Bibliothèques : lancement de l’outil de recherche Sofia (ActuaLitté, 18 septembre)
« Les établissements universitaires québécois sont heureux d’annoncer la mise en service du nouvel outil de recherche Sofia, qui a été déployé dans l’ensemble des bibliothèques universitaires québécoises (BUQ) au cours de l’été 2020. C’est l’aboutissement d’un projet porteur et innovant amorcé en 2014 par les BUQ réunies au sein du Sous-comité des bibliothèques du Bureau de coopération interuniversitaire (BCI). » Lire la suite
@ActuaLitte

CARL Would Like to Congratulate Brett Waytuck on his Appointment to the ALA Committee on Accreditation (CARL, September 21)
L’ABRC tient à féliciter Brett Waytuck pour sa nomination au Comité d’accréditation de l’ALA (ABRC, 21 septembre)
Brett Waytuck, University Librarian, University of Regina, and Chair of CARL’s Strengthening Capacity Committee, has been appointed by CFLA's Board of Directors to serve on the American Library Association Committee on Accreditation. // Brett Waytuck, Directeur de la bibliothèque, Université de Regina, et président du Comité sur l’accroissement de la capacité de l’ABRC, a été nommé par le conseil d’administration de la FCAB pour siéger au Comité de l’American Library Association (ALA) sur l’accréditation.  Read more Lire la suite
@carlabrc

WIPO Launches New Free Database of Judicial Decisions on Intellectual Property from Around the World (WIPO, September 24)
"The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) [has] launched WIPO Lex-Judgments, a new database providing free-of-charge access to leading judicial decisions related to IP law from around the world."  Read more
@WIPO

Initiative for Open Abstracts Launches to Promote Discovery of Research (Initiative for Open Abstracts, September 24)
"The Initiative for Open Abstracts (I4OA) calls on all scholarly publishers to open the abstracts of their publications, and specifically to distribute them through Crossref, in order to facilitate large-scale access and promote discovery of critical research. I4OA—a collaboration between scholarly publishers, academic librarians, researchers, infrastructure providers and other stakeholders—will launch at the online conference of the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) on September 24th." Read more
@open_abstracts

White Paper: Ebook Collection Development in Academic Libraries: Examining Preference, Management and Purchasing Patterns (J. Novak, L. A. Ohler, and A. Day, Choice, September 17)
This paper is the seventh in a series “designed to provide actionable intelligence around topics of importance to the academic library community.” It “aims to provide libraries with practical information and ideas for refining their strategies and adjusting expectations when integrating ebooks into their acquisitions workflow.” Read more
@Choice_Reviews

COVID-19 Has Profoundly Changed the Way We Conduct and Share Research. Let’s not Return to Business as Usual when the Pandemic Is Over! (K. Shearer et al, LSE Impact Blog, September 24)
This post by Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) executive board members argues “that the new research climate proves that longstanding shortcomings regarding the time and cost of research can be overcome with enough political will, and that maintaining a culture of open science going forward is necessary to address the big social problems of our time.” Read more
@COAR_eV  @LSEImpactBlog

Editorial: Commitment to Anti-Racism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (JLSC Editors & Editorial Board, Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication, Volume 8, General Issue, 2020)
In this editorial, the editors and editorial board of the JLSC acknowledge systemic biases present in scholarly publishing, and commit to taking concrete actions to further anti-racist practice in this journal. Read more
@jlscpub

Meta-Research: Evaluating the Impact of Open Access Policies on Research Institutions (C.-K. Huang et al, eLife, September 14)
This research, which studied 1207 research institutions and shows differences according to geographic area, looks at how open access policies and other measures meant to encourage open access have affected researcher behaviours. Read more
@eLife

No Answers, Only Questions: The False Fight Against Fake News (C. Wade, Library Barbarian, September 22)
The author argues “that every single approach to these specific things–and they go by many names: media literacy, fake news instruction, news literacy, citizen literacy, etc–is that they are all focused on fixing the behaviors of individuals rather than looking at the social community and political situations of information towards a more just and democratic society collectively.” Read more
@TheGnarrator

