• "Congress Introduces Bill to Tackle College Textbook Costs"

    Updated: 2023-03-30 15:40:44
    SPARC, a non-profit advocacy organization working to make education and research open and equitable, today applauded the reintroduction of the Affordable College Textbook Act in the U.S. Congress. The bill would address a key but often overlooked factor in the cost of higher education—the cost of textbooks—by establishing a grant program for the creation and … Continue reading ""Congress Introduces Bill to Tackle College Textbook Costs""

  • "Controlled Digital Lending Takes a Blow in Court"

    Updated: 2023-03-30 15:38:14
    The implications of this ruling are potentially profound, and, given the strong lean in the publisher’s favor, they are potentially troubling for libraries and the rights of those who seek to engage with content in our evermore digital and digitized world if the decision stands through the forthcoming appeals. For the significant amount of content … Continue reading ""Controlled Digital Lending Takes a Blow in Court""

  • Copyright, Licensing and Research Librarian at York St John University (Trainee)

    Updated: 2023-03-30 15:36:15
    We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, pro-active individual to act as a trainee Copyright, Licensing and Research Librarian. Working with others in the Scholarly Communications, Content and Discovery team, your focus will be to develop the skills necessary for providing and developing copyright advice and training, providing guidance on open research and publishing to … Continue reading "Copyright, Licensing and Research Librarian at York St John University (Trainee)"

  • Metadata Analyst at Yale University

    Updated: 2023-03-30 15:34:36
    1. Creates and implements appropriate metadata strategies for digital projects, including analyzing metadata needs and developing workflows. 2. Performs analysis, remediation, and normalization of metadata in the library’s online catalogs and discovery layer. 3. Reviews, converts, and remediates metadata for digitized legacy collections. Provides consultation on metadata standards and applications to collection owners, faculty and … Continue reading "Metadata Analyst at Yale University"

  • Data Management Consultant at Johns Hopkins University

    Updated: 2023-03-30 15:32:39
    Johns Hopkins Sheridan Libraries seeks a Data Management Consultant to join our high-performing team of data management, data visualization, and geospatial data/GIS specialists in the Data Services Department. Our mission is to provide tools, training, and resources for working with data to Johns Hopkins’s world-renowned researchers, with the overarching goal of improving the availability and … Continue reading "Data Management Consultant at Johns Hopkins University"

  • "Fast-Growing Open-Access Journals Stripped of Coveted Impact Factors"

    Updated: 2023-03-30 15:30:32
    Nearly two dozen journals from two of the fastest growing open-access publishers, including one of the world’s largest journals by volume, will no longer receive a key scholarly imprimatur. On 20 March, the Web of Science database said it delisted the journals along with dozens of others, stripping them of an impact factor, the citation-based … Continue reading ""Fast-Growing Open-Access Journals Stripped of Coveted Impact Factors""

  • Electronic Resources Librarian at University of Alabama

    Updated: 2023-03-29 15:40:03
    This is an excellent opportunity for early career librarians or recent graduates to gain valuable experience managing all aspects of electronic resources management working under knowledgeable faculty librarians, while gaining experience at a flagship R1 institution. The University of Alabama Libraries is engaged as a beta partner on the FOLIO project. The Electronic Resources Librarian … Continue reading "Electronic Resources Librarian at University of Alabama"

  • "AUPresses Receives NEH Grant to Study Impact of Open Access on Print Sales"

    Updated: 2023-03-29 15:38:05
    The project seeks to understand empirically whether the availability of OA editions of scholarly books has a quantifiable effect on the sales performance of print editions. While many university presses have pursued experiments with OA publishing, sustainable financing of high-quality, rigorous scholarly publishing operations is a significant concern. The study will look at both OA … Continue reading ""AUPresses Receives NEH Grant to Study Impact of Open Access on Print Sales""

  • IT Analyst/Programmer 2 at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Updated: 2023-03-29 15:36:03
    The Systems Administrator position assists in facilitating architectural design, implementation, administration, automation, and maintenance activities for University Libraries IT infrastructure and various technologies deployed to support this infrastructure in a highly collaborative and cross-team culture. Responsibilities also include project leadership and consultation across technical platforms and departmental boundaries, and systems maintenance and performance management. . … Continue reading "IT Analyst/Programmer 2 at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill"

  • "Interoperable Infrastructure for Software and Data Publishing"

    Updated: 2023-03-29 15:34:55
    Achieving scalable, high-quality, interoperable data and software publishing is possible. There are already builders, some represented by the authorship of this article, that are on the right path, building tools that effectively meet the needs of researchers in an open and pluggable way. One example is InvenioRDM, a flexible and turn-key next-generation research data management … Continue reading ""Interoperable Infrastructure for Software and Data Publishing""

  • Systems and Data Services Librarian at Davidson College

    Updated: 2023-03-29 15:32:19
    Working in collaboration across library teams, you will provide robust support and help shape strategic directions for library systems and services including Davidson’s library services platform (currently Ex Libris’ Alma), discovery system (currently Primo), and digital asset management system (currently Alma Digital). Using your expertise in systems and metadata management, you will play a key … Continue reading "Systems and Data Services Librarian at Davidson College"

  • "GPTs are GPTs: An Early Look at the Labor Market Impact Potential of Large Language Models"

    Updated: 2023-03-29 15:30:06
    We investigate the potential implications of large language models (LLMs), such as Generative Pretrained Transformers (GPTs), on the U.S. labor market, focusing on the increased capabilities arising from LLM-powered software compared to LLMs on their own. . . .Our findings reveal that around 80% of the U.S. workforce could have at least 10% of their … Continue reading ""GPTs are GPTs: An Early Look at the Labor Market Impact Potential of Large Language Models""

  • "ChatGPT Gets ‘Eyes and Ears’ with Plugins That Can Interface AI with the World"

    Updated: 2023-03-28 15:38:41
    Basically, if a developer wants to give ChatGPT the ability to access any network service (for example: "looking up current stock prices") or perform any task controlled by a network service (for example: "ordering pizza through the Internet"), it is now possible, provided it doesn’t go against OpenAI’s rules. http://bit.ly/3ZlESG0 | Research Data Curation and … Continue reading ""ChatGPT Gets ‘Eyes and Ears’ with Plugins That Can Interface AI with the World""

  • "Who Owns Bibliographic Metadata Created by Libraries?"

    Updated: 2023-03-28 15:36:52
    The ownership of MARC bibliographic data has been an issue between OCLC and other companies in the marketplace. Two lawsuits are discussed between OCLC and Clarivate and SkyRiver. https://doi.org/10.1080/01930826.2023.2177928 | Research Data Curation and Management Works | | Digital Curation and Digital Preservation Works | | Open Access Works | | Digital Scholarship |

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