August 2, 2024 by Gary Price
From a NARA Announcement: The National Archives and Records Administration today announced the upcoming closure of three facilities and relocation of two offices. These changes will allow for the reallocation of more than $5 million in facility costs per year into digital transformation and other critical priorities to advance the agency’s mission. “The federal government’s […]
August 1, 2024 by Gary Price
Citizen Science Association of European Research Libraries (LIBER): How to Kickstart Citizen Science in your Library? Report from the Masterclass for Library Executives Lyrasis Lyrasis Becomes an ORCID Member to Support Open Research Best Practices Missouri Kansas City Public Library Reopens Café at Downtown Branch With Culinary Training Nonprofit (via KCUR) Publishing Is the Pay-To-Publish […]
July 31, 2024 by Gary Price
From Plan S/cOAlition S: cOAlition S is pleased to announce the release of a new pricing framework designed to foster global equity in scholarly publishing. Developed by Information Power following consultation with the funder, library/consortium, and publisher communities, the framework is introduced to enable discussion, promote greater transparency and inspire publishers and other service providers to implement more equitable […]
July 26, 2024 by Gary Price
From Brown University: Fifteen humanities scholars from across the nation gathered in Brown University’s John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library this week with a shared mission: Explore best practices for authoring and publishing a first-rate, digital-first monograph and leave with the skills to create their own. [Clip] First held in 2022 and now in its second […]
July 24, 2024 by Gary Price
From a Joint Announcement (via BTAA): The Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) is excited to announce a partnership with the Next Generation Library Publishing (NGLP) project. This collaboration aims to test and enhance infrastructure solutions for academy-owned scholarly publishing programs that are open source, community-led, and rooted in academic values. The pilot project will create […]
July 24, 2024 by Gary Price
The preprint linked below was recently shared on arXiv. Title Estimating Global Article Processing Charges Paid to Six Publishers For Open Access Between 2019 and 2023 Authors Stefanie Haustein School of Information Studies, University of Ottawa Scholarly Communications Lab Centre interuniversitaire de recherche sur la science et la technologie (CIRST) Eric Schares Scholarly Communications Lab […]
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July 24, 2024 by Gary Price
Today Informa, the parent of Taylor & Francis, released their 2024 half-year results. The document (64 pages; PDF) includes a financial review as well as some text on the company’s efforts in all areas including the academic publishing market as well as AI. As you’ll read on page 7, Informa/T&F currently has a two AI […]
July 23, 2024 by Gary Price
From Politico: A federal judge ruled Monday that a 7-year-old Florida student must testify in a lawsuit challenging how one school district is carrying out the state’s policies for removing books containing objectionable content. Magistrate Judge Zachary C. Bolitho denied — in part — a protective order sought by the child’s parent to shield them […]
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July 20, 2024 by Gary Price
UPDATED POST (July 23, 2024) An Academic Publisher Has Struck an AI Data Deal with Microsoft—Without Their Authors’ Knowledge (The Conversation) —End Update— From The Bookseller: Authors have expressed their shock after the news that academic publisher Taylor & Francis, which owns Routledge, had sold access to its authors’ research as part of an Artificial […]
July 18, 2024 by Gary Price
From AAP: The Association of American Publishers (AAP) today released its StatShot report for May 2024 reflecting reported revenue for Trade (Consumer Books), Religious Presses, Higher Education Course Materials, PreK-12 Instructional Materials and Professional Publishing. Total revenues across all categories for May 2024 were up 10.9% as compared to May 2023, coming in at $1.1 […]