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LJ infoDOCKETInformation Industry News and Resources from Gary Price Latest Information Industry News and ResourcesData Tools: Updated and Expanded Peterson-KFF Health System Dashboard Now AvailableFiled by Gary Price on July 24, 2020 From the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF):Newly updated and expanded, the Peterson-KFF Health System Dashboard compiles data on the U.S. health system’s performance in four areas: access and affordability, health and well-being, health spending, and quality of care. Users can explore trends over [Read More...]Research Article: A Provisional System to Evaluate Journal Publishers Based on Partnership Practices and Values Shared with Academic Institutions and Libraries Filed by Gary Price on July 24, 2020 The article linked to below was recently published by Publications 2020.TitleA Provisional System to Evaluate Journal Publishers Based on Partnership Practices and Values Shared with Academic Institutions and LibrariesAuthorsRachel CaldwellUniversity of Tennessee, [Read More...]UNC Greensboro Launches Effort to Document Local Black Lives Matter ProtestsFiled by Gary Price on July 24, 2020 From UNCG:On May 25, an unarmed George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer. The horrific video of Floyd’s death circulated on social media and spurred a new wave of Black Lives Matter protests and demonstrations across the country.While Floyd’s death represented a tipping point, [Read More...]CRediT-NISO Collaboration Achieves Two More MilestonesFiled by Gary Price on July 24, 2020 From the National Information Standards Organization (NISO):Following their April 2020 announcement, the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) and the Contributor Roles Taxonomy (CRediT) Steering Committee have now achieved two more important milestones in their work to formalize [Read More...]Roundup (July 24, 2020)Filed by Gary Price on July 24, 2020 BLM PrivacyBot: This AI Uses Emojis To Protect BLM Protestors From Facial RecognitionFacebook Adds $100 Million to Facial Recognition Settlement Over Tagged Photos (via Fortune)How to Look People in the Eye While Videoconferencing (via IEEE Spectrum)More Than 1,000 People at Twitter Had Ability [Read More...]Mozilla, Ford Foundation, Foundation, Sloan Foundation, and Open Society Foundations Fund Open Source Digital Infrastructure Research, RFP Released TodayFiled by Gary Price on July 23, 2020 From the Mozilla Foundation:Today, Mozilla is pleased to announce that we’re joining the Ford Foundation, the Sloan Foundation, and the Open Society Foundations to launch a request for proposals (RFP) for research on open source digital infrastructure.Nearly everything in our modern society, [Read More...]Open Research Europe: A New Publishing Platform for H2020 Research, Launching in 2021Filed by Gary Price on July 23, 2020 From the Association of European Research Libraries (LIBER):Introducing Open Research Europe: A new publishing platform launched by the European Commission. The platform will provide all Horizon 2020 beneficiaries and their collaborators with an easy, high-quality venue to publish Horizon 2020 [Read More...]Journal Article: A Citation Analysis About Scholarship on ZinesFiled by Gary Price on July 23, 2020 The article linked to below was published today by the Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication (JLSC).TitleA Citation Analysis About Scholarship on ZinesAuthorsAnne HaysCollege of Staten Island, City University of New YorkSourceJournal of Librarianship and Scholarly [Read More...]UCLA Library’s Online Publishing of Music Scores Makes HistoryFiled by Gary Price on July 23, 2020 From UCLA:Composers from 86 countries have submitted more than 7,800 musical compositions as part of a collaborative project by the UCLA Music Library and the Los Angeles–based Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra to highlight the work of living composers and bring it to a wider audience by making it [Read More...]Reports: Philadelphia Free Library Director Siobhan Reardon Has Resigned Following Complaints About Workplace Racial Discrimination Filed by Gary Price on July 23, 2020 UPDATE: Full Text of Statement by Philadelphia Mayor, Jim KenneyTwo Reports.From the Philadelphia Inquirer:Siobhan Reardon, the longtime leader of the Free Library of Philadelphia, resigned Thursday, after employee complaints about racial discrimination in the workplace led Mayor Jim Kenney and [Read More...]New Vatican Library Website Aims to Serve Scholars, Entice CuriousFiled by Gary Price on July 23, 2020 From the Catholic News Service:The Vatican Library has revamped its website to serve scholars better and facilitate navigation for the curious.