MORE POSTS FROM JUNE 2021
Behind the Book Video Series: Great American Translators Edith Grossman and Mario Vargas Llosa (via Library of Congress) Challenges in Indigenous Archiving (via University of Alberta) Expert Panel Discuss the Strategic Use of COUNTER Usage Data (via COUNTER) Internet Archive Launches Collaborative, Web-Based Art Resources Preservation and Access Initiative
A New Resource from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation/University of Washington: Our new visualization tool, in partnership with COVID Collaborative, shows vaccine hesitancy in the US by county and ZIP code, highlighting which areas could benefit most from increased vaccine acceptance. This tool is designed for local government and health officials to determine how […]
From The Daily Hampshire Gazette: A vast library of science fiction books and other materials available to students, alumni, and the public has been part of the University of Massachusetts campus since 1964, but was recently given the heave-ho from its longtime space. Whether the UMass Science Fiction Society will be able to continue to […]
From DevTo: The technologies you use to build your website can have an effect on your ability to deliver good user experiences. Good UX is key to performing well with Core Web Vitals (CWV), a topic which is probably top of mind for you, as it is for many other web developers now that these […]
Research Preprint: “Gender Differences in Scientific Careers: A Large-Scale Bibliometric Analysis”
|The article (preprint) linked below was recently posted on arXiv. Title Gender Differences in Scientific Careers: A Large-Scale Bibliometric Analysis Authors Hanjo Boekhout Leiden University, The Netherlands Inge van der Weijden Leiden University, The Netherlands Ludo Waltman Leiden University, The Netherlands Source via arXiv arXiv:2106.12624v1 Abstract We present a large-scale bibliometric analysis of gender differences […]
Mimi Calter Appointed Vice Provost and University Librarian at Washington Univeristy in St. Louis
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|From a WUSTL Announcement: Mimi Calter, deputy university librarian at Stanford University, has been appointed vice provost and university librarian at Washington University in St. Louis, according to Provost Beverly Wendland. Calter will join the university in the fall; she succeeds Denise Stephens, who departed this spring to serve as dean of libraries at the […]
Student Funding: Library and Archives Canada Launches the Price McIntosh Bursary to Support Diversity in Canada’s Libraries and Archives
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|From Library and Archives Canada: Library and Archives Canada (LAC) is pleased to announce the launch of the Price McIntosh Bursary, which is made possible thanks to the generosity of the McIntosh and Price family from Montréal. This bursary is a bequest from the family estate, which donated monies to LAC and asked that they […]
Additional Coverage: UPDATE July 14, 2021: Cornell’s Free Birding App Just Addeda ‘Shazam for Bird Songs’ (via Fast Company) From the Cornell Lab of Ornithology: It’s an almost universal feeling: the thrill of hearing a mysterious new bird song. And it’s usually followed up by the question: What was that bird? Today, the question got […]
Call for Proposals: Risks and Trust in Pursuit of a Well Functioning Persistent Identifier Infrastructure for Research (via Knowledge Exchange) Catalyzing the Creation of a Repository Network in the US (via SPARC) Google Delays Chrome’s Cookie-Blocking Privacy Plan by Nearly 2 Years (via News.com) NorthEast Research Libraries (NERL) and Center for Research Libraries (CRL) Join […]
The article linked below was published today by PLOS One. Title Is the Open Access Citation Advantage Real? A Systematic Review of the Citation of Open Access and Subscription-Based Articles Authors Allison Langham-Putrow University of Minnesota Libraries Caitlin Bakker University of Minnesota Health Sciences Libraries Amy Riegelman University of Minnesota Libraries Source PLoS ONE 16(6): […]