November 25, 2024 by Gary Price
The article linked below was recently published by Scientometrics. Title Science Communicators, Flat-Earthers, or Fitness Coaches: Who Is Citing Scientific Publications in YouTube Video Descriptions? Authors Olga Zagovora University of Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU), Landau, Germany German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), Kaiserslautern, Germany Katrin Weller Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Cologne, Germany Heinrich Heine […]
November 1, 2024 by Gary Price
From a CNI Announcement: The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), and EDUCAUSE are pleased to announce that physicist and computer scientist Tony Hey has been named the 2024 recipient of the Paul Evan Peters Award. The award recognizes notable, lasting achievements in the creation and innovative use of network-based […]
October 31, 2024 by Gary Price
From Invest in Open Infrastructure (IOI): As part of our project to investigate “reasonable costs” for public access to United States federally funded research and scientific data, we have developed a synthesis report focused on the multi-model scholarly publication ecosystem that facilitates public access as required by the Nelson Memo. This paper [written by Jennifer […]
October 28, 2024 by Gary Price
From Digital Science: The objective of the report – titled Research Transformation: Change in the Era of AI, Open and Impact – was to learn more about how the research world is experiencing transformation, what’s influencing change and how roles within it are being impacted. Digital Science conducted a survey, reaching out to the research community through questionnaires […]
October 19, 2024 by Gary Price
ALA/ACRL Proposed Revisions to Interpretations of the Library Bill of Rights HathiTrust Now Available: Video Recording of the HathiTrust 2024 Member Meeting: Committed to the Core: Stewarding our Shared Collection Massachusetts Inside the Boston Athenaeum, Pieces of Precious History (via WCVB) Michigan Prison Library Receives Michigan’s Annual Librarian’s Excellence Award (via WOOD-TV) ||| Learn More, […]
October 18, 2024 by Gary Price
AI A Comprehensive Survey of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG): Evolution, Current Landscape and Future Directions (preprint, via arXiv) AI Literacy in Teaching and Learning: A Durable Framework for Higher Education (via EDUCAUSE) American Library Association (ALA) Core Board Appoints Don Allgeier as President-Elect Association of Research Libraries (ARL) ARL and California Digital LibraryKick Off Machine Actionable Plans […]
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September 26, 2024 by Gary Price
The DataCite Community Meeting 2024 took place yesterday (September 25, 2024). A list of sessions (with descriptions) can be accessed here. About the Meeting (via YouTube) On 25 September 2024, we held the DataCite Annual Community Meeting 2024, a day-long online event with several sessions providing insights into DataCite metadata, strategic initiatives, and use cases. […]
September 26, 2024 by Gary Price
AI Google’s NotebookLM Adds Audio and YouTube Support (via Google) Google Serving AI-Generated Images of Mushrooms Could Have “Devastating Consequences” (via 404 Media) ILO Launches New AI And Digital Economy Online Knowledge Hub (Via International Labour Organization) Analytics 2024 EDUCAUSE Analytics Landscape Study (via EDUCAUSE) China Studies Luce/ACLS Digital Archives Mapping Project Publishes Open Database […]
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September 13, 2024 by Gary Price
From LC: This year’s National Book Festival on August 24 still has a lot of us glowing, and we have even more of a reason to glow brighter: sessions are now available on demand! So whether you didn’t attend the Festival, missed a session or want to revisit an amazing moment you saw onstage, you […]
September 1, 2024 by Gary Price
From the International Federation of Library Association and Institutions (IFLA): We are glad to announce that all videos and presentation slides from the IFLA Academic Research Libraries Section (ARL) “Hot topics” session “Current & Future Literacies: Libraries Leading Literacy Development” held online on Tuesday, August 13, 2024, are now available. YouTube: please access here SlideShare: Presentation 1: AI in […]