[Clip]With a fresh look, easier and more intuitive navigation, and greater online services for researchers, the updated site, www.vaticanlibrary.va, [Read More...]IMLS Awards 70 Grants Totaling $18,256,177Filed by Gary Price on July 23, 2020 From the Institute of Museum and Libraries Services:The Institute of Museum and Library Services today announced 70 grants totaling $18,256,177 to support libraries across the country. The awards were made through the FY 2020 National Leadership Grants for Libraries Program and the Laura Bush [Read More...]Google: 13 Public Libraries Have Been Selected to Form Entrepreneurship Centers Across the Country, Focusing on Low-Income or Underrepresented Entrepreneurs Filed by Gary Price on July 23, 2020 From The Google Blog:Today, as part of our longstanding support of the American Library Association (ALA), we’re announcing that 13 public libraries have been selected to form entrepreneurship centers across the country, focusing on low-income or underrepresented entrepreneurs.These libraries [Read More...]Roundup (July 23, 2020)Filed by Gary Price on July 23, 2020 EBSCO Announces Support for the UK Reproducibility NetworkProQuest: Audio-Described Video Improves Accessibility for Academic Video Online Users [Read More...]Global Press Archive: Center for Research Libraries (CRL) and East View Release Third Open Access Collection Featuring Independent and Revolutionary Mexican NewspapersFiled by Gary Price on July 22, 2020 From CRL:CRL and East View Information Services have released the Independent and Revolutionary Mexican Newspapers the third Open Access collection of titles digitized under the Global Press Archive (GPA) CRL Charter Alliance. This collection adds to the growing collection of Open Access [Read More...]Research Resource: California Grants Portal Launches Online From the California State LibraryFiled by Gary Price on July 22, 2020 From a California Dept. of Technology:The California State Library has launched a one-stop portal for all grant and loan opportunities offered on a competitive or first-come basis by California state agencies and departments. The Grant Information Act of 2018 – AB 2252 created the California [Read More...]Report From CARL: Investments in Open Canadian Research Libraries’ Expenditures on Services, Staff, and Infrastructures in Support of Open Scholarship Filed by Gary Price on July 22, 2020 From the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL):The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) has released a report detailing its academic member institutions’ financial contributions to the development and sustainability of the infrastructure and services that underlie open [Read More...]Report: Library of Congress Wants to Try Adding Humans to Automated Processes (Access And Discovery For Digital Collections)Filed by Gary Price on July 22, 2020 From NextGov:The Library’s Digital Innovation Labs Section “has undertaken a range of programs aimed at maximizing the use of digital collections and supporting emerging research methods,” including using machine learning and crowdsourcing prototypes, according to a solicitation posted [Read More...]Report From the Federation of European Publishers: Consequences of the COVID-19 Crisis on the Book Market Filed by Gary Price on July 22, 2020 From the Federation of European Publishers:Book publishing has been severely hit by the closing of bookshops as well as by books being considered as non-essential products in some countries. During and after the isolation period that hit most of the continent, the Federation of European Publishers [Read More...]Journal Article: Training Matters: Student Employment and Learning in Academic LibrariesFiled by Gary Price on July 22, 2020 The following article was published today by In the Library with a Lead Pipe.TitleTraining Matters: Student Employment and Learning in Academic LibrariesAuthorLiz VineIUPUI University LibrarySourceIn the Library with a Lead PipeJuly 22, 2020From the "In Brief" Section of the [Read More...]More Latest Posts... About INFOdocket Before launching INFOdocket, Gary Price was a founder and senior editor at ResourceShelf and DocuTicker for 10 years. This site is updated as often as possible during the week and at least once a day on the weekends. FullTextReports.com is the sister site of INFOdocket. There you'll find direct access to new and free full text reports from think tanks, governments around the world, research institutes, academia, as well as from other sources. You can contact Gary at: gprice@mediasourceinc.comFollow INFOdocket on Twitter Tweets by @infodocket

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