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UNESCO’s General Conference Reaches Global Agreements On Artificial Intelligence, Open Science and Education
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Frontiers, Libraries, News, Open Access
|UPDATE Statements on Adoption of UNESCO Open Science Recommendation SPARC Statement on UNESCO Ratification of Open Science Recommendation (November 29, 2021) UNESCO Agrees Open Science Recommendation – Implications for Libraries (via IFLA) International Alliance of Research Library Associations (IARLA) Applaud UNESCO Open Science Recommendation (November 25, 2021) Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL): Research Libraries: […]
UPDATE (November 25, 2021) COAR and European University Association Welcome Adoption of the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science UPDATE (November 17, 2021) Statements From Frontiers and STM About Adoption of UNESCO Open Science Recommendation —End Update— From the International Science Council: The road to the Open Science Recommendation being adopted commenced with a resolution from […]
News Roundup (November 2, 2021)
Associations and Organizations, Frontiers, Libraries, News, Publishing, Roundup
|24 Arts Organizations Join the Collaborative ART Archive (CARTA) (via Internet Archive) Center for Democracy & Technology Joins EFF, Library Associations, Startup Community in Third Circuit Amicus Brief on Section 230 Exemptions (via CDT) Facebook, Citing Societal Concerns, Plans to Shut Down Facial Recognition System Former Clarivate’s Publisher Analytics Expert Ian Potter to Head Business […]
Initiative for Open Abstracts (I4OA) Celebrates First Anniversary, Number of Publishers Supporting More Than Doubled During Year One
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Elsevier, Frontiers, Journal Articles, News, Open Access, PLOS, Springer Nature
|From a Blog Post by Ludo Waltman, Bianca Kramer, and David Shotton: When I4OA was launched one year ago, the initiative was supported by 40 publishers, including Hindawi, Royal Society, and SAGE, who are founding members of the initiative. Among the initial supporters of I4OA there were commercial publishers (e.g., F1000, Frontiers, Hindawi, MDPI, PeerJ, […]
Library of Congress and Harvard University Form Historic Collaboration on Islamic Law Collections
Data Files, Frontiers, Libraries, News, Open Access, Patrons and Users, Reports
|From LC: Both institutions will help increase access to foreign country legal materials, and collaborate on building a “SEARCHstrata” tool using AI/Data Science approaches The Library of Congress and Harvard Law School have initiated an unprecedented, multifaceted joint collaboration to identify, select and assess the copyright status of materials focusing on national legal gazettes. The […]
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Releases New Open Access Policy
Academic Libraries, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Frontiers, Funding, Journal Articles, Libraries, News, Open Access, Publishing
|UPDATE: Responses from Groups and Publishers ALPSP cOAlition S COPIM Frontiers IOP Publishing JISC Research Libraries UK (RLUK) STM Taylor & Francis UPDATE Media Coverage “Major U.K.Science Funder To Require Grantees To Make Papers Immediately Free to All” (via Science) From a UKRI Announcement: UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) new policy will increase opportunity for […]
Digital Collections: Calisphere, From the California Digital Library (CDL), Passes Two Million Digital Primary Resource Items, “Virtual Meeting” Backgrounds Now Available
Digital Collections, Frontiers, Interactive Tools, Interviews, Libraries, Maps, News
|From a CDL Blog Post: We are delighted to announce that Calisphere now provides access to over two million historical images, texts, recordings, and other primary resources from the state of California’s remarkable digital collections. Explore early maps of the world; photographs from historical newspapers; paintings reflecting periods of cultural significance; personal journals and diaries […]
New Report From Research Libraries UK (RLUK) : “New Frontiers of Digital Access: The Development and Delivery of Virtual Reading Rooms and Virtual Teaching Spaces Amongst Collection-Holding Institutions”
Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Frontiers, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users
|From RLUK: RLUK has published a major research report exploring the development and delivery of Virtual Reading Rooms (VRRs) and Virtual Teaching Spaces (VTSs) amongst archives, special collections, and museums. New Frontiers of Digital Access: The development and delivery of Virtual Reading Rooms and Virtual Teaching Spaces amongst collection-holding institutions presents the results from a […]
New Article: “Bibliometric Reports for Institutions: Best Practices in a Responsible Metrics Scenario”
Data Files, Frontiers, Management and Leadership, News, Reports
|The article linked below was recently published by Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics. Title Bibliometric Reports for Institutions: Best Practices in a Responsible Metrics Scenario Authors Alvaro Cabezas-Clavijo Universidad Internacional de La Rioja (UNIR), Logrono, Spain Daniel Torres-Salinas Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain Source Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics 30 June 2021 DOI: […]
From McGill University: Misinformation about COVID-19 is spreading from the United States into Canada, undermining efforts to mitigate the pandemic. A study led by McGill University shows that Canadians who use social media are more likely to consume this misinformation, embrace false beliefs about COVID-19, and subsequently spread them. Many Canadians believe conspiracy theories, poorly-sourced […]