MORE POSTS FROM NOVEMBER 2021
News Roundup (November 18, 2021)
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Interviews, Libraries, News, Profiles, Roundup
|BitCurator Consortium Newsletter – Autumn 2021 Now Available Online Companion Document to the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education: Research Competencies in Writing and Literature (via ACRL Insider) Hot Off the Press! SCOSS Publishes Its Strategy for 2022-2024 (via SCOSS) In Practice: An Interview with Amy Nurnberger (MIT Libraries) The University Library’s Quest […]
From the University of Cambridge: Perseverance has been looked up more than 243,000 times on the website in 2021, the first time it has made a noticeable appearance. Defined by the dictionary as ‘continued effort to do or achieve something, even when this is difficult or takes a long time’, the word’s stellar performance this […]
From a DPLA Post by Micah May: I wanted to take a moment to update you on a promising new piece of DPLA’s ebook work. As part of our efforts to expand access to ebooks and audiobooks, we are currently in talks with Audible about making audiobooks available to libraries through Palace Marketplace (formerly the […]
The Importance of Indigenous Librarianship: Q&A with Knowledge River Alumnus Alex Soto
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|From the University of Arizona: This fall, Alex Soto, who received his master’s degree in library and information science from the University of Arizona’s Knowledge River Program in 2020, was appointed director of Arizona State University Library’s Labriola National American Indian Data Center. The Knowledge River, or KR, Program – which is housed in the […]
A Look at Gen Z’s Preferred Social Platforms (via eMarketer) CHORUS Forum: Are We Ready for Data Citation Metrics Summary Now Available (via CHORUS) University of Nebraska Omaha Libraries Announces Budget Reduction University of North Carolina: UNC University Libraries Receives $500,000 Mellon Grant to Advance Preservation of the South’s Audiovisual History (via UNC Libraries)
A New Issue of Weave: Journal of Library User Experience (Vol. 4 No. 2) is Now Available Online
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|Weave: Journal of Library User Experience (Vol. 4 No. 2) Includes the Following Peer-Reviewed Articles: Using UX Personas to Improve Library GIS and Data Services by Taylor Hixson and Justin Parrott “I Think It Could Be Better”: Incorporating User Testing Into Learning Experience Design by Lisa Becksford, Kelsey Hammer and Kayla B McNabb Location-Based Trickery: […]
From Clarivate: Clarivate unveiled its 2021 list of Highly Cited Researchers™ today. The methodology that determines the “who’s who” of influential researchers draws on the data and analysis performed by bibliometric experts and data scientists at the Institute for Scientific Information™ at Clarivate. identifies some 6,600 researchers from across the globe who demonstrated significant influence […]
From SSRC: The Social Science Research Council announced the creation of The Mercury Project, a three-year, $10 million investment to combat the growing threat of mis- and disinformation on public health in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic with $7.5 million in seed funding from The Rockefeller Foundation and an additional $2 million in funding […]
STM Board of Directors Appoints Dr. Caroline Sutton as New CEO
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|From an STM Announcement: STM (The International Association for Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers) announced today that its Board has appointed Dr. Caroline Sutton as the organization’s new Chief Executive Officer. Caroline who currently serves as Director of Open Research for Taylor & Francis will take up the position in February 2022. [Clip] Before joining […]
Oklahoma State University Library “Tribal Treaties Database” Project Unveiled at White House Tribal Nations Summit
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|From Oklahoma St. University Library: The Oklahoma State University Library is partnering with the United States Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior to create the “Tribal Treaties Database.” The project was publicly announced Monday at the White House Tribal Nations Summit. The new “Tribal Treaties Database” is a free public resource available […]