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The article linked below was published today by ITAL: Information Technology and Libraries (a CORE publication). Title Reference Chatbots in Canadian Academic Libraries Authors Julia GuyUniversity of Calgary Paul R. PivalUniversity of Calgary Carla J. LewisUniversity of Calgary Kim GroomeUniversity of Calgary Source ITAL: Information Technology and LibrariesVol. 42 No. 4 (2023) Abstract Chatbots are […]
Journal Article: “Swimming Upstream in the Academic Library: Exploring Faculty Needs for Library Streaming Media Collections”
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|The article linked below was recently published by Evidence Based Library And Information Practice (EBLIP). Title Swimming Upstream in the Academic Library: Exploring Faculty Needs for Library Streaming Media Collections Authors Elsa Loftis Portland State University Carly Lamphere Reed College Source Evidence Based Library And Information Practice (EBLIP) Vol. 18 No. 4 (2023) DOI: 10.18438/eblip30317 […]
From Engadget: The Video Game History Foundation set up shop back in 2017 and offers a gigantic collection of gaming-related archival materials, from magazines to art books and even source code. Previously, you’d have to make the trek to Oakland, California to peruse the archive, but that changes soon. The VGHF just announced a digital library that will offer […]
Internet Archive Files Opening Brief in Appeal of Publisher Lawsuit (Hachette et al v. Internet Archive)
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|As we’ve done in the past we will be updating this post with media coverage, documents, amicus briefs and other filings, etc. Update: March 22, 2024 at 4:30pm Eastern Brief For Amici Curiae The Authors Guild, Inc., American Photographic Artists, The American Society For Collective Rights Licensing, The American Society of Media Photographers, The Association […]
Global Press Archive CRL Alliance Launches Open-Access Liberian Newspaper Archive; New Book: Rethinking Institutional Repositories: Innovations in Management, Collections, and Inclusion; & More Headlines
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|AI/GPT An Analysis of Microsoft’s Bing Chat Generative AI and Elections: Are Chatbots a Reliable Source of Information For Voters? Report News Release/Summary Media Coverage (via WaPo) Center for Research Libraries Global Press Archive CRL Alliance Launches Open-Access Liberian Newspaper Archive File Formats File Formats Team at the Library of Congress Shares Update (via LC) […]
New Report From OCLC Research: “Building RDM Capacity Through Strategic Library Collaboration”
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|From OCLC Research: OCLC Research has published the new report Building Research Data Management Capacity: Case Studies in Strategic Library Collaboration, which provides actionable recommendations based on real-world case studies that libraries can apply to make their own collaborations successful and sustainable. Research data management is an increasingly vital strategic interest for academic libraries, and many […]
From an ASERL Post: On November 29, 2023 ASERL members overwhelmingly adopted a new strategic framework to guide the Association’s programming for the 2024-2027 time period. Called “ASERL Ahead – 2027,” the new framework builds on the success of ASERL’s 2020-2023 strategy, while also streamlining the document to make it more memorable and easier to […]
Research Article (Preprint): “Data Stewardship: Case Studies From North-American, Dutch, And Finnish Universities”
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|The article (preprint) linked below was recently share on arXiv. Title Data Stewardship: Case Studies From North-American, Dutch, And Finnish Universities Authors Antti M. Rousi Aalto University, Finland Reid I. Boehm Purdue University Yan Wang Delft Technical University, Netherlands Source via arXiv (December 7, 2023) DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2312.04092 Abstract Purpose – As national legislation, federated national […]
South Carolina Libraries Join EAST as the Shared Print Collective Collection Continues to Grow; William & Mary Joins the Library Publishing Consortium; & More News Headlines
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|AI/GPT Association of American Publishers (AAP) Submit Reply Comments to Copyright Office in Artificial Intelligence Proceeding Google’s New Gemini AI Will Understand Your Photos and Videos, Not Just Text (via News.com) Archives Release of Success Criteria for Digitizing Permanent Records (via NARA: US National Archives and Records Administration) Connecticut CT Librarians Looking For Lawmaker Help […]
A New Issue of Code4Lib Journal (Issue 58) is Now Available Online
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|Direct to Complete Table of Contents + Abstracts (Issue 58, December 4, 2023) Direct to Articles Editorial Enhancing Serials Holdings Data: A Pymarc-Powered Clean-Up Project The Use of Python to Support Technical Services Work in Academic Libraries Pipeline or Pipe Dream: Building a Scaled Automated Metadata Creation and Ingest Workflow Using Web Scraping Tools A […]