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The article linked below was recently published by School Library Research (Research Journal of the American Association of School Librarians). Title Indicators of Successful School Librarian and Teacher Collaboration: A Phenomenology Authors Kathy Colvin University of West Georgia Olga Koz Kennesaw State University Julie A. Moore Kennesaw State University Source School Library Research Volume 27, […]
The article (preprint) linked below was recently shared on arXiv. Title The Rise of AI-Generated Content in Wikipedia Authors Creston Brooks Princeton University Samuel Eggert Princeton University Denis Peskoff Princeton University Source via arXiv DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2410.08044 Abstract The rise of AI-generated content in popular information sources raises significant concerns about accountability, accuracy, and bias amplification. […]
Massachusetts Somerville Library Cancels Drag Show Story Time Following Bomb Threat (via The Harvard Crimson) Missouri At a Kansas City Street Corner In Crisis, Here’s How Library Staff Keep Doors Open to All (via The KC Star) Ohio CLEVNET Library Network Switching to Aspen Discovery on October 28th Oregon McMinnville School Board to Review Book […]
Report: “All Calgary Public Library Branches Closed Due to Cybersecurity Breach”
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|UPDATE October 16, 2024 (via Calgary Herald): Amid Cyber Breach, Calgary Public Library Welcomes Users With Service In Analog As the Calgary Public Library reopened following a cyber breach last week, users can expect to see more pen and paper at their favourite branch. About 20,000 people who visit the 22 CPL locations across the city […]
From National Public Radio: Back in 2018, [the Toledo Lucas County Public Library] was one of 12 public library systems awarded grants through the Urban Libraries Council to explore ways to engage entrepreneurs in their communities, particularly people of color, women, immigrants and veterans. Six years later, the Toledo Lucas County Public Library is leading […]
The article linked below was recently published by the Journal of Academic Librarianship. Title Barriers and Opportunities in the Discoverability and Indexing of Student-Led Academic Journals Author Mariya Maistrovskaya University of Toronto Libraries Source Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication, 12(1), eP16820. DOI: 10.31274/jlsc.16820 Abstract Introduction: Student-led journals are not commonly included in academic indexes and […]
The article (preprint) linked below was recently shared on bioRxiv. Title Artificial Intelligence’s Contribution to Biomedical Literature Search: Revolutionizing or Complicating? Authors Rui Yip Stanford University Young Joo Sun Stanford University Alexander G. Bassuk University of Iowa Vinit B. Mahajan Stanford University University of Iowa Palo Alto Health Care System Source via bioRxiv DOI: 10.1101/2024.10.07.617112 […]
UC-wide Protocols.io Pilot: A Five-Year Journey to Promote Research Reproducibility; Measuring Environmental Impact at CLOCKSS; & More Headlines
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|British Library Restoring Our Services – 10 October 2024 Update Canada Open Access in Canada: 10 Years of Partnership Between CRKN and Érudit CLIR/DLF Jennifer Ferretti to Depart CLIR’s Digital Library Federation, Takes on New Role as Director of Archives at Texas After Violence Project CLOCKSS Measuring Environmental Impact at CLOCKSS International Federation of Library Associations […]
From The Verge: When visiting The Internet Archive (www.archive.org) on Wednesday afternoon, The Verge was greeted by a pop-up claiming the site had been hacked. Just after 9PM ET, Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle confirmed the breach and said the website had been defaced with the notification via a JavaScript library. [Clip] HIBP refers to Have I Been Pwned?, […]
From The New York Times: The Authors Guild, the largest and oldest professional organization for writers in the United States, is teaming with a new start-up, Created by Humans, to help writers license rights to their books to artificial intelligence companies. The partnership, announced Wednesday, comes as authors and publishers are wrestling with the rapid […]