Ed. Note: For the many Ai2 users already out there: Paperfinder is part of the Asta ecosystem. It’s now the “Find Papers” tool/service. ScholarQA is also part of the Asta ecosystem. It’s the “Summarize Literature” tool/service. From Ai2: Today we announce Asta, our bold initiative to accelerate science by building trustworthy and capable agentic assistants […]| Library Journal infoDOCKET
From CNI: We invite you to explore the summer 2025 edition of CNI’s Pre-Recorded Project Briefing Series. This collection comprises contributions covering a range of topics, including open infrastructure, digital literacy, identity management, and more. Several sessions report on community-driven efforts to examine how emerging technologies and external pressures are shaping the research and higher education ecosystem. […]| Library Journal infoDOCKET
Here’s the Full Text of the Launch Announcement From the BTAA (Big Ten Academic Alliance): In partnership with seven Big Ten-affiliated university presses, the Big Ten Academic Alliance’s Center for Library Programs announces the expansion of the Big Ten Open Books project with the publication of the second 100-book collection. The second collection is centered […]| Library Journal infoDOCKET
From a Computers in Libraries Article by Michael Blackwell, Jennie Rose Halperin, Catherine Mason, and Carmi Parker: In 2018, Rebecca Giblin and her colleagues created the E-lending Project, measuring in various studies the availability, license terms, and prices of digital titles in Australia. Additionally, using one library vendor, it internationally compared digital findings to print in […]| Library Journal infoDOCKET
From the CBC: A trove of documents detailing more than two centuries of tornado events in Canada is now available to anyone with an internet connection. The files were housed in Environment Canada’s archives, and have been digitized and posted online as part of a multi-year project spearheaded by the Northern Tornadoes Project (NTP) at […]| Library Journal infoDOCKET