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Tuesday, December 10, 2024
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Great Reads for 2025
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by Brandi Scardilli
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To mark the end of the year, NewsBreaks and Information Today contributors are sharing the books they loved in 2024 and the books they are most looking forward to reading in 2025—whether for pleasure, education, or both. I hope this helps you find your next great read!
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Access Partnership Looks at Trends in Tech Policy for 2025
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Access Partnership released the "Tech Policy Trends 2025" report, which "explores AI's transformative power for 2025, offering a deep dive into three critical dimensions." ...
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The Internet Archive Ends Its Court Battle With Publishers
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The Internet Archive made a statement about its recent court battle over lending digital copies of library books. ...
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Innovative Shares Takeaways From a Webinar on Social Media for Libraries
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Library Technology Guides posted a press release from Innovative that shares in part: "Innovative, part of Clarivate, hosted a webinar with library marketing expert Cordelia Anderson on the topic of getting the most out of your library's social media presence."
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TechCrunch: 'Study of ChatGPT Citations Makes Dismal Reading for Publishers'
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Natasha Lomas writes the following for TechCrunch: "As more publishers cut content licensing deals with ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, a study put out this week by the Tow Center for Digital Journalism ... makes for interesting, or, well, concerning, reading."
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Book Riot Looks at the Evolution of BookTok
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Arvyn Cerezo writes the following in "Is BookTok Past Its Peak?" for Book Riot: "I asked some industry experts to find out if BookTok's magic has finally faded."
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OASPA Offers Recommended Practices for Better OA Publishing
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The Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association (OASPA) published "a set of recommended practices that can mitigate exclusion and make an inequitable system less harmful by tackling workflow and financial barriers to open access publishing."
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Altmetric Begins Tracking Bluesky as an Attention Source
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Altmetric is now tracking Bluesky in real time as a new attention source for published research, detecting posts, reposts, and quotes that have a direct link to a scholarly work.
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Search Engine Land Shares Striking Google Search Data
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Danny Goodwin writes the following for Search Engine Land: "A mere 148 keywords account for 15% of all Google searches."
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How AI Can Help You Use Up Holiday Leftovers: Examples From ChatGPT, Gemini, and Copilot
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by Sophia Guevara
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Have you ever thought of using AI to make the most of your food budget? How about for tackling holiday leftovers this season? I had quite a bit of leftovers and a few other ingredients from Thanksgiving that I needed to deal with—and I wondered if AI tools could help me make use of what I had.
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East Flagstaff Community Library Delivers Holiday Cards to Hospital Patients
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by Brandi Scardilli
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'Tis the season of giving, and East Flagstaff Community Library has a fun way for patrons to spread some festive cheer to people in the hospital over the holidays. For the past several years, the library has been hosting an all-ages card-making project. If they can't attend the designated in-person program on Dec. 12, patrons can drop off their handmade cards at the library by Dec. 18, 2024, or contact the library to coordinate a pickup. Then the cards will be delivered to the nearby Rehabilitation Hospital of Northern Arizona and the Flagstaff Medical Center.
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This evocative historical novel tells the story of Giacinto, who emigrates from Italy in 1912 and becomes a carousel carver during the golden age of the craft in America, and Rosa, the eight-year-old orphan girl thrust into his care.
In 1939, with war looming and few new carousels being built, Giacinto leaves Philadelphia for the New Jersey shore, where his wildly popular creations require skilled attention after every summer season. The arrival of Rosa from Italy turns a solitary and predictable middle-aged existence on its head.
2019 | ISBN: 978-1-940091-03-7 | 143 pp/trade paperback | $13.95
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