Welcome to LJAN Resources, our monthly academic content roundup. We’ll be curating standout InfoDocket posts and nonfiction LJ book reviews once every month for quick access to news and reviews you can use. |
From Infodocket: Library of Congress Awards Nearly $400,000 to Six Projects Highlighting Uses of Digital Collections The Library of Congress announced on January 17 that six awards totaling nearly $400,000 have been awarded from the Connecting Communities Digital Initiative through a program available to Higher Education Institutions and Libraries, Archives, and Museums. The program is part of the Library’s “Of the People: Widening the Path” initiative with support from the Mellon Foundation. The 2024 awardees will use these funds to create projects that offer creative approaches to the Library’s digital collections and center Black, Indigenous, and Hispanic or Latino studies. |
Elsevier Announces the Launch of Scopus AI, Now Available for Purchase Worldwide Elsevier, a global leader in scientific information and data analytics, launched Scopus AI on January 16—a generative AI product to help researchers and research institutions get fast and accurate summaries and research insights that support collaboration and societal impact. Scopus AI is based on Scopus’s trusted content from over 27,000 academic journals, from more than 7,000 publishers worldwide, with over 1.8 billion citations, and includes over 17 million author profiles. Scopus content is vetted by an independent board of world-renowned scientists and librarians who represent the major scientific disciplines. |
Report: “British Library Restores Access to Online Collection Following Ransomware Attack” The British Library—the national library of the United Kingdom and an archive of millions of books and manuscripts—began restoring access to its online catalog on January 15 following a ransomware attack last October. The online system, for now, will be the only way to see the rarest books, maps, journals, and music scores held by the library. The system for taking those physical objects into reading rooms is not yet running again. |
Journal Article: “We Adapt As Needed: Autism Services at Liberal Arts College Libraries” Over the past two decades, researchers have analyzed the role of disability in liberal arts colleges (LACs). While students find LAC faculty and disability service professionals to be a positive influence in their educational experience, these institutions face some challenges in ensuring the best possible education for students with disabilities and, in particular, autism. Building on previous research on autism in academic libraries and the LACs library context, this study analyzes the results of a survey sent to LAC library leaders across the United States. |
OpenAI Opens the GPT Store and Launches ChatGPT Team OpenAI’s app store is here. The GPT Store, as it’s called, is available to those with a ChatGPT Plus subscription, which costs $20 per month, and users of the business plans ChatGPT Team and Enterprise, which cost anywhere from $25 to thousands of dollars per user per month. Users of free ChatGPT won’t be able to access the “apps” for now. |
SOCIAL SCIENCES PREMIUM Dead Weight: Essays on Hunger and Harm By Emmeline Clein Written with acumen and care, this title will be of value to readers interested in learning more about media portrayals of disordered eating and feminist theory. Those drawn to the work of Roxane Gay, Elise Loehnen, and Susan Bordo will likely enjoy this title too. PREMIUM Challenge to Civilization: Indigenous Wisdom and the Future By Blair A. Stonechild A thought-provoking work that embraces Indigenous spirituality and wisdom. Ideal for environmentalists and scholars of Indigenous beliefs. The Big 100: The New World of Super-Aging By William J. Kole A brilliant study on aging that’s destined to become a classic. |
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