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October 17, 2024

Bloomsbury Digital Resources
Welcome to LJAN Resources, our monthly academic content roundup. We’ll be curating standout InfoDocket posts and nonfiction LJ book reviews once every month for quick access to news and reviews you can use.

From Infodocket:

ITHAKA Invests in Perlego to Make Course Materials Accessible and Affordable
ITHAKA is investing in Perlego, a company dedicated to making knowledge more accessible. Perlego, founded in 2017, provides students around the world with affordable access to a digital library of over 1 million textbooks. To date, over 500,000 students have used Perlego in their coursework.
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Journal Article: “Organizational Structure Around Web-Scale Discovery Services in Canadian Academic Libraries”
This study analyzed how Canadian post-secondary libraries have managed and administered their web-scale discovery service and how adopting a discovery service has changed the traditional boundaries of standard library functions. Through a combination of survey responses and semi-structured interviews, the author investigated how Canadian academic libraries organized around their web-scale discovery service.
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Research Article (Preprint): The Rise of AI-Generated Content in Wikipedia
The rise of AI-generated content in popular information sources raises significant concerns about accountability, accuracy, and bias amplification. Beyond directly impacting consumers, the widespread presence of this content poses questions for the long-term viability of training language models on vast internet sweeps.
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Navigating AI’s Future: How Sci-Fi Predicted Today’s Knowledge Challenges


Dr. Ashleigh Faith, MLIS, PhD from EBSCO dives into "Libraries of Future Past," exploring how science fiction predicted today’s AI challenges: navigating information overload, discerning truth, and ethical knowledge pursuits. While AI helps, humans—especially librarians— are crucial in organizing and helping unearth trustworthy information. 

 

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cOAlition S Announces Releases an Independent Study on the Impact of Plan S, First Assessment of the Impact of Plan S Five Years After Its Launch
cOAlition S is pleased to announce the release of an independent, comprehensive study assessing the impact of Plan S on the scholarly communication landscape. Conducted by scidecode science consulting, following a tender process, this study provides the first assessment of the impact of Plan S five years after its launch.
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Journal Article: “Open Access Improves the Dissemination of Science: Insights from Wikipedia”
Wikipedia is a well-known platform for disseminating knowledge, and scientific sources, such as journal articles, play a critical role in supporting its mission. The open access movement aims to make scientific knowledge openly available, and we might intuitively expect open access to help further Wikipedia’s mission. However, the extent of this relationship remains largely unknown. To fill this gap, we analyze a large dataset of citations from the English Wikipedia and model the role of open access in Wikipedia’s citation patterns.
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From LJ Reviews:

 
SOCIAL SCIENCES
PREMIUM
Red Hook: Brooklyn Mafia, Ground Zero
By Frank Dimatteo & Michael Benson
Readers who enjoy stories about organized-crime families will appreciate this book. Give to fans of Five Families by Selwyn Raab and For the Sins of My Father by Albert DeMeo.
 
PREMIUM
The Scapegoat: The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham
By Lucy Hughes-Hallett
Hughes-Hallett vividly describes the politics and culture of the era in this fascinating biography for readers of British history.
 
PREMIUM
Others Like Me: The Lives of Women Without Children
By Nicole Louie
A recommended and affirming account of the lives of childless and child-free women.
NONFICTION 
Paper Boat: New and Selected Poems, 1961–2023
By Margaret Atwood
Essential for any serious poetry collection.
 
What I Ate in One Year (and Related Thoughts)
By Stanley Tucci
A delicious serving of Tucci’s special blend of tasteful prose and sparkling wit that his fans and general foodies will savor.
 
Instrument of War: Music and the Making of America’s Soldiers
By David Suisman
Scholars will appreciate this nuanced history of music and pop culture in wartime.
TRAVEL & GEOGRAPHY 

The Science Lover’s Guide to London

By Rachael Rowe
A beautiful, expansive guide to London’s scientifically significant sites, engaging for both urban and armchair explorers. It readily complements information found in Fodor’s or Lonely Planet guides to the city.
 
PREMIUM
Kinfolk Journeys
Ed. by John Burns
A beautiful, browsable book for intrepid travelers, promoting unique journeys around the world. It’s also for armchair travelers who prefer to visit remote locations from the comfort of home.
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