IFLA Publishes “Championing Intellectual Freedom – Structuring and Focusing Library Efforts” Report
From an Introductory Blog Post: IFLA has for many years had its own Advisory Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE), which has both engaged in discussions internationally and provided a space for discussing the work of libraries in their own settings to uphold intellectual freedom. Through [...]
Journal Article: “A Study on How Libraries Operate as Health Spaces in the United States” (abstract only)
The article (abstract only) linked below was published the Journal of Community Health. Title A Study on How Libraries Operate as Health Spaces in the United States Authors Sasha A. Fleary City University of New York Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy Patrece L. Joseph Boston University School [...]
Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Releases 2023 Salary Data and Statistics in Four New Reports
From the ARL Salary Data Release: The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published the ARL Annual Salary Survey 2023, which analyzes salary data for professional staff working in 126 of the 127 ARL member libraries during 2023. Data are reported for 11,118 professional staff from 120 university ARL libraries in [...]
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Research Tools: National Archives (NARA) Announces Portal for Civil Rights Cold Case Records Access
From a National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Announcement: The National Archives announced the launch of the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Portal today [11/18]. This portal serves as both a subject guide and an index for the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection, which consists of records generated in response to the Civil Rights […]
Sage Acquires GOOD DOCS, Distributor of Film Documentaries; The US Patent and Trademark Office Banned Staff From Using Generative AI; & More Headlines
Alabama ‘Extremists’: Alabama GOP Chair, Anti-Censorship Group Blast Each Other Over Libraries (via AL.com) AI Microsoft Pitches AI ‘Agents’ That Can Perform Tasks on Their Own (via AP) State Department Reveals New Interagency Task Force On Detecting AI-Generated Content (via FedScoop) The US Patent and Trademark Office Banned Staff From Using Generative AI (via WIRED) […]
New Data, Trends: Urban Libraries Council (ULC) Releases 2024 Library Insights Report
From ULC: This summer, the Urban Libraries Council asked its 187 member libraries across the U.S. and Canada to participate in the second-annual Library Insights Survey (LIS), compiling 2023 data to build on pre-pandemic trends tracked from 2019-2022. Today, we proudly release the 2024 Library Insights Report. The 2024 report provides a data-driven view of post-pandemic […]
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Research Tools (Prototype): University of Washington & Allen Institute for AI (the People Behind Semantic Scholar) Announce the Launch of Ai2 Open Scholar
Ed. Note: The Ai2 OpenScholar demo currently available provides responses from a datastore of computer science papers (open-access only) NOT the complete Semantic Scholar database. We look forward to seeing the demo grow to include more papers from more disciplines. We’re also excited to see what others do with the open source code and tools […]
Clarivate Releases Highly Cited Researchers 2024 List; Altmetric Now Tracks Clinical Impact of Research; & More Headlines
AI AI Companies Are Trying to Get MIT Press Books (via 404 Media) Could Artificial Intelligence Help Catalog Thousands of Digital Library Books? An Interview with Abigail Potter and Caroline Saccucci (via Library of Congress) Altmetric Altmetric Now Tracks Clinical Impact of Research Clarivate Clarivate Releases Highly Cited Researchers 2024 List ||| Direct to the […]
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404 Media Reports “HarperCollins Confirms It Has a Deal to Sell Authors’ Work to AI Company”
From a 404 Media Report: A spokesperson for HarperCollins told 404 Media in a statement: HarperCollins has reached an agreement with an artificial intelligence technology company to allow limited use of select nonfiction backlist titles for training AI models to improve model quality and performance. While we believe this deal is attractive, we respect the […]
The MIT Press Releases Report on the Future of Open Access Publishing and Policy
From MIT Press: Today, the MIT Press is releasing a comprehensive report that addresses how open access policies shape research and what is needed to maximize their positive impact on the research ecosystem. The report, entitled “Access to Science & Scholarship 2024: Building an Evidence Base to Support the Future of Open Research Policy,” is […]
