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Tuesday, November 27, 2018
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ALA Ventures Out Into Communities for New Advocacy Effort
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by Corilee Christou
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The two most recent ALA presidents, Jim Neal (2017-2018) and Loida Garcia-Febo (2018-2019), launched robust advocacy programs. Each program concentrates on influencing specific but equally critical segments of library supporters.
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New Tool Makes Biomedical Data Analysis Easier
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According to Phys.org, "Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have developed a tool that speeds up the analysis and publication of biomedical data from many months or years to mere minutes, transforming the way researchers communicate results of their studies."
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A Guide to Understanding Deepfakes
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Francesco Marconi and Till Daldrup write for the Neiman Journalism Lab, "Artificial intelligence is fueling the next phase of misinformation. The new type of synthetic media known as deepfakes poses major challenges for newsrooms when it comes to verification."
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First Vigil Puts White Supremacists on Notice
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Jason Tashea writes for the ABA Journal, "A new online data project is tracking far-right extremism by collecting and aggregating federal and state criminal cases against extremists, including white supremacists and neo-Nazis."
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The Failures of FOIA
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Tim Cushing writes for Techdirt, "Fifty years after the passage of the Freedom of Information Act [FOIA], the letter of the law lives on but its spirit has been crushed. While it's definitely preferable to having no opportunity to demand government agencies hand over requested documents, it's not the significant improvement it was promised to be."
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eLife Covers Meta-Research
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eLife's features editor, Peter Rodgers, writes on Inside eLife, "Meta-research is research that uses the methods of science to study science itself."
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10 Experts Talk Library Positivity
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by Brandi Scardilli
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What will info pros be talking about in the future? How will the information industry change? This year, like any, has seen its share of challenges ... but there's a lot to stay positive about these days too. Join a group of librarians and library-related organizations and companies in celebrating the best parts of being involved with libraries.
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Common Records Management Roadblocks
Enterprise knowledge consultant Angela Pitts discusses access, technology, and other barriers to effective records management in this clip from her presentation at KMWorld 2022.
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