Best sellers in engineering and technology, January 2020 to date, as identified by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO.

When Slave Biographies: The Atlantic Database Network launched in 2011, it aggregated data on slavery and enslaved people from three scholarly sources. Nearly 10 years later, Enslaved.org: Peoples of the Historic Slave Trade—built on the original project and using linked open data technology for a new, more comprehensive iteration—launched in December 2020.

Project MUSE has released "MUSE in Focus: Roots of the Attack on Democracy,” insurance analytics company ValChoice has extended a free unlimited access subscription for libraries, and Kanopy expects the growth of streaming video services to continue based on a recent survey of librarians.

At a time when more students are learning remotely and many office spaces have remained closed, libraries have been instrumental in making sure that community members without home broadband access aren’t left behind.

Lack of reliable broadband access has long posed challenges for many rural communities. As the pandemic ramps up the need, libraries continue to help with innovative solutions.

Carnegie Mellon University Libraries has developed CAMPI, a new web application that uses computer vision to assist librarians processing digital photograph collections.

AHC Library enables students to access digital course reserves from any device, TLC Migrates to Oracle Cloud, and ProQuest Launches a new text and data mining visualization interface.

Participating public libraries will receive web archiving and access services, training and education, and funds to promote and pursue their community archiving. The Community Webs National Network will also make the resulting public library local history community web archives available to scholars through specialized access tools and datasets.

From Microsoft: Online fraud, hate speech, discrimination and other divisive online risks are on the rise globally, according to results of a new Microsoft study.