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Journal Article: “Technology Education In Academic Libraries: An Analysis of Library Workshops”
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|The article linked (abstract/snippets; full text paywalled) was recently published by the Journal of Academic Librarianship. Title Technology Education In Academic Libraries: An Analysis of Library Workshops Authors Gyuri Kang Indiana University Bloomington Donghee Sinn University at Albany, State University of New York Source Journal of Academic Librarianship Volume 50, Issue 2, March 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2024.102856 […]
Law Review Article: “Book Banning Goes Digital: Libraries Suspending Their E-Book Services and the Complications It Poses For First Amendment Doctrine”
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|The article linked belowa was recently published by the Stanford Technology Law Review. Title Book Banning Goes Digital: Libraries Suspending Their E-Book Services and the Complications It Poses for First Amendment Doctrine Author Catherine E. Ferri Source Stanford Technology Law Review, Stanford Law SchoolVolume 27 Issue 1 Abstract Book banning predates the United States and […]
Research Tools: UMD-LinkUp Announce World’s First AI-Powered Job Mapping Tool to Track the Creation of AI Jobs
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|From the Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland UMD-LinkUp, a collaboration between the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, LinkUp Job Market Data, and Outrigger Group, introduced the world’s first tool for mapping the creation of jobs requiring artificial intelligence skills: UMD-LinkUp AI Maps. AI Maps leverages LinkUp’s […]
DataCite Launches First Release of the Data Citation Corpus
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|From a Make Data Count Post: DataCite, in partnership with the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), is delighted to announce the first release of the Data Citation Corpus. A major milestone in the Make Data Count initiative, the release makes eight million data citations openly available and usable for the first time via an interactive dashboard and […]
Library Data: IMLS Launches New State Library Administrative Agency (SLAA) Survey Comparison Tool
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|From IMLS: The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has launched a new State Library Administrative Agency (SLAA) Survey Comparison Tool on IMLS.gov.The SLAA Survey Comparison Tool is an online dashboard that allows users to select and compare data from up to 3 states collected from the biennial SLAA Survey in a visually accessible […]
Suzanne Wones is the New University Librarian at UC Berkeley
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|From UC Berkeley News: UC Berkeley has chosen a new University Librarian, Suzanne L. Wones, who is associate university librarian for discovery and access at Harvard Library. Wones, with 20 years’ experience as a leader in academic libraries, will start her new post July 1, following University Librarian Jeffrey MacKie-Mason’s retirement. In a recent interview with Berkeley News, […]
Athena Jackson Named UCLA University Librarian
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|From the UCLA Library (Full Text): Athena N. Jackson has been named UCLA’s Norman and Armena Powell University Librarian. Her appointment will begin March 1. Jackson, the former director of special collections at UCLA Library, has served since 2021 as dean of libraries at the University of Houston, where she holds the Elizabeth D. Rockwell […]
From a FEMA Announcement: The Climate Risk and Resilience Portal (ClimRR) is an award-winning, free, national online source for sophisticated climate data down to the neighborhood level. ClimRR provides easy access to climate data to integrate future conditions into Hazard Mitigation Plans, land use plans, infrastructure design, and FEMA’s Resilience Analysis and Planning Tool (RAPT). ClimRR data is available […]
Journal Article: “Quality Assessment of Research Comparisons in the Open Research Knowledge Graph: A Case Study”
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|The article linked below was published online today by JLIS.it: Italian Journal of Library, Archives and Information Science. Title Quality Assessment of Research Comparisons in the Open Research Knowledge Graph: A Case Study Authors Jennifer D’Souza TIB Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology Julia Evans TIB Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology Lars […]
Report: “British Library Restores Access to Online Collection Following Ransomware Attack”
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|From The Record: The British Library — the national library of the United Kingdom and an archive of millions of books and manuscripts — began restoring access to its online catalog on Monday following a ransomware attack last October. [Clip] The online system, for now, will be the only way to see the rarest books, […]