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So Long to the Google Cache, Time to Consider the Wayback Machine Browser Extension/Add-On (If You’re Not Already Using It)
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From The Verge: Google has removed links to page caches from its search results page, the company’s search liaison Danny Sullivan has confirmed. “It was meant for helping people access pages when way back, you often couldn’t depend on a page loading,” Sullivan wrote on X. “These days, things have greatly improved. So, it was decided […]
The article linked below was recently published by Data Intelligence. Title ChatGPT is a Remarkable Tool—For Experts Authors Amos Azaria Ariel University, Israel Rina Azoulay Jerusalem College of Technology, Israel Shulamit Reches Jerusalem College of Technology, Israel Source Data Intelligence 1–49 DOI: 10.1162/dint_a_00235 Abstract This paper investigates the capabilities of ChatGPT as an automated assistant […]
New Book: “Artificial Intelligence in Science: Challenges, Opportunities and the Future of Research”
The book linked below was recently published by OECD. The full text is free to read online. Title Artificial Intelligence in Science: Challenges, Opportunities and the Future of Research Publisher OECD DOI: 10.1787/a8d820bd-en About the Book The rapid advances of artificial intelligence (AI) in recent years have led to numerous creative applications in science. Accelerating […]
From The News and Observer: The Charlotte Mecklenburg Library is distributing 20,000 free, refurbished laptops to eligible adults in Mecklenburg County starting this week. The effort is part of the library system’s MeckTech program, which works to decrease the number of households in Charlotte without computers and access to online resources. [Clip] “We hope to […]
eLife Ends Accept/Reject Decisions Following Peer Review, Will Publish Every Paper it Reviews as a Reviewed Preprint
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Here’s the Full Text of an eLife Announcement: eLife is pleased to announce a major change in editorial practice. Building on its 2021 shift to exclusively reviewing preprints, the organisation is ending the practice of making accept/reject decisions following peer review. From January 31, 2023, eLife will instead publish every paper it reviews as a […]
CNI, ARL, and EDUCAUSE Announce that Paul Courant (University of Michigan) Has Been Named 2022 Recipient of the Paul Evan Peters Award
| Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Awards, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Interactive Tools, Lecture, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Productivity, Public Libraries, Video Recordings
From a Joint Announcement: The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), and EDUCAUSE are pleased to announce that economist Paul Courant, who has served in multiple roles at the University of Michigan, including provost and dean of libraries, has been named the 2022 recipient of the Paul Evan Peters Award. […]
Journal Article: “Trends of Research Productivity Across Author Gender and Research Fields: A Multidisciplinary and Multi-Country Observational Study”
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The article linked below was recently published by PLOS One. Title Trends of Research Productivity Across Author Gender and Resear Authors Milad Haghani Alireza Abbasi Clara C. Zwack Zahra Shahhoseini Nick Haslam Source PLOS One 17(8): e0271998 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0271998 Abstract Bibliographic properties of more than 75 million scholarly articles, are examined and trends in overall […]
The article linked below was published by PLOS One. Title Downstream Retraction of Preprinted Research in the Life and Medical Sciences Author Michele Avissar-Whiting Research Square Source PLOS One 17(5): e0267971. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0267971 Abstract Retractions have been on the rise in the life and clinical sciences in the last decade, likely due to both broader […]
Journal Article: “The Essence and Transcendence of Scientific Publishing”
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The article linked below was recently published by Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics. Title The Essence and Transcendence of Scientific Publishing Authors José L. Medina-Franco Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Edgar López-López Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico City, Mexico Source Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics 16 February 2022 DOI: […]
The article linked below was recently published by Reference Services Review. Title Analysis of Anti-Racism, Equity, Inclusion and Social Justice Initiatives in Library and Information Science Literature Authors Emily P. Jones University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Nandita S. Mani University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Rebecca B. Carlson University of North Carolina […]
