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From the Associated Press: Nearly one million books published as early as the 15th century — and in 254 languages — are part of a Harvard University collection being released to AI researchers Thursday. Also coming soon are troves of old newspapers and government documents held by Boston’s public library. [Clip] “It is a prudent […]

The interview with Leo Lo (dean and professor for the College of University Libraries and Learning Sciences at the University of New Mexico) was posted online today by EDUCAUSE Review. The conversation runs about 11 minutes and is part of the CNI Interviews series. An unofficial text transcript (powered by Rev) is available here. Can […]

The article linked below was published today by PLOS One. Title An Exploratory Study on the Publication Stages of Early Access Articles in Different Bibliographic Databases: A Case Study of IEEE Journals Author Yunu Zhu Library of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China Source PLoS One 20(6): e0325787 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0325787 Abstract Currently bibliographic databases […]

From WBUR: Massachusetts Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey sent a letter Tuesday evening to the Institute of Museum and Library Services Acting Director Keith E. Sonderling demanding answers on funding cuts to museums and libraries across the country. Sen. Warren’s office shared the letter exclusively with WBUR on Monday. In the document, Warren and […]

From an ACRL Announcement: ACRL announces the publication of The Open Science Cookbook, edited by Emily Bongiovanni, Melanie Gainey, Chasz Griego, and Lencia McKee, a collection of lesson plans and activities for supporting openly accessible, reproducible research.   [Clip] The Open Science Cookbook provides a wide variety of lesson plans and learning activities for supporting […]

From a NISO Release (Full Text): Last month, NISO convened two workshops to explore how the scholarly communication community can collectively respond to challenges arising from the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in publishing and content distribution infrastructure. The workshops brought together participants from publishing houses, platform developers, and research technology teams to focus on […]

From an International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) Blog Post: The ‘IFLA Entry Point to Libraries and AI’ is intended to be a tool to support librarians in the assessment of ethical AI use. The document provides librarians with a list of key considerations and scenarios to evaluate and discuss the benefits and risks of adopting AI […]

From the Carnegie Corporation of New York: Eleven public library systems across nine states will receive grants of up to $500,000 each from Carnegie Corporation of New York, the foundation established by Andrew Carnegie, who funded the construction of more than 2,500 libraries worldwide. The libraries were selected through a competitive request for proposals as […]

The research article (preprint) linked below was recently posted on arXiv. Title Research Knowledge Graphs: the Shifting Paradigm of Scholarly Information Representation Authors Matthäus Zloch GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Köln, Germany Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany Danilo Dessì Jennifer D’Souza Leyla Jael Castro Benjamin Zapilko Saurav Karmakar Brigitte Mathiak Markus Stocker Wolfgang Otto […]