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Report: “Almost 5,000 Valuable Items Stolen From Florida State University Library Comic Collection”
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From WCTV: Florida State University says its police department is investigating after nearly 5,000 rare items were taken from a special collection at Strozier Library. According to an FSU spokesperson, 4,996 items went missing from the Robert M. Ervin Jr. Collection between March 17, 2020, and Feb. 10, 2021. The collection consists of comic books […]
Roundup (May 4, 2021)
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ALA Announces New Distribution Arrangement with the Chicago Distribution Center, University of Chicago Press A Look Back at the Failed Cengage/McGraw-Hill Merger: One Year Later (via SPARC) Knowledge Unlatched Launches the 2021 Open Access Funding Round, Introducing New Partnerships and Pledging Options For Libraries The Rise and Rise of Media On Your Mobile Phone – […]
Florida State University Libraries Debuts New Open Access Publishing Program
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From FSU Florida State University Libraries is launching FSU’s first open-access publishing program. Florida State Open Publishing (FSOP) provides the university’s faculty, students and staff with the digital publishing tools and support needed to produce peer-reviewed, open scholarly publications, educational resources and other digital research outputs. Created to address gaps in traditional scholarly publishing, FSOP […]
More Than 7,100 Participate in the 107th and Final ALA Midwinter Meeting
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Here’s the Full Text of an ALA Release about 2021 Midwinter. The American Library Association hosted the 107th and final Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits online Jan. 22-26, 2021. The event attracted more than 7,100 participants. The second ALA conference to be presented virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Midwinter Virtual connected librarians and library workers […]
Roundup (November 19, 2020)
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Clarivate Identifies Global Scientific Pioneers with Annual Highly Cited Researchers List Flash Animations Live Forever at the Internet Archive Group of Educational Publishers (Pearson, Cengage, Elsevier, Macmillan Learning, and McGraw Hill) Obtain Preliminary Injunction Against 231 Websites Illegally Selling Test Answers and Solution Manuals JISC/Wiley Partnership: Leading UK Universities Have Signed on to Digitise Previously Uncatalogued Scientific Archive […]
Call For Proposals: Open Education Conference 2020 Cengage Releases Statement on Inclusion and Diversity Efforts Max Planck Society Enters Multi-Year Read and Publish Agreement with AIP Publishing Northern Arizona St. University: Cline Library Grant to Fund Extended Reality Programming Rollout of More Detailed and Colorful Google Maps Now Underway (via Google/The Keynote) Zoom Coming Soon […]
Roundup (June 30, 2020)
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European Commission Opens Consultation on Future of Digital and Culture Gale Analytics Launches New Interactive Dashboards to Help Public Libraries Gain Deeper Insights into Community Interests and Needs GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO Partners with Books at JSTOR to Include Demand-Driven Acquisition for E-Books in GOBI Knight Foundation Announces a Wide Range of New Grants […]
A New Trump Appointee Has Put Internet Freedom Projects In Crisis Mode (via The Verge) EIFL Endorses Open COVID Pledge Florida A&M University Begins Offering Cengage Unlimited Subscriptions Springer Nature Launches New OA Journal Series The Search is on For ORCID’s New Executive Director
Authors Alliance Submits Reply Comments to U.S. Copyright Office on the Meaning of Publication in the Online Context Cengage Statement on Landmark Supreme Court Decision Extending Federal Worker Protections to LGBTQ Americans Elsevier Journal To Retract 2012 Paper Widely Derided as Racist (Via Retraction Watch) Facebook and Instagram Will Allow US Users to Block Political […]
Roundup (May 20, 2020)
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2020 Digital Library Federation (DLF) Forum and Other Fall Events Will Transition to Virtual Format Emergency Funding Allows NLM to Expand COVID-19 Research and Services Gale Digital Scholar Lab Adds Instructional Support and Gains Customer Momentum Misinformation About Coronavirus Finds New Avenues on Unexpected Sites (via Washington Post) National Library of Latvia Announces Reopening Plan […]
