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From The NY Times: King Dagobert’s bronze throne. Charlemagne’s ivory chess pieces. Mozart’s handwritten score of “Don Giovanni.” A 16th-century globe — the first to use the word “America.” In a library? Yes, but not just any library. These works belong to the National Library of France. After 12 years and 261 million euros (more […]
Delta Think: “OSTP Memo – Modeling Market Impact”; Introducing the Congress.gov API; and More News Headlines
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Boston University: Will New White House Open Access Rules Impact Researchers (Interview with Interim University Librarian Mark Nelson) Delta Think: OSTP Memo – Modeling Market Impact Introducing the Congress.gov API (via In Custodia Legis/LLOC) Library of Congress Announces Winners of 2022 Literacy Awards on International Literacy Day National Library of Medicine Collaborates with Publishers to […]
New Book From IFLA: “Navigating Copyright for Libraries”
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The new book linked below (volume 181 in the series IFLA Publications) was recently published. It’s available full text (open access) online as well as for purchase. Title Navigating Copyright for Libraries Edited By Jessica Coates, National Library Australia Victoria Owen, Univ. of Toronto, Canada Susan Reilly, Univ. College Dublin, Ireland About the Book Information […]
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Issues New Guidance to Ensure “Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally Funded Research”
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UPDATE August 26 (Statement): ‘Wind in Our Sails’: University of California Hails White House Guidance Accelerating Public Access to Federally Funded Research (University of California Libraries) UPDATE: August 26 (Media Coverage): US Government Reveals Big Changes to Open-Access Policy (via Nature) UPDATE August 26 (Media Coverage): White House Pushes Journals to Drop Paywalls on Publicly […]
National Library of Medicine (NLM) Leverages Its Information Resources to Improve Access to Monkeypox-related Literature and Research
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From the National Library of Medicine: The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is working to accelerate the global monkeypox response through initiatives that expand access to scientific literature, sequence data, clinical trial information, and consumer health information related to monkeypox. NLM’s efforts follow on declarations by the World Health Organization and U.S. Department of Health […]
From the National Library of Medicine Technical Bulletin: Are you a health educator or librarian looking for the best quality consumer health information? MedlinePlus is the National Library of Medicine’s (NLM’s) premier consumer health information resource. Librarians, teachers, healthcare professionals, community health representatives, peer counselors, and other health educators teach people how to find high-quality, […]
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions Announces Winners of IFLA Green Library Award 2022
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From an IFLA Announcement: The winners of the IFLA Green Library Award 2022 are: Category “Best Green Library” Singapore, National Library Board Singapore—“Revamp of Choa Chu Kang Public Library” Category “Best Green Library Project” France, Paris, Médiathèque de la Canopée-la fontaine—“La Médiathèque de la Canopée : a Pilot Library for Sustainable Development for the Parisian […]
F1000 Announces Launch of Bioethics Open Research, First Publishing Platform to Provide the Bioethics Field with a FAIR Data Policy for Open Access Publishing; Improving Online Services at Library and Archives Canada; & More Headlines
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ARL Joins Fair-Use Amicus Brief in Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith F1000 Announces Launch of Bioethics Open Research, First Publishing Platform to Provide the Bioethics Field With a FAIR Data Policy for Open Access Publishing National Library of Israel Finds Rare 18th-Century Text Detailing Portuguese Inquisition (via The Times of Israel) Improving Online Services at Library […]
University of Cincinnati: Lori Harris Named Interim Dean and University Librarian
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From the University of Cincinnati: Lori E. Harris has been named interim dean and university librarian of the University of Cincinnati Libraries effective July 1, 2022. Harris initially joined the Libraries in 2015 as an associate fellow from the National Institutes of Health/National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM). She permanently joined the University of Cincinnati Libraries […]
New From COPIM: “WP7 Scoping Report on Archiving and Preserving OA Monographs”
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From the Report: Technical methods for effectively archiving complex digital research publications and for creating an integrated collections of content in different formats have not yet been developed. As part of COPIM, an international partnership of researchers, universities, librarians, open access book publishers and infrastructure providers, WP7 (Work Package 7) have begun by compiling a […]
