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Journal Article: Data as a New Research Publication Type: What Could Be The Role Of Research Libraries as Service Providers?
| Academic Libraries, Awards, Data Files, Journal Articles, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Open Access, Preservation, Publishing
The article linked below was recently published by LIBER Quarterly. Title Data as a New Research Publication Type: What Could Be The Role Of Research Libraries as Service Providers? Authors Mari Elisa Kuusniemi University of Helsinki Susanna Nykyri Tampere University Source LIBER Quarterly Vol. 36 No. 1 (2026) DOI: 10.53377/lq.19415 Abstract This article examines the […]
New Issue of Library Trends (74.3): Data Literacy: Navigating the Shift from Hype to Reality
| Data Files, Libraries, New Issue, News, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries
Here’s the table of contents for the latest issue of Library Trends (Volume 74, Number 3, February 2026). The issue is titled, “Data Literacy: Navigating the Shift from Hype to Reality” and was edited by Ben B. Chiewphasa. From the Introduction: The 74 (3) issue of Library Trends examines the intersection of technological hype and practical reality […]
Here are several new or revised preprints posted on arXiv that might be of interest. An Analysis of the Effects Of Open Science Indicators on Citations in the French Open Science Monitor Authorship Drift: How Self-Efficacy and Trust Evolve During LLM-Assisted Writing Campus AI vs. Commercial AI: Comparing How Students and Employees Perceive their University’s […]
Digital Collections: Newly Digitized Papers Shed Light on WWII Internment
| Archives and Special Collections, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Journal Articles, Libraries, News
From the Stanford Report Stanford University Libraries have digitized the Kazuyuki Takahashi papers, an “extraordinary collection” of letters and photographs that expand the historical record of wartime incarceration in the United States. The Kazuyuki Takahashi papers, comprising digital scans of correspondence, photographs, and related materials created and collected by Stanford University graduate Kazuyuki “Kaz” Takahashi and […]
The paper linked below was published today by Nature. It discusses the work by Ai2 and the University of Washington to develop OpenScholar that we’ve been posting about around here since it launched (as a prototype) in late 2024. Some of OpenScholar’s resources are accessible (to all) via the Asta ecosystem of tools. Title Synthesizing […]
The preprint linked below was recently posted on arXiv. Title The ‘Big Three’ of Scientific Information: A Comparative Bibliometric Review of Web of Science, Scopus, and OpenAlex Authors Daniel Torres-Salinas EC3metrics, Universidad de Granada, Spain Wenceslao Arroyo-Machado EC3metrics, Universidad de Granada, Spain Source via arXiv DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2601.21908 Abstract The present comparative study examines the three […]
The article linked below was recently published by Quantitative Science Studies. Title Research Intelligence: an Emerging Concept Authors Rik Iping Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS), Leiden University, The Netherlands Tung Tung Chan Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherland Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS), Leiden […]
Working Paper: “The Scholarly Communication Attitudes And Behaviours of Gen – Z Researchers: A Pathfinding Study”
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The working paper linked below was recently shared on Cambridge Open Engage. Title The Scholarly Communication Attitudes And Behaviours of Gen – Z Researchers: A Pathfinding Study Authors David NicholasCIBER Research David ClarkCIBER Research Abdullah Abrizah,Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Jorge RevezUniversity of Lisbon Blanca Rodríguez-Bravo,Universidad de Leon, Leon, Spain Marzena Swigon,Uniwersytet Warminsko-Mazurski, Olsztyn, Poland […]
New today from Digital Science, Figshare and Springer Nature. From the Release: The report, now in its 10th year, is the longest running study into open research behaviour and attitudes. Combining survey data from more than 4,700 responses across 151 countries with global expert perspectives from researchers, librarians and policy leaders, it provides an unprecedented insight […]
The Atlantic: “Science is Drowning in AI Slop”
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From The Atlantic. (via MSN): Scientific publishing has always had its plumbing problems. Even before ChatGPT, journal editors struggled to control the quantity and quality of submitted work. Alex Csiszar, a historian of science at Harvard, told me that he has found letters from editors going all the way back to the early 19th century […]
