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COPIM Releases Final WP4 Report: Governing Scholar-Led OA Book Publishers
Associations and Organizations, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Data Files, Interviews, News, Open Access, Profiles, Reports
|From the Community-led Open Publication Infrastructures for Monographs (COPIM) Website: We are pleased to announce the release of the final report from COPIM’s Governance Work Package (WP4), titled Governing Scholar-Led OA Book Publishers: Values, Practices, Barriers. This report develops some of the issues we have previously explored within COPIM with regard to community governance, such […]
Texas Public Libraries: Serving Communities to Enhance Digital Literacy: (A New Report From the Texas State Library and Archives Commission)
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|From the Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) has announced the release of a new report, Texas Public Libraries: Serving Communities to Enhance Digital Literacy. Created through a TSLAC partnership with the Bureau of Business Research IC2 Institute at The University of Texas at Austin, this publication gathered primary data […]
Connecticut: Librarians and Lawmakers Fight Against High Cost of eBooks
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Interviews, Libraries, News, Profiles
|From CT Insider: A bill that would end many of the contract restrictions won unanimous approval last week in the legislative Planning and Development Committee, following recent public hearings that brought librarians from around the state to complain about the expensive landscape. A similar bill awaits action in the Government Administration & Elections Committee. Opposition has been led […]
Here’s the full text of today’s news release from the U.S. Postal Service. From the USPS: The U.S. Postal Service today celebrated the life and legacy of author Toni Morrison (1931-2019), whose artfully crafted novels explored the diverse voices of African Americans, in a first-day-of-issue ceremony at Princeton University. “One of the goals of our […]
From an Ithaka S+R Blog Post by the Brief’s Co-Authors Dylan Ruediger and Ruby MacDougall: Today, Ithaka S+R is publishing an issue brief exploring the current state of data sharing in the humanities and what a productive engagement with data might look like. Our findings are based on semi-structured interviews with key personnel at several humanities projects […]
John Mellencamp Donates His Archives to Indiana University
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|From Indiana University: Acclaimed musician, artist and activist John Mellencamp will donate an archived collection of his life and work to Indiana University, IU President Pamela Whitten announced at the Mellencamp Symposium held March 3 on the IU Bloomington campus. The collection will include items related to his iconic artistry, social activism and philanthropy, and it holds […]
Emiko Hastings, Curator of Books and Digital Projects Librarian at the William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Interviewed by Fine Books & Collections
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|The complete interview (part of the Fine Books & Collections “Bright Young Librarians” series) with Emiko Hastings is available here and runs 976 words. Here’s one question and answer from the interview. Q. (Fine Books and Collections): Thoughts on the future of special collections librarianship? A. (Emiko Hastings): An optimistic trend I see is a movement […]
Ithaka S+R is Launching a New Study on Shared Infrastructure in Support of Scholarly Communication
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|From an Ithaka S+R Blog Post by Roger Schonfeld, Vice President, Organizational Strategy and Libraries, Scholarly Communication, and Museums: Developing, maintaining, and sustaining fit-for-purpose community infrastructure is a challenge in the higher education and research sectors, particularly when the technology and policy environments are in flux. Ithaka S+R has conducted a variety of projects and […]
From a Research Consulting Blog Post: The Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association (OASPA) and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) are pleased to announce the forthcoming launch of the Open Access (OA) Journals Toolkit, scheduled for launch in the second half of 2023. Research Consulting is supporting them in managing the Toolkit development process […]
Journal Article: “Getting to Know Digital Collections Users”
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|The article linked below was recently published by the Journal of Western Archives. Title Getting to Know Digital Collections Users Authors Emily Lapworth University of Nevada, Las Vegas Source Journal of Western Archives Vol. 14 (2023), Iss. 1 Abstract Use and user studies can provide valuable information to archivists and librarians who wish to improve […]