission in Austin offering a mental health resources page to the San Antonio Public Library’s mental health awareness presentation on the signs of anxiety to a private telehealth room where patrons can meet with a counselor via Zoom in North Texas town of Pottsboro, these librarians do their best […]
Cyndee Landrum Appointed Acting Director at the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
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|Here’s the Full Text of Today’s Announcement From IMLS: The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is pleased to announce the appointment of Deputy Director for Library Services Cyndee Landrum as Acting Director, effective March 21, 2024. Ms. Landrum will assume the Acting Director role following the end of current Director Crosby Kemper’s four-year […]
New Orleans Public Library is Now Fine Free; Dav Pilkey, Scholastic, and Little Free Libraries Launch New Initiative; & More Headlines
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|Little Free Libraries Dav Pilkey, Scholastic, and Little Free Libraries Launch New Initiative Louisiana New Orleans Public Library is Now Fine Free (via NOPL) Open Book Collective Collective Development Fund Grant Programme: Scoping Update (via Open Book Collective) Scholarly Communications Scientific Journals Are Publishing Papers with AI-Generated Text (via 404 Media) Standards W3C Adopts New […]
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 […]
AAP: “Publishers File Brief Opposing Internet Archive Appeal of Loss” (Hachette Book Group, et al, v. Internet Archive)
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|Will be updating this post with media coverage, documents, amicus briefs and other filings, etc. At the bottom of this post you will find a link to the Internet Archive’s brief and other materials. From the Association of American Publishers (AAP): Today, Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins Publishers, Penguin Random House, and Wiley (the “Plaintiffs”), filed […]
Funding: OurResearch Receives $7.5 Million Grant From Arcadia To Establish OpenAlex, a Milestone Development For Open Science
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|From an OurResearch Blog Post: OurResearch is proud to announce a $7.5M grant from Arcadia, to establish a sustainable and completely open index of the world’s research ecosystem. With this 5-year grant, OurResearch expands their open science ambitions to replace paywalled knowledge graphs with OpenAlex. Researchers, funders, and organizations around the world rely on scientific […]
Report: Australia’s Chief Scientist Takes On the Journal Publishers Gatekeeping Knowledge
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|From The Guardian: Australia’s chief scientist, Dr Cathy Foley, has placed open access firmly on the agenda before her three-year tenure ends in December. Her world-first open access model, recently finalised for the federal government, would provide a centralised digital library for all Australians to access research papers free of charge, as long as they […]
Roundup: Predicting the Unpredictable: Asking Real Questions About Generative AI; Beyond Books, Louisiana’s Libraries are Stepping In to Help People Afford Food and More; & More Headlines
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|AI Meta AI Creates Ahistorical Images, Like Google Gemini (via Axios) Predicting the Unpredictable: Asking Real Questions About Generative AI (by Lorcan Dempsey, via via American Libraries) American Library Association ALA Awards $3.6 Million In Library Accessibility Funding to 310 Small and Rural Libraries CLIR: Council on Library and Information CLIR Postdocs Delve into Equitable […]