• The Chronicling America Newspaper Collection Gets an Interactive Map and Timeline

According to Information Today “The Library of Congress (LC) blog Headlines & Heroes shared updates on the Chronicling America digitized historical newspapers collection. Users can now access an interactive map and timeline via an application that maps publication locations for 3,000-plus newspapers in the collection. The timeline of publication dates covers 1777–1963. The application is powered by the Esri ArcGIS Instant Apps platform...”

MORE LIBRARY AND PUBLISHING NEWS FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES

• Call for Book Chapters: Innovative Library Workplaces #ACRL Publication

• Thieme and ResearchGate launch content syndication partnership

• Beth Adelman Assumes Role as President of the American Association of Law Libraries

• Wolters Kluwer, Health announces new additions to the Lippincott portfolio

• Code Ocean’s Open Science Library allows free, turnkey replication of computationa experiments

• #BookTok rejoice: TikTok launches official Book Club

• Radioprotection to adopt S2O and OA mo

• The National eLearning Center chooses Naseej to launch the flexible learning pathways for public, tertiary and vocational education

CONFERENCES, MEETINGS, & WEBINARS

Recording of NASIG 2022 Vision Session by Sarah Lamdan A highlight of last month’s #NASIG2022 was a vision session presented by Sarah Lamdan on “What Does the Transition from Publishing to Data Analytics Mean for Libraries?”

“Lamdan, a professor at CUNY School of Law and a librarian, focuses her research on information law and policy across the spectrum from open government to personal privacy. More recently, Professor Lamdan testified in front of the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee as part of a hearing on “Digital Dragnets: Examining the Government’s Access to Your Personal Data.”