From CARL (Canadian Association of Research Libraries) & ARL (Association of Research Libraries) Joint Release: The Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled was adopted on June 27, 2013, in Marrakesh and is part of a body of international copyright treaties administered by […]
Open Access Survey in Greece: Status Quo, Surprising Findings and Starting Points (via ZBW Media Talk) Open Access Books: Do We Need a Plan S Moment? (via Digital Sciences) Virtual Workshop Recap: Towards Better Sharing of Cultural Heritage (via Creative Commons)
From the NEA: For its second major grant announcement of fiscal year 2022, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is announcing more than $91 million in recommended grants to organizations in all 50 states and U.S. jurisdictions. Grants are in three NEA funding categories: Grants for Arts Projects, Our Town, and State and Regional […]
From the American Institute of Architects (AIA): The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the American Library Association (ALA) are awarding five libraries with the 2022 AIA/ALA Library Building Award for excellence in architectural design. Complete details for each project are available on AIA’s website. Award recipients must demonstrate design achievement, including a sense of […]
From a COAR Announcement: We are delighted to announce that COAR has been awarded a US$4 million grant from Arcadia, a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin. The 4 year grant will go towards the , which is developing and implementing a standard protocol for connecting the content in the distributed repository network […]
From the Federal Communications Commission: Nearly $4.9 Billion Committed to Date to Connect Over 12.6 Million Students in All States, Territories and Washington, D.C. The Federal Communications Commission today announced that it is committing over $50 million in the 15th wave of Emergency Connectivity Fund program support, helping to close the Homework Gap. This latest […]
From an Educopia Blog Post by Caitlin Perry: The Next Generation Library Publishing (NGLP) team is excited to announce the release of the FOREST Framework for Values-Driven Scholarly Communication. This framework has been created to help scholarly communication organizations and communities to demonstrate, evaluate, and improve their alignment over time with six key values: Financial […]
Brown University Library Awarded Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to Create New Frameworks to Preserve and Publish Born-Digital Art (via Brown U. Libraries) Smithsonian Libraries and Archives & Wikidata: Adding Artist Files to Wikidata (via Unbound) William & Mary Libraries Announces New Archive of American LGBTQ Political and Legal History
From UNC University Libraries: The University of South Carolina and the University of Virginia to be partners for On the Books: Jim Crow and Algorithms of Resistance. On the Books uses text mining and machine learning to identify racist language in North Carolina legal documents during the Jim Crow era (1866-1967). Libraries at the partner […]
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ABOUT INFODOCKET
Before launching infoDOCKET, Gary Price was a founder and senior editor at ResourceShelf.
This site is updated as often as possible during the week and at least once a day on the weekends. Gary is a native of Chicago and has an MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit.