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From an Interesting and Informative Crossref Blog Post by Martin Eve: Crossref holds metadata for approximately 150 million scholarly artifacts. These range from peer reviewed journal articles through to scholarly books through to scientific blog posts. In fact, amid such heterogeneity, the only singular factor that unites such items is that they have been assigned […]
“The Cost and Price of Public Access to Research Data: A Synthesis” (New Paper by Invest in Open Infrastructure (IOI))
Data Files, Digital Preservation, Funding, Journal Articles, Management and Leadership, News, Preservation
|The paper linked from below was recently made available by Invest in Open Infrastructure (IOI) via Zenodo. Title The Cost and Price of Public Access to Research Data: A Synthesis Authors Gail Steinhart Invest in Open Infrastructure Katherine Skinner Invest in Open Infrastructure Source Invest in Open Infrastructure (via Zenodo) DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10729575 Abstract Beginning on […]
AI Chatbots’ Inaccurate, Misleading Responses About US Elections Threaten to Keep Voters From Polls Ithaka S+R Assessing the Diversity of Library Collections: Announcing a New Cohort Project Music Libraries (Yes, Libraries!) are Leading the Crusade for New Music Discovery (via SPIN) Oregon Oregon Bill that Challenges Book Bans in School Passes Senate. Bill Will Now […]
CBC Report: “1 Million Books and 4 Months Later, Toronto’s Library Recovers From a Cyberattack”
Data Files, Journal Articles, Libraries, News, Public Libraries
|From the CBC: More than four months after a ransomware attack shut down the Toronto Public Library’s computer systems, staff are finally putting a million stranded books back on the shelves. [Clip] The restoration of its downed services — which includes the return of nearly 5,000 employee and public computers — is a relief to library staff […]
The article (preprint) linked below was recently shared on arXiv. Title Explaining Relationships Among Research Papers Authors Xiangci Li University of North Texas Jessica Ouyang University of North Texas Source via arXiv DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2402.13426 Abstract Due to the rapid pace of research publications, keeping up to date with all the latest related papers is very […]
Libraries Support Data-Driven Decision Making: Report From OCLC Research Library Partnership (RLP) & LIBER (Association of European Research Libraries) Facilitated Discussion
Academic Libraries, Data Files, Interviews, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Productivity, Profiles, Reports
|From a Hanging Together Blog Post by Rebecca Bryant: The OCLC Research Library Partnership (RLP) and LIBER (Association of European Research Libraries) hosted a facilitated discussion on the topic of data-driven decision making on 7 February 2024. This event was a component of the ongoing Building for the future series exploring how libraries are working to provide state-of-the-art services, as described in LIBER’s […]
The preprint linked below was recently shared on arXiv. Title Exploring ChatGPT for Next-Generation Information Retrieval: Opportunities and Challenges Authors Yizheng Huang York University Jimmy X. Huang York University Source via arXiv DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2402.11203 Abstract The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) has highlighted ChatGPT as a pivotal technology in the field of information retrieval […]
University of Maryland Libraries Announces Go-Live Date For Migration to New Library Search Platform; Why Data Breaches Spiked in 2023; & More Headlines
Awards, Conference Presentations, Data Files, Funding, Libraries, News, Public Libraries
|European Commission Commission Opens Formal Proceedings Against TikTok Under the Digital Services Act (via EC) Information Security Why Data Breaches Spiked in 2023 (via Harvard Business Review) Pennsylvania Shapiro Administration Awards Nearly $4.5 Million in Keystone Grants To 17 Public Libraries (Penn. Dept. Education) University of Maryland University of Maryland Libraries Announces Go-Live Date For […]
From a Clarivate Blog Post: Over the past few years, we have implemented a series of policy changes for the Journal Citation Reports (JCR)™ aimed at aligning coverage between the Web of Science Core Collection™ and the JCR, providing more transparency of the data underlying JCR metrics encouraging a more inclusive, more holistic way of […]
The article (preprint) linked below was recently shared on arXiv. Title Artificial Intelligence for Literature Reviews: Opportunities and Challenges Authors Francisco Francisco Bolaños The Open University Angelo Salatino The Open University Francesco Osborne The Open University University of Milano Enrico Motta The Open University Source via arXiv DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2402.08565 Abstract This manuscript presents a comprehensive […]