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From Circana: For the U.S. book industry, annual print volume reached 767 million in 2023, down by 3% compared to 2022, according to Circana, a leading advisor on the complexity of consumer behavior. A sales lift during the fourth quarter and annual gains in adult fiction and young adult were not enough to offset declines […]
Diamond Open Access: DIAMAS Publishes Institutional Publishing Landscape Survey Results
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|From a DIAMAS Post The publication of the survey results marks a significant milestone for DIAMAS and for Diamond Open Access. There is now a clear and intelligible picture of the European landscape of institutional publishing activities, with clear pathways to strengthen and support their operations. Our findings show how institutional publishers work, the scale […]
Simon & Schuster Marks Centennial with List of 100 Notable Books; Creative Commons (CC) Open Education Platform Activities: 2023 in Review; & More Headlines
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|American Library Association (ALA) American Library Association Launches National Search For Executive Director Creative Commons Creative Commons (CC) Open Education Platform Activities: 2023 in Review Library of Congress Hidden Treasures: More Rare Books in the Online Catalog (via LC) OASPA (Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association) OASPA-2023 in Review OCLC Introducing the OCLC Research Library Partnership […]
Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) Members Pass The 1M Articles Annual Output Milestone For the First Time in a Calendar Year; Researchers at Anthropic Taught AI Chat Bots How To Lie, and They Were Way Too Good At It; & More Headlines
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|AI Researchers at Anthropic Taught AI Chat Bots How To Lie, and They Were Way Too Good At It Canada Canadian Publishers Launch Online Letter Writing Campaign to Increase the Canada Book Fund (via ACP) Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) DOAJ at 20 – A Year of Celebration in Review Misinformation How Different Incentives […]
BHL Technical Development: Year in Review; NYC Ended 7-Day New York Public Library Service. So What Has The Impact Been?; & More News Headlines
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|Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) BHL Technical Development: Year in Review Boston Library Consortium, NISO Boston Library Consortium (BLC) and NISO (National Information Standards Organization) Announce Membership Agreement EBSCO EBSCO Information Services CEO Tim Collins to Retire on June 30, 2024 DataCite Meet Maria Gould, DataCite’s New Product Director Google Chrome Browser Adds Three New Generative […]
Report: “Science’s Fake-Paper Problem: High-Profile Effort Will Tackle Paper Mills”
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|From Nature: A high-profile group of funders, academic publishers and research organizations has launched an effort to tackle one of the thorniest problems in scientific integrity: paper mills, businesses that churn out fake or poor-quality journal papers and sell authorships. In a statement released on 19 January, the group outlines how it will address the problem through measures […]
Report: “Appeals Court Blocks Texas From Enforcing Book Rating Law”
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|Ed. Note: We will be updating this report with additional coverage, statements/reactions, etc. if/when they become available. UPDATE 3: PEN America Expresses Relief Over Court Injunction Against Texas Law Requiring Sexual Ratings For School Books UPDATE 2: Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Affirms That Texas Book Ban Law is Unconstitutional (via AAP) UPDATE 1: Full […]
Elsevier Announces the Launch of Scopus AI, Now Available For Purchase Worldwide
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|From an Elsevier Announcement: Elsevier, a global leader in scientific information and data analytics, today launches Scopus AI – a generative AI product to help researchers and research institutions get fast and accurate summaries and research insights that support collaboration and societal impact.Scopus AI is based on Scopus’ trusted content from over 27,000 academic journals, […]
AI North Carolina Dept. of Public Instruction Releases: “Generative AI Implementation Recommendations and Considerations for PK-13 Public Schools” Maps Surveying the Bird’s-Eye View (via Folger Shakespeare Library) Laboratories The 4D Research Lab: 3DModelling And Virtual Reconstruction for Research and Education (via Europeana Pro) Open Science Open Science Indicators (OSIs) : New Year, New Dataset (via […]
Journal Article: “New Academic Journals: An International Overview of Indexing and Access Models”
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|The article linked below was recently published by Information Research. Title New Academic Journals: An International Overview of Indexing and Access Models Authors Rosangela RodriguesFederal University of Santa Catarina Cristóbal UrbanoUniversitat de Barcelona Patrícia NeubertFederal University of Santa Catatina José Miguel Rodríguez-GairínUniversidad de Barcelona Marta Somoza-FernándezUniversitat de Barcelona Source Information Research an International Electronic Journal, 28(4)DOI: […]