February 12, 2025 by Gary Price
The video linked and embedded below was shared today on YouTube by the British Library. Title Libraries & AI – Opportunities or Threat? (British Library Debate/Panel) Recorded at the BL on January 23, 2025. Description Chaired by writer and broadcaster Timandra Harkness this debate looked into how AI might become more present in libraries, and […]
January 22, 2025 by Gary Price
Clarivate Web of Science Announces Formation of Community Forum For Library Professionals Creative Commons (CC) Creative Commons Launches Its 2025-2028 Strategic Plan Public Libraries Video Recording: “Free for All: A Discussion with San Francisco City Librarian Michael Lambert & Former City Librarian Luis Herrera” (via SFPL/YouTube) Publishing The British Academy Selects Liverpool University Press As […]
January 15, 2025 by Gary Price
AI AI Agents Are Here. How Much Should We Let Them Do? (via WIRED) AP Signs AI Licensing Deal with Google Navigating Artificial Intelligence in Postsecondary Education: Building Capacity for the Road Ahead (via Office of Educational Technology, US Department of Education) Share of Teens Using ChatGPT For Schoolwork Doubled From 2023 to 2024 (via […]
January 9, 2025 by Gary Price
From the U. of South Carolina College of Information and Communication: A College of Information and Communications research team conducted a national survey on “Americans’ Use and Perception of AI Tools” in December 2024. This marks the second survey carried out on this topic, continuing their efforts to understand public attitudes toward AI technologies. The […]
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 […]
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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 […]
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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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