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Authentic is the Merriam-Webster 2023 Word of the Year; Mendeley Shares “The Most Popular Citation Styles”; & More Headlines
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|Association of Research Libraries ARL Annual Salary Survey 2022 Reports Data on Professional Positions in Member Libraries Citations Mendeley Shares “The Most Popular Citation Styles” DORA: Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) DORA Welcomes New Co-Chairs and Vice Chair Language Authentic is the Merriam-Webster 2023 Word of the Year (via M-W.com) Public Libraries A Look Inside […]
Digital Collections: “All Surviving Drafts, Including Three Rediscovered Pages, of Origin of Species Revealed”
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|From the National University of Singapore: On the 164th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s magnum opus, all known surviving pages of the rough draft of Origin of species have been published online. Three recently rediscovered pages from Darwin’s draft of Origin of Species have been published for the first time together with all the other known surviving pages in a new […]
Canada: CARL, OCUL, and University of Toronto Libraries Sign MOU Outlining Collaborative Intent to Develop a National Institutional Repository Service
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|From a Joint Release (via OCUL): The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL), the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL), and University of Toronto Libraries are pleased to announce their signing of an MOU outlining our collaborative intent to develop a National Institutional Repository Service to be hosted by Scholars Portal. The agreement establishes a […]
From Cornell University: In this episode of the Inclusive Excellence Podcast, Erin Sember-Chase and Toral Patel sit down with the Carl A. Kroch University Librarian at Cornell for a conversation about the critical role that libraries play in preserving the past, especially when it comes to censorship, the rise of banned books and this year’s theme […]
New Video Recording From the U. of Chicago: “Harper Lecture: Beyond ChatGPT: The Impact of AI on Society”
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|From the University of Chicago: How can we adopt AI in an ethical way? What kinds of work will soon be done by algorithms? How will AI affect the economy, education, politics, and society at large? Hear from UChicago faculty experts as they discuss the promises and perils of artificial intelligence. Discussion Moderator Torsten Reimer, […]
OK State University Libraries: “Tribal Treaties Database Continues to Expand & Improve”
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|From Oklahoma State University Libraries: The Oklahoma State University Library has partnered with the United States Department of Agriculture, the Department of the Interior and the Department of Defense to build the “Tribal Treaties Database.” This free public resource is available at treaties.okstate.edu. “This digital collection has been of great interest to citizens of Native […]
Global Pop Icon Pink Joins PEN America to Give Away 2000 Banned Books at Florida Concerts; PLOS Posts Results of Experiments to Increase Sharing and Discovery of Research Data; & More News Headlines
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|American Library Association (ALA) Video: ALA President Emily Drabinski Interviewed by ABC News About Attacks on Reading and Book Censorship Boston Public Library Why We Need Public Libraries Now More than Ever (via Boston Magazine) Center For Research Libraries (CRL) CRL Board Announcement on Strengthening Global Collections GIS/Maps This Easy-to-Use Tool Will Let You Make […]
Sam Helmick and Ray Pun Seek American Library Association Presidency For 2025-26 Term
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|From the American Library Association: The American Library Association (ALA) Nominating Committee has selected two nominees to run for ALA president in the upcoming election. The candidates running for the 2025-26 term are Sam Helmick, Community & Access Services Coordinator at Iowa City Public Library, and Raymond Pun, Academic and Research Librarian at the Alder […]
Journal Article: “Open Access Movement In The Scholarly World: Pathways For Libraries In Developing Countries”
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|The full text article linked below was recently published by the Journal of Information Science. Title Open Access Movement In The Scholarly World: Pathways For Libraries In Developing Countries Authors Arslan Sheikh COMSATS University Islamabad, Pakistan Joanna Richardson Griffith University, Australia Source Journal of Information Science DOI: 10.1177/016555152312027 Abstract Open access is a scholarly publishing model that […]
ARL Board of Directors 2024 Elected by ARL Membership
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|From the Association of Research Libraries (ARL): The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) elected its 2024 Board of Directors on October 18 during the Fall 2023 Association Meeting. On January 1, 2024, Trevor A. Dawes, vice provost for libraries and museums and May Morris University Librarian at the University of Delaware, will begin a one-year […]