MORE POSTS FROM JUNE 2018
International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) Launches Net Neutrality Toolkit
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|From the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) Just like cars, digital content should not be allowed to travel on preferred, or faster, highways. The practice of providing preferential treatment to particular websites or content – in violation of Net neutrality – creates discrimination and limits freedom of expression and access to information. Conversely, when Net […]
1. California Passes Milestone Privacy Law (via EPIC) 2. Arkivum, Artefactual, the Open Preservation Foundation and Preservica Collaborate on New Jisc Initiative for Sharing Preservation Action Best-Practice 3. UNLV University Libraries Launches Open Article Fund Pilot 4. EBSCO Information Services Releases OnArchitecture (Video Database)
From the REFORMA Blog: REFORMA, the National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking, on behalf of its members, asserts that refugee, asylum-seeking, and immigrant families should be treated humanely, with respect and dignity, by the United States Government and its agencies. Direct to Full Text Statement See Also: Statement: […]
From the FreeLaw Project: On June 27, 2018, Associate Justice Kennedy informed President Trump that he would be retiring from the Supreme Court effective July 31st. In response to this announcement, President Trump stated that his next Supreme Court nomination would come from his existing list of potential Supreme Court justices. In our Judge and Appointment database, we have compiled […]
From the Annie E. Casey Foundation: The Annie E. Casey Foundation today warned policymakers and child advocates of troubling consequences for the nation’s kids with the likely undercount of about 1 million children under age 5 in the 2020 census, as the Foundation released the 2018 KIDS COUNT® Data Book, its annual look at child well-being […]
From an Article on The Conversation by a Research Librarian and an Associate Professor in Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy at the University of Southern Denmark: We found that three rare books on various historical topics in the University of Southern Denmark’s library collection contain large concentrations of arsenic on their covers. The books come from the 16th and […]
Wonderful news!!! From the Artstor Blog: Artstor has made more than 1 million image, video, document, and audio files from public institutional collections freely available to everyone—–at library.artstor.org. These collections are being shared by institutions who make their content available via JSTOR Forum, a tool that allows them to catalog, manage, and share digital media collections and […]
Yesterday, Clarivate Analytics published the 2018 Journal Citation Reports. Here’s a spreadsheet with the rankings (by impact factor) of the Top 10 Journals in the Library and Information Science category along with some additional data. Thanks to Clarivate Analytics for allowing infoDOCKET to publish the data.
Partnerships: $4 Million Grant From Mellon Foundation to Implement Linked Data Metadata Environment Awarded to Libraries at Stanford, Cornell, Harvard and University of Iowa
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|From Stanford Libraries (Full Text): A proposal to dramatically shift how libraries create metadata and greatly improve how users discover library holdings has been accepted and awarded to Stanford Libraries by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. In partnership with the libraries of Cornell, Harvard and the University of Iowa, Stanford will lead the effort to […]
From UConn News: In downtown Hartford, there is now a collection of works that addresses the needs of University of Connecticut students while also expanding upon offerings for the public. When it moved to its new location a year ago, the Hartford Campus began working with the Hartford Public Library to occupy a portion of […]