MORE 'NEWS' POSTS
Below, a selection of a few (of many) new or updated reports from the Congressional Research Service (CRS). Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Campaign Finance Policy: Recent Developments Connecting Constituents to Health Information and Services: Resources for Congressional Offices Copyright and Uses of Music by Political Campaigns Federal Election Results: Frequently Asked Questions Freedom of Speech: […]
Research Article (Preprint): “Uncovering the New Accessibility Crisis in Scholarly PDFs”
| Associations and Organizations, Journal Articles, News, Open Access, Publishing
The article (preprint) linked below was recently shared on arXiv. Title Uncovering the New Accessibility Crisis in Scholarly PDFs Authors Anukriti Kumar University of Washington Lucy Lu Wang University of Washington Source via arXiv DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2410.03022 Abstract Most scholarly works are distributed online in PDF format, which can present significant accessibility challenges for blind and […]
From a Communications of the ACM Article: But consider: can you protect an AI-generated work or invention? Also, how are existing works protected from AI using them to produce its outputs? These are seemingly simple questions, but not questions with easy answers. That is because countries are scrambling to effectively legislate and regulate the ownership and usage […]
AI Defining Open Source AI: Current Conversations within the Academic Community (via HELIOS Open) Alabama Network of Alabama Academic Libraries Reflects on 40th Year (via APR) McMaster University McMaster University Library Releases 2023-24 Impact Report (via MU) Textbooks McGraw Hill Transitions from Traditional Textbook Edition Publishing Cycle with New Evergreen™ Delivery Model
The article (accepted for publication, preprint) below is shared on the Illinois State University institutional repository. Title More Alike than Not: The Open Access Preferences of Humanities Scholars Authors Rachel E. Scott Illinois State University Ana Dubnjakovic University of South Carolina – Columbia Source ISU (Illinois St. University) ReD: Research and eData Abstract Several studies […]
Arizona State University (ASU) Library Publishes New Report on Inclusive Print Collections Design
| Academic Libraries, Data Files, Funding, Interviews, Libraries, News, Profiles
Direct to Full Text Report: Enhancing an Academic Library Renovation Project with Creative Open Stack Print Collections Services From ASU News: In a time when many academic libraries worldwide are reducing their print collections, how can a library creatively use its collections to engage the university community? A new report, “Enhancing an Academic Library Renovation Project […]
Journal Article: “Model Proposal of Libraries Functions to Implement Open Science: Analysis From Latin American Librarianship”
| Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Libraries, News, Open Access
Many thanks to SAGE for opening their paywall to infoDOCKET so we can share the full text article linked below at no charge. The article will be accessible for one month (beginning today) by clicking the link below. Registration is NOT required to access the full text article. The article linked below was recently published […]
Washington Post: “Who Uses Libraries? Even In The Stacks, There’s A Political Divide”; The New York Public Library Acquires Archive of Oliver Sacks; & More News Headlines
| Associations and Organizations, Libraries, News, Public Libraries
Book Bans Get Them on the Shelves and Keep Them There. Advocates Continue to Fight Against Book Bans (via San Diego Union-Tribune) Freedom to Read Freedom to Read Community Day of Action Rallies Support for America’s Libraries on October 19 (via ALA) Iowa Fighting For Unrestricted Access to Information In Iowa City (Daily Iowan) Public […]
From Bloomberg: The arrival in late 2022 of the ChatGPT chatbot, with its remarkably sophisticated — if occasionally erroneous — answers to a vast array of queries, was a milestone in artificial intelligence that took decades to reach. Scientists were experimenting with “computer vision” and giving machines the ability to “read” as far back as the 1960s, and […]
The preprint linked below was recently shared on arXiv. Title What We Should Learn From Pandemic Publishing Authors Satyaki Sikdar Indiana University Loyola University Chicago Sara Venturini MIT University of Padova Marie-Laure Charpignon MIT Sagar Kumar Northeastern University Francesco Rinaldi University of Padova Francesco Tudisco The University of Edinburgh Gran Sasso Science Institute Santo Fortunato […]
