MORE POSTS FROM 2019
Roundup (December 19, 2019)
Frontiers, Libraries, National Libraries, News, Open Access, Patrons and Users, Roundup
|Frontiers and medRxiv Integration Announced Landscape of Open Science in Japan (via CHORUS) National Library of Greece Gives Users Access to Premium Digital Content (via Kathimerini) Research Article: Bing’s Top Search Results Contain an Alarming Amount of Disinformation (via Stanford Internet Observatory) Report: 267 Million Facebook Users Ids and Phone Numbers Exposed Online (via Comparitech) […]
Journal Article: “Collaborating Externally and Training Internally to Support Research Data Services”
Conference Presentations, Data Files, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Patrons and Users
|The article linked to below was published online today by the Journal of eScience Librarianship. Title Collaborating Externally and Training Internally to Support Research Data Services Authors Matthew R. Harp Arizona State University Matt Ogborn Arizona State University Source Journal of eScience Librarianship Volume 8, Issue 2 (2019) DOI: 10.7191/jeslib.2019.1165 Abstract The ASU Library is […]
The following article was recently shared on SSRN. Title A Matter of Trust: Higher Education Institutions as Information Fiduciaries in an Age of Educational Data Mining and Learning Analytics Authors Kyle M. L. Jones Indiana University-Indianapolis (IUPUI) Alan Rubel University of Wisconsin, Madison – Information School; University of Wisconsin, Madison – Program in Legal Studies […]
“eBooks for All” is the Focus of the Latest FYI: The Public Libraries Podcast
Associations and Organizations, Libraries, News, Podcasts, Public Libraries, Publishing
|FYI: The Public Libraries is production of the Public Libraries Association . From the Podcast Description (via SoundCloud): PLA/ALA Public Policy and Advocacy Deputy Director Larra Clark and Emily Wagner, Public Policy and Advocacy Deputy Director discuss the publisher changes to library ebooks and the publisher embargo which led to ALA’s ‘eBooks for All Campaign.’ […]
Sloan-Supported Collaboration to Make Digital Public Library of America Cultural Artifacts More Accessible on Wikipedia
Archives and Special Collections, Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Funding, Libraries, Maps, News, Preservation, Public Libraries
|From DP.LA In an effort to make artifacts from cultural heritage institutions more accessible to all, Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), the national aggregator of digital heritage collections, and the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that operates Wikipedia and other free knowledge projects, are collaborating to facilitate the incorporation of DPLA’s cultural artifacts into Wikipedia […]
Title Grey Literature: Use, Creation, and Citation Habits of Faculty Researchers Across Disciplines Authors Kristen Cooper University Of Minnesota Wanda Marsolek University Of Minnesota Amy Riegelman University Of Minnesota Shannon Farrell University Of Minnesota Julie Kelly University Of Minnesota Source Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication Vol 7 No 1 (2019) DOI: 10.7710/2162-3309.2314 Abstract Introduction […]
From a News Release via Stanford U. Libraries: The Vatican Library (the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana) recently launched Thematic Pathways on the Web, which drastically expands the traditional functionality of most digital libraries by offering narratives and over 26,000 annotations for exemplary manuscripts in its collection. [Clip] The site is the result of a three-year project funded […]
From the Dag Hammarskjöld Library: The Dag Hammarskjöld Library is pleased to announce the launch of their new linked data services platform: metadata.un.org. The site currently hosts the Library’s UNBIS Thesaurus and the Department of Economic and Social Affairs’ taxonomy of Sustainable Development Goals identifiers. The UNBIS Thesaurus is a database of controlled vocabulary used by UN programmes, funds and […]
A Coalition of 125 Scientific Research and Publishing Organizations Express Opposition to Proposed Policy of Immediate Free Distribution of Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles Reporting on Federally Funded Research
Associations and Organizations, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Jobs, Journal Articles, News, Open Access, Patrons and Users, Publishing
|UPDATE December 20, 2019 Open Research Funders Group Reaffirms Support for Open Science UPDATE December 19, 2019 SPARC Issues Statement on Rumored New White House Open Access Policy From the Association of American Publishers: In a new major letter signaling deep concern, more than 125 organizations – representing publishers in scientific and medical societies, global […]
From the Law Library of Congress: This report includes surveys of 13 major democratic foreign jurisdictions on laws and policies addressing foreign involvement in elections. Reports of foreign interference in recent elections in the United States and elsewhere have prompted responses in several countries. For example, Australia, Canada, France, and South Africa have new laws […]