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A provisional system to evaluate journal publishers based on partnership practices and values shared with academic institutions and libraries
Identifying publishers with similar values may help libraries and institutions make strategic decisions about resource allocation. Publishers, especially non-profit publishers, could use the criteria in this paper to guide practices that align with mission-driven institutions, whilst institutions and libraries could use the system to identify publishers acting in good faith towards public institutions of higher...
Position paper
Archives and special collections linked data: navigating between notes and nodes
Libraries are in a state of moving from experimentation to production with linked data, and it is vitally important that the needs for descriptions of special collections materials are not left behind at this critical moment. This document helps to outline some of the challenges and opportunities in our shared linked data future.
Report
Machine learning and libraries: a report on the state of the field
This report expertly frames machine learning and both its possibilities and its challenges. After defining machine learning and distinguishing it from the broader category of artificial intelligence (AI), the author describes the history of the use of these technologies in libraries and explores various approaches.
Report
COVID-19 and the digital shift in action
This report explores how RLUK member libraries prepared for the closure of their physical libraries, their experiences of working remotely, and what plans they are putting in place to enable their recovery.
Report
Open content activities in libraries: same direction, different trajectories
This report synthesises findings from the 2018-19 Global Council survey on current and future planned open content activities for a global cohort of research and university libraries.