Guest Post — Do Libraries Still Dream Unified Dreams? Part 2

Today’s post looks at loosely coupled software and services that together could be used to create a modular library system. What are the merits, and flaws, of such an approach and what can libraries (and technology providers) do to remedy some of the less desired effects of such strategies?

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Guest Post — Do Libraries Still Dream Unified Dreams? Part 1

Why is the unified dream of library software still so strong among the library community? In an ever more diverse library landscape, why do we still envision and talk about THE library system? And what are the alternatives?

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Swimming in the AI Data Lake: Why Disclosure and Versions of Record Are More Important than Ever

Data quality and record keeping are going to grow in importance as a result of AI applications.

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Guest Post: AI and Scholarly Publishing — A (Slightly) Hopeful View

The impact of the changes artificial intelligence will cause rests on how creative humans can be at harnessing novel technologies to the greatest benefit. The challenge, then, for publishers, is to ensure they are the creative adopters leading the charge, as opposed to being trampled by better customer experiences created by other technological disruptors.

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What Can I Do with This? Indicators of Usage Rights in the User Interface

Inconsistency in location/format of usage rights information and CC badges across formats and platforms makes it challenging to discover if/how articles can be reused. @lisalibrarian

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Guest Post — An Inspiring and Sustainable Future for Scholarly Events

Paul Killoran, CEO of Ex Ordo reflects on the future of scholarly events and makes a case for innovation.

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A Serious Game for Scholarly Publishers: The STM Trends 2027 Helps Publishers Level Up

@TAC_NISO describes STM Association 2027 Trends report released Thursday. It helps people grasp the direction and impact of technology changes in our community so they can “level up”

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Guest Post — What is Keeping University Chief Information Security Officers Up at Night

An SNSI research project looks at the views of university Chief Information Security Officers toward network security, potential threats, data security, and the risks posed by Sci-Hub.

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Guest Post – Mapping Open Science Resources from Around the World by Discipline

Jo Havemann presents a map containing more than 200 resources and supplementary data nodes across the spectrum of available tools, guidelines, events, and services by research discipline, also including general resources that are sortable by Open Science principle, language or country.

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Textpocalypse: A Literary Scholar Eyes the “Grey Goo” of AI

What will the “grey goo” of AI generated text do to us? A scholar of writing and technology talks with us about AI and Large Language Models.

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Guest Post – GPT-3 Wrote an Entire Paper on Itself. Should Publishers be Concerned?

Saikiran Chandha discusses the impact of GPT-3 and related models on research, the potential question marks, and the steps that scholarly publishers can take to protect their interests.

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Guest Post — Why Interoperability Matters for Open Research – And More than Ever

Rebecca Lawrence discusses how connections across all aspects of the system are needed for open research to flourish and deliver upon its promise.

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