• CCC Releases a Study of How Knowledge Workers Handle Information

CCC is unveiling key findings from “Information Seeking and Consumption Study,” which is based on data gathered by Outsell. They include the following:

• [P]otential instances of unlicensed sharing per employee in the executive suite [were] significantly higher than middle management or individual users, even as executives had the highest reported level of copyright awareness.
• [E]mail is still the preferred method of distributing information but is trending downwards. …”

MORE LIBRARY AND PUBLISHING NEWS FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES

• The Microbiology Society and The Big Ten Academic Alliance consortium sign open publishing agreement

• A New EPUB Reader For E-Books From the Library of Congress Open Access Books Collection

• Publishers Association unveils industry-wide Inclusivity Action Plan

• Frontiers Formalizes Platform Partnership With the World Economic Forum

• RLUK Releases Community-Driven Toolkit for the Development and Delivery of Virtual Reading Rooms (VRRs)

• Elsevier Encourages Submissions to Women in AI Issue of Life Sciences Journal

• Taylor & Francis Calls for Environmental Sciences Papers

• Top 9 Canadian Law Books for Legal Professionals

CONFERENCES, MEETINGS & WEBINARS

The advance registration deadline for the ACRL 2023 Conference, to be held March 15-18, 2023, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and virtually, is coming up on February 10. Higher education has changed dramatically over the last few years. Academic libraries are addressing an increased emphasis on remote learning, rising calls for social justice, and an acknowledged need for flexibility that supports a sustainable work-life balance. ACRL 2023 will explore these issues and more around the theme of “Forging the Future.” …”