July 12, 2024 by Gary Price
From Cambridge University Library: After being donated to the nation by the Hawking Family in 2021, the scientific and personal archive of Professor Stephen Hawking has been fully catalogued and is now available to all who might benefit from access to it at Cambridge University Library. The Hawking Archive [Video] contains not only his scientific papers but […]
July 11, 2024 by Gary Price
From the Brown University: The John Hay Library, home to Brown University’s special collections, has acquired the contemporary papers of acclaimed poet, musician, playwright, author and activist Joy Harjo, who served as the 23rd U.S. poet laureate from 2019 to 2022 as the first Native American to hold that honor. The acquisition, which primarily consists of […]
July 10, 2024 by Gary Price
From the Google Scholar Blog: Scholar Metrics provide an easy way for authors to quickly gauge the visibility and influence of recent articles in scholarly publications. Today, we are releasing the 2024 version of Scholar Metrics. This release covers articles published in 2019–2023 and includes citations from all articles that were indexed in Google Scholar as […]
July 10, 2024 by Gary Price
Alabama Bill to Arrest Librarians Filed For 2025 Session (via APR) Coalition For Networked Information (CNI) CNI Welcomes Four New Members Internet Archive New Ways to Search Archived Music News (via Internet Archive) Privacy Student Privacy in the Datafied Classroom: Facilitating Conversations with Campus Stakeholders (via College & Research Library News) Public Libraries Conference Paper […]
July 9, 2024 by Gary Price
AI How Disinformation From a Russian AI Spam Farm Ended Up on Top of Google Search Results (via WIRED) Preserving Secondary Knowledge: Using Language Models for Software Preservation (Conference Paper)(via IJDC) Illinois River Forest Public Library Facing Threats, Hires Private Security (via ABC Chicago) Cincinnati $43.3 Million Makeover and Transformation at Main Library Adds Engagement, […]
July 7, 2024 by Gary Price
The article linked below was recently published by the Journal of Infometrics. Title Analysis of the Distribution of Authorship by Gender in Scientific Output: A Global Perspective Authors Rodrigo Sánchez-Jiménez Universidad Complutense de Madrid Pablo Guerrero-Castillo SCImago Group Vicente P. Guerrero-Bote SCImago Group Gali Halevi SCImago Research Group Félix De-Moya-Anegón SCImago Research Group Source Journal […]
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July 6, 2024 by Gary Price
Author links open overlay panel The article linked below was recently published by the Journal of Academic Librarianship. Title University Students’ Knowledge of Potentially Predatory Journals: A Focus Group Analysis Authors H. Rainer SchiraBrandon University Chris HurstBrandon University Source Journal of Academic LibrarianshipJuly 5, 2024 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2024.102926 Abstract In our previous study on potentially predatory […]
July 3, 2024 by Gary Price
The full text article linked below was recently published by Insights. Title The Paper Mill Crisis is a Five-Alarm Fire For Science: What Can Librarians Do About It? Authors Curtis Brundy Iowa State University Joel B. Thornton University of Utah Source Insights July 2, 2024 DOI: 10.1629/uksg.659 Abstract The paper mill crisis, which is polluting […]
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July 2, 2024 by Gary Price
The latest episode of the MSNBC podcast, “Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast” features a conversation with Brewster Kahle and Kyle Courtney. It runs 57:40. Description Could the future be completely different? Our guests this week say so. Megapublishers are suing the Internet Archive, perhaps best known for its Wayback Machine, to redefine […]
July 1, 2024 by Gary Price
The UPDATED preprint (ver. 2) was recently shared on arXiv. Title The Global Landscape of Academic Guidelines For Generative AI and Large Language Models Authors Junfeng Jiao University of Texas at Austin Saleh Afroogh University of Texas at Austin Kevin Chen University of Texas at Austin David Atkinson Allen Institute for AI Amit Dhurandhar IBM […]