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From Nature: Research-integrity watchers are concerned about the growing ways in which scientists can fake or manipulate the citation counts of their studies. In recent months, increasingly bold practices have surfaced. One approach was revealed through a sting operation in which a group of researchers bought 50 citations to pad the Google Scholar profile of […]
Library of Congress: Dr. Allie Martin Connecting Communities Digital Initiative Artists/Scholars-in-Residence “Samples Library Collections to Create Soundscapes of Black Life”
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From a LC Blog Post: Dr. Allie Martin, an assistant professor of Music at Dartmouth College is one of CCDI’s 2024 Artists/Scholars-In-Residence. Martin is also an assistant professor for the Cluster for Digital Humanities and Social Engagement and serves as the director of the Black Sound Lab at Dartmouth College. She began her project, Sampling Black Life: Soundscapes […]
Report: “How Smithsonian Curators Scavenge Political Conventions to Explain the Present to the Future and Save Everything From Hats to Buttons to Umbrellas to Soap”
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From The Conversation: Thousands of Republicans, from a presidential candidate to grassroots party members, began assembling in Milwaukee on July 15, 2024, for that quadrennial political ritual, the party convention. Political history curators from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History were there, too. They’re self-described “scavengers” of the physical objects that make up political campaign history, from […]
Annie Callanan Appointed New CEO of EBSCO Information Services (EIS)
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Here’s the Full Text of Today’s Announcement: EBSCO Industries (EBSCO) today announced the appointment of Annie Callanan as the new CEO of EBSCO Information Services (EIS), effective August 5, 2024. Callanan will replace Tim Collins, who announced his retirement in January after serving as CEO of EIS for more than 40 years. “Following an […]
Interview: Brewster Kahle and Andrea Mills Discusses Internet Archive Canada on CBC Radio
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From the CBC: Internet Archive Canada founder Brewster Kahle and executive director Andrea Mills explain what the Internet Archive Canada is and why they believe it is necessary for preserving our digital history. Listen to the Interview (9:39)
“What a Top Librarian’s Road Trip Reveals About America’s #Libraries — and Democracy”(Interview with Outgoing ALA President, Emily Drabinski); “Looted Antiquities are in the Spotlight in New Digital Museum”; & More Headlines
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AI AI Dataset Licensing Companies Form Trade Group ||| Media Report ( via Reuters) AI-Generated Exam Submissions Evade Detection at Reputable UK University (via PLOS) ||| A Real-World Test Of Artificial Intelligence Infiltration Of A University Examinations System: A “Turing Test” Case Study (via PLOS) Online Resources Looted Antiquities are in the Spotlight in New […]
ARL & CNI Release Deluxe Edition of AI-Influenced Future Scenarios for Research Environment
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From a Joint Announcement: The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) have published the Deluxe Edition of the ARL/CNI AI Scenarios: AI-Influenced Futures. This publication is a critical asset for research libraries and organizations aiming to strategically plan for the transformative power of artificial intelligence. The scenarios were developed through […]
A special issue of Against the Grain (Vol. 36, No. 3; June 2024) focusing on AI and libraries is now available online. The special issue was guest edited by Vesella Ensberg (Associate Director, Data Architecture, UC Davis Library) and Peter Brantley and (Director, Online Strategy, UC Davis Library). Here’s What You’ll Find: …but this is […]
New Data Resource: Digital Science Releases the Altmetric 500
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From Digital Science/Altmetric: Digital Science today announces an exciting new tranche of data that throws light on how and why research cuts through to society at large – in the shape of the Altmetric 500. A decade on from the first Altmetric 100 reports, which listed the most influential academic articles in a given year, a leading […]
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) PubScholarJoins the Movement to Support the Directory of Open Access Journals GetFTR (Get Full Text Research) GetFTR Extends Retraction and Errata Service to All Partners, Enhancing Research Integrity and User Experience Lyrasis Lyrasis Partners with 4Science to Improve ORCID Functionality in DSpace North Carolina Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Expands […]
