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Text and Data Mining Exemption to Digital Millennium Copyright Act Would Advance Knowledge of Diverse Works
This week, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), as a member of the Library Copyright Alliance, joined the Authors Alliance and the American Association of University Professors in submitting a...
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NC State University Libraries Shift Diversity Training to Focus on Dismantling Systemic Racism
by Jennifer Garrett, Director, Talent Management, NC State University Libraries Contemporary diversity training often addresses prejudicial mindsets, unconscious bias, and “whiteness” as a normative frame. While these experiences are valuable,...
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Research Libraries Reduce Digital Divide through Broadband Services, Advocacy
Research libraries have a long-standing practice of providing tools and resources towards bridging the digital divide. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, research libraries are helping even more college...
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ASU Library Tool Helps COVID-19 Researchers Sift, Analyze New Research Results
The Arizona State University (ASU) Library’s Data Science and Analytics unit has developed a tool to accelerate COVID-19 research by helping researchers efficiently browse and understand the vast amount of...
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University of Manitoba Libraries Staff Build Indigenous Cultural Competency
by Camille Callison, Lyle Ford, and Christine Shaw, University of Manitoba Libraries Reconciliation calls for personal action. People need to get to know each other. They need to learn how...
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Librarians Create Conditions for Researchers to Tackle Grand Challenges with Data Science
The COVID-19 pandemic, and the global scientific effort to develop treatments and vaccines, is the latest large-scale event to show the power and urgency of collaboration and data-sharing to solve...
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Digitization in an Emergency: Fair Use/Fair Dealing and How Libraries Are Adapting to the Pandemic
Like every other major institution operating during the coronavirus pandemic, research libraries are confronting sudden and radical shifts in their daily realities. Foremost among these challenges is the near-total loss...
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Johns Hopkins Libraries Explore Impact of Collections on Students’ Mental Wellness
Can library spaces and collections—both physical and digital—foster a sense of well-being and engagement with the community? Like many college students in the United States, students at Johns Hopkins University...
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Iowa State University Library Staff Build Cultural Competence to Improve Equity, Inclusion
Are you able to understand, appreciate, and interact with people who have different beliefs, values, and practices from your own? Cultural competence is an essential skill to have in a...
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HuMetricsHSS Develops Values-based Scholarly Measures
What would it look like if measures for assessing scholarship embodied humane values like equity, openness, collegiality, quality, and community? Across disciplines, incentives and reward structures in academia are widely...
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