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IFLA Releases “Open Access Vocabulary” Reference Guide
Associations and Organizations, Libraries, News, Open Access
|From the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA): A shared understanding of the key terminology used in Open Access across regions and languages is essential for awareness raising within the profession and communication with stakeholders. The purpose of IFLA’s Open Access vocabulary is to collate the most widely used terms and definitions, with […]
From PBS NewsHour: Librarians are often caught in the middle of these campaigns and state legislative attempts to censor library materials. They’ve faced criminalization and harassment and in some cases have been fired after refusing to move or remove books. The PBS NewsHour spoke to six librarians about what they’ve experienced: Suzette Baker lost her job […]
Alabama NPR: Why Aren’t Some Librarians In Alabama in a Celebratory Mood? CHORUS CHORUS Forum: 12 Best Practices for Research Data Sharing – Event Summary, Comments ||| Slides & Video OCLC OCLC Global Council Elects Xuemao Wang, Re-Elects Anja Smit to Board of Trustees Toronto Public Library What is the Cost of Ransomware Attack on […]
From The Library of Congress: As a reader of the Signal, you may already be familiar with By the People, the Library of Congress’s crowdsourcing program that allows volunteers to transcribe, review, and tag digitized pages from the Library’s collections. Further, you may already know that, once completed, those transcriptions are released to the Library’s website, where […]
From Hear & Now/WBUR: Some incarcerated people at a jail on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, are avid readers. But their library fell into disarray during the pandemic when they lost their jail librarian. WBUR’s Simón Rios tells us why a local librarian stepped in to revamp the shelves. Source
New Data From Open Syllabus: “OER Adoption Update: 2023”
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|From an Open Syllabus Blog Post (about 1500 words): With the release of version 2.11 of the OS dataset, we can update our reporting on adoption rates for open educational resources (OERs) — specifically, open textbooks and ‘open access’ monographs. [Clip] We track OER adoption via the appearance of titles on syllabi — the point […]
James Patterson Speaks Out on $500 Bonuses to Bookstores, Librarians; Seattle Public Library Resorting to Rolling Branch Closures & More Headlines
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|AI I Tested 4 Different AI Image Detectors: Here’s How Accurate They Were (Make Use Of) Authors James Patterson Speaks Out on $500 Bonuses to Bookstores, Librarians (via ABC News) Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) DPLA Brings Librarians and Independent Publishers Together at Inaugural Indielib Forum California Digital Library UC Libraries Endorse Joint Statement […]
From The Seattle Times: Book censorship, bans and restrictions remain a pressing challenge for youth across the country, according to a Books Unbanned report released Wednesday by the Seattle Public Library and Brooklyn Public Library. [Clip] BPL founded the Books Unbanned program in 2022 to combat that censorship by expanding digital access to its collections to U.S. […]
The Respectful Terminology Platform Project Receives Prestigious Grant from the Mellon Foundation
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|Here’s the Full Text of the Announcement From the National Indigenous Knowledge and Language Alliance (NIKLA): The Respectful Terminology Platform Project (RTPP), an Indigenous-led initiative under the NIKLA-ANCLA umbrella, is honoured to announce that the project has been awarded a two-year grant for a total of $1.4M USD from the Mellon Foundation. Led by RTPP […]
Sir Roly Keating to Step Down as Chief Executive of the British Library in April 2025
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|From a British Library Announcement: After 12 years as Chief Executive, Sir Roly Keating has announced that he will step down from the role in April next year. Sir Roly said: “When I took on this role in 2012 it was always my hope to serve for 12 years and I will reach that milestone in […]