• Springer Nature expands AI-driven digital editing services to books authors and editors for free

Library Technology Guides reports that “Springer Nature has today announced a new pilot with American Journal Experts (AJE)* which will see its AI-driven editing services being made freely available to book authors and editors. It will enable authors to have their manuscripts improved by grammatical errors being corrected as well as improving phrasing and word choice…”

MORE LIBRARY AND PUBLISHING NEWS FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES

• Library of Congress appoints leaders to advance digital-forward strategy for discovery and preservation of collections

• New NSF awards Will Advance Theoretical Foundations Of Data Science Research Through Interdisciplinary Collaborations

• 2023 ACRL Board of Directors Candidates

• 17% Salary Increase Part Of First-Ever Librarian Union Deal With University Of Michigan

• Read & Publish Open Access initiative: number of participating institutions doubles in a year

CONFERENCES, MEETINGS, and WEBINARS

AALL 2022 Brings People Together in Denver – It has been 3 years since the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) held its last in-person conference, which was in Washington, D.C. The 2020 New Orleans conference and the 2021 Cleveland conference were replaced with online events. This year, during AALL, held July 16–19, the organization seemed ready to accept the challenge and responsibility of trying to make the event as safe as possible…”