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• Op/Ed: Politicians Shouldn’t Get to Delete Inconvenient Facts

  11-04-2025 17:41 via infodocket.com
  From a NY Times Op/Ed by By Nanna Bonde Thylstrup (Studies Data Loss at the University of Copenhagen and Richard Ovenden (Head of the Bodleian Libraries at the University of Oxford):
  President Trump’s administration has targeted information curated by government agencies, erasing vast swaths of knowledge. While database updates and website changes are routine, this is probably the first time Americans are witnessing deletion weaponized on a large scale as a political tool. These deletions
  
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  11-04-2025 17:41 via infodocket.com
  From a NY Times Op/Ed by By Nanna Bonde Thylstrup (Studies Data Loss at the University of Copenhagen and Richard Ovenden (Head of the Bodleian Libraries at the University of Oxford):
  Presently, there is no clear way to avoid these impacts. Some of the deletions involving the C.D.C. and Food and Drug Administration were halted in February by a court order, but that probably saved only a small fraction of deleted pages. Solutions vary: The Trump administration’s purge of government databases
  
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• Journal Article: “Reference Coverage Analysis of OpenAlex Compared to Web Of Science and Scopus”

  11-04-2025 15:37 via infodocket.com
  The article linked below was recently published by Scientometrics. 
  Title
  Reference Coverage Analysis of OpenAlex Compared to Web Of Science and Scopus
  Authors
  Jack H. Culbert
  GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences
  Anne Hobert
  Göttingen State and University Library
  Najko Jahn
  Göttingen State and University Library
  Nick Haupka
  Göttingen State and University Library
  Marion Schmidt
  German Center for Higher Education Research and Science Studi
  
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• U.S. Congress: Jayapal, Hirono Introduce Resolution to Recognize Library Workers

  11-04-2025 02:34 via infodocket.com
  From U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) (Full Text of Release):U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) and U.S. Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) are introducing a resolution honoring library workers during National Library Week.
  “Libraries and library workers are vital to every single community in this country. They facilitate our access to information, provide often lifesaving social resources, and host critical educational programming,” said Jayapal. “As the Trump
  
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