According to guidance from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) released on August 28, all federally funded research should be made available to the public for free access and use upon publication. Some large scholarly journal publishers are on board with the suggestions, which have been in the works for more than a decade. But other sources said that the new policy shouldn’t be one-size-fits-all.
Elisandro Cabada has worn many hats during his career at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Assistant professor for the university library, interim head of the Mathematics Library, and 3-D printing project coordinator, among others. His commitment to developing and using technology for library service and outreach won him a 2022 Movers & Shakers award. LJ recently reached out to learn more about his innovative work.
November 3, 2022, is World Digital Preservation Day - an opportunity to raise awareness to the important cause of digital preservation and to thank all digital preservation experts, advocates, implementers and leaders around the world for their efforts in preserving our cultural heritage.
LJ is piloting a new column called Research Briefs, which will summarize in plain language some key takeaways of recent research on librarianship, and point to the full paper for those who want to know more. In “The Effects of Counterproductive Workplace Behaviors on Academic LIS Professionals’ Health and Well-Being,” Christy Fic (Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania) and Maggie Albro (University of Tennessee Knoxville) study how counterproductive workplace behaviors (CWB)—which include theft, sabotage, interpersonal aggression, wasted time or resources, and workplace rumors—lead to professional burnout in academic librarians and archivists.
A U.S. judge has blocked the merger of Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster. The Shirley Jackson Awards winners are announced, with My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones winning best novel. The Whiting Creative Nonfiction grantees are also announced. Finalists for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award are out too.
Readying the United States for war, learning about the women who fought, and preserving the music of a concentration camp.
“I do think it’s likely this new guidance will increase the number of small, formerly independent journal publishers either entering into service agreements with large commercial publishers, or simply being acquired by them. The harder it is for small publishers to keep selling their content, the more pressure is put on their revenue streams.”
The editors of Library Journal need your help in identifying emerging talents in the library world—both great leaders and behind-the-scenes contributors who are providing inspiration and model programs for others. Our 21st annual round of Movers & Shakers will profile up-and-coming individuals from around the world who are innovative, creative, and making a difference fighting against censorship, and helping improve their workplace. From librarians and non-degreed library workers to publishers, vendors, coders, entrepreneurs, reviewers, and others who impact the library field—Movers & Shakers 2023 will celebrate those people who are moving all types of libraries ahead! Please let us know about anybody you think we should be aware of.
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global is a searchable collection of more than five million dissertations and theses from universities worldwide. Now a breakthrough new feature makes it even easier for users to find high-quality information about the topic they’re studying.
This work has the capacity to forever change the thinking about humans’ relationship to animals and to lead to constructive ways of dealing with issues for the betterment of both. It belongs on the shelves of all academic and large public libraries.
The authors sometimes offer a generic World War II narrative as context. However, these profiles provide new insight and human interest around the development of the iconic Mustang.
Based on archival and primary research, this well-written account of intrigue will appeal to readers of Civil War history and real-life tales of spies and espionage.
Ford pushes readers to more deeply understand how pieces of information become accepted, often unquestioned facts online and issues a call to promote data literacy. Highly recommended.
The open access landscape is fast evolving—and for good reason. Following the global outbreak of COVID-19 in which research and knowledge lay at the heart of hope, we have seen a renewed focus in the industry for open access (OA) publishing.
The Kirkus Prize winners are announced, including Trust by Hernan Diaz for fiction, and In Sensorium: Notes for My People by Tanaïs for nonfiction. The shortlist for the Waterstones Book of the Year is announced.
At LJ’s recent Design Institute in Missoula, MT, the term places of refuge came up several times. It was new to me, but the meaning was clear from the context: individual-scale spots within the larger, communal library. But the refuge the library can offer is inherently temporary. For libraries to help make their whole communities places of refuge, libraries need to facilitate long-term planning for resilience to disasters that are more frequent and severe—plus, support government policy changes to slow and perhaps reverse that progression.
Life as We Made It, Water, Hydrogen Revolution, Medicinal and Biological Inorganic Chemistry, and more in chemistry titles: October 2021 to date as identified by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO.
1. Life as We Made It: How 50,000 Years of Human Innovation Refined—And Redefined—Nature. Shapiro, Beth Alison Basic Books
2021. ISBN 9781541644182 $30.00
2. Water: A Visual and Scientific History. Challoner, Jack MIT Press
2021. ISBN 9780262046145 $39.95
3. Hydrogen Revolution: A Blueprint for the Future of Clean Energy. Alvera, Marco Basic Books 2021. ISBN 9781541620414 $30.00
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