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The preprint linked below was recently shared on arXiv. Title Towards Best Practices for Open Datasets for LLM Training Authors Stefan Baack, Stella Biderman, Kasia Odrozek, et al. Source via arXiv DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2501.08365 Abstract Many AI companies are training their large language models (LLMs) on data without the permission of the copyright owners. The permissibility of doing […]

From an EFGAMP (European Federation of Video Game Archives, Museums and Preservation) Post: Our new member GOG has produced first time a video showcasing key milestones and efforts to preserve games in 2024. It includes insights from some of the most respected voices in the industry: • Frank Cifaldi (The Video Game History Foundation) • Andrew Borman […]

The article linked below was recently published by Scientific Data. Title On the Readiness of Scientific Data Papers for a Fair and Transparent Use in Machine Learning Authors Joan Giner-Miguelez Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) Barcelona Supercomputing Center Abel Gómez Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) Jordi Cabot Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology University of […]

DataCite Celebrating the Second Cohort of DataCite Global Access Fund Awardees! DPLA (Digital Public Library of America) Recommitting to DPLA’s Mission in a Year of Transition eLife eLife appoints Timothy Behrens as Editor-in-Chief Library of Congress How to Browse All Digitized Titles in Chronicling America Make Data Count Advancing Data Metrics in 2025! MIT Press […]

From the Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas: Lorne Michaels, the creator and executive producer of Saturday Night Live, has donated his archive to the Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin. The Lorne Michaels Collection documents Michaels’s career in television from his earliest writing for Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In and The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show up […]

The article linked below was recently published by Insights. Title Thema and World Needs: Exploring Bibliodiversity Through Open Access Book Subjects Authors Ronald Snijder OAPEN Foundation Source Insights Volume 38 (2025) DOI: 10.1629/uksg.679 Abstract Bibliodiversity is mostly studied based on publication languages or the imbalance of the means of knowledge production and dissemination. This article […]

AI AI Agents Are Here. How Much Should We Let Them Do? (via WIRED) AP Signs AI Licensing Deal with Google Navigating Artificial Intelligence in Postsecondary Education: Building Capacity for the Road Ahead (via Office of Educational Technology, US Department of Education) Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Introducing Repertoires: A Series on Scholarly Ways of […]

From Association of Research Libraries (ARL): ARL is pleased to publish e-Resource Licensing Explained: An A–Z Licensing Guidebook for Libraries, a practical tool to empower librarians who license electronic resources (e-resources). The guidebook includes easily digestible legal explanations and pragmatic strategies for preserving rights that users already have under US copyright law, particularly in the face […]

From Billboard: The Pacific Palisades fire destroyed the building housing Belmont Music Publishers, the exclusive publisher of physical works by early 20th century composer Arnold Schoenberg. The fire consumed Belmont’s entire inventory of sales and rental materials, including manuscripts, scores and other printed works, the publisher said. “For a company that focused exclusively on the […]