Publishing: A New AAP StatShot Reports “Overall Industry Was Flat” During First Quarter of 2024
From the Association of American Publishers (AAP): The Association of American Publishers (AAP) today released its StatShot report covering the first three months of 2024 reflecting reported revenue for Trade (Consumer Books), Religious Presses, Higher Education Course Materials, and Professional Publishing. Total revenues across all categories for the first quarter [...]
MIT Press Releases Direct to Open (D2O) Impact Report; Minnesota Legislature Bans Book Bans; & More News Headlines
American Library Association ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom toBenefit From New Book of Essays Minnesota Minnesota Legislature Bans Book Bans (via Minn Post) Missouri St. Charles County Library Branches May Close, Cut Staff. Board To Consider On Friday (via St. Post-Dispatch) MIT Press MIT Press Releases Direct to Open (D2O) [...]
New on Europeana: European Commission Showcases a Pan-European Collection of Emblematic 3D-Digitised Cultural Heritage Assets
From the European Commission: The [European] Commission has released a collection of 3D-digitised cultural heritage assets on Europeana, the common European data space for cultural heritage.[Clip] The collection results from the ‘Twin it! 3D for Europe’s culture’ campaign and includes a range of historic buildings, sites and objects, such as [...]
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Journal Article: “Information Hegemony, Transcending Positivism, and Applying Critical Legal Information Literacy Concepts in the Legal Research Classroom and Beyond”
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NY Times Op/Ed: Will A.I. Ever Live Up to Its Hype?; Crossref Releases 2024 Public Data File Featuring New Experimental Formats; and More Headlines
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New Report From JISC: Student Perceptions of Generative AI (May 2024)
From JISC: Following our initial student perceptions of generative AI report last year, we recognised the need to continue the discussion with students/learners as the technology continues to evolve. Over this past winter, we ran a series of nine in-person student discussion forums with over 200 students across colleges and universities to revisit student/learner perceptions […]
Report: “National Women’s Law Center Files Civil Rights Complaints Against Georgia and Florida School Districts for Censoring Inclusive Books”
From the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC): Today [May 13, 2024], the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) filed two complaints with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR), urging an investigation into Georgia’s Cobb County School District and Florida’s Collier County Public School District for creating a hostile environment for students through […]
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IOP Publishing Releases “State of Peer Review 2024” Report
From IIOP Publishing: In March 2020, we conducted a major survey of peer reviewers in the physical sciences and shared our findings with the community. The 2020 IOP Peer Review Motivations Survey contained a number of insights into the opinions and attitudes of peer reviewers, and the results informed our IOP Publishing Peer Review Excellence Programme, which was […]
UNC University Libraries Launches New Website; These Four Searches Show How Google is Changing; & More Headlines
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