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The proportion of research outputs published in open access journals or made available on other freely-accessible platforms has increased over the past two decades, driven largely by funder mandates, institutional policies, grass-roots advocacy, and...
Prisons across the country have started offering “free” electronic tablets to people behind bars. But these devices contain hidden costs. Learn more here.
“Words like ‘bone,’ ‘pubic,’ and ‘stream’ are frankly ridiculous to ban in a field where we regularly find pubic bones in streams,” one participant said of the filter, which organizers had to thwart.
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Nicky AgateFor some reason, I think @nisaface might appreciate this content. Profanity Filter Banned the Word 'Bone' at a Paleontology Conference - VICE
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When the Nashville Public Library released a video of a chain-wearing mouse puppet bobbing to a parody of “Ice Ice Baby” to explain their curbside book pickup, Jamie Keesecker’s colleagues wanted him to make something similar for their new...
Nicky AgateThe story behind 'Library Takeout,' a Duke librarian’s international hit - The Chronicle
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More than 500 years ago, Christopher Columbus's intrepid voyage to the New World ushered in a new era of exploration and discovery. His travels led to Eur
Nicky AgateMore hateful, harmful white supremacist nonsense from hisnibs.
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Ghanaian-Scottish architect Lesley Lokko resigned earlier this week as dean of the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture after only one year.
As we near Election Day, PEN America is working to prepare you for what to expect this campaign season. Learn how to spot, check, and stop disinformation.
The president is harnessing the power of the government, from the Department of Homeland Security to the Postal Service, to disrupt the election. Read the magazine’s five-month investigation.
Nicky AgateI know other distracting things are dominating media coverage right now, but this is profoundly disturbing and needs to be read.
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Nicky AgateThis #GISDay, join @upennlib online for an exploration of how mapping, GIS, & spatial research can help us understand, twist, or tell stories about the madness that is 2020. Submit synchronous talk abstracts + asynchronous lightning talks/demos by 10/20
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