MORE 'NEW-RESOURCES' POSTS
Delta Think Analysis: “Open Access Charges – Continued Consolidation and Increases”
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Data Files, News, Open Access
|From a Delta Think Post (Analysis) by Dan Pollock and Heather Staines: Each year we survey the list Article Processing Charges (APCs) of a sample of major and significant publishers. Covering over 20,000 titles, and going back to 2016, our data set represents one of the most comprehensive reviews of open access pricing. To compare […]
Open Scholarship and Open Infrastructure: “Desirable Characteristics of Persistent Identifiers”
Data Files, Management and Leadership, News, Scholarly Communications
|From a New Upstream Post by John Chodacki (CDL) and Todd Carpenter (NISO): Persistent identifiers (PIDs) in scholarly communications and research infrastructure have garnered growing attention over the last several years, especially from governments who are recognizing the vital role PIDs play in creating a more efficient and trustworthy research ecosystem. However, varying degrees of […]
21 De Gruyter Journals to Be Published Open Access Under Subscribe To Open (S2O) Model In 2024; California is Finally Digitizing Its 100-Year-Old Paper Water Rights; & More Headlines
Digital Preservation, Interviews, Journal Articles, Libraries, News, Open Access
|Alabama CNN host, Prattville Native Kaitlan Collins Interviews Fired Prattville Library Director (via AR) Prattville Library Cuts Hours, Programs As Staff Quit: ‘Hard To Have Hope’ (via AL.com) Arkansas Policing Libraries, aka Book Banning, Moves a Step Further In Arkansas (via Arkansas Times) California EveryLibrary and PEN America Statement on Huntington Beach Censorship Committees Digitization […]
New Orleans Public Library is Now Fine Free; Dav Pilkey, Scholastic, and Little Free Libraries Launch New Initiative; & More Headlines
Funding, Journal Articles, Libraries, News, Open Access, Podcasts, Public Libraries, Publishing, Scholarly Communications, Scholastic
|Little Free Libraries Dav Pilkey, Scholastic, and Little Free Libraries Launch New Initiative Louisiana New Orleans Public Library is Now Fine Free (via NOPL) Open Book Collective Collective Development Fund Grant Programme: Scoping Update (via Open Book Collective) Scholarly Communications Scientific Journals Are Publishing Papers with AI-Generated Text (via 404 Media) Standards W3C Adopts New […]
A New Issue (19.1) of Evidence Based Library and Information Practice (EBLIP) is Now Available Online
Academic Libraries, Data Files, Funding, Interviews, Jobs, Libraries, Management and Leadership, New Issue, News, Open Access, Productivity, Profiles, Public Libraries, Reports
|Evidence Based Library and Information Practice (Vol. 19, No. 1) was recently published online. EBLIP is a peer reviewed, open access journal published quarterly by the University of Alberta Library. EBLIP publishes original research and commentary on the topic of evidence based library and information practice, as well as reviews of previously published research (evidence summaries) on a […]
Report: “Sharing Mississippi’s History: University to Digitize Historic Archives”
Archives and Special Collections, Digital Preservation, Interviews, News
|From Magnolia State Live: Audiovisual holdings in the University of Mississippi’s Department of Archives and Special Collections will be modernized and gain audiences worldwide through a new digitization project. “Here in Archives and Special Collections, we have so many rich resources related to Mississippi and the American South,” said Greg Johnson, head of the department. […]
AAP: “Publishers File Brief Opposing Internet Archive Appeal of Loss” (Hachette Book Group, et al, v. Internet Archive)
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Digital Preservation, Funding, Libraries, News, Public Libraries, Reports
|Will be updating this post with media coverage, documents, amicus briefs and other filings, etc. At the bottom of this post you will find a link to the Internet Archive’s brief and other materials. From the Association of American Publishers (AAP): Today, Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins Publishers, Penguin Random House, and Wiley (the “Plaintiffs”), filed […]
Interview with Co-Authors: “Open Science Policies: What About Equity and Inclusion?”
Data Files, Interviews, News, Open Access, Profiles, Publishing, Scholarly Communications
|From ZBW MediaTalk: The study “The neglect of equity and inclusion in open science policies of Europe and the Americas” was published in November 2023 and used a qualitative document research approach. One of its findings is that Open Science policies tend to focus on a narrow set of practices, particularly Open Access and Open Data, and […]
New Today: Ithaka S+R Publishes “The Research Data Services Landscape at US and Canadian Higher Education Institutions”
Academic Libraries, Data Files, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News
|Today, Ithaka S+R published the report, The Research Data Services Landscape at US and Canadian Higher Education Institutions. The report (10.18665/sr.320420) was written by Ruby MacDougall and Dylan Ruediger. From the Introduction: Ithaka S+R has been following trends in research data services for several years as part of our research into the support needs associated […]
New Data: American Library Association (ALA) Reports Record Number of Unique Book Titles Challenged In 2023, Public Libraries Saw 92 Percent Increase in Number of Titles Targeted for Censorship Over the Previous Year
Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Libraries, News, Public Libraries, Reports, School Libraries
|Here’s the Full Text of Today’s ALA Announcement: The number of titles targeted for censorship surged 65 percent in 2023 compared to 2022, reaching the highest levels ever documented by the American Library Association (ALA). The new numbers released today show efforts to censor 4,240 unique book titles* in schools and libraries. This tops the previous high […]