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FCC Sees Strong Interest in the Schools and Libraries Cybersecurity Pilot Program; Sage Acquires Cambridge Business Publishers; Taylor & Francis Announces Open Access Collective Funding Pilot; & More Headlines
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Cybersecurity FCC Sees Strong Interest in the Schools and Libraries Cybersecurity Pilot Program (via FCC) Scopus (Elsevier) Scopus AI: Introducing Emerging Themes Sage Sage Acquires Cambridge Business Publishers Taylor & Francis Taylor & Francis Announces Open Access Collective Funding Pilot
Now Available: Report of the Paris Conference on Open Research Information
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From the Report’s Info Page (via Zenodo): In September of 2024 signatories, supporters and parties interested in the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information met at Sorbonne University, in Paris to discuss next steps in taking the agenda of the Declaration forward. In a two day hybrid in-person and online meeting, participants shared progress and challenges […]
‘Saving’ the Floppy Disk: Funding Unlocks Preservation Work at Cambridge University Library; Dimensions Launches AI-based Natural Language Feature to Makes Complex Searches Faster and Easier; & More News Headlines
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Canada TikTok Canada Offices Ordered Closed Over ‘National Security Risks,’ But App Still Permitted (via National Post) ||| Government of Canada Statement ||| TikTok Statement Clarivate Clarivate Launches New Sustainability Research Solution: ProQuest One Sustainability Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) Announces Digitizing Hidden Collections: Amplifying Unheard […]
Statement From EveryLibrary: “This Election Should Not Determine the Fate of Libraries (But it Might Have)”
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From an EveryLibrary Statement Released Today (about1400 words): The conventional wisdom is that libraries are a local matter. It was a given that library funding and policies were decided by local voters across hundreds of local zip codes and that the top of the ticket and national politics don’t matter. Last night we watched as […]
Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC): The ‘Bit List’ of Digitally Endangered Species 2024: Interim Report Identifies Significant Little Change To Risk Profile Prompting Renewed Calls For Action
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From the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC): The DPC has released its 2024 interim report on the Global ‘Bit List’ of Endangered Digital Species today, for World Digital Preservation Day on 7th November. Fundamentally, the purpose of the Bit List is advocacy, bringing attention to at-risk data and providing independently verified evidence to support action and investment. Entries are […]
Just Announced: Tony Hey Receives Paul Evan Peters Award
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From a CNI Announcement: The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), and EDUCAUSE are pleased to announce that physicist and computer scientist Tony Hey has been named the 2024 recipient of the Paul Evan Peters Award. The award recognizes notable, lasting achievements in the creation and innovative use of network-based […]
Creative Commons Launches TAROCH Coalition For Open Access to Cultural Heritage
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From Creative Commons: Creative Commons (CC) is proud to launch the TAROCH Coalition (Towards a Recommendation on Open Cultural Heritage), a collaborative effort to achieve the adoption of a UNESCO standard-setting instrument to improve open access to cultural heritage. We are grateful to the Arcadia Fund for supporting this initiative. [Clip] TAROCH At A Glance […]
New Report From Digital Science: “Research Transformation: Change in the Era of AI, Open and Impact”
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From Digital Science: The objective of the report – titled Research Transformation: Change in the Era of AI, Open and Impact – was to learn more about how the research world is experiencing transformation, what’s influencing change and how roles within it are being impacted. Digital Science conducted a survey, reaching out to the research community through questionnaires […]
ALA: Longlist for 2025 Andrew Carnegie Medals For Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction Announced
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From the American Library Association: A total of 46 books (23 fiction, 23 nonfiction) has been selected for the longlist for the 2025 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction. The list is now available on the awards’ website. The six-title shortlist—three each for the fiction and nonfiction medals—will be chosen from longlist titles and announced on November 12, 2024. […]
Journal Article: The Strain on Scientific Publishing
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The article (uncorrected proof, full text) linked below was recently posted by Quantitative Science Studies (QSS). Preprint versions of the article are also available via arXiv. Title The Strain on Scientific Publishing Authors Mark A. Hanson University of Exeter Pablo Gómez Barreiro Royal Botanic Gardens Paolo Crosetto Univ. Grenoble Alpes, INRAE, CNRS, Grenoble INP, GAEL […]