Journal Article: “Taking Shared Print to the Next Level: The Partnership for Shared Book Collections” (S. Stearns, M. Revitt, & K. Leonard, Journal of Library Administration, Volume 60, Number 7, September 2020)
“This article introduces the Partnership for Shared Book Collections, a federation of monograph shared print programs. [...] This shared stewardship of collection is critical as local resources are depleted due to the COVID-19 pandemic and access to print for digitization increases.” Read more
@routledgebooks

Mémoire : Les archives de la recherche : enjeux et perspectives pour les bibliothèques universitaires (C. Mercier, ENSSIB, 2020)
Mémoire de fin d'étude de conservateur des bibliothèques, celui-ci pose des questions au sujet de la conservation des archives de la recherche, que ce soient archives privées et publiques, archives scientifiques et administratives. « Diversement réparties dans les collections des bibliothèques universitaires, leur gestion, à l’heure du numérique, ne va pas sans poser question aux bibliothécaires. » Lire la suite
@enssib

What Drives and Inhibits Researchers to Share and Use Open Research Data? A Systematic Literature Review to Analyze Factors Influencing Open Research Data Adoption (A. Zuiderwijk, R. Shinde, & W. Jeng, PLOS One, September 18)
“This study’s purpose is to systematically review the literature on individual researchers’ drivers and inhibitors for sharing and using open research data. This study systematically analyzed 32 open data studies (published between 2004 and 2019 inclusively) and elicited drivers plus inhibitors for both open research data sharing and use.” Read more
@PLOSONE

Portage - Global Water Futures Webinar: Enhancing Collaboration and Reproducibility Using GitHub – October 6, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM ET (online)
Webinaire Portage - Global Water Futures : Enhancing Collaboration and Reproducibility Using GitHub – 6 octobre, 13 h - 14 h HE (en ligne)
This webinar will introduce attendees to the fundamental concepts of distributed version control and will demonstrate how these can be applied in a research context using GitHub and its associated tools and interfaces. // Ce webinaire présentera aux participants les concepts fondamentaux des systèmes de contrôle de version distribuée et démontrera comment ceux-ci peuvent servir dans un contexte de recherche à l’aide de GitHub et ses outils et interfaces connexes. More information Détails
@portageCARLABRC @GWFutures

Portage Webinar: Data Summaries: Distilling Best Practices – October 7, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM ET (online)
Webinaire Portage : Data Summaries: Distilling Best Practices – 7 octobre, 13 h - 14 h HE (en ligne)
In this presentation, Dan Phillips will give an overview of the current landscape of many general repositories including Dataverse on ScholarsPortal, Data Dryad, Figshare, and Pangaea. // Dans cette présentation, Dan Phillips donnera un aperçu du paysage actuel de nombreux dépôts généraux, notamment Dataverse sur ScholarsPortal, Data Dryad, Figshare et Pangaea. More information Détails
@portageCARLABRC 

RLUK Launches Digital Shift Forum – 28 October 2020, 10:00 - 11:30 EDT
In this series, which will be open to all, not just RLUK members, Lorcan Dempsey, Vice President and Chief Strategist at OCLC, “will discuss the long-term pandemic effects for collections.” More information
#RLUKDSF

Registration Open: Library Leaders Forum (Internet Archive) – October 6, 13 & 20, 2020 (online)
"The theme of this year’s Forum is 'Empowering Libraries and Communities Through Digital Lending.' [...] Join experts from the library, copyright, and information policy fields for a three-week virtual event exploring current digital lending strategies for libraries and the future of digital lending." More information
@internetarchive

Call for papers: IFLA Journal Special Issue on Libraries and COVID-19: Opportunities for Innovation
"IFLA Journal is pleased to announce a call for papers for a special issue exploring the adaptation and transformation of the library sectors during the COVID-19 pandemic." Submission Deadline: October 31.  More information
@IFLA

OCLC and LIBER Announce Joint Discussion Series on Open Science – September 24 to November 5 (online)
"The series, based on the LIBER Open Science Roadmap, will help guide research libraries in envisioning the support infrastructure for Open Science (OS) and their role at local, national, and global levels." More information
@OCLC @LIBEReurope

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