MORE 'PRESERVATION' POSTS
Minneapolis Schools Added More Librarians. Now Books are Flying Off the Shelves; ImagineIF Library Board Adds Obscenity Language to Collection Policy; & More Headlines
Academic Libraries, Data Files, Funding, Libraries, News, Preservation
|Association of Research Libraries UIC Dean of Libraries Begins Appointment As Vice President/President-Elect Of Association Of Research Libraries (via UIC) Climate Change Biden-Harris Administration Shares New Land Cover Data to Help Communities Understand Coastal Change (via NOAA) Funding CLIR Awarded US State Department Grant for Algerian Library Preservation Project (via Council on Library and Information […]
Athena Jackson Named UCLA University Librarian
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|From the UCLA Library (Full Text): Athena N. Jackson has been named UCLA’s Norman and Armena Powell University Librarian. Her appointment will begin March 1. Jackson, the former director of special collections at UCLA Library, has served since 2021 as dean of libraries at the University of Houston, where she holds the Elizabeth D. Rockwell […]
NEH Announces $33.8 Million for 260 Humanities Projects Nationwide
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|From the National Endowment For the Humanities (NEH): The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) today announced $33.8 million in grants for 260 humanities projects across the country. Among these are grants to support research for a cultural, political, and legal history of cancer in America that focuses on the Ames test for carcinogens; create a baccalaureate degree program […]
Ontario: Personal Information of London Public Library Employees Stolen in Cyberattack; Oregon Libraries Face Budget Cuts on Top of Safety Issues, Record Number of Book Ban Attempts; and More Headlines
Libraries, News, Preservation, Public Libraries, Publishing, Scholarly Communications
|Library Publishing Preserving What We Publish: Findings from the Library Publishing Coalition Preservation Task Force (via C&RL News) Ontario Personal Information of London Public Library Employees Stolen in Cyberattack (via Global News) Oregon Oregon Libraries Face Budget Cuts on Top of Safety Issues, Record Number of Book Ban Attempts (via KGW) Public Libraries Looking at […]
Digital Preservation Bibliothèque nationale de France Becomes the Digital Preservation Coalition’s Newest Member (via DPC) OpenAI Journalists Had ‘No Idea’ About OpenAI’s Deal to Use Their Stories (via WIRED) Eleven Pulitzer-Winning Authors Join OpenAI, Microsoft Copyright Lawsuit (via Reuters) Google Google Restricting Election-Related Responses on AI Products Ahead of 2024 (via The Hill) ||| Complete […]
From a COAR (Confederation of Open Access Repositories) Post: Open Science is ushering in a new paradigm for research; one in which all researchers have unprecedented access to the full corpus of research for analysis, text and data mining, and other new research methods. A prerequisite for achieving this vision is a strong and well-functioning […]
IARLA Statement: “International Principles for Research Libraries on a Safe and Open Internet”
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|From the International Alliance of Research Library Associations (IARLA): Research libraries, along with their home institutions, provide access to the internet for students, faculty, researchers, and the broader communities we serve. As such, it is a key priority to ensure that users have unfettered access to information in a safe and open environment. As technology […]
Canada: CARL, OCUL, and University of Toronto Libraries Sign MOU Outlining Collaborative Intent to Develop a National Institutional Repository Service
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|From a Joint Release (via OCUL): The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL), the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL), and University of Toronto Libraries are pleased to announce their signing of an MOU outlining our collaborative intent to develop a National Institutional Repository Service to be hosted by Scholars Portal. The agreement establishes a […]
New Journal Article: “The Special Collections Reading Room: A Study of Culture and Its Impact on the Researcher Experience”
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|The article linked to below was recently published by RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage. Title The Special Collections Reading Room: A Study of Culture and Its Impact on the Researcher Experience Author Gina C. Modero New-York Historical Society Museum and Library Source RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and […]
Global ‘Bit List’ of Endangered Digital Species 2023 Released on World Digital Preservation Day
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|From the Digital Preservation Council (DPC): The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) has released its 2023 edition of the Global ‘Bit List’ of Endangered Digital Species today, on World Digital Preservation Day. An open resource for digital preservation advocacy, the DPC’s Global Bit List of Endangered Digital Species (Bit List) is a community-sourced list of at-risk digital materials which is revised […]