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Journal Article: “Planet of the APCs: A Decade of Progress and Setbacks in Open Access”
The article linked below was published today by the Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication. Title Planet of the APCs: A Decade of Progress and Setbacks in Open Access Authors Josh Bolick University of Kansas Ada Emmett University of Kansas Marc L Greenberg University of Kansas A. Townsend Peterson University of Kansas Brian Rosenblum University […]
Association of American Publishers (AAP) Releases New Data Overall Publishing Industry Up 8.3% for Month of October, and Up 7.1% Year-To-Date (October 2024 StatShot Report)
From AAP: The Association of American Publishers (AAP) today released its StatShot report for October 2024 reflecting reported revenue for Trade (Consumer Books), Religious Presses, Higher Education Course Materials, and Professional Publishing. Total revenues across all categories for October 2024 were up 8.3% as compared to October 2023, coming in at $1.4 billion. Year-to-date revenues […]
AI Roundup: Industry Bodies Recommend Consistency in AI Audiobook Narration Terminology; This is Where the Data to Build AI Comes From; and More
A Research Agenda From the Columbia Convening on AI Openness and Safety (via Mozilla Foundation) Every AI Copyright Lawsuit in the US, Visualized (via WIRED) Generative AI Literacy: Twelve Defining Competencies (preprint) (via arXiv) Industry Bodies Recommend Consistency in AI Audiobook Narration Terminology (via The Bookseller) See Also: Official Statement: New Naming Guidelines for AI-Narrated […]
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The Library Publishing Coalition (LPC) Announces Publication of the 2024 Library Publishing Directory
From a Library Publication Coalition (LPC) Post: The Library Publishing Coalition is pleased to announce the publication of the 2024 Library Publishing Directory! This year’s print, PDF, EPUB, online versions and dataset of the Library Publishing Directory highlight the publishing activities of 167 library publishers across the globe. The Directory illustrates the many ways in which libraries are actively transforming […]
A New Issue (Vol. 19, No. 4) of Evidence Based Library and Information Practice (EBLIP) is Now Available Online
Evidence Based Library and Information Practice (EBLIP) is published quarterly by the University of Alberta Library. In This Issue (Vol. 19, No. 4) of EBLIP: Evidence Summary Theme: Open Access by Heather MacDonald Research Articles Using UX Testing to Optimize Discoverability of Non-traditional Resources by Lucy Campbell, Keven Jeffery Evidence Synthesis Instructional Offerings in Library […]
Research Tools: Introducing DiscoverGov: GPO’s (US Government Publishing Office) New Discovery Search Tool
From FDLP.gov/GPO: GPO is pleased to introduce DiscoverGov, our new, web-based search tool. DiscoverGov provides simple, one-stop searching across multiple U.S. Federal Government databases, including GPO’s Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP) and GovInfo. Come meet DiscoverGov as we release it for public use in this soft launch. Direct link: https://discover.gpo.gov/ PURL: https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo235314 CGP System Number: 001444646 DiscoverGov features: […]
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Canadian Library Journal Publishing: A Primer; Pioneering Journal eLife Faces Major Test After Loss of Impact Factor; & More Headlines
AI Call ChatGPT From Any Phone with OpenAI’s New 1-800 Voice Service (via Ars Technica) From Family Doc to AI Overseer (via POLITICO) DataCite Jamie Wittenberg DataCite’s New Board President Scholarly Publishing Canadian Library Journal Publishing: A Primer (via Canadian Association of Research Libraries) Pioneering Journal eLife Faces Major Test After Loss of Impact Factor […]
New Resource From the Data Curation Network (DCN): A Primer for Applying and Interpreting Licenses for Research Data and Code
A new resource from the Data Curation Network. A Primer for Applying and Interpreting Licenses for Research Data and Code (2024) Authors Lisa Chinn, Matthew Murray, and Isaac Wink Affiliate Contributors (Peer Reviewers) Talya Cooper Laura Hjerpe Katherine Klosek Sophia Lafferty-Hess Allison Langham-Puttrow Jiebei Luo. DCN Mentors Jennifer Huck, University of Virginia From the Introduction […]
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Library of Congress: ‘Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan,’ ‘Dirty Dancing,’ Uptown Saturday Night,’ ‘Up in Smoke,’ ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre,’ & 21 Other Films Selected For the National Film Registry
From the Library of Congress: Twenty-five films have been selected for the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 2024 due to their cultural, historic or aesthetic importance to preserve the nation’s film heritage, Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden announced today. The new selections date back nearly 130 years and include a diverse group of […]
The Rise of “AI Agents; Dr. Timnit Gebru Named 2025 Miles Conrad Awardee; & More Headlines
AI One Chatbot Safety Benchmark to Test Them All (via IEEE Spectrum) The Rise of “AI Agents”: What They Are and How to Manage the Risks (via World Economic Forum) Center For Research Libraries (via CRL) Interview: Introducing Jacob Nadal, CRL’s New President (via CRL) Digital Humanities Other Stories to Tell: Recovery Scholarship and the […]
