Lisa Hinchliffe
Professor/Coord for InfoLit+Instruction, University Library & Affiliate Faculty, School of Information Sciences @ University of Illinois-Urbana
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Public Access Submission System: “Making It Easier To Be Open: Johns Hopkins Engineers Innovative Platform For Repositories”
From a SPARC: [G. Sayeed] Choudhury, Associate Dean for Research Data Management and the Hodson Director of the Digital Research and Curation Center at Johns Hopkins University, applied his engineering expertise to transform the campus library...
BU continues negotiations over science research resource
In the past, Binghamton University has been recognized for its achievements in research, but faculty and students could soon lose an important research tool —...
NISO Plus: Why, What, Who?
Have you ever wished there was more audience participation and discussion at the conferences you attend? That you could take a really deep dive into the topics that interest you? That you could engage more with people working on these topics from...
The Historical Origins of 'Open Science': An Essay on Patronage, Reputation and Common Agency Contracting in the Scientific Revolution by Paul A. David :: SSRN
This essay examines the economics of patronage in the production of knowledge and its influence upon the historical formation of key elements in the ethos and o
An Open Letter to MDPI publishing
Dear MDPI, Your journal publications have grown dramatically, and quite extraordinarily. But there are sceptics who suggest that this reflects low standards and distorting financial incentives. I w…
TL;DR (That is, Too Long; Didn't Read)
Do I really have to read all of that essay or monograph? Can't artificial intelligence do the heavy lifting for me?
People are tricking bots into stealing Disney and Nintendo IP to raise awareness about design theft
Artists fed up with t-shirt vendors stealing their work tricked their automated systems into generating shirts with characters like Mickey Mouse, Pikachu, and Bart Simpson.
Students or data subjects? What students think about university data security
Higher education institutions collect and hold huge amounts of data on students, whether for regulatory purposes or to gather information about students’ experiences. In this report we explore students views on data security, learning analytics and...
Tech companies monitor schoolkids across America. These parents are making them delete the data
As families worry for their children’s futures, a district not far from the CIA headquarters has instituted a yearly data purge
Ex Libris Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Innovative
Customers will benefit from the companies’ decades of library domain expertise, greater combined resources, and pioneering vision.
Lisa Hinchliffe
And here's the press release rumored all day!
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Roadmap for the December 2019 CNI Member Meeting
Meeting Roadmap A Guide to the Fall 2019 Coalition for Networked Information Membership Meeting The Fall 2019 CNI Membership Meeting, to be held at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC on Dece…
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Lisa Hinchliffe
Whether you can attend in person or not, the CNI mtg roadmap is always a great "what's going on" read/update. If you will be at #cni19f I hope to see you at my session w @thecorkboard on privacy in learning analytics!
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Lisa German named Dean of Libraries
Lisa A. German will be the next University Librarian and Dean of Libraries, effective February 28, 2020, pending approval by the Board of Regents at its December meeting. An accomplished research library leader who comes to Minnesota from the...
Most college students work, and that's both good and bad
The vast majority of college students today work, but their motivations and experiences vary widely based on demographics.
Republicans Now Are More Open to the Idea of Expanding Presidential Power
Most Americans continue to say that it would be “too risky” to give the nation’s presidents more power, but the share expressing this opinion has declined
The Plan S open access initiative creates more opportunities than threats for Latin America
Concerns about the threat from the Global North to Latin America's exemplary tradition of open access publishing are understandable but ultimately misplaced. Renegotiation of subscription agreements and the stipulation that article-processing...
Lisa Hinchliffe
"In essence, Plan S encourages commercial publishers to regain the trust that they squandered."
Nice to see it started so clearly that the goal is to rehabilitate the reputation of commercial publishers ?
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Behind the One-Way Mirror: A Deep Dive Into the Technology of Corporate Surveillance
It's time to shed light on the technical methods and business practices behind third-party tracking. For journalists, policy makers, and concerned consumers, this paper will demystify the fundamentals of third-party tracking, explain the scope of...