MORE POSTS FROM MAY 2017
From Times Higher Education: To cope with this flood of new information, researchers are increasingly turning to text and data mining. Academics use algorithms to sift through existing discipline literature, vast databases of experimental data, or the leftovers from our online lives. From this they can understand, for example, how certain vocabulary has risen and […]
From The Deseret News: The Salt Lake City Library board of directors voted to do away with overdue fines, but the policy change comes the same year library officials are seeking a 21 percent property tax increase. The library board voted unanimously Monday night to cancel the 20-cents-per-day fines, aiming to stop “disproportionately” impacting low-income […]
From Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières): Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is deeply troubled by the increased hostility towards journalists in the United States. Just as President Donald Trump addresses the American people each week on social media, RSF has decided to start its own #WeeklyAddress, revealing the main threats and attacks against the press […]
Cultural Heritage: CLIR Awarded $170,000 Grant to Develop and Launch Prototype of Digital Library of Middle East
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|From the Council on Library and Information Resources: The Whiting Foundation has awarded the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) $170,000 to design, implement, and launch a prototype Digital Library of the Middle East (DLME). CLIR will work closely with its primary organizational partner on the DLME, The Antiquities Coalition, and with five universities […]
From NEH: William D. Adams, the tenth chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, announced today his resignation from the agency, effective Tuesday, May 23, 2017. Adams was nominated by President Barack Obama in April 2014 and was confirmed by the United States Senate three months later. His service to NEH followed 14 years […]
From Torrent Freak: Two years ago, academic publisher Elsevier filed a complaint against Sci-Hub, Libgen and several related “pirate” sites. [Clip] While Sci-Hub and Libgen are nothing like the average pirate site, they are just as illegal according to Elsevier’s legal team, which swiftly obtained a preliminary injunction from a New York District Court. [Clip] […]
From NSF: Updated data for Science and Engineering State Profiles are now available. This product provides state-level rankings and totals of science and engineering data for the 50 states, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. The data tool allows users to compare state profiles for up to seven states or download the entire data set. […]
1. United States: Press Freedom Advocates Decry Latest Restraint on Journalism ||| Reporter Manhandled by FCC Guards Because He Asked Question (via National Press Club) 2. National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Chairman William D. Adams Announces Resignation 3. Trump’s Final Budget Again Tries to Zero Out CPB, NEA (via Broadcasting and Cable) 4. Universities […]
From the Kaiser Family Foundation: A new feature launched today on the redesigned Peterson-Kaiser Health System Tracker website provides quick and easy access to the latest key data measuring quality, spending, access, and outcomes in the U.S. health system. Compiled by Kaiser Family Foundation analysts in consultation with other top experts, the Health System Dashboard […]
From International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA): The Committee on Standards is pleased to announce the publication of the Definition of PRESSOO: A Conceptual Model for Bibliographic Information Pertaining to Serials and Other Continuing Resources PRESSOO is a formal ontology designed to represent the bibliographic information about continuing resources, and more specifically about serials (journals, […]