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Hallie Rich Named Editor-in-Chief of Library Journal
Associations and Organizations, Libraries, Management and Leadership, National Libraries, News, Public Libraries, Publishing, School Libraries
|From a Media Source News Release: Columbus, Ohio – Media Source, Inc. (“MSI”), a literacy solution provider to K–12 schools, public and school libraries, and higher education institutions, announces the appointment of Hallie Rich as the new Editor-in-Chief of Library Journal (LJ). She joined LJ on August 7. Rich brings more than 20 years of […]
Publishing: Paramount Agrees to Sell Simon & Schuster to KKR, a Private Equity Firm For $1.62 Billion
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Publishing
|From The NY Times: Paramount said on Monday it had reached a deal to sell Simon & Schuster, one of the biggest and most prestigious publishing houses in the United States, to the private-equity firm KKR, in a major changing of the guard in the books business. The deal, for $1.62 billion, will put control […]
Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and California Digital Library (CDL) Receive Grant to Advance Data Management and Sharing; Fully OA Group Responds to House Appropriations Committee; & More News Headlines
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Digital Collections, Funding, Interactive Tools, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Open Access, Public Libraries
|Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and California Digital Library (CDL) Receive Grant to Advance Data Management and Sharing Open Access Fully OA Group Responds to House Appropriations Committee by Submitting Objection to Draft Language of Appropriations Bill That, “Blocks Implementation of the Office Of Science And Technology Policy’s (OSTP) August […]
MIT Press’s Direct to Open (D2O) Achieves Second Year Goal, Opens Access to Eighty-Two New Books in 2023
Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Data Files, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Open Access, Publishing
|From the MIT Press: With 322 participating libraries and new consortium agreements, the D2O publishing model has now opened access to more than 160 scholarly monographs and edited collections Thanks to the support of libraries participating in Direct to Open (D2O), the MIT Press will publish its full list (see below) of 2023 scholarly monographs and edited […]
IMLS Announces $20 Million Investment in U.S. Library and Archive Initiatives (64 Project Awards via National Leadership Grants for Libraries and Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program)
Archives and Special Collections, Associations and Organizations, Awards, Data Files, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Funding, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Open Access, Patrons and Users, Preservation, Public Libraries, Publishing, Reports
|From the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS): The Institute of Museum and Library Services today announced 64 awards totaling $20,363,297 to support libraries and archives across the country. The FY 2023 awards were made through National Leadership Grants for Libraries and the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program. The awarded grants search on the IMLS website contains a complete […]
ACRL LDG Webinar Recording: “A Mutualistic View of AI in the Library or a Continuation of Craft”
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|The webinar from the ARCL, Leadership Discussion Group (LDG) linked and embedded below was recorded on July 12, 2023. Speaker Thomas Padilla Deputy Director, Archiving and Data Services at the Internet Archive. Internet Archive Abstract In a world where AI promises abound, it becomes crucial for GLAM professionals to distinguish between the hype and reality. […]
Directions in Digital Scholarship: Support for Digital, Data-Intensive, and Computational Research in Academic Libraries (A New Report From CNI by Joan K. Lippincott)
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|From a Coalition For Networked Information (CNI) Announcement by Clifford Lynch: Today [June 21)] CNI is delighted to release the concluding report from Associate Director Emerita Joan Lippincott’s extensive study of the recent past, present and future of a selected set of programs at CNI member institutions addressing digital scholarship (DS), data-intensive, and computation research and interconnections […]
New From Lorcan Dempsey: “The Narrative Website: From Signposting to Storytelling”
Academic Libraries, Data Files, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries
|From a New Article by Lorcan Dempsey: As we move from a collections-based to a relational library, storytelling becomes very important. One trend is the emergence of a stronger narrative or storytelling emphasis on websites, which helps position the library, promote its services, and address specific interests. At the AMICAL2023 conference recently I spoke about libraries and […]
Concordia University Welcomes Amy Buckland as University Librarian
Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Open Access, Publishing
|From Concordia University in Montreal: Concordia will soon welcome a new university librarian. Amy Buckland, BA 06, will begin her five-year term on September 15, 2023. Buckland’s extensive career in libraries spans both academic and governmental settings, as well as work experience in publishing. Since August 2021, Buckland has held the position of assistant deputy […]
From UKRI: UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has today published the ‘Review of peer review‘, a commitment of the government’s research and development people and culture strategy. A response will be published by the end of year. Resource for all The review of peer review considers peer review from the perspective of research culture and […]