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Invest in Open Infrastructure: “How are US Institutions Putting Public Access Into Practice? Insights From Our ‘Reasonable Costs’ Institutional Research”
| Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Data Files, Interviews, Libraries, News, Open Access
From an Invest in Open Infrastructure Blog Post by Lauren Collister, Sarah Lippincott, Jennifer Kemp, Katherine E Skinner, and Gail Steinhart: Since 2023, IOI has been working on a project with financial support from the National Science Foundation (US) titled “Investigating ‘reasonable costs’ to achieve public access to federally funded research and scientific data.” Our aim is to investigate how stakeholders, […]
Roundup: New Online/Digital Collections (1893 World’s Fair; Huey P. Newton; and More)
| Archives and Special Collections, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Funding, Interactive Tools, Libraries, News, Open Access, Roundup
Roundup Griffin MSI’s New Online Collection Lets Visitors Experience the 1893 World’s Fair — and More (via Chicago Sun-Times) The 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition has begun, and people dressed in their Victorian finest are headed into the south portico of the fair’s Palace of Fine Arts, a building that looks as if it has come […]
The research paper (shared below) was recently posted on arXiv Title Deep Research Agents: A Systematic Examination and Roadmap Authors Yuxuan HuangUniversity of Liverpool Yihang ChenHuawei Noah’s Ark Lab Haozheng ZhangHuawei Noah’s Ark Lab Kang LiUniversity of Oxford Meng FangUniversity of Liverpool Linyi YangUniversity College London Xiaoguang LiUniversity of Liverpool Lifeng ShangUniversity of Liverpool Songcen […]
Journal Article: “Attitudes Towards Open Access Books in the European Research Area”
| Academic Libraries, Data Files, Interviews, Journal Articles, Libraries, News, Open Access, Publishing
The article linked below was recently published by LIBER Quarterly. Title Attitudes Towards Open Access Books in the European Research Area Authors Gabriela Manista Institute of Literary Research Polish Academy of Science Maciej Maryl Institute of Literary Research Polish Academy of Science Magdalena Wnuk Institute of Literary Research Polish Academy of Science Source LIBER Quarterly: […]
A New Book From IFLA: “Libraries Driving Education for Sustainable Development”; Open Access Edition Available
| Associations and Organizations, Libraries, News, Open Access
From the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA): The Environment, Sustainability and Libraries Section, ENSULIB, is proud to announce the publication of its new book, Libraries Driving Education for Sustainable Development. This is number 186 in the IFLA Publications Series, and is published open access. The world is facing urgent and dramatic environmental, […]
A New Book From ACRL: The Open Science Cookbook; Open Access Edition Available
| Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Libraries, News, Open Access
From an ACRL Announcement: ACRL announces the publication of The Open Science Cookbook, edited by Emily Bongiovanni, Melanie Gainey, Chasz Griego, and Lencia McKee, a collection of lesson plans and activities for supporting openly accessible, reproducible research. [Clip] The Open Science Cookbook provides a wide variety of lesson plans and learning activities for supporting […]
New Online: NISO AI Workshops Report Now Available and Open for Comment
| Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Data Files, Management and Leadership, News, Publishing, Scholarly Communications
From a NISO Release (Full Text): Last month, NISO convened two workshops to explore how the scholarly communication community can collectively respond to challenges arising from the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in publishing and content distribution infrastructure. The workshops brought together participants from publishing houses, platform developers, and research technology teams to focus on […]
Robert H. McDonald Appointed Senior Vice Provost and Director of the University of Texas Libraries
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From the University of Texas Libraries: The University of Texas at Austin announces the appointment of Robert H. McDonald as Senior Vice Provost and Director of the University of Texas Libraries, effective August 16, 2025. McDonald currently serves as Dean of University Libraries and Senior Vice Provost of Online and Extended Education at the University […]
Research Article (preprint): “Charting Open Science Landscapes: Institutional Patterns of Engagement Across U.S. Academic Libraries”
| Academic Libraries, Data Files, Funding, Libraries, News, Open Access
The article (preprint) linked below was recently shared on OSF. Title Charting Open Science Landscapes: Institutional Patterns of Engagement Across U.S. Academic Libraries Authors Kristen Scotti Carnegie Mellon University Libraries Chenyue Jiao University of Illinois Urbana Champaign Melanie Gainey Carnegie Mellon University Libraries Emily Bongiovanni Carnegie Mellon University Libraries Emma Slayton Carnegie Mellon University Libraries […]
“Figshare & the Generalist Repository Ecosystem Initiative: Supporting Research Transparency and Reproducibility”; “Data vs MAGA: Academics and Librarians Scramble to Save U.S. Government Records From Trump’s Axe”; & More Headlines
| Academic Libraries, Data Files, Libraries, New Issue, News, Open Access
College and Research Libraries News The June 2025 Issue (Vol. 86, No. 6) of College and Research Libraries News (C&RL News) is Now Available Online Data Data vs MAGA: Academics and Librarians Scramble to Save U.S. Government Records From Trump’s Axe (via University Affairs) Generalist Repository Ecosystem Initiative (GREI) Figshare & the Generalist Repository Ecosystem […]
