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From The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)/Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS): Is Brussels really that rainy? Is Sevilla as warm as we think? And how do both cities compare? Based on the Copernicus Climate Change (C3S*) reanalysis dataset the new ERA Explorer app puts key global climate data at your fingertips. With a fast […]

From Cambridge University Press: Cambridge University Press is to conduct a “radical, community-led” review of the open research publishing ecosystem. The review aims to identify bold and workable solutions that support innovation and researchers’ needs in a manner that’s sustainable for all major stakeholders. Cambridge University Press is inviting researchers, librarians, publishers, funders, and publishing […]

From a Leiden Madrtics Post by Lutz Bornmann: When it comes to making sense of data, visualizations rule. But what about translating data into sound? This blog post explores the origins of ‘data sonification’ and its many applications in science and demonstrates how even bibliometric data can be turned into sound. [Clip] So, what exactly […]

From Science: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Friday told staff members it has canceled subscriptions carried by its National Agricultural Library as part of a drive by President Donald Trump’s administration to cut federal spending. The move appears to drop nearly 400 of the library’s roughly 2000 journals, including many prominent in various […]

Colorado Trump Order Threatens Federal Funding For Colorado’s Libraries, Museums (via 9News) Washington  Washington Libraries Concerned Over Trump’s Executive Order (via KING5) Last Update: March 18, 2025, 6:15am

Colorado Trump Order Threatens Federal Funding For Colorado’s Libraries, Museums (via 9News) Washington  Washington Libraries Concerned Over Trump’s Executive Order (via KING5) Last Update: March 18, 2025; 6:15am

Colorado Trump Order Threatens Federal Funding For Colorado’s Libraries, Museums (via 9News) Kentucky Trump Cuts Could Mean Kentucky Libraries, Universities and Museums Lose Millions (via Lexington Herald-Leader) Washington Washington Libraries Concerned Over Trump’s Executive Order (via KING5) Last Update: March 18, 2025; 3:15pm See Also: Statements in Response to Executive Order Impacting the Institute of […]

The article linked below was recently published by the Journal of New Librarianship. Title Making an Open Information Literacy Textbook: A Case Study in OER Collaborations Among Four Oklahoma Academic Librarians Authors Calantha Tillotson University of Tennessee Knoxville Adam Brennan Tulsa Community College S R Whittle Northeastern State University Jamie Holmes Tulsa Community College Source […]

Ed. Note: infoDOCKET would like to thank Sandi Caldrone for contributing the op/ed shared below. When Funding Feeds Starvation by Sandi Caldrone Assistant Professor, University Library Research Data Librarian University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign caldron2@illinois.edu In a misguided quest for efficiency, the NIH recently announced it was limiting indirect costs to 15 percent of grant award funds. […]