MORE POSTS FROM NOVEMBER 2017
From an Inside Adams Blog Post by LC Science Librarian and Culinary Specialist Alison Kelly: In A Description of New Netherland, Adriaen van der Donck, an early landowner and the first lawyer in New Netherland, presented a wonderfully detailed description of the natural and cultural worlds of that Dutch colony and its environs in 1655. […]
From Torrent Freak: Yesterday, several of Sci-Hub’s domain names became unreachable. While the site had some issues in recent weeks, several people noticed that the present problems are more permanent. Sci-hub.io, sci-hub.cc, and sci-hub.ac now have the infamous “serverhold” status which suggests that the responsible registries intervened. The status, which has been used previously when domain names […]
From ProPublica: The Trump White House tried to block public access to visitor logs of five federal offices working directly for the president even though they were subject to public disclosure through the Freedom of Information Act. Property of the People, a Washington-based transparency group, successfully sued the administration to release the data and provided […]
Public Library News Roundup
Funding, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries, Roundup
|Alabama Decatur Public Library to Cut Hours, Cites Declining TVA Funds and Commission Funding Cuts (via The Decatur Daily) Alaska Anchorage Public Library to Reduce Loussac Library Hours in 2018, Reductions to Materials Spending and Technology Also Planned (Alaska Native News) Arkansas Fayetteville Public Library-Redo Plan is Shared (via ArkanasaOnline) British Columbia Okanagan Regional Library […]
From Quartz: Since the beginning of 2017, Android phones have been collecting the addresses of nearby cellular towers—even when location services are disabled—and sending that data back to Google. The result is that Google, the unit of Alphabet behind Android, has access to data about individuals’ locations and their movements that go far beyond a […]
Roundup: Net Neutrality Rollback (Reports, Statements, Documents)
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Libraries, News, Reports, Roundup
|UPDATES March 15, 2018 California Net Neutrality Bill Would Go Beyond Original Protections (Via Wired) March 6, 2018 Center for Democracy & Technology Sues FCC Over Net Neutrality March 5, 2018 Washington Becomes 1st State to Approve Net-Neutrality Rules (via Seattle Times) ||| Seattle Times Editorial February 26, 2018 Net Neutrality Activists Will Hold “Day of Action” (Feb. 27) to Overturn […]
European Association of Research Libraries (LIBER) Releases 2018-2022 Strategy
Academic Libraries, Data Files, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Open Access, Publishing
|The new strategy released today is titled, “Research Libraries Powering Sustainable Knowledge in the Digital Age — into action. ” From the European Association of Research Libraries (LIBER): Three Strategic Directions are at the heart of our Strategy, positioning research libraries as Platforms for Innovative Scholarly Communication, Hubs for Digital Skills & Services and Partners in Research Infrastructure. Activities under each […]
From LC (Complete Announcement): The Library of Congress has acquired the Codex Quetzalecatzin, one of the very few Mesoamerican manuscripts to survive from the 16th century. After being in private collections for more than 100 years, the codex has been digitally preserved and made available online for the first time to the general public. The […]
From JISC: Following on from the success of our initial pilot, Jisc has now launched phase two of ‘Digital archival collections group purchasing pilot.’ Phase two of the pilot begins on 20 November, 2017 and will run through to the end of the academic year, 31 July, 2018, offering institutions’ maximum opportunity to review the […]
News Roundup (November 21, 2017)
Data Files, Digital Preservation, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Preservation, Publishing, Roundup
|1. Sage is Latest Publisher to Warn of China Censorship Pressures (via Financial Times) 2. New Video: How to Register For a Free MyJSTOR Personal Account MyJSTOR is Available for both affiliated and unaffiliated users. 3. AAAS Launches Science Partner Journal Program to Support Global Expansion of High-Quality Scientific Publishing 4. DPN (Digital Preservation Network) Joins Digital […]