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.
ACRL announces the publication of The Open Science Cookbook, edited by Emily Bongiovanni, Melanie Gainey, Chasz Griego, and Lencia McKee, a collection of lesson plans and activities for supporting openly accessible, reproducible research. The Open Science Cookbook provides a wide variety of lesson plans and learning activities for supporting collaborative, transparent, openly accessible, and reproducible research. In five sections, it has something for beginners to more advanced practitioners and for different audience sizes.
This paper seeks to define the qualities of a good research library leader through a qualitative study using the lens of Aristotelian virtue theory. Narrative evidence was collected from library directors in the UK and North America on their ethical identity, how they develop excellence in their libraries, and how they deal with complex problems. A set of virtues are identified and presented in a model of a flow of influence from the leader into the organization, with beneficial effects on character, culture and social impact. The paper provides a unique perspective on library leadership and organization in the academy.
Libraries are once again at the forefront of change, continuously adapting to meet the shifting demands of their communities and institutions. From harnessing the power of emerging technologies to redefining the role of physical spaces, libraries are evolving into vibrant, multifunctional hubs of innovation, collaboration and learning.
For at least a century, scientists have been concerned with the need for clear scientific writing. This concern has grown with the advent of the internet allowing for global, interdisciplinary collaboration. In this study, we used R software to analyse over twenty million abstracts from scientific papers in the health and medical fields—tracking changes in the frequency with which different writing components have been used since the 1950s. This historical understanding provides insight into our past writing cultures, how they have changed, and where we stand as science communicators today.
This document contains findings from co-design workshops and in-depth interviews conducted with digital cultural heritage practitioners in Washington D.C. and London during October-November 2024. Funded by the Mellon Foundation Public Knowledge Grant, this research explored the development of the Data Lifeboat tool for preserving networked image content from Flickr and the speculative Safe Harbor Network of trusted institutions for maintaining Data Lifeboats in the long term.
Today’s libraries need programs that align with their values, offer a solid return on investment, and support bibliodiversity. This is why Syracuse University joined JSTOR’s Path to Open, at both the press and library levels. This groundbreaking initiative aims to support the transition of high-quality monographs to open access at unprecedented scale.
From the UC Davis Library: A landmark research project led by the University of California Libraries provides new insight into what students, faculty and researchers want to be able to do with digital books, and how libraries, publishers and distributors of digital books can better meet those needs within the parameters of U.S. copyright law.
ITHAKA announced on May 29 that Roger Schonfeld will lead JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services as its managing director. Launched in April 2025, JSTOR Digital Stewardship is a new digital collection stewardship solution designed to help libraries and archives describe, preserve, manage, and share their unique collections at scale. This service integrates next generation digital asset management with AI-powered collection processing using JSTOR Seeklight, long-term preservation powered by Portico, and paths for increased discovery through the JSTOR platform.
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Writing for all readers as a warner, not a doomsayer, Barrat aims to dispel widespread ignorance about AI at a time of exponentially decreasing chances to control its impact on the shape of human society.
Reinecke draws on decades of research in anthropology, neuroscience, and human-computer interaction, providing a well-sourced and diverse approach to these challenges. This book is essential for readers interested in the cultural dimensions of technology development.
This well-researched book is a challenging read, but Persico keeps his audience engaged, particularly with interesting quotations. Both academic and public libraries might find it of interest.
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