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• OCLC Releases More Than 150 Million WorldCat Entities as the Foundation of a Linked Data Infrastructure

  24-05-2022 21:34 via infodocket.com
  
  From OCLC:
  OCLC has completed a project, funded in part by a grant from the Mellon Foundation, to develop a shared entity management infrastructure that supports linked data initiatives in the library community. As a result of this effort, OCLC has released millions of authoritative WorldCat Entities through a publicly searchable website and will continue to partner with libraries to develop the tools needed to fully incorporate linked data into library workflows and improve resource discovery t
  
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• Plan S Journal Comparison Service is Now Open for Publishers to Register and Deposit Price and Service Data

  24-05-2022 16:48 via infodocket.com
  
  From a cOAlition S Announcement:
  cOAlition S is excited to release today the Journal Comparison Service (JCS), a secure, free and long-anticipated digital service, that aims to shed light on publishing fees and services.
  Starting from today, publishers can register with the JCS publisher portal. After signing a service agreement, publishers can share information, at journal level, highlighting the services they provide and the prices they charge in line with one of the Plan S approved price and
  
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• Open Web Research Resource: FAO Unveils New Public Tool Based on Agricultural Census Data

  24-05-2022 15:53 via infodocket.com
  
  From the FAO:
  The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is endowing FAOSTAT, the world’s largest agricultural data base, with an important new domain that enables much easier comparison and assessment of trends over time of the agricultural structures of all Member countries.
  An open access portal serving as a global public good, FAOSTAT gathers and harmonizes a wealth of data on the production, trade and consumption in the agricultural sectors, by far the world&rsq
  
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• AP Report: “Burn-Proof Edition of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Up for Auction”

  24-05-2022 14:08 via infodocket.com
  
  From the Associated Press:On Monday night, timed for PEN America’s annual gala, Atwood and Penguin Random House announced that a one-off, unburnable edition of “The Handmaid’s Tale” would be auctioned through Sotheby’s New York. They launched the initiative with a brief video [see below] that shows Atwood attempting in vain to incinerate her classic novel about a totalitarian patriarchy, the Republic of Gilead. Proceeds will be donated to PEN, which advocates for fr
  
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• Book Chapter: Ethics of Open Data

  24-05-2022 13:33 via infodocket.com
  The following book chapter (accepted for publication, preprint) is scheduled for publication in the ACRL publication, Scholarly Communication and Open Culture.
  Title
  Ethics of Open Data
  Authors
  Nic WeberUniversity of Washington
  Brandon LockeEDUCOPIA
  Source
  via arXivChapter accepted for publication in ACRL’s ‘Scholarly Communication and Open Culture’
  DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2205.10402
  Abstract
  This chapter addresses emergent ethical issues in producing, using, curating, and providin
  
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• Roundup (May 24, 2022)

  24-05-2022 06:01 via infodocket.com
  Athletes: A Collection of Free to Use and Reuse Images From the Library of Congress
  King County Judge Agrees With AG Ferguson, Denies Google’s Attempt to Dismiss Location Tracking Lawsuit (Washington State Office of the Attorney General)
  Policy Commons Preserves 40,000 Endangered EPA Documents
  
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