MORE POSTS FROM APRIL 2018
From the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS): In October 2017, 66.7 percent of 2017 high school graduates age 16 to 24 were enrolled in colleges or universities, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Among persons age 20 to 29 who received a bachelor’s degree in 2017, 77.6 percent were employed. Information on school […]
Mozilla Launches Preview of “Hubs by Mozilla” (Browser-Based Social Interaction in Virtual Reality)
|From the Mozilla Blog: Today, Mozilla is sharing an early preview of an experiment we are calling “Hubs by Mozilla”. Hubs is an immersive social experience that is delivered through the browser. You simply click on a web link to begin interacting with others inside virtual reality. [Clip] When we announced Firefox Reality earlier this […]
Research Databases: PubMed and PubMed Central Add New Filters to Assist in Discovery of Journal Articles that Provide Data Sets
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|From the PMC-Announce E-Mail List and NLM Technical Bulletin: Looking for journal articles with associated data sets? New search filters in PMC and PubMed aim to increase the discoverability of articles with associated data information. In PMC, users can now search on or append searches with filters to discover articles with specific types of associated data, i.e., […]
1. Taylor & Francis and Cambridge University Press Join Blockchain for Peer Review Project 2. Survey Findings from BookNet Canada: What are Canadians Up to in Their Free Time? 3. Thrilled to present the first results of our Annotation for Transparent Inquiry (ATI) initiative in partnership w @hypothes_is & @CambridgeUP https://t.co/atbn0xChzVhttps://t.co/rNvQcwxMKF Making qualitative research more transparent […]
From the hoopla Admin Blog: …we are pleased to announce the hoopla Book Club! Each quarter, our eBook and audiobook experts will be selecting a great new title to share with literature-loving library patrons. [Clip] Each selection will be supplemented with a wealth of related materials such as a discussion guide, an author Q&A, and […]
Digital Preservation: NDSA Publishes 2017 Fixity Survey Report
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|From NDSA: The NDSA Fixity Survey Working Group is happy to announce the publication of the 2017 Fixity Survey Report. The report summarizes the results of the 2017 survey, including both broad trends and detailed information captured in the survey about respondent’s fixity practices. The Fixity Survey Working Group would like to thank the 89 […]
From the European Space Agency (ESA): ESA’s Gaia mission has produced the richest star catalogue to date, including high-precision measurements of nearly 1.7 billion stars and revealing previously unseen details of our home Galaxy. A multitude of discoveries are on the horizon after this much awaited release, which is based on 22 months of charting […]
On April 25, 2018 the Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden and Mark Sweeney, Acting Deputy Librarian, testified before the U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee on Legislative Branch re: FY 2019 Budget Request. Direct to Library Of Congress Fiscal 2019 Budget Justification Document 185 pages; PDF. A video recording of the hearing is also available via the C-SPAN Video […]
Library of Congress and Bibliothèque Nationale de France Announce Collaboration on International Digital Content
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|From LC: Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden and Laurence Engel, president of the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF), today announced a collaboration between the Library of Congress and the BnF to provide digital content for a new online space for collections relating to shared French-American history. The initiative will also be supported by other U.S. organizations, including the National Archives. During […]
From a Post by Alex Howard, Sunlight Foundation: To engage in a monumental understatement, it’s a big deal for the public’s information to be altered or disposed of without justified intention and public notice of the removal. In spring 2018, for the first time the National Archives and Record Administration (NARA) has begun using the Internet […]