MORE POSTS FROM MAY 2019
The following article was published online earlier today. Title What is an Institutional Repository to Do? Implementing Open Access Harvesting Workflows Authors Rachel Smart Florida State University Source Publications 2019,7(2), 37 DOI: 10.3390/publications7020037 Abstract In 2016, Florida State University adopted an institutional Open Access policy, and the library staff were tasked with implementing an outreach […]
From the National Center For Veterans Analysis and Statistics/U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs: This Memorial Day infographic illustrates the sacrifice of America’s Veterans during the battle, other deaths while in service, and after leaving the military. The infographic also provides key statistics on how VA’s National Cemetery Administration memorializes Veterans. Direct to Infographic See Also: […]
From a euroCRIS Blog Post: The MoU provides the organisational framework to support the ongoing work to add CRIS systems as certified data providers to the OpenAIRE aggregation. Through this agreement euroCRIS and OpenAIRE aim to establish a collaborative and strategic partnership to jointly realise an optimal research information ecosystem. The signature of this MoU is very […]
UPDATED June 1, 2019 with Comments From Readers & Response by Cohen A new op/ed by Dan Cohen, Vice Provost for Information Collaboration at Northeastern University and published by The Atlantic. From the Op/Ed (Full Text approx. 2300 words): Maybe students aren’t checking the books out but are still consulting them regularly within the library? […]
From the Consortium for Resilient Gulf Communities A searchable literature review, in spreadsheet format, on the health impacts of oil spills. The objective of the review, first published in 2016 and updated in May 2019, was to identify both what was already known about the effects of oil spills and gaps in our knowledge. This resource […]
A new resources from the National Conference of State Legislatures. 1. Occupational Licensing Legislation Database This database contains legislation from all 50 states covering 34 distinct occupations that have been identified based on the following criteria: Each must be licensed in at least 30 states. Each much require less than a bachelor’s degree in most […]
From British Airways: To mark British Airways’ centenary this year, the airline has opened its archive collection to the public for the first time to share never-before-seen memories of key moments from its 100-year history. The British Airways Centenary Archive Collection explores moments from the very first international flight with its predecessor airline, Aircraft Transport and Travel […]
Digital Collections: Juilliard Historical Recordings from the 1950s Now Digitized and Available Through Juilliard’s Online Media Archive
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|From Juilliard: Juilliard historical recordings made during the tenure of its fourth and legendary president, composer William Schuman, who served from 1945 to 1961, have recently been preserved and digitized and are now available through Juilliard’s Lila Acheson Wallace Library and Archives at Juilliard’s online media archive. [Among the notable performances that have been preserved are William Schuman’s Violin […]
From the World Economic Forum: Finland has an effective weapon to combat fake news: education. The Nordic nation tops a list of European countries deemed the most resilient to disinformation, the Media Literacy Index, compiled by the Open Society Institute in Sofia. Denmark was second, followed by the Netherlands, Sweden and Estonia. Macedonia, Turkey and Albania […]
The following article (preprint) was recently share on arXiv and has been submitted to the Connected Life conference 2019. Title The Tradeoff Between the Utility and Risk of Location Data And Implications for Public Good Authors Dan Calacci MIT Media Lab Alex Berke MIT Media Lab Kent Larson MIT Media Lab Alex (Sandy) Pentland MIT […]