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From the Associated Press: A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts… Direct to Full Text Article See Also: More “Not Real […]
From The Hartford Courant: At a panel discussion in Hartford Tuesday, librarians called on state lawmakers to reignite efforts to regulate and improve licensing agreements between libraries and publishers. [Clip] “This has been an issue facing librarians for more than a decade, and quite frankly, it gets worse every year,” said Ellen Paul, the executive […]
From the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: Librarians have historically taken a strong stand on protecting the privacy of their patrons. But how well they accomplish this varies widely with the size of a library, and technology has made it more difficult, according to the first study of privacy practices and challenges in public libraries. University of […]
The article (preprint) linked below was recently share on arXiv. Title Data Stewardship: Case Studies From North-American, Dutch, And Finnish Universities Authors Antti M. Rousi Aalto University, Finland Reid I. Boehm Purdue University Yan Wang Delft Technical University, Netherlands Source via arXiv (December 7, 2023) DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2312.04092 Abstract Purpose – As national legislation, federated national […]
From Robert Darnton’s NYRB Review: In Athena Unbound Baldwin takes a hard look at the world of knowledge. Have no illusions, he warns: journal publishers are gouging their customers, scholarly monographs reach a tiny audience, libraries are floundering under budget pressures, academics are pursuing careers rather than truth, and readers are not getting all the information they […]
AI/GPT Google’s NotebookLM is Now Availble in the US and Adds More Than a Dozen New Features (via The Keyword) Lorcan Dempsey: “Using a Custom GPT to Ask About Collections and Collaboration” Public Libraries An Interview with Seattle’s Chief Librarian, Tom Fay (via The Urbanist) Multnomah County Library Employees Say They Feel Unsafe At Work […]
Here’s the Complete Funding Announcement From King County Library System (KCLS) Foundation: The King County Library System Foundation received an $800,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation, which supports communities through the power of the arts and humanities. The funding will be used to house two Memory Labs at the King County Library System (KCLS). One Memory Lab will be located […]
Digital Public Library Ecosystem 2023 From the American Library Association: Report authors Rachel Noorda, Ph.D, and Kathi Inman Berens, Ph.D., both professors of book publishing of Portland State University, show how the rise in digital content consumption rates has brought a large group of library patrons and staff into digital content landscape. The report demystifies […]
From an Introductory Blog Post: Building Connections: Community Engagement and Inclusion Trends in Cultural Institutions, the 2023 Lyrasis Research Report, explores the work of libraries, archives and museums to continue their outreach efforts and expand community inclusion during and after the initial wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Lyrasis Consulting staff members Tom Clareson and Leigh […]
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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.