MORE POSTS FROM JANUARY 2019
UPDATED POST (July 30, 2019) Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Endorses COAR/SPARC Good Practice Principles for Scholarly Communication Services From a COAR (Confederation of Open Access Repositories) Blog Post: Science and scholarship are critical to improving our lives and solving the world’s most intractable problems. The communication of research, a vital step in the research […]
From the Mozilla Blog: One of the features we outlined in our approach to anti-tracking was Enhanced Tracking Protection, otherwise known as “removing cross-site tracking”. We initially announced in October that we would roll out Enhanced Tracking Protection off-by-default. This was just one of the many steps we took to help prepare users when we […]
Ed. Note: Many thanks to SAGE for opening their paywall to infoDOCKET so we can share the full text article linked below at no charge. The article will be accessible for one month (beginning today) by clicking the link below. Registration is NOT required to access the full text article. Title Open-Access Policy and Data-Sharing […]
Ithaka S+R Releases “Library Acquisition Patterns” Report
Academic Libraries, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Data Files, Funding, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News
|Library Acquisition Patterns from Ithaka S+R was written by: Katherine Daniel Joseph Esposito Roger C. Schonfeld From the Report: The Library Acquisition Patterns (LAP) project was undertaken with the support of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation with the aim of examining trends in US academic libraries’ book purchasing. The project utilizes data supplied by libraries […]
Roundup (January 29, 2019)
Academic Libraries, Data Files, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Publishing, Roundup
|Facebook Pays Teens to Install VPN That Spies On Them (via TechCrunch) & UPDATE: Facebook to Pull Controversial Data-Collection App For iOS (via VentureBeat) Association of European Research Libraries (LIBER) Signs Open Letter Calling For Deletion of Articles 11 and 13 Finland: Negotiations with Taylor & Francis Hit a Wall (via FinELib; Hat Tip: LaList) ProQuest: […]
Research From MIT: “Want to Squelch Fake News? Let the Readers Take Charge”
Conference Presentations, Journal Articles, Management and Leadership, News
|From MIT News: Would you like to rid the internet of false political news stories and misinformation? Then consider using — yes — crowdsourcing. That’s right. A new study co-authored by an MIT professor shows that crowdsourced judgments about the quality of news sources may effectively marginalize false news stories and other kinds of online […]
Workshop Report: “Ethical Aspects of Open Access: A Windy Road”
Associations and Organizations, Data Files, News, Open Access, Publishing
|The ALLEA (All European Academies) Workshop “Ethical Aspects of Open Access: A Windy Road” took place on February 1, 2018 in Brussels. About a month ago the workshop report was published. About the Workshop Facilitating access to research is a shared interest of the academic community: Open Access enables researchers to present their results more easily, […]
From New Scientist: The words used in millions of books show how US culture has generally become more permissive, leading to both innovation and risky behaviour. That is according to an analysis of books published in the US between 1800 and 2000. However, the study overlooks the fact that books only encapsulate certain sections of society. […]
University Presses Help Rebuild Brazil’s National Museum LibrarySee Also: Princeton University’s New Brazil LAB Leads Relief Efforts for Brazil’s National Museum and a Important Anthropology Library Lost to Fire (December 18, 2018) Netherlands: 20,000 Open Access Articles Through VSNU Agreement Open Data: Most Popular Data Packages Published on Dryad, 2018 Mapzen Open Source Data and […]
RUSA Announces 2019 Award Winners (Carnegie Medals, Notable Books, Outstanding Reference, Genre Fiction, Essential Cookbooks, and Other Categories)
Associations and Organizations, Awards, Libraries, News, Public Libraries
|The Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) Book and Media Awards Ceremony was held today at the American Library Association’s Midwinter Meeting in Seattle. Here are direct links to info about the winners of each award. Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction Notable Books List: Year’s Best in Fiction, Nonfiction And Poetry Outstanding […]