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Internet Archive Files Opening Brief in Appeal of Publisher Lawsuit (Hachette et al v. Internet Archive)
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Digital Preservation, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries, Publishing, Reports, Roundup
|As we’ve done in the past we will be updating this post with media coverage, documents, amicus briefs and other filings, etc. Update: March 22, 2024 at 4:30pm Eastern Brief For Amici Curiae The Authors Guild, Inc., American Photographic Artists, The American Society For Collective Rights Licensing, The American Society of Media Photographers, The Association […]
University of British Columbia (UBC) Library’s First Folio Gets Interactive with Shakespeare xR
Archives and Special Collections, Digital Preservation, Libraries, News
|From the UBC Library: How do you provide public access to an exceptionally rare and fragile volume like UBC’s First Folio? Published in 1623, the first edition of William Shakespeare’s Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies has stood the test of time, passing through countless hands over the centuries to become a tangible piece of human history. When UBC […]
NEH Funded Street & Smith Digitization Project Completed (113,342 pages From 4,790 Dime Novels)
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|From Northern Illinois University: Northern Illinois University Libraries is pleased to announce the completion of the Street & Smith Project. First begun in 2020 with a grant of $338,630 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), this project involved partner libraries at NIU, Villanova University, Stanford University, Bowling Green State University, and Oberlin College […]
Milestones: Over One Million Card Catalog Records Digitized in Copyright Public Records System Pilot
|From the Library of Congress “Creativity at Work” Blog: This summer, the Copyright Office reached a new milestone in our modernization efforts: surpassing one million card catalog records digitized with searchable metadata and added to the Office’s Copyright Public Records System (CPRS) pilot. As the number of card catalog entries in CPRS continues to grow, now […]
Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh City Clerk’s Office Launches City Archives Digital Collections Website
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|From the City of Pittsburgh: The Records Management Division of the Office of the City Clerk and City Council is pleased to announce the launch of a City Archives Digital Collections website, where extensive material from the archives will be made available to the public to browse and research online: https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/. The website features recently […]
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 […]
Digitization Projects Belgium: KU Leuven Libraries and Google Form a Partnership to Digitise More Than 70,000 Books Digital Science Digital Science Fully Acquires AI-Based Academic Language Service Writefull Open Science SCOSS Launches its 5th Pledging Round (via Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services) Tor Tor Project Removes Relays Because of For-Profit, Risky Activity (Via […]
OK State University Libraries: “Tribal Treaties Database Continues to Expand & Improve”
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|From Oklahoma State University Libraries: The Oklahoma State University Library has partnered with the United States Department of Agriculture, the Department of the Interior and the Department of Defense to build the “Tribal Treaties Database.” This free public resource is available at treaties.okstate.edu. “This digital collection has been of great interest to citizens of Native […]
West Michigan Library Defunded Over LGBTQ Books Wins Tax Support on 3rd Try; Voters Pass Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library Levy; & More Headlines
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|California New San Diego Library Master Plan Calls for New Branches, New Priorities, More Equity (via San Diego Union Tribune) Center for Open Science OSF Preprints to Pilot Post-Moderation Policy Elections Election Night 2023 Library Wrap-Up (via EveryLibrary) Florida Florida Moms for Liberty Member Offers Up Teen Novel to Santa Rosa Sheriff as Pornography Public […]
Springer Nature and Projekt DEAL to Build Upon Their Landmark Transformative Agreement; New Digital Archive Allows Black and Native Families to Connect with Ancestors Who Served in the Revolutionary War; & More Headlines
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|Clarivate Bringing Generative AI to the Web of Science Discussed in New Clarivate Post Disinformation Exclusive: Elon Musk’s X Restructuring Curtails Disinformation Research, Spurs Legal Fears (via Reuters) Infrastructure Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure (POSI) Version 1.1: Reflections from Adopters (via Upstream/Force 11) Internet Archive Internet Archive Submits Comments on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence Family […]