Below is the Full Text of the Announcement Letter (via the Harvard Library): We are delighted to announce the appointment of Andrea Jackson Gavin as the inaugural Program Director of the HBCU Digital Library Trust, effective October 11, 2023. The Trust is a partnership of the HBCU Library Alliance and Harvard Library to sustain and deepen […]
From the U.S. Census: The U.S. Census Bureau today released 2020 Census population counts and sex-by-age statistics for 300 detailed race and ethnic groups, as well as 1,187 detailed American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) tribes and villages. These data come from the 2020 Census Detailed Demographic and Housing Characteristics File A (Detailed DHC-A). Previously, the […]
From PEN America: The number of public school book bans across the country increased by 33 percent in the 2022-23 school year compared to the 2021-22 school year, according to a new PEN America report. “Banned in the USA: The Mounting Pressure to Censor” highlights the disproportionate number of bans occurring in Florida — where over 40 percent of […]
AI ChatGPT Usage is Rising Again as Students Return to School (via Bloomberg) Universities Rethink Using AI Writing Detectors to Vet Students’ Work (via Bloomberg) Amazon AI-Generated Books Force Amazon To Cap E-Book Publications to 3 Per Day (via ars technica) EBSCO EBSCO Information Services Pursues Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) Opportunities Penn State Libraries Penn […]
From WCHS: Following the vote to cut 28 majors and more than 100 faculty positions at West Virginia University, the university’s library system could be the next to take the heaviest blow on campus. [Clip] On Wednesday, the university released those findings, and the library had the most cuts recommended as it was proposed the […]
UPDATE LeVar Burton to Lead 2023 Banned Books Week as Honorary Chair (via ALA) —End Update— Below is the full text of a statement released today by the American Library Association (ALA): The American Library Association (ALA) has released new preliminary data documenting the continued rise in attempts to censor books and materials in public, […]
Acquisitions UCLA Library Receives $4.2 Million Political Cartoon Collection Spanning Centuries (via UCLA California At 20, San Jose’s MLK Library Remains a Partnership For the Books (via The Mercury News) Public Libraries New Guidance For Public Librarians: Managing Safe and inclusive Services (via CILIP) ||| Direct to Guidiance Document Texas Harris County Libraries Declared a […]
Clarivate Clarivate Unveils Citation Laureates 2023 – Annual List of Researchers of Nobel Class Digital Science Digital Science Announces Brand Redesign for ReadCube and Papers Internet Archive IMLS National Leadership Grant Supports Expansion of the ARCH Computational Research Platform Research Tools The Lens Loads Now Open Dataset From Crossref of Retraction Watch Papers
From a Joint News Release: The Association of University Presses (AUPresses) and Ithaka S+R today publish “Print Revenue and Open Access Monographs: A University Press Study.” This report is the result of research funded by a Level I Digital Humanities Advancement Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to investigate the effect of open […]
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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.