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NewsLink Spotlight |
| Open Data Under Attack: How to Find Data and Why It Is More Important Than Ever |
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by Jessica Hilburn
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| This land was made for you and me, and so was the data collected with our taxpayer dollars. Open data is data that is accessible, shareable, and able to be used by anyone. While any person, company, or organization can create and publish open data, the federal and state governments are by far the largest providers of open data. |
Weekly News Digests |
| CCC Readies an AI Systems Training License |
| CCC is introducing an AI Systems Training License later in 2025 for both existing and prospective CCC customers. This voluntary, non-exclusive license will help organizations use copyrighted works lawfully when training AI systems with third-party content. |
| OverDrive and Podium Partner for Audiobook Distribution |
| OverDrive entered into a global distribution partnership with audiobook publisher Podium that allows OverDrive to distribute Podium's catalog to libraries and schools around the world and to be Podium's exclusive partner for audiobook sales outside of the U.S. and Canada. |
| APA Develops a Guide to Fostering Healthy Video-Viewing Habits in Teens |
| The American Psychological Association (APA) created a caregiver resource, Healthy Video Viewing: A Guide for Parents of Teens, which "translates decades of psychological research on adolescent development into practical advice parents can use to understand the effects of different types of content and start conversations with their teens about their video viewing habits. ..." |
| GetFTR Increases Its Support for Perpetual Rights When Journals Move Publishers |
| GetFTR updated "its entitlements checking service to better support perpetual rights, ensuring uninterrupted access to journal content even after a publisher has transferred a journal." |
| OpenAI Creates the NextGenAI Consortium With 15 Research Institutions |
| OpenAI launched the NextGenAI consortium with 15 research institutions around the world. This consortium is "dedicated to using AI to accelerate research breakthroughs and transform education." ... |
NewsBreaks |
| Get to Know CELUS: An 'Authentic, Transparent, and Collaborative' Company |
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by Brandi Scardilli
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| The CELUS online software was created to balance the seesaw of academic and special libraries investing in e-resource subscriptions on limited budgets while making available the econtent their communities need. CELUS harvests, consolidates, and analyzes both COUNTER and non-COUNTER usage statistics from publishers to help libraries, library consortia, and other information organizations be more strategic when making e-resource decisions. |
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