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Report: “US Authorities Closing Canadian Access to Historic Library That Straddles Quebec-Vermont Border”
From CTV: A small town in southern Quebec says American authorities have decided to close the Canadian access to an historic library that sits on the border between the two countries. Inside the Haskell Free Library and Opera House there is a worn strip of black tape on the floor marking the U.S. and […]
Op/Ed: When Funding Feeds Starvation
Ed. Note: infoDOCKET would like to thank Sandi Caldrone for contributing the op/ed shared below. When Funding Feeds Starvation by Sandi Caldrone Assistant Professor, University Library Research Data Librarian University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign caldron2@illinois.edu In a misguided quest for efficiency, the NIH recently announced it was limiting indirect costs to 15 percent of grant award funds. […]
openRxiv Launch to Sustain and Expand Preprint Sharing in Life and Health Sciences USA
From a News Release: openRxiv has officially launched as an independent nonprofit to oversee bioRxiv and medRxiv, the world’s leading preprint servers for life and health sciences. openRxiv ensures that researchers worldwide can continue to share discoveries rapidly and openly. With a researcher-led governance model, openRxiv strengthens the foundation of preprint sharing, empowering scientists to […]
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SCONUL Publishes Its Library Technology Landscape Report
From SCONUL (Society of College, National and University Libraries): SCONUL has launched the results of its first Library Technology Survey. This provides a comprehensive analysis of the technology landscape for academic and research libraries covering 26 library technology functional spaces. It provides detailed profiles of the products and services used in those spaces, as well […]
Towards Next-Gen Citation Indexes: The Groundbreaking Release of OpenAIRE ScholeXplorer API 3.0!; U-M Academics Say Rising Costs of Journal Subscriptions Are Hurting Scholarly Research; & More Headlines
AI Anthropic’s New ‘Hybrid Reasoning’ AI Model Is Its Smartest Yet (via The Verge) Perplexity Teases a Web Browser Called Comet (via TechCruch) The Public Interest Corpus: An Update and Opportunities For Co-Development (via Authors Alliance) Internet Archive Who’s Funding the Wayback Machine? Saving Information Under Threat (via Inside Philanthropy) Lyrasis Lyrasis Partners with the […]
Meeting Proceedings: “Libraries Bridging Boundaries: Challenges & Strategies for Global Openness. IFLA Division D Midterm Meeting: Koç University, Istanbul, Türkiye, June 5-7, 2024”
Ed. Note: Slides For All Presentations and Other Materials are Available Here —- The papers listed below were published online on February 17, 2025. The full text of each paper can be accessed clicking the link below. The meeting was a, “collaborative effort by the IFLA Academic and Research Libraries Section, IFLA Acquisition and Collection […]
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Journal Article: “Library Leadership in Minority Serving Institutions: Investigating the Backgrounds of MSI Library Directors”
The article linked below was recently published by Libri. Title Library Leadership in Minority Serving Institutions: Investigating the Backgrounds of MSI Library Directors Authors Brady LundUniversity of North Texas Source Libri, 2025 DOI: 10.1515/libri-2024-0114 Abstract This article reports the findings of a study of the educational backgrounds of library directors at Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) in […]
Report: Trump Fires Colleen Shogan, Archivist of the United States
From CBS News: President Trump has fired Archivist of the United States Colleen J. Shogan, the government official responsible for preserving and providing access to government records. Sergio Gor, director of the Presidential Personnel Office, announced Shogan’s dismissal Friday night. Shogan has held the job since 2023. Read the Complete Article From 404 Media: “It was an […]
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Video: Heather Staines Interviews Ivan Oransky; Andrew Beckerman Named Chair of the Dryad Board; Invest in Open Infrastructure Announces $2.7M Commitment from Founding Group For the IOI Fund for Network Adoption; & More Headlines
AI AI Biases Towards Rich and Powerful Surnames (preprint; via arXiv) Google’s AI Super Bowl Ad is Wrong About Cheese (via The Verge) CLOCKSS A Collaborative Future: CLOCKSS and Scottish University Press (SUP) Data Curation Network (DCN) Data Curation Network (DCN) Releases 2024 Annual Report Dryad Andrew Beckerman Named Chair of the Dryad Board Interview […]
New IMLS Report: “State-Level Analysis of Public Library Service Adaptations in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic”
From the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS): The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) announced today the release of a report “State-Level Analysis of Public Library Service Adaptations in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic.” This report focuses on state- and territory-level profiles covering public library financial health, resources, services, usage, and staffing […]
