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Video Recordings: Keynotes and Presentations From the RLUK24 Conference
Academic Libraries, EBSCO, Frontiers, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Video Recordings
|The RLUK24 (Research Libraries UK) “New Frontiers: The Expanding Scope of the Modern Research Library” took place virtually from March 22-24, 2024. Below, find links to video recordings of conference keynotes, panels, workshops, and roundtables. You can also access a video playlist of these sessions on YouTube. The complete event agenda is available here. Video […]
New Report From the Association of Research Libraries (ARL): “Publicly Shared Data: A Gap Analysis of Researcher Actions and Institutional Support throughout the Data Life Cycle”
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Funding, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Open Access
|From the Association of Research Libraries: The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has released Publicly Shared Data: A Gap Analysis of Researcher Actions and Institutional Support throughout the Data Life Cycle, a report from the Realities of Academic Data Sharing (RADS) Initiative. ARL and six academic institutions involved in the Data Curation Network (DCN) were awarded […]
From the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF): The EU-funded Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), implemented by ECMWF, has provided new tools to make it easier for users to explore how the climate has been changing and how it could change in the future. They include the Copernicus Interactive Climate Atlas, which enables data from a […]
Open for Public Comment: National Information Standards Organization (NISO) Releases Draft of Interoperable System of Controlled Digital Lending (IS-CDL) Recommended Practice
Associations and Organizations, Digital Preservation, Funding, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users
|From a NISO Announcement: The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) announced today that its draft Interoperable System of Controlled Digital Lending (IS-CDL) Recommended Practice (NISO RP-44-202X) is now available for public comment through April 21 at the project website. Libraries often need to lend digital surrogates of print content from their collections for various reasons, […]
Cyndee Landrum Appointed Acting Director at the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Funding, Jobs, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Public Libraries
|Here’s the Full Text of Today’s Announcement From IMLS: The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is pleased to announce the appointment of Deputy Director for Library Services Cyndee Landrum as Acting Director, effective March 21, 2024. Ms. Landrum will assume the Acting Director role following the end of current Director Crosby Kemper’s four-year […]
The article linked below was recently published by the Harvard Data Science Review (HDSR). Title How is ChatGPT’s Behavior Changing Over Time? Authors Lingjiao Chen Stanford University Matei Zahari UC Berkeley James Zou Stanford University Source Harvard Data Science Review (2024) DOI: 10.1162/99608f92.5317da47 Abstract GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 are the two most widely used large language […]
Delta Think Analysis: “Open Access Charges – Continued Consolidation and Increases”
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Data Files, News, Open Access
|From a Delta Think Post (Analysis) by Dan Pollock and Heather Staines: Each year we survey the list Article Processing Charges (APCs) of a sample of major and significant publishers. Covering over 20,000 titles, and going back to 2016, our data set represents one of the most comprehensive reviews of open access pricing. To compare […]
Open Scholarship and Open Infrastructure: “Desirable Characteristics of Persistent Identifiers”
Data Files, Management and Leadership, News, Scholarly Communications
|From a New Upstream Post by John Chodacki (CDL) and Todd Carpenter (NISO): Persistent identifiers (PIDs) in scholarly communications and research infrastructure have garnered growing attention over the last several years, especially from governments who are recognizing the vital role PIDs play in creating a more efficient and trustworthy research ecosystem. However, varying degrees of […]
21 De Gruyter Journals to Be Published Open Access Under Subscribe To Open (S2O) Model In 2024; California is Finally Digitizing Its 100-Year-Old Paper Water Rights; & More Headlines
Digital Preservation, Interviews, Journal Articles, Libraries, News, Open Access
|Alabama CNN host, Prattville Native Kaitlan Collins Interviews Fired Prattville Library Director (via AR) Prattville Library Cuts Hours, Programs As Staff Quit: ‘Hard To Have Hope’ (via AL.com) Arkansas Policing Libraries, aka Book Banning, Moves a Step Further In Arkansas (via Arkansas Times) California EveryLibrary and PEN America Statement on Huntington Beach Censorship Committees Digitization […]
New Orleans Public Library is Now Fine Free; Dav Pilkey, Scholastic, and Little Free Libraries Launch New Initiative; & More Headlines
Funding, Journal Articles, Libraries, News, Open Access, Podcasts, Public Libraries, Publishing, Scholarly Communications, Scholastic
|Little Free Libraries Dav Pilkey, Scholastic, and Little Free Libraries Launch New Initiative Louisiana New Orleans Public Library is Now Fine Free (via NOPL) Open Book Collective Collective Development Fund Grant Programme: Scoping Update (via Open Book Collective) Scholarly Communications Scientific Journals Are Publishing Papers with AI-Generated Text (via 404 Media) Standards W3C Adopts New […]