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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

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. […]

AI Silverchair’s AI Lab Delivers Oxford Academic AI Discovery Assistant for Dynamic Research Support Arkansas Arkansas Senator Continues Mission to Eliminate State Library Board, Cites Unfulfilled Bargain DC (District of Columbia) DC Public Library to Introduce New Online Catalog (via DCPL) Iowa How Des Moines Public Library is Navigating Librarian Cuts, Possible Iowa Law Changes […]

AI  Artificial Intelligence and Communication Technologies in Academia: Faculty Perceptions and the Adoption of Generative AI (via International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education) There’s a Good Chance Your Kid Uses AI to Cheat (via WSJ/MSN) Digital Libraries Now Available: Proceedings From JCDL ’24: 24th ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries Hong Kong Future […]

Latest UPDATE (March 17):  “What Happens to Libraries If IMLS Goes Away?” (by Hallie Rich, Library Journal) On Friday night, March 14, President Trump issued an Executive Order that called for the elimination of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and six other agencies. In FY24, the IMLS budget was $294.8 million, of […]