MORE POSTS FROM JANUARY 2017
Digital Cultural Content: Europeana Announces Official Release of E-Space Portal
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|From the DigitalMeetsCulture Blog: The Europeana Space project is proud to announce the official release of a new platform, which provides services for content search, aggregation, interoperability, visualisation, publication and reuse. E-Space is a Best Practice Network focused on the creative reuse of digital cultural heritage. It provides an environment for experimenting with the development […]
From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Carla Hayden isn’t your stereotypical librarian. There’s no chain around her neck to hold her eyeglasses in place. She doesn’t keep a finger at her lips, ready to “shush” away any sounds louder than a whisper. Her dress doesn’t reach her ankles, and her hair is certainly not pulled back in […]
1. Facebook Introduces New Privacy Basics 2. German Media Giant Betting on Ink and Paper as E-Books Falter (via Bloomberg) 3. University of Toronto Libraries is Now a Member of the Biodiversity Heritage Library & 2016: A Banner Year for In-Copyright Content Added to BHL 4. Scribd Adds More Magazines to All-You-Can-Read Subscription Service
The Pew Research Center released their latest “Americans and Cybersecurity” report today. As we’ve said many times on infoDOCKET, digital privacy awareness (all aspects, from library databases to social media) and education is an opportunity for all libraries and librarians to share knowledge about an important, relevant, and dynamic topic with the many communities they […]
From SciDev.net: Researchers from the University of Wisconsin and Tulane University in the United States analysed 200 posts (in English) on Facebook. They found that rumours and conspiracy theories were more popular than trustworthy information. Using the keywords “Zika” and “virus”, the scientists searched for videos and other relevant material published over the course of […]
From the University of Southern California: In 2004, the mother of artist Dan McCleary passed away. “My parents were avid book readers and collectors of art books,” he told me. “So instead of buying flowers, I told everyone to buy me books.” That was the early genesis for a library of art books that grew […]
California Digital Library (CDL) Releases Revised/Upgraded Version of Model License
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|From the California Digital Library: CDL is pleased to announce the major upgrade of its Standard License Agreement (“Model License”). The new version reflects current best practices in licensing and incorporates feedback from UC librarians, licensing staff, attorneys, peers, and CDL colleagues. We appreciate all of their contributions, and hope that the new Model License […]
New Journal Article: “Open Data Meets Digital Curation: An Investigation of Practices and Needs”
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|The following article was recently posted on the the International Journal of Digital Curation website. Title Open Data Meets Digital Curation: An Investigation of Practices and Needs Authors Christopher A. Lee University of North Carolina Nancy McGovern Massachusetts Institute of Technology Suzie Allard University of Tennessee Alice Bishop Council on Library and Information Resources Source […]
UPDATED 5:45pm with Additional Content, New Headline From the Associated Press: The Trump administration is mandating that any studies or data from scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency undergo review by political appointees before they can be released to the public. The communications director for President Donald Trump’s transition team at EPA, Doug Ericksen, said […]
1. Canada: Privacy Experts Call for Rules on Government Monitoring Social Media (via CBC) 2. ALA’s OIF Condemns Government Agency Censorship (via Office of Intellectual Freedom, American Library Association) 2. VIDEO: Learn About ALB: Rock the Stacks Music Fstival to Benefit the DC Public Library Foundation