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New Report From OCLC Research: Improving Open Access Discovery for Academic Library Users
| Academic Libraries, Libraries, News, Open Access, Patrons and Users
From OCLC Research: Improving Open Access Discovery for Academic Library Users examines strategies for making scholarly, peer-reviewed open access (OA) publications more discoverable for your library community. OCLC Research partnered with two Dutch library consortia—Universiteitsbibliotheken en Nationale Bibliotheek (UKB) and Samenwerkingsverband Hogeschoolbibliotheken (SHB)—to investigate how academic libraries can connect users with OA content. Dutch academic libraries […]
Just Released: Open Book Futures InfoHub Scoping Report
| Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Funding, Libraries, News, Open Access, Preservation, Publishing
The report linked below was published today by Copim. Title Open Book Futures InfoHub Scoping Report Authors Kira Hopkins University of London Anna Hughes JISC Source Community-led Open Publication Infrastructures for Monographs (Copim) (via Zenodo) DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13842916 Abstract One of the deliverables of Copim‘s Open Book Futures project is to establish a ‘knowledge base’ (or equivalent) to […]
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. […]
AI: Google’s NotebookLM Adds Audio and YouTube Support; Announcing the Launch of the Peer Review Terminology Website; & More Headlines
| Archives and Special Collections, Data Files, Digital Collections, Interviews, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Open Access, Podcasts, Public Libraries, Publishing, Scholarly Communications, Video Recordings
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 […]
From NBC 5 Philadelphia: Since last week, Delaware residents haven’t been able to use computers or the Internet at any of the state’s public libraries due to a cyber attack. Signs are plastered on doors at different libraries warning people not to log into the Wi-Fi and sharing that all PCs are out of order. […]
From the NISO Open Discovery Initiative: The NISO Open Discovery Initiative (ODI) aims to define standards and/or best practices for the web-scale library discovery services that are based on indexed search. As discovery services increasingly explore ways to include generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) into their products, the NISO ODI Standing Committee is interested in […]
From Rep. Jamie Raskin: Today, Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08) and Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) reintroduced a resolution condemning an escalating censorship crisis that has removed and targeted thousands of books from the shelves of schools, libraries and universities across the country. The bicameral resolution, coinciding with Banned Books Week, reinforces congressional recognition of students’ First […]
Digital Collections: NAACP Legal Defense Fund Records Newly Digitized and Now Available Online From the Library of Congress
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From the Library of Congress: A major portion of the processed records of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund are now available online for the first time from the Library of Congress. Spanning the years 1915-1968, with most dating from 1940 to 1960, these records document the organization’s work as it combated racial discrimination in the […]
:From Retraction Watch: In 2009, a now highly-cited study found an average of around 2% of scientists admit to have falsified, fabricated, or modified data at least once in their career. Fifteen years on, a new analysis tried to quantify how much science is fake – but the real number may remain elusive, some observers […]
Research Tools: Find the Right Open Source Tools With Bellingcat’s New Online Investigations Toolkit
Ed. Note: As someone who has used, shared, taught about a number of the tools listed in the toolkit , I’m very impressed with this effort so far. I also discovered several tools to add to my personal collection. Overall: Well done and kudos! –Gary From Bellingcat: Have you ever struggled to find a tool […]
