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The article linked below was published today by PLOS One. Title Understanding the Value of Curation: A Survey of US Data Repository Curation Practices and Perception Authors Lisa R. Johnston University of Wisconsin Madison Renata Curty UC Santa Barbara Susan M. Braxton University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Jake Carlson University of Buffalo Hannah Hadley Princeton […]

The article linked below appears in the new issue (Vol. 19, No. 2) of Evidence Based Library And Information Practice (EBLIP). Title A Survey on Student Use of Generative AI Chatbots for Academic Research Authors Amy DeschenesHarvard Library Meg McMahonHarvard Library Source Evidence Based Library And Information Practice (EBLIP)Vol. 19, No. 2 (2024) DOI: 10.18438/eblip30512 […]

The article linked below was recently published by the Journal of Academic of Librarianship. Title What is Ideal EDI Learning For Academic Librarians? Discovering EDI Learning Stories Through Appreciative Inquiry Authors Megan Fitzgibbons Concordia University Chloe Lei Concordia University Source Journal of Academic of Librarianship Volume 50, Issue 5, September 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2024.102908 Abstract Academic […]

From The State: The conference committee finalizing the state’s spending plan starting July 1, adopted a Senate proposal to require county libraries to certify they are not offering any books or materials that “appeal to the sexual interest of children under the age of 17 in children’s, youth or teen book sections of libraries.” The […]

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) PubScholarJoins the Movement to Support The Directory of Open Access Journals North Carolina Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Expands in North Carolina with New Bilingual Book Collection (via Smart Start Rhode Island Radio Interview: With Censorship On The Rise, Providence Librarian Says Rhode Island Needs To Do More To Protect […]

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) PubScholarJoins the Movement to Support the Directory of Open Access Journals Lyrasis Lyrasis Partners with 4Science to Improve ORCID Functionality in DSpace North Carolina Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Expands in North Carolina with New Bilingual Book Collection (via Smart Start Rhode Island Radio Interview: With Censorship On The Rise, […]

From NARA: Dr. Colleen Shogan, Archivist of the United States, approved 32 awards totaling $4,070,583 for historical records projects in 20 states. The National Archives grants program is carried out through the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC). A complete list of new grants is available online.  The Archivist also approved two new funding opportunities […]

The preprint linked below was posted on arXiv today.  Along with the preprint the authors have released the Article Processing Charges Explorer. Title An Open Dataset of Article Processing Charges From Six Large Scholarly Publishers (2019-2023) Authors Leigh-Ann Butler University of Ottawa Library, Ottawa Scholarly Communications Lab Madelaine Hare Scholarly Communications Lab, Ottawa/Vancouver School of […]

From the Pew-Knight Initiative:  Social media platforms are an important part of the American news diet: Half of U.S. adults say they get news at least sometimes from social media in general. But specific platforms differ widely in structure, content and culture. A new Pew Research Center survey finds that the ways in which Americans encounter news […]