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December 24, 2024 — In addition to this week's NewsBreaks article and the monthly NewsLink Spotlight, Information Today, Inc. (ITI) offers Weekly News Digests that feature recent product news and company announcements. Watch for additional coverage to appear in the next print issue of Information Today.
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NC LIVE Makes Gale’s Indigenous Peoples Archive Available to North Carolina Libraries
NC LIVE, North Carolina’s statewide library cooperative, announced “the addition of the Indigenous Peoples of North America, Part I digital archive from Gale, part of Cengage Group. This permanent collection, made possible through funding from an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grant, offers a comprehensive view of the history, cultures, and experiences of Indigenous peoples across North America and Canada.”“Indigenous Peoples of North America is particularly significant for North Carolina, given the state’s rich Indigenous history,” says Paul Gazzolo, Gale’s SVP and general manager. “By adding this collection, NC LIVE is providing a powerful tool not only for local tribes to explore their own histories, but also for all North Carolinians to gain a more comprehensive understanding of the state’s indigenous heritage. This collection will undoubtedly serve as a bridge between past and present, supporting education, research and cultural preservation efforts across the state. We are proud to partner with NC LIVE to make these primary source materials accessible to its communities.” For more information, read the press release.
Kanopy Lists Its Most-Watched Content From 2024
Kanopy unveiled its most-watched films, documentaries, and TV series in 2024. “Two Oscar-nominated films ‘Past Lives’ (2023, A24) and ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ (2023, Neon), and a critically acclaimed indie favorite ‘Jules’ (2023, Bleecker Street), take the top-three positions on the feature film list. Rounding out the top five are: ‘You Hurt My Feelings’ (2023, A24) and the 2024 Winner of the Cinema for Peace Awards ‘Golda’ (2023, Bleecker Street,” the blog post shares.It continues, “In the category of documentaries, two of the top 5 films were about felines: Cats of Malta (2023) Entertainment Squad and Kedi (2016) Oscilloscope Laboratories, logging in at #2 and #4 respectively. The first, third, and fifth films on the docs list include ‘Lynch/Oz’ (2022, The Criterion Collection), ‘Four Daughters’ (2023, Kino Lorber), and a perennial favorite ‘I Am Not Your Negro’ (2016, Kino Lorber).” As for TV, “BBC’s ‘Father Brown’ series/saga takes Kanopy’s overall top honors, landing five different seasons among the top 10. Other most-streamed series in Kanopy’s top five include ‘Detective Montalbano: S1’ (1999, MHz), at No. 2, ‘The Forsyte Saga: S1’ (2002, PBS) at No. 4, and ‘Beyond Paradise: S1’ (2023, BBC Studios) at No. 5.” For more information, read the blog post.
The Library of Congress Introduces a Data Package for Its U.S. Elections Archive
Tracee Haupt writes the following in “New U.S. Elections Web Archive Data Resources Available” for the Library of Congress blog The Signal:For nearly twenty-five years, the Library of Congress has been archiving campaign websites for Presidential, Congressional, and gubernatorial elections. Back in 2022, we released a dataset of index files for the United States Elections Web Archive, and we are happy to announce that this dataset is being relaunched as [a] data package on data.labs.loc.gov/packages/, with new resources to help researchers understand and use the data. The new data package includes enhanced documentation explaining the contents of the dataset and how it was created, as well as metadata for candidate campaign sites extracted from the United States Elections Web Archive. The general election seasons from 2000-2016 are currently available, with more recent data to be added later. For more information, read the blog post.
Boston Review Explores the Future of AI and Copyright
Alexander Hartley writes the following in “To Whom Does the World Belong?” for Boston Review:The legal battles over AI currently playing out—and the large number still to come—may profoundly impact the balance of wealth and power in countless democracies in the decades ahead. For an idea of the scale of the prize, it’s worth remembering that 90 percent of recent U.S. economic growth, and 65 percent of the value of its largest 500 companies, is already accounted for by intellectual property. By any estimate, AI will vastly increase the speed and scale at which new intellectual products can be minted. The provision of AI services themselves is estimated to become a trillion-dollar market by 2032, but the value of the intellectual property created by those services—all the drug and technology patents; all the images, films, stories, virtual personalities—will eclipse that sum. It is possible that the products of AI may, within my lifetime, come to represent a substantial portion of all the world’s financial value. For more information, read the article.
PLOS Receives Grant to Support Its OA Publishing Efforts
PLOS announced that it “has been awarded a $3.3 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, underscoring its commitment to pioneer a shift away from traditional publishing models. The 3-year funding package from the Gates Foundation will support PLOS’ transition towards APC-free publishing by enabling authors, funded by the foundation, to publish with PLOS without facing APC barriers, and to contribute to open access publishing options for authors who do not have access to funding. This 3-year grant offers support while PLOS is actively working on new publishing models grounded in open science starting with an ongoing research & design project.”For more information, read the press release.
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