MORE POSTS FROM JUNE 2021
The following preprint was recently shared on MedRxiv. Title Gender Balance and Readability of COVID-19 Scientific Publishing: A Quantitative Analysis of 90,000 Preprint Manuscripts Authors Leo Anthony Celi MIT Marie-Laure Charpignon MIT Daniel Kebner MIT Aaron Russell Kaufman NYU Abu Dhabi Liam G.McCoy University of Toronto Maria Cecilia Millado UNAIDS Joel Park Justin Salciccioli Mount […]
From an Internet Archive Post by Caralee Adams: Johnson & Wales University started as a business school in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1914, expanding over the years to offer 80 majors on multiple campuses. In June 2021, declining enrollment led JWU to consolidate, closing its North Miami and Denver locations. This left the future of […]
Major Upgrades Made to Digital Library of the Middle East (DLME)
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|From a Council on Library and Information Resources Announcement: The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR), Qatar National Library, and Stanford University Libraries today [June 21] announced several major improvements to the (DLME). The public, open DLME platform, released in July 2020, aggregates digital records of published materials, documents, maps, artifacts, audiovisual recordings, and […]
A Message From the Toronto Public Board on Commitment to Truth & Reconciliation and Advancing Equity and Inclusion (via TPL) UNC Press Now in the Crosshairs of Board Of Governors, Which Is Refusing to Re-Appoint Professor Who Criticized Handling Of Silent Sam Monument (via NC Policy Watch)
From The Florida Museum/University of Florida: The National Science Foundation has awarded iDigBio nearly $20 million to continue its mission of digitizing natural history collections nationwide, making them available online to researchers, educators and community scientists around the world. For the past decade, iDigBio, a collaborative program based at the Florida Museum of Natural History at […]
The article linked below was recently published in Vol 40 No 2 (2021) of Information Technology and Libraries (ITAL). Title The Impact of COVID-19 on the Use of Academic Library Resources Authors Ruth Sara Connell Valparaiso University Lisa C. Wallis Northeastern Illinois University David Comeaux Louisiana State University Source Information Technology and Libraries (ITAL) Vol […]
“What’s the Big Deal?: How Researchers are Navigating Changes to Journal Access” (New Report From Ithaka S+R)
Academic Libraries, Libraries, News, Open Access, Scholarly Communications
|The report linked below was published today by Ithaka S+R. Title What’s the Big Deal?: How Researchers are Navigating Changes to Journal Access Authors Danielle CooperOya Y. Rieger DOI: 10.18665/sr.315570 From the Executive Summary: The dominant mode by which research libraries have provided maximum journal access as cheaply as possible—subscription bundles or “Big Deals”—is giving […]
American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) Releases 2021 State of the Profession Report
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|The report linked below was published today, June 22, 2021. From the Publication Announcement: The American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) today releases its 2021 AALL State of the Profession Report, a data–driven exploration of the landscape in law libraries and in the legal information profession.It is intended to be used as a tool for […]
Library of Congress Announces Copyright Public Modernization Committee
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|From the Library of Congress (via Copyright.gov): The Library of Congress announced today the membership of the new Copyright Public Modernization Committee (CPMC), which is being convened to enhance communication and provide a public forum for the technology-related aspects of the U.S. Copyright Office’s modernization initiative. The first CPMC meeting will be hosted by the […]
From LC: The World War II Rumor Project collection contains manuscript materials compiled by the Office of War Information (OWI). The OWI was established by an Executive order on June 13, 1942, for the purpose of achieving a coordinated governmental war information program. The information program was designed to promote an informed and intelligent understanding […]