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From KRQE: The window has opened for lawmakers to file bills they want to introduce during this year’s 60-day legislative session. One bill that is sure to spark debate would stop funding public libraries that ban books. “It is not a culture war bill,” said New Mexico House Representative Kathleen Cates. “It is a way […]
Arkansas: Crawford County Library Director Returns Fire in Ongoing Legal Battle; For One Community, A Library is Much More Than Books, It’s Support; & More Headlines
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Arkansas Crawford County Library Director Returns Fire in Ongoing Legal Battle (via Arkansas Democrat-Gazette) Ohio For One Community, A Library is Much More Than Books, It’s Support (via WCPO) Oregon The Governor Wants to Improve Literacy. So Why Are So Many School Libraries Empty? (via Willamette Week) Texas This Austin, Texas, Suburb Shows How Developers […]
Journal Article: “The Dataset Finder: A Tool Utilizing Data Management Plans as a Key to Data Discoverability”
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The article linked below was recently published by Data Science Journal. Title The Dataset Finder: A Tool Utilizing Data Management Plans as a Key to Data Discoverability Authors Soo-Yon Kim RWTH Aachen University, Germany Steffen Hillemacher RWTH Aachen University, Germany Max Kocher RWTH Aachen University, Germany Bernhard Rumpe RWTH Aachen University, Germany Sandra Geisler RWTH […]
Journal Article: “Teaching Counts! Open Educational Resources as an Object of Measurement For Scientometric Analysis”
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The article linked below was recently published by Quantitative Science Studies (QSS). Title Teaching Counts! Open Educational Resources as an Object of Measurement For Scientometric Analysis Author Sylvia Kullmann DIPF Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education Source Quantitative Science Studies 1-24 DOI: 10.1162/qss_a_00346 Abstract At present, performance assessment in science focuses mainly on scientific […]
The article linked below was recently published by Scientific Reports. Title Use of Large Language Models as Artificial Intelligence Tools in Academic Research and Publishing Among Global Clinical Researchers Authors Tanisha Mishra Edward Sutanto Rini Rossanti Nayana Pant Anum Ashraf Akshay Raut Germaine Uwabareze Ajayi Oluwatomiwa Bushra Zeeshan Source Scientific Reports Volume 14, Article number: 31672 (2024) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-81370-6 […]
From Nature: In October 2023, an e-mail pinged onto Federica Nicolardi’s phone with an image that would transform her research forever. It showed a fragment of a papyrus scroll that had been burnt in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in ad 79. The scorched scroll was one of hundreds discovered in the remains of a luxury Roman […]
From Ladue News: Since 1846, the St. Louis Mercantile Library has served the city of St. Louis as a cultural hub. Filled with vibrant collections of books, archives and artwork, the library has something for every interest. Today, the library is undergoing renovations to ensure the library’s success for years to come. The library has […]
From The Japan Times: While bookstores are increasingly closing in Japan due to the prevalence of online shopping, some have started to work with libraries for survival. The government plans to support such collaborations by starting a survey in fiscal 2025 from April in response to concerns over the current situation in which libraries own […]
Journal Article: “College Students’ Credibility Assessments Of GenAI-Generated Information For Academic Tasks: An Interview Study”
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The article linked below was recently published by JASIST (Journal of the Association For Information Science and Technology) Title College Students’ Credibility Assessments Of GenAI-Generated Information For Academic Tasks: An Interview Study Authors Wonchan Choi University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Hyerin Bak University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Jiaxin An University of Texas at Austin Yan Zhang University of Texas […]
Louisiana: “Supreme Court Says Livingston Librarian [Amanda Jones] Can Keep Pursuing Defamation Case Over ‘Pornography’ Claim”
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From WBRZ: The Louisiana Supreme Court says a Livingston Parish librarian who claims she was defamed by an organization that accused her of promoting pornography to kids should have her day in court. The 1st Circuit Court of Appeal had ended Amanda Jones’ lawsuit against the Citizens for a New Louisiana and its leaders last […]
