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Increased Circulation: “Book Bans May Have Unintended Consequences in Increasingly Polarized United States” (Working Paper)
Academic Libraries, Data Files, Journal Articles, Libraries, News, School Libraries
|nFrom Heinz College, Carnegie Mellon University: In the United States, amid increasing political polarization, book banning has grown in prevalence. A new study using a large-scale data set of U.S. library book circulations evaluated the impact of book bans on demand for banned books. The study found that circulations of books rose after being banned, […]
Erla P. Heyns Selected as Vice Provost for UW–Madison Libraries
Academic Libraries, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News
|From the UW-Madison News: Erla P. Heyns, associate professor and associate dean for learning at Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies in West Lafayette, Ind., has been selected as the next university librarian and vice provost for University Libraries. She will join the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus on Jan. 1, 2024. Heyns has […]
Project MUSE Accelerates Move to Open Access with Publisher S2O Commitments; DeGruyter ntroduces Paradigm Publishing Services; & More Headlines
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Jobs, Libraries, News, Open Access, Publishing
|Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Amy Maden Appointed as ARL Senior Director, Finance and Administration De Gruyter DeGruyter Introduces Paradigm Publishing Services Project Muse Project MUSE Accelerates Move to Open Access with Publisher S2O Commitments
From a Clarivate Announcement: Clarivate today announced a partnership with EveryLibrary, the non-partisan advocacy organization for libraries. As part of the partnership, Clarivate™ has made a commitment to advance EveryLibrary’s mission to safeguard and support libraries in the U.S. Bar Veinstein, President, Academia & Government, Clarivate said: “Libraries transform the world through their critical role […]
New Article: “Blended Librarianship—20 Years Later”
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Conference Presentations, Journal Articles, Libraries, News
|Title Blended Librarianship—20 Years Later Authors Amanda Hovious Emporia State University Andrew Smith Source Kansas Library Association College and University Libraries Section Proceedings Vol. 13: No. 1. (2023) DOI: 10.4148/ 2160-942X.1088 Abstract In 2004, Steven J. Bell and John Shank introduced the term blended librarian to describe an emerging skill set of academic librarians in teaching […]
Funding: arXiv Receives $10 Million in Gifts and Grants For Upgrades
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Funding, Libraries, News, Open Access
|From a Cornell University Announcement: Cornell Tech has announced a total of more than $10 million in gifts and grants from the Simons Foundation and the National Science Foundation, respectively, to support arXiv, a free distribution service and open-access archive for scholarly articles. The funding will allow the growing repository with more than 2 million articles […]
Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries & Elsevier Begin Contract Negotiations
Academic Libraries, Elsevier, Funding, Libraries, News, Open Access, Publishing
|From a Release: Sixteen university libraries in Colorado and Wyoming are collaborating to address critical issues in academic publishing that are creating inequities in access to information and raising the cost of academic journal subscriptions beyond what campus budgets can afford.The university libraries are members of the Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries (Alliance), which is […]
Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL) Publishes 2023 Annual Report
Academic Libraries, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Reports
|From ASERL: Today the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL) published its 2023 Annual Report, highlighting key accomplishments for the prior year. Headlining the report is an overview of an innovative leadership development programmed piloted at the University of Miami and followed by a second event at Georgia Tech. Both events sold out and received […]
Oregon Libraries Take 2023 Federal Depository Library of the Year Honors
Academic Libraries, Awards, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Publishing
|From the Government Publishing Office (GPO): The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) names the State Library of Oregon and Portland State University Library as the Federal Depository libraries of the year for increasing access to Government information throughout the Pacific Northwest. Both libraries worked together over the last couple of years to make more than […]
New Book: “Scholarly Communication Librarianship and Open Knowledge”; OA (Full Text) Version Available
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Libraries, News, Open Access
|Note: The book linked below is available for purchase ($150). An open access version (full text) is also available. From the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL): ACRL announces the publication of Scholarly Communication Librarianship and Open Knowledge, edited by Maria Bonn, Josh Bolick, and Will Cross. This open textbook and practitioner’s guide collects theory, […]