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From the National Library of Medicine: Over the last two years, the National Library of Medicine (NLM) has been exploring efficient ways to link the literature with associated datasets. The nine-minute video Data Discovery in PMC and PubMed looks at the outcomes of those explorations thus far. Topics covered include identifying the sources of datasets and data […]

From the Los Angeles Times: Sixteen women at the Buchenwald Nazi concentration camp were forced by the SS guards to work as prostitutes for 86 other inmates on the night of Aug. 7, 1943. Stahlheber, Zange, Rathmann, Fischer, Kolbusch and Zimmermann — the last names of some of the women — embodied a painful story […]

From The Signal (via a Guest Blog Post by Matt Miller, a Linked Data Applications Technical Specialist in the Network Development and MARC Standards Office in Library Services, Library of Congress: There has been a growing interest from libraries and other cultural heritage organizations in Wikidata. Of the many potential uses for Wikidata, one emerging […]

From OECD: OECD and partner countries formally adopted the first set of intergovernmental policy guidelines on Artificial Intelligence (AI) today, agreeing to uphold international standards that aim to ensure AI systems are designed to be robust, safe, fair and trustworthy. The OECD’s 36 member countries, along with Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Peru and Romania, […]

A presentation from the 2019 Library Publishing Forum held in Vancouver, British Columbia is linked below. Title Bridging the Gaps: Finding Creative Solutions to Unmet Needs in a Growing Library Publishing Program Authors/Presenters Julia Lovett University of Rhode Island Andrée Rathemacher University of Rhode Island Source via Digital Commons at URI Description With six peer-reviewed […]

From the National Center For Education Statistics: The National Center for Education Statistics released The Condition of Education 2019 today (May 22), a congressionally mandated report that summarizes important developments and trends in education using the latest available data. This year’s report includes special findings from recent surveys of outcomes in postsecondary education. The percentage of […]

The following article was recently published by BMJ Open. Title A Cross-Sectional Study of Predatory Publishing Emails Received by Career Development Grant Awardees Authors Tracey A Wilkinson Indiana University Christopher J Russell Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles University of Southern California William E Bennett Indiana University School of Medicine Erika R Cheng Indiana University Aaron […]

American Chemical Society (ACS) Introduces Reimagined Publications Web Experience, Powered By Atypon Cengage Announces Support for Federal Equality Act, Reinforces Commitment to Workplace Inclusivity eLife Announces Next Phase of Reproducible Document Stack Project Google Has Stored Some Passwords in Plaintext Since 2005 New Publications: Elsevier Launches Physics Open PLOS Journals Now OPEN for Published Peer […]

From NSF: Graduate enrollment by degree level and field of study are available for the first time through the 2017 Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering (GSS). These new data show 649,112 graduate students were enrolled in SEH programs in 2017, with 58% pursuing master’s degrees and 42% pursuing doctoral degrees. […]