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Tuesday, October 29, 2024
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A 2024 Pew Research Center Check-In
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by Brandi Scardilli
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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 main 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. Here are some of the latest reports and other analyses from throughout 2024.
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Info Industry People News From ALA, CILIP, and the Library of Congress
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ALA named Denise Davis a senior fellow in its Department on Institutional Advancement, Programs, and Partnerships and in its Public Policy and Advocacy Office.
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Thomson Reuters Buys Materia to Shore Up Its AI Road Map in Its Tax & Accounting Sector
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Thomson Reuters acquired Materia, "a US-based startup that specializes in the development of an agentic AI assistant for the tax, audit and accounting profession."
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JSTOR Teams With Latin American Organizations to Release 100 OA Humanities and Social Sciences Books
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"JSTOR, the Latin Americanist Research Resources Project (LARRP), and Libreria Garcia Cambeiro have released 100 Open Access titles from the highly respected Argentine publisher, Prometeo Editorial."
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Silverchair Buys ScholarOne From Clarivate to Advance Its Offerings for Publishers
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Silverchair signed a definitive agreement to acquire ScholarOne Manuscripts and ScholarOne Conferences from Clarivate.
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Schlager Group Debuts a Digital Library of Primary Sources
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Schlager Group launched "the Schlager Digital Library platform, a one-stop e-text and library reference resource providing hand-selected primary sources suitable for undergraduate and graduate research and classroom instruction."
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Oh No, Not Another Halloween Information Sources Article!
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by Anthony Aycock
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In politics, there is a thing called the October surprise. Coined in reference to Jimmy Carter's hoped-for success in freeing the Iranian hostages in 1980, which might have helped him beat Ronald Reagan that year, the term has ever since connoted a last-minute headline that upends a presidential election. For readers of NewsBreaks, "October surprise" might mean something different: another article from me about Halloween information sources.
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Digital Science Publishes Report on the Impact of Research Transformation
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by Barbie E. Keiser
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Digital Science's Research Transformation series explores how the research world is changing. "Change in the Era of AI, Open and Impact: Voices From the Academic Community," the third report in the series, looks at research innovation, how emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence are influencing the way research is conducted, and the innovations supporting research transformation. In addition to technologies, the report examines other drivers of change, such as funding policies, sustainability, open access, and social responsibility.
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