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Comprehensive Scholarly Publishing Dataset Shows Publication Rates in 170 Disciplines at US Universities
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From Phys.org: Academic Analytics Research Center (AARC) shared comprehensive data on scholarly publication rates in 170 disciplines. The newly available data tables show the rate of journal article, book, conference proceeding, and book chapter publications over different time periods and across different career stages in each discipline. “There’s a huge range of bibliometric activity across […]
WIRED: “Blind People Won the Right to Break Ebook DRM. In 3 Years, They’ll Have to Do It Again”
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Update 2: Statement from Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) Welcoming New Exemptions to Section 1201 Update 1: Librarian of Congress Grants 1201 Exemption to Enable Text Data Mining Research (via Authors Alliance) From WIRED: Advocates for the blind are fighting an endless battle to access ebooks that sighted people take for granted, working against copyright law […]
CASE Act: Library Copyright Alliance Submits Comments to U.S. Copyright Office on Proposed Rule for Preemptive Opt-Out
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From the LCA: On September 30, 2021, the Library Copyright Alliance submitted comments on the Copyright Office’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding the procedures for libraries and archives to opt out of proceedings before the Copyright Claims Board under the CASE Act. Direct to Full Text of LCA Submission to U.S. Copyright Office 3 pages; […]
Stanford Scholars Expand Digital Database with Historic Records From The Nuremberg Trial
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From Stanford News: Nearly 75 years ago, the Nuremberg Trial came to a close when on Oct. 1, 1946, a group of convicted Nazi leaders was sentenced by the International Military Tribunal (IMT) for crimes against peace, war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during World War II and the Holocaust. [Clip] Preserving records from […]
NASEM Roundtable Releases Open Science Toolkit
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From the Open Science Funders Group: On September 30, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine hosted an event to commemorate the public release of Developing a Toolkit for Fostering Open Science Practices: Proceedings of a Workshop. [Clip] It contains modular elements that can be adapted and adopted for a range of use cases, […]
News Roundup (September 9, 2021)
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Library of Congress: Nine Culture and Technology Experts Join Library of Congress Connecting Communities Digital Initiative Advisory Board New Journal Article: The Rutgers University Libraries Open and Affordable Textbook (OAT) Program (Abstract Only via Medical Reference Services Quarterly) Proceedings of the 2020–2021 Library Assessment Conference: Building Effective, Sustainable, Practical Assessment Now Available Online (via ARL) […]
U.S. Copyright Office Seeks Comments on a Proposed Rule Regarding Procedures for Libraries and Archives to Opt Out of Proceedings Before the Copyright Claims Board
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From the Federal Register: The U.S. Copyright Office is issuing a notice of proposed rulemaking regarding the procedures for libraries and archives to opt out of proceedings before the Copyright Claims Board (“CCB”) and the procedures for a party before the CCB with respect to a class action proceeding, under the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims […]
Conference Paper: “Article Processing Charges Based Publications: To Which Extent the Price Explains Scientific Impact?” (Preprint)
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The research article (preprint) linked below was recently shared on arXiv. Title Article Processing Charges Based Publications: To Which Extent the Price Explains Scientific Impact? Authors Abdelghani MaddiHCERES David SapinhoHCERES Source via arXivarXiv:2107.07348 The paper was presented at:ISSI 2021 – 18th International Conference on Scientometrics & Informetrics, Jul 2021, Leuven, Belgium.Note: The complete conference […]
Dr. Anthony Chow Appointed New Director For San Jose State University (SJSU) School of Information
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From the San Jose State University School of Information: With deep roots in the Bay Area, Dr. Anthony Chow is eager to bring his leadership, academic, professional, and personal experience and background to the San José State University School of Information as its new director. Chow makes his way to the #1 Most Transformative University […]
Conference Paper: “Not Quite ‘Ask a Librarian’: AI on the Nature, Value, and Future of LIS” (Preprint)
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The following paper (preprint) will be presented at ASIS&T ’21 on October 31, 2021. Title Not Quite ‘Ask a Librarian’: AI on the Nature, Value, and Future of LIS Authors Jesse David Dinneen Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany Helen Bubinger Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany Source via arXiv arXiv:2107.05383 Note: Final Version to Appear in ASIS&T ’21: […]
