MORE POSTS FROM OCTOBER 2020
A Proposal to Establish an Open Access Policy at Stanford University
Academic Libraries, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, News, Open Access
|From a Stanford Libraries Blog Post by Mimi Calter, Deputy University Librarian, Stanford University: C-LIB, the Faculty Senate Committee on Libraries, is pleased to be bringing forward a proposal to establish an Open Access policy at Stanford. The proposal will come before the Faculty Senate at their session on November 19th. [Clip] Stanford has long […]
The article linked to below was published online today (October 27, 2020) by Open Praxis. Title Academic Librarians Examination of University Students’ and Faculty’s Perceptions of Open Educational Resources Authors Lane Fischer Brigham Young University Olga Belikov Brigham Young University Tarah K. Ikahihifo Brigham Young University John Hilton III Brigham Young University David Wiley Lumen […]
From the European Commission: On the occasion of the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage on 27 October, the Association des Cinémathèques Européennes (ACE) has published a new curated catalogue of classic films with the support of Creative Europe. The catalogue – put together in a joint effort of collaboration by 22 European film archives – gathers over […]
From Mozilla: Who does Trump most interact with on Twitter? What does sectarianism look like in political social media? Who has the most influence on our politicians online? Today, the team behind SMAT (Social Media Analysis Toolkit) is launching a live, updating and interactive network graph of U.S. politicians and the accounts they interact with […]
New Paper From ARL: “Affiliation in Transition: Rethinking Society Membership with Early-Career Researchers in the Social Sciences”
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|From the Association of Research Libraries: Even before COVID-19 and its associated pressures on higher education budgets, today’s early-career researchers faced more insecurity in the academic job market than the generations before them. These labor market realities—fewer tenure-track positions and increasing adjunctification across the disciplines—have also placed financial pressure on scholarly societies, many of which […]
UPDATE October 28, 2020: ALA Decries Latest FCC Failure on Net Neutrality (via ALA) —End Update– From The Hill: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted along party lines Tuesday to reaffirm its order rolling back net neutrality regulations in response to a request from the courts. The commission voted 3-2 in a decision reaffirming the […]
Australia: National Archives to Spend $3 Million on Saving at-Risk Audio and Video Recordings
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|Note: As of October 27, 2020: $2 Million/AUD = $2.137/USD From The Canberra Times: The National Archives will save more than 30,000 at-risk recordings with a $3 million spend aiming to digitise its ageing audio and video tapes. Critical records of Australian culture and history could be lost forever as the magnetic tape deteriorates beyond […]
Journal Article: “National Lists of Scholarly Publication Channels: An Overview and Recommendations for Their Construction and Maintenance”
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|The following article was recently published by the Journal of Data and Information Science. Title National Lists of Scholarly Publication Channels: An Overview and Recommendations for Their Construction and Maintenance Authors Janne Pölönen Federation of Finnish Learned Societies Raf Guns University of Antwerp, Belgium Emanuel Kulczycki Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland Gunnar Sivertsen Nordic Institute for […]
Roundup (October 27, 2020)
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|Against the Grain’s Tom Gilson and Katina Stauch Interview Lars Bjørnshauge, Managing Director and Founder of the Directory of Open Access Journals (via ATG) Cornell University: Digitization Grants Awarded to Arts and Sciences Projects (via Cornell Chronicle) Digital at the Core: A 2030 Strategy Framework for University Leaders (via JISC) FCC Moves Ahead on Rural […]
Faye A. Chadwell Named Dean of Penn State University Libraries
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|From Penn State University Libraries: Penn State has announced that Faye A. Chadwell, professor and Donald and Delpha Campbell University Librarian at Oregon State University, has been named dean of University Libraries and Scholarly Communications, effective March 1, 2021. Chadwell will succeed Dean Barbara Dewey, who has extended her retirement to the end of December. […]