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Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Public Knowledge: Access and Benefits

Edited by Miriam A. Drake and Donald T. Hawkins
Foreword by Judith Coffey Russell

Public Knowledge

Public Knowledge: Access and Benefits, edited by the late Miriam A. Drake together with Donald T. Hawkins, is the first book in years to explore trends and issues for researchers and organizations that rely on U.S. public information. More than a dozen topic experts, information specialists, and government documents librarians discuss the challenges inherent in collecting, preserving, updating, and disseminating a deluge of information generated daily by public sources.

Contributors describe agencies at the forefront of managing the information, explore the role of the federal government and its corps of information professionals, and highlight how public data are being consumed by a surprising range of stakeholders in the digital information age. They remind us of the value and diversity of public information, and of the imperative to make it readily available to all American citizens, to whom it belongs. No reader interested in the latter topic can afford to miss Barbie Keiser's closing chapter on open government, Big Data, and the future of public information.

February 2016/288 pp/softbound/ISBN 978-1-57387-515-8 | Regular Price $59.50 | Web Order Price: $53.55

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ALA Ventures Out Into Communities for New Advocacy Effort

by Corilee Christou

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.

Weekly News Digests

New Tool Makes Biomedical Data Analysis Easier

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."

A Guide to Understanding Deepfakes

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."

First Vigil Puts White Supremacists on Notice

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."

The Failures of FOIA

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."

eLife Covers Meta-Research

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

by Brandi Scardilli

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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The Accidental Taxonomist, 3rd edition

The Accidental Taxonomist, 3rd edition
by Heather Hedden
Foreword by Stephanie Lemieux

The Accidental Taxonomist is the most comprehensive guide available to the art and science of building information taxonomies. Heather Hedden—a leading taxonomy expert and instructor—walks readers through the process, displaying her trademark ability to present highly technical information in straightforward, comprehensive English.

In this fully revised third edition, Hedden adds an entirely new chapter on ontologies, emphasizes the SKOS model of concepts over the traditional thesaurus model of terms, and provides new insights into taxonomy development techniques. She presents fresh survey data; new screenshots and examples; and updated information on software, career opportunities, and resources for taxonomists.

2022/502pp softbound/ISBN 978-1-57387-586-8 | $47.50

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