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Season 3, Episode 1 on the CNI Interviews podcast is now available via this url, embedded below, and YouTube. Cliff Lynch, executive director for the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) discusses the evolving impact of AI on scientific research and education. A text transcript is also available. See Also: Coalition For Networked Information (CNI) Director […]
Video Recording of FSCI 2024 Opening Plenary: “Retractions: On the Rise, But Not Enough”
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The video embedded and linked below is a recording of the opening plenary session at the FORCE11 Scholarly Communication Institute (FSCI) in partnership with the UCLA Library. It was recorded on June 24, 2024. Presenters Ivan Oransky–Retraction Watch Martyn Rittman–Crossref Description In 2000, there were about 40 retractions from the scholarly literature. In 2023, there […]
Recorded Poetry: University of Arizona Poetry Center’s Voca Archive Adds More Than 12,000 Caption Files to Recordings Dating to 1963
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From the U. of Arizona: The University of Arizona Poetry Center’s Voca archive of recorded poetry readings is now accompanied by digitized captions, making one of the world’s major poetry audiovisual archives fully accessible and searchable. The project, started in 2021 with a $135,000 Mellon Foundation Public Knowledge grant, has created one of the largest captioned digital […]
The video linked and embedded below was recorded at the Force2024 Conference (Force11) on Wednesday, July 31, 2024. Panel discussion including the three original authors of the Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure. Panelists Jennifer Lin, Indeed.com, Product Director Geoffrey Bilder, Freelance, Louche Cannon Cameron Neylon, Curtin University, Professor of Research Communications
FCC Announces Date For Schools and Libraries Cybersecurity Pilot Program Webinar; Defining the Roles of Research Software (Version 2); & More Headlines
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AI Apple, Nvidia, Anthropic Used Thousands of Swiped YouTube Videos to Train AI (via Proof News, WIRED) STM Statement Regarding Unlicensed Use of STM’s Members’ Content in the Training, Development, and Operation of AI Models ||| Infographic (both items via STM) Dictionaries Aussieness: New Australian English Additions to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) (via Oxford […]
Video Recordings of LIBER 2024 Conference Keynotes and Panel Sessions
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LIBER (Association of European Research Libraries) 2024 Annual Conference took place in Limassol, Cyprus from July 3 -July 5, 2024. Video recordings of keynotes, panel sessions are linked below. We will update this post if/when more video recordings become available. The theme of the 2024 conference was “State-Of-The-Art Libraries in the Service of Science and […]
CBS News: “How Libraries Are Innovating To Stay Relevant”
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From CBS News: The Richland Public Library in Columbia, South Carolina, is a national leader in reimagining the library’s place in the community. The Richard library has its own teaching kitchen, where patrons can learn about culinary techniques. It also comes with a fully equipped woodworking shop, a seed library and a “library of things,” […]
New Report; National Overviews on Sustaining Institutional Publishing In Europe; Event Summary: CHORUS Forum: Navigating the Future of Persistent Identifiers (PIDs) in Scholarly Publishing; & More Headlines
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American Library Association (ALA) American Library Association (ALA) Releases Free “Partnering for Stronger Programming: A Toolkit for Libraries” CHORUS Event Summary: CHORUS Forum: Navigating the Future of Persistent Identifiers (PIDs) in Scholarly Publishing Columbia University Libraries Columbia University Selects FOLIO as New LSP with EBSCO FOLIO’s Support HathiTrust HathiTrust’s Strategic Vision (Video Recording of June […]
Publishers’ Audiobook Revenue Grew 9% in 2023 to $2 Billion According to New Data From Audio Publishers Association
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From the Audio Publishers Association: Publishers’ audiobook revenue grew 9% in 2023 to $2 billion, continuing the trend of year-on-year growth according to the Audio Publishers Association’s Sales Survey conducted by Toluna Harris Interactive. Edison Research conducted the Audio Publishers Association’s 2024 Consumer Survey and found the majority of U.S. adults (52%) have listened to […]
OASPA Calls For Community Feedback on Draft Recommendations to Increase Equity in Open Access; How Misinformation Creators Use GenAI; Wiley and OA Switchboard Partner to Make Open Access Data Sharing Easier; & More Headlines
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American Library Association (ALA) ALA Awards $10,000 Grants to 16 Libraries Serving Incarcerated Persons or Assisting Those Re-Entering Society to Build Capacity AI OpenAI Signs Content Licensing Deal with The Atlantic The Crossroads of Innovation and Privacy: Private Synthetic Data for Generative AI (via MSR) The Influencer Next Door: How Misinformation Creators Use GenAI (preprint, […]
