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The article linked below was recently published by PLOS Biology. Title Biomedical Publishing: Past Historic, Present Continuous, Future Conditional Author Richard Sever Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Source PLOS Biology| DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002234 Abstract Academic journals have been publishing the results of biomedical research for more than 350 years. Reviewing their history reveals that the ways in […]
Signs of Undeclared ChatGPT Use in Papers Mounting; DOAJ Announces a New Support Model for Libraries; & More News Headlines
Journal Articles, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Open Access, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries, Scholarly Communications
|AI Signs of Undeclared ChatGPT Use in Papers Mounting (via Retraction Watch) Startup Aims for Real-Time “Human-Level” AI Transcripts (via IEEE Spectrum) DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) DOAJ Announces a New Support Model for Libraries HathiTrust SMU’s Holly Jeffcoat and ASU’s Lorrie McAllister Elected to HathiTrust Board of Directors Illinois As Bomb Threats Reach […]
South Carolina State Library Leaves American Library Association (ALA), Does Not Renew Membership
Associations and Organizations, Journal Articles, Libraries, News
|From the Charleston City Paper: Librarians are learning the S.C. State Library in August quietly notified the national trade association for libraries that the state was not renewing its membership because it felt the group was “tone deaf” on local book bans and other issues. [Clip] To some, the State Library’s letter appears to be […]
From The New York Times: President Biden plans to announce on Thursday that he will devote federal money to create a new library and museum dedicated to his old friend and adversary, Senator John McCain, seeking to embrace a Republican who stood against former President Donald J. Trump. [Clip] The McCain project was compared by […]
U.S. Census Releases 2020 Data for Nearly 1,500 Detailed Race and Ethnicity Groups, Tribes and Villages
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|From the U.S. Census: The U.S. Census Bureau today released 2020 Census population counts and sex-by-age statistics for 300 detailed race and ethnic groups, as well as 1,187 detailed American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) tribes and villages. These data come from the 2020 Census Detailed Demographic and Housing Characteristics File A (Detailed DHC-A). Previously, the […]
The Lens Loads Now Open Dataset From Crossref of Retraction Watch Papers; Digital Science Announces Brand Redesign for ReadCube and Papers; & More Headlines
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|Clarivate Clarivate Unveils Citation Laureates 2023 – Annual List of Researchers of Nobel Class Digital Science Digital Science Announces Brand Redesign for ReadCube and Papers Internet Archive IMLS National Leadership Grant Supports Expansion of the ARCH Computational Research Platform Research Tools The Lens Loads Now Open Dataset From Crossref of Retraction Watch Papers
Crossref Acquires Retraction Watch Data and Opens It For The Scientific Community
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|From a Joint News Release: The Center for Scientific Integrity, the organisation behind the Retraction Watch blog and database, and Crossref, the global infrastructure underpinning research communications, both not-for-profits, announced today that the Retraction Watch database has been acquired by Crossref and made an open public resource. An agreement between the two organisations will allow Retraction Watch […]
Washington University Libraries Awarded Mellon Grant to Preserve Born-Digital Poetry Collections
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|From Washington University Libraries: The Washington University Libraries were awarded a two-year grant by the Mellon Foundation to support an exploration of essential questions surrounding the acquisition, discoverability, preservation, and use of born-digital poetry collections. The $250,000 award will enable the University Libraries to develop online resources and systems to process, preserve, and steward the […]
National Endowment For the Humanities (NEH) Announces $41.3 Million For 280 Humanities Projects Nationwide
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|From the National Endowment For the Humanities: The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) today announced $41.3 million in grants for 280 humanities projects across the country. These grants will support a documentary by acclaimed filmmaker Stanley Nelson on the life, work, and legacy of jazz legend Sun Ra; the creation of a set of linked […]
Conference Paper: “How Library IT Staff Navigate Privacy and Security Challenges and Responsibilities”
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|The paper linked below is being presented this week at the 32nd USENIX Security Symposium in Anaheim, California. Title How Library IT Staff Navigate Privacy and Security Challenges and Responsibilities Authors Alan F. Luo, Noel Warford, and Samuel Dooley University of Maryland Rachel Greenstadt New York University Michelle L. Mazurek University of Maryland Nora McDonald […]