Re: [CODE4LIB] what does it mean