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From a SAGE News Release: Sage has launched a new collection of free-to-read research highlighting the effects of academic censorship on democracy, social-emotional learning, higher education, and more. Categories in the collection include: academic freedom banned content cultures in the classroom intellectual freedom social emotion learning Sage’s guaranteed independence means that we are free to […]
ScienceOpen Implements Scite Smart Citation Badges on 75+ Million Records
Awards, Conference Presentations, Data Files, News, Publishing
|From a Joint Announcement: ScienceOpen and Scite.ai announce announce a new cooperation to provide greater context around citation information for the academic community. The citation index at the core of ScienceOpen’s discovery environment has been augmented with Scite badges indicating whether those citations are supporting, contrasting or just mentions. ScienceOpen, founded in 2013, is a […]
Washington University Libraries Awarded Mellon Grant to Preserve Born-Digital Poetry Collections
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|From Washington University Libraries: The Washington University Libraries were awarded a two-year grant by the Mellon Foundation to support an exploration of essential questions surrounding the acquisition, discoverability, preservation, and use of born-digital poetry collections. The $250,000 award will enable the University Libraries to develop online resources and systems to process, preserve, and steward the […]
Funding: Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Awards $5.7 Million to Strengthen Library Services for Tribal Communities, Native Hawaiians
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|From the Institute of Museum and Library Services: The Institute of Museum and Library Services today announced grants totaling $5,763,000 through three programs designed to support and improve library services of Native American, Native Alaskan, and Native Hawaiian organizations. “With these awards, IMLS recognizes the importance of supporting libraries and cultural centers in First Nations […]
Coalition For Networked Information (CNI) Releases “Edition Guide” For August 2023 Pre-Recorded Project Briefing Series, Six Contributed Videos Address Current Digital Information Issues
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|From a CNI Announcement In the August 2023 edition of CNI’s , six contributed videos address current digital information issues. This edition guide provides a brief overview of each presentation; click through to the project briefing pages to watch the videos and see more session-specific details and resources. The National Institute of Standards and Technology Special Publication […]
National Endowment For the Humanities (NEH) Announces $41.3 Million For 280 Humanities Projects Nationwide
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|From the National Endowment For the Humanities: The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) today announced $41.3 million in grants for 280 humanities projects across the country. These grants will support a documentary by acclaimed filmmaker Stanley Nelson on the life, work, and legacy of jazz legend Sun Ra; the creation of a set of linked […]
CLIR Announces Call for Submissions: Grants for Digitizing Hidden Special Collections and Archives Awards; Census Bureau Releases International Population Estimates and Projections; & More News Headlines
Archives and Special Collections, Awards, Funding, Libraries, News
|AI Red-Teaming Finds OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Bard Still Spread Misinformation (via NewsGuard) Council on Library and Information Resources CLIR Announces Call for Submissions: Grants for Digitizing Hidden Special Collections and Archives Awards U.S. Census Census Bureau Releases International Population Estimates and Projections
Barbara Hoffert to Retire from Library Journal
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|From a Library Journal Announcement: Today Library Journal announced that Barbara Hoffert, Editor of Prepub Alert, will retire effective September 14. In a career spanning more than 37 years, Hoffert has been a key voice within the LJ book review and in book criticism, herself shining a light on over a thousand titles each year […]
IMLS Announces $20 Million Investment in U.S. Library and Archive Initiatives (64 Project Awards via National Leadership Grants for Libraries and Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program)
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|From the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS): The Institute of Museum and Library Services today announced 64 awards totaling $20,363,297 to support libraries and archives across the country. The FY 2023 awards were made through National Leadership Grants for Libraries and the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program. The awarded grants search on the IMLS website contains a complete […]
Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) Granted $5,000,000 Award From Mellon Foundation For Digitizing Hidden Special Collections and Archives: Amplifying Unheard Voices Regranting Program
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|From a CLIR Announcement: The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) has been granted a $5,000,000 award from the Mellon Foundation to bolster the Digitizing Hidden Special Collections and Archives: Amplifying Unheard Voices regranting program and related operations. This highly anticipated renewal continues the decisive shift in thematic focus, with a strong emphasis on […]