May 31, 2024 by Gary Price
Arizona State University Library ASU Collection Preserves Legacy of Modern Architects, Buildings in the Southwest Authors Alliance Introducing the Authors Alliance’s First Zine: Can Authors Address AI Bias? (via AA) Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) DPLA Shares Update on “Plans to “Find a Durable Home For Our Cultural Heritage Aggregation Program” National Library of […]
May 24, 2024 by Gary Price
From the National Library of Medicine Technical Bulletin: The National Library of Medicine (NLM) has recently added a new repository to the Dataset Catalog, a catalog of biomedical datasets from selected publicly available repositories. Based on feedback from users, NLM will gradually add new repositories to the initial four — dbGap, Dryad, ImmPort, and Harvard […]
May 23, 2024 by Gary Price
From the Irish Star: The manuscript of John Milton’s epic poem Paradise Lost was translated into the Irish language in the 19th century. Since then, scholars believed that it was irretrievably lost. Recently, through meticulous examination of an existing microfilm copy in the National Library of Ireland, researchers were finally able to trace its whereabouts. The […]
May 9, 2024 by Gary Price
From NextGov/FCW: The Library of Congress was targeted in a cyberattack that occurred in parallel with a high-profile intrusion into the United Kingdom’s British Library in late October, but the hackers failed to access the U.S. library’s systems, according to internal documents obtained by Nextgov/FCW. The attempted breach occurred around Oct. 28, the same day the […]
May 9, 2024 by Gary Price
AI AI Image Generators Say They Never Used Artists’ Images to Train AI Models (via Courthouse News) Dotdash Meredith Forms Strategic Partnership With OpenAI (via Media Post) TikTok to Start Labeling AI-Generated Content (via AP) ||| Official Announcement From TikTok Clarivate Introducing Web of Science Research Intelligence (via Clarivate) Linked Data OCLC Introduces Meridian (via […]
May 7, 2024 by Gary Price
ACRL The May 2024 (Vol 85, No. 5) Issue of College & Research Libraries News (C&RL News) is Now Available Online AI Elsevier Announces Launch of SciBite Chat, an AI-Powered Semantic Search Tool for Life Sciences R&D ALPSP ALPSP’s Learned Publishing Journal to Transition to Gold OA in 2025 Archives NPR Report: “Archive of Japanese […]
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May 5, 2024 by Gary Price
From the National Library of Australia: The National Library of Australia has an ambitious mission: to assemble a complete collection of Australian published work. From romance novels to historical inquiry, the National Library is legislated to preserve every published word for future generations to find. The National Library recognises that this encompasses more than works […]
April 29, 2024 by Gary Price
Association of Southeastern Research Libraries ASERL and De Gruyter Create Partnership to Support University Presses Florida Miami’s Oldest Public Library, in Little Haiti, Closes For Makeover (via WLRN) National Library of Medicine MTIX: the Next-Generation Algorithm for Automated Indexing of MEDLINE Public Domain Debut Issue of the “The Public Domain Newsletter” (April 2024) From the […]
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April 26, 2024 by Gary Price
Data Management and Sharing Plans Connecting DMSPs to Research Outputs (via University of California Curation Center (UC3)) France French National Library Quarantines ‘Poisonous’ Books (AFP via France 24) Iowa Iowa City Launches Book Donation and Recycling Program to Promote Sustainability (via Des Moines Register) Johns Hopkins University Libraries Cynthia Hudson Vitale Appointed Associate Dean of […]
April 10, 2024 by Gary Price
From a British Library Announcement: After 12 years as Chief Executive, Sir Roly Keating has announced that he will step down from the role in April next year. Sir Roly said: “When I took on this role in 2012 it was always my hope to serve for 12 years and I will reach that milestone in […]