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Texas: A Secret Shelf of Banned Books Thrives in a Texas School, Under the Nose of Censors; Once Upon a Click: Librarian’s Fairy Tale Journey with the Internet Archive; & More Headlines
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|AI OpenAI’s ChatGPT Breaches Privacy Rules, Says Italian Watchdog (via Reuters) Silverchair Announces Launch of New AI Lab, Releases Prototypes Audiobooks NY Times Report: “Audiobooks are Booming. Spotify Wants in on the Action” California NY Times Publishes Interview with John Szabo, City Librarian of Los Angeles, on the LAPL’s Recent Acquisition of a Local Publisher […]
From Science: For two decades, advocates of open access in scientific publishing have offered a fundamental justification: Making papers immediately free for anyone to read would speed the dissemination of findings and accelerate research progress. Now, after years of little conclusive evidence to support these assertions, researchers report that open-access papers have a greater reach than paywalled ones […]
The U.S. Senate Committee on Rules & Administration hearing video linked below was recorded on January 24, 2024. Witnesses List & Links to Prepared Testimony Dr. Carla Hayden Librarian Of Congress, Library Of Congress Hugh Nathanial Halpern Director, U.S. Government Publishing Office Ms. Meroë Park Deputy Secretary And Chief Operating Officer, Smithsonian Institution Washington , D.C. Video […]
From the FDLP/GPO: The U.S. Government Publishing Office’s (GPO’s) Library Technical Services (LTS) has completed the cataloging of the Law Library of Congress Historical Reports. GPO would like to thank the Law Library of Congress for their wonderful collaboration on this project. In April 2020, the Law Library of Congress and GPO began a multi-year project […]
The event is scheduled to take place on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024 From 9:30 am – 11:00 am EST. From the Dag Hammarskjöld Library, United Nations (NYC): The right to privacy is a fundamental human right recognized in article 12 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, article 17 of the International Covenant on Civil and […]
BHL Technical Development: Year in Review; NYC Ended 7-Day New York Public Library Service. So What Has The Impact Been?; & More News Headlines
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), EBSCO, Jobs, Libraries, Maps, News, Public Libraries, Publishing
|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 […]
Journal Article: “New Academic Journals: An International Overview of Indexing and Access Models”
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Data Files, News, Open Access, Publishing
|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: […]
Research Article: “Open Access Research Outputs Receive More Diverse Citations”
Data Files, News, Open Access, Patrons and Users, Publishing
|The article linked below was recently published by Scientometrics. Title Open Access Research Outputs Receive More Diverse Citations Authors Chun-Kai Huang Curtin University, Australia Cameron Neylon Lucy Montgomery Richard Hosking James P. Diprose |Rebecca N. Handcock Katie Wilson Source Scientometrics (2024) DOI 10.1007/s11192-023-04894-0 Abstract The goal of open access is to allow more people to […]
AI AI Breakthrough Creates Images From Nothing (via LANL) MENA Scientometric Rules as a Guide to Transform Science Systems in the Middle East and North Africa Singapore First Look at the Revamped Central Public Library, Now Open with New Facilities (via Channel News Asia) ||| Library Website United Kingdom Open Access Publishing and the Power […]
Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL) Updates its Membership Criteria; American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Names Finalists for 2024 ACLS Open Access Book Prizes and Arcadia Open Access Publishing Awards; & More Headlines
Academic Libraries, Awards, Libraries, News, Open Access, Publishing
|AI AI-Powered Misinformation is the World’s Biggest Short-Term Threat, Davos Report Says (via AP) American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) ACLS Names Finalists for 2024 ACLS Open Access Book Prizes and Arcadia Open Access Publishing Awards Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL) ASERL Updates its Membership Criteria Privacy EFF Unveils Its New Street Level Surveillance […]