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NewsBreaks

by Larissa Pack

One of the biggest challenges with starting a project, using a new tool, or implementing a different process is learning the information and skills that are necessary for success. Although information professionals tend to have an interest in furthering their education, understanding that new piece of software or that new grant application process can be stressful and is often inefficient at an institutional level. But what if every opportunity to learn that occurred within your place of work was categorized, cataloged, and just a click away?

Weekly News Digests

SPARC Reacts to Clarivate's Completed Acquisition of ProQuest

Clarivate announced on Dec. 1, 2021, that it has completed its acquisition of ProQuest. SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) issued a statement in response. ...

eLife and PREreview Partner With African Organizations to Train Peer Reviewers

eLife and PREreview joined forces with AfricaArXiv, Eider Africa, and the Training Centre in Communication (TCC Africa) to create a peer-review training course for early-career and mid-career researchers in Africa.

Carnegie Mellon University Unveils Podcast Season on the History of Computing

Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) Libraries launched the second season of Cut Pathways, a podcast from CMU's Oral History Program. The six-episode season, titled "The Wild West of Computing," looks at the history of computer science at CMU from 1956 to 1987.

Florida State University Partners With Public Libraries to Create Resiliency Hubs

Florida State University (FSU) is working on a project to make libraries into disaster response centers. Kelsey Klopfenstein writes the following for FSU: "The increasing frequency of natural catastrophes and their uneven impact on vulnerable populations calls for the development of disaster Resiliency Hubs."

NISO Updates Its Access & License Indicators Recommended Practice

NISO (National Information Standards Organization) published an updated version of its Access & License Indicators (ALI) Recommended Practice, which originally came out in 2015.

NewsLink Spotlight

Pew Research Center Updates From Another Pandemic Year

by Brandi Scardilli

NewsBreaks often covers recent surveys and reports from Pew Research Center, "a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world." Its website has 12 topic sections, each showcasing the latest research, which is collected in reports, fact sheets, or other formats that extrapolate respondents' answers to cover the entire U.S. (or other) population. The reports have a summary page that includes the methodology for how the information was collected and a link to download and read the full report. The following are some of the latest reports from 2021.

How KM Is Redefining Federal Records Management

GSA KM specialist and senior records officer Dave Simmons discusses the role of KM in the future of federal records management in this clip from his presentation at KMWorld 2022.

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