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Day in Review (June 22, 2020)

ARL Member Libraries

Commercial Textbooks Present Challenges in a Virtual Environment
https://www.lib.uoguelph.ca/news/commercial-textbooks-present-challenges-virtual-environment

COVID-19 Budget Cuts Impact UO librarians
https://www.dailyemerald.com/news/covid-19-budget-cuts-impact-uo-librarians/article_f467476e-b416-11ea-86fc-0750cf38f138.html

Georgia Tech Libraries Bid Farewell to Dean Murray-Rust
https://www.library.gatech.edu/news/georgia-tech-libraries-bid-farewell-dean-murray-rust

Pratt Institute in Collaboration with NYU Receives $600,000 Mellon Grant for Digital Preservation Outreach and Education Network (DPOE-N) Project
https://www.pratt.edu/news/view/digital-preservation-initiative-receives-600000-grant-from-andrew-w.-mellon

WashU Authors Get 25% off Elsevier Open Access Processing Charges (WashU Renews with Elsevier)
https://library.wustl.edu/washu-authors-get-25-off-elsevier-open-access-processing-charges/

 

Higher Education Members

Navigating a Racial Crisis: Lessons Learned From University of Missouri
https://www.acenet.edu/News-Room/Pages/Navigating-a-Racial-Crisis-Lessons-Learned-From-University-of-Missouri.aspx

UBC Board of Governors Chair Resigns after ‘Deeply Hurtful’ Social Media Activity Opposing Black Lives Matter
https://www.citynews1130.com/2020/06/20/ubc-board-of-governors-chair-resigns-after-deeply-hurtful-social-media-activity-opposing-black-lives-matter/

 

Higher Education General

Ensuring an Accurate Count of College Students and Towns in the 2020 Census
https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2020/2020-college-students.html

Secretary DeVos Unveils Enhanced Online Portal for Higher Education Institutions to Report Foreign Gifts and Contracts
https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/secretary-devos-unveils-enhanced-online-portal-higher-education-institutions-report-foreign-gifts-and-contracts/

Statement by AGB President and CEO Henry Stover on the Recent Supreme Court Decision on DACA
https://agb.org/news/press-releases/statement-by-agb-president-and-ceo-henry-stover-on-the-recent-supreme-court-decision-on-daca/

 

Resources and Reports

FAIRsFAIR Launches FAIR Assessment Tool
https://www.fairsfair.eu/news/fairsfair-launches-fair-assessment-tool

Research Article: “Gender Inequality in Research Productivity during the COVID-19 Pandemic”(Preprint)
https://www.infodocket.com/2020/06/20/research-article-gender-inequality-in-research-productivity-during-the-covid-19-pandemicpreprint/

Academic Publishing: SPARC Releases 2020 Update to Landscape Analysis & Roadmap for Action Report
https://sparcopen.org/news/2020/sparc-releases-update-to-landscape-analysis-and-accompanying-interactive-website/

Global Scientific Collaboration Hindered by Politics, says Baker Institute Study
http://news.rice.edu/2020/06/22/global-scientific-collaboration-hindered-by-politics-says-baker-institute-study-2/

 

Curated by Gary D. Price, MLIS
Co-Founder and Editor, Library Journal’s infoDOCKET
Information Industry Analyst
Librarian
http://infoDOCKET.com
@infodocket

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