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Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Announces a New Open Access Policy That Will Take Effect on January 1, 2025
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|UPDATE (March 29, 2024): Statement From Coalition S / Plan S on New Gates Foundation Open Access Policy Johan Rooryck, Executive Director at cOAlition S commented: “Five years on since Plan S was first published, it is entirely appropriate that funders are reviewing their OA policies to ensure they are effectively meeting their goals. The […]
OCLC Global Council Ratifies Plans to Streamline Council Structure, Increase Member Engagement
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|From an OCLC Release: Following a comprehensive governance study, the OCLC Global Council ratified plans to establish a new council structure to clarify its role and increase member engagement. The new OCLC Leaders Council will be phased in over the next year with a clear purpose: to provide library perspectives that inform OCLC’s strategic goals […]
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 […]
International Coalition of Library Consortia (ICOLC) Releases Statement on AI in Licensing
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|From the ICOLC: As artificial intelligence – in particular, generative AI and large language models – has developed rapidly since the release of ChatGPT to the public in late 2022, electronic resource vendors have begun to present libraries and consortia with new license language defining rights and restrictions related to AI. As libraries and vendors […]
From the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF): The EU-funded Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), implemented by ECMWF, has provided new tools to make it easier for users to explore how the climate has been changing and how it could change in the future. They include the Copernicus Interactive Climate Atlas, which enables data from a […]
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 […]
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 […]
AI 3 Questions: What You Need to Know About Audio Deepfakes (via CSAIL/MIT) 8 Google Employees Invented Modern AI. Here’s the Inside Story (via WIRED) Book Bans Why Ban Books When You Can Ban Book Awards?: Suburban Illinois District Cancels Caudill Awards (via Book Riot) Boston Library Consortium Boston Library Consortium (BLC) Supports Path to […]
Associated Press Report: “Libraries Struggle to Afford The Demand For E-Books And Seek New State Laws In Fight With Publishers”
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|From the AP: Librarians in several states have been pushing for legislation to rein in the costs and restrictions on electronic material, which has been growing in popularity since the COVID-19 pandemic. Patrons are stuck on long waiting lists for audio and e-books, and digital offerings are limited. This year, lawmakers in states including Connecticut, […]