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Tuesday, January 14, 2020
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Kudos Debuts the Research Showcase Discovery Platform
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Kudos introduced Research Showcase, a platform designed to "drive discovery of 'research in progress', providing stakeholders ... with earlier insight into emerging research from leading researchers, groups and institutions around the world."
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OCLC Uses Mellon Foundation Grant to Explore Linked Data
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OCLC received a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation that will allow the organization to create "a shared 'Entity Management Infrastructure' that will support linked data management initiatives underway in the library and scholarly communications community."
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ARL Issues Comments on NIH's Data Management and Sharing Policy Draft
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The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) issued a response to the DRAFT National Institutes of Health (NIH) Policy for Data Management and Sharing and supplemental DRAFT guidance.
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DPLA and BiblioLabs Increase Ebook Access
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The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) joined forces with BiblioLabs ... to give "libraries the ability to license a growing collection of more than 16,000 ebooks. ..."
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'You're Probably More Susceptible to Misinformation Than You Think' by Darren Lilleker
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"[T]o what degree do people actually believe what they read online, and what influence does misinformation really have? Ask people directly and most will tell you they don't trust the news they see on social media. And a landmark study in 2019 found 43% of social media users admitted to sharing inaccurate content themselves. So people are certainly aware in principle that misinformation is common online."
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