Welcome to the January edition of the Libfocus link-out, an assemblage of library-related things we have found informative, educational, thought-provoking and insightful on the Web over the past while.
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You say you want a revolution! Could it finally be time to rethink scholarly communications?
An opinion piece by Elaine Sykes advocating for a collective approach to changing scholarly communications and collectively issuing a declaration to fair publishing.
American Library Association's Year in Review 2023
This piece takes a curated look back at news in 2023 that affected libraries and library workers and dominated discourse in the US.
Hidden victims of the British Library hack: 20,000 authors
The cyber attack on the British Library affects the payments authors receive from public library lending.
Large Language Publishing
Thought piece on the many effects that AI might have on the scholarly communications landscape.
How a Bay Area librarian became an Instagram star
In this article from the San Francisco Chronicle, Julie Johnson looks at how Solano County librarian Mychal Threets has become one of Instagram’s shining stars.
Libraries for the future: Europe’s new wave of ‘meeting places for the mind’
From Ghent’s De Krook to Helsinki’s Oodi, recent civic constructions have shared a vision of the library as a living room for the modern city.
A report on the adoption of Irish open research practices
The latest analysis of publication data from IReL 2022 open access agreements.
Generative AI and the evolution of academic librarianship
A short reflection from an academic librarian on ways we can embrace and utilise AI in teaching.
Can reading really improve your life?
Research suggests that reading for pleasure is a key indicator in a child's future outcomes. In this BBC Radio 4 podcast author Julia Donaldson investigates how we can foster a love of reading in children.
‘The incentive to steal isn’t there’: the lost cause of tracking library theft
In this Guardian article, Daisy Dumas looks at the most popular and pilfered books in Australia's libraries. The article also looks at how libraries are adapting their spaces in response to changing user demographics, seasons and socioeconomic trends.
The State of Open Data Report Released
The eighth annual The State of Open Data report, developed by Digital Science, Figshare, and Springer Nature, has been released. The report shows that almost three quarters of surveyed researchers overwhelmingly said they are still not getting the support they need to share their data openly.
Rethinking Institutional Repositories: Innovations in Management, Collections, and Inclusion
ACRL announces the publication of Rethinking Institutional Repositories: Innovations in Management, Collections, and Inclusion, edited by Josh C. Cromwell (access the OA edition here). The book features a collection of ideas, scholarship, and examples that can inspire and reinvigorate how you engage with the repositories at your institution.
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