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Dryad Welcomes Nine New Institutions and Publishers; Authors From Low-Income and Lower-Middle Income Countries to Be Able to Publish for Free in Nature and the Nature Research Journals; & More News Headlines
| Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Data Files, News, Open Access
Authors From Low-Income and Lower-Middle Income Countries to Be Able to Publish for Free in Nature and the Nature Research Journals (via SpringerNature) Microsoft’s New AI Can Simulate Anyone’s Voice with 3 Seconds of Audio (via ars technica) Leaders in Open Data: Dryad Welcomes Nine New Institutions and Publishers Wiley Expands Open Access Agreement in Japan
NY Times Report: “Floods, Fires and Humidity: How Climate Change Affects Book Preservation”
| Archives and Special Collections, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Open Access, Preservation
From The NY Times: At Tulane University, 1.5 million books and manuscripts were drenched when Hurricane Katrina swept through Louisiana in 2005. In 2018, the University of California, Los Angeles was in talks to receive a donor’s collection when it was destroyed in the Woolsey fire. And the following year, the Getty fire sent up thick, black […]
From the Open Science Talk Podcast: The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) was founded by Lars Bjørnshauge in 2003; the current managing director is Joanna Ball. A cornerstone in the global Open Science landscape, DOAJ currently lists more than 18,000 peer-reviewed, strictly open access journals (Gold or Diamond). Dominic Mitchell, who has worked for […]
University of Washington Libraries Negotiates 2023 Contract with Elsevier; Library Communication with Zoomers: Some Observations; & More Headlines
| Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Elsevier, Libraries, News, Open Access
How Much Do APCs Cost French Research Institutions? (via Committee for Open Science, French Ministry of Higher Education and Research) Library Communication with Zoomers: Some Observations (via IFLA Section Academic and Research Libraries) OverDrive Releases 2022 Digital Book Circulation Data and Highlights (via OverDrive) Searching Native American #Newspapers in Chronicling America (via LC) University of […]
Digital Public Library of American (DPLA) Announces $750,000 Grant From Sloan Foundation to “Make Cultural Treasures Freely Available on Wikipedia”
| Archives and Special Collections, Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Digital Collections, Funding, Interactive Tools, Libraries, News, Open Access, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries
Here’s the Full Text of a DPLA Announcement: A $750,000 grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to the Digital Public Library of America will fuel a multi-year effort to connect America’s cultural heritage institutions with Wikipedia, the world’s free online encyclopedia. This grant will offer an opportunity to make millions of cultural treasures from […]
“The Beatles Now Have Their Very Own Academic Journal Dedicated to Studies on the Fab Four” & More News Headlines
| News, Open Access
Clarivate and the Chinese Academy of Sciences Release Annual Joint Report to Identify 165 Research Fronts Governors’ TikTok Bans Make Sense, Cybersecurity Experts Say (via Pew/Stateline) NARA Becomes Latest Agency to Expand Telework in New Union Agreement (Federal News Network) Project MUSE Hosts New Interactive, Open-Access, Born Digital Chapter (via PM) The Beatles Now Have […]
STM Association: “New Report Provides Insights Into Global OA Landscape — and With a Focus on China”
| Associations and Organizations, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Data Files, News, Open Access, Publishing
From the STM Association: A new report released today [12/14] provides insights into the complex and evolving global Open Access landscape — and with a particular focus on China. The report is a product of a collaboration between STM Association and the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) focused on the bilateral sharing of […]
Journal Article: “Faculty Perceptions of Open Access Publishing: Investigating Faculty Publishing Habits to Evaluate Library Collection Alignment”
| Data Files, Libraries, News, Open Access, Publishing, Scholarly Communications
The article linked below was recently published by the Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communications. Title Faculty Perceptions of Open Access Publishing: Investigating Faculty Publishing Habits to Evaluate Library Collection Alignment Authors Elisabeth Shook Boise State University Amy Vecchione Boise State University Source Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communications 10(1), eP13216. DOI: 10.31274/jlsc.13216 Abstract Introduction: […]
“A Texas Superintendent Ordered School Librarians to Remove LGBTQ Books. Now the Federal Government Is Investigating”; DOAJ Joins New Horizon Europe Project to Strengthen Technology for Institutional Publishing; and More News Headlines
| Data Files, Libraries, News, Open Access, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries, Publishing
A Texas Superintendent Ordered School Librarians to Remove LGBTQ Books. Now the Federal Government is Investigating (via ProPublica, Texas Tribune, NBC News) Colorado: Boulder Public Library Closes After Tests Find High Methamphetamine Levels in Restroom Exhaust Vents (via Daily Camera) DOAJ Joins New Horizon Europe Project to Strengthen Technology for Institutional Publishing (via Directory of […]
Note: A total of four new papers/statements are linked below. From the European Commission (European Open Science Cloud Steering Board Expert Group): The Competitiveness Council of November 2021 placed the development of Open Science and the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) as part of the European Research Area (ERA) Policy Agenda for 2022–2024. For the […]
