Lisa Hinchliffe
Professor/Coord for InfoLit+Instruction, University Library & Affiliate Faculty, School of Information Sciences @ University of Illinois-Urbana
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The Alameda County Library, along with partners from the American Library Association's Office of Intellectual Freedom, Data & Society Research Institute, and librarians from across the country will use knowledge gathered during the IMLS-funded...
Misunderstanding in $11.6 Million Campus Purchase? | Inside Higher Ed
The purchasers of a shuttered college campus in Nashua, N.H., mistakenly thought they were buying an operating college, according to the city’s mayor, the Union Leader reported. The campus of the former Daniel Webster College was purchased by a...
Lisa Hinchliffe
I am somewhat amused by this. I am also rather befuddled.
"They though they were buying an operating college, but they are not..."
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Brendt Christensen sentenced to life in prison for murder of Yingying Zhang : SPlog : Smile Politely
Following the 2017 kidnapping and murder of U of I student Yingying Zhang, Brent Christensen was dealt a life sentence this afternoon after the jury could not come to a consensus regarding the death penalty. You can read the AP report linked…...
Elsevier offered compromise to University of California, UC declined
Elsevier offered compromise to University of California to continue publishing academic research. UC Library offered alternative plan that was too complex
The plan to mine the world’s research papers
A giant data store quietly being built in India could free vast swathes of science for computer analysis —but is it legal?
Lisa Hinchliffe
The non-consumptive argument has worked before. But, that SH connection might undo the entire thing?
The plan to mine the world’s research papers
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Update on open access and academic journal contracts: a presentation to the UC Board of Regents' Academic and Student Affairs Committee
On July 17, 2019, Acting Provost and Vice Provost Susan Carlson, University Librarian and Chief Digital Scholarship Officer Jeffrey MacKie-Mason, and Associate Vice Provost and Executive Director Günter Waibel briefed the UC Board of Regents’...
Circa Solar - realign with the nature of time
A radical new cross-platform time-telling app designed for smartwatch and phone.
Does It Stick?
A question we get asked a lot about our four moves curriculum is whether it sticks. Can a two or three week intervention really change people’s approach online to information permanently? Rem…
WIPO Now Gets Into The Extrajudicial, Zero Due Process, Censorship Act Over Sites It Declares 'Infringing'
Every few years this kind of thing pops up. Some ignorant organization or policymaker thinks "oh, hey, the easy way to 'solve' piracy is just to create a giant blacklist." This sounds like a simple solution... if you have no idea...
ResearchGate and Springer Nature pilot program
Understanding the Terminology
Lisa Hinchliffe
@MsPhelps @rschon No problem. I can see how you inferred. FWIW, here's the list of journals if you want to test it out.
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David Worlock | Developing digital strategies for the information marketplace | Supporting the migration of information providers and content players into the networked services world of the future.
DavidWorlock.com is dedicated to the idea that using information in networks creates wholly fresh businesses which , though often founded on traditional publishing skills , rely for success and profitability on a creativity derived from the...
Pearson's Digital-First Textbook Initiative and Student Choice
Phil Hill's blog - making sense of EdTech, bringing together insights from people you can trust.
Life Data Economics: Calling for New Models to Assess the Value of Human Data
Life data economics: Calling for new models to assess the value of human data.
A Guide to Patron Privacy
Having open-ended conversations with people, not just handing them a to-do list, can often help them make better choices for themselves.
Intro to Speculative Fiction by People of Color
If you walk into the science fiction and fantasy section of just about any book store, you’ll likely see shelves of great books, mostly written by white men. We are not attempting to make a s…
Diverting Leakage to the Library Subscription Channel
Springer Nature is leading in the effort to preserve library subscriptions by syndicating its content and, in doing so, would establish ResearchGate as perhaps the foremost service for the distribution of scholarly content. Analysis by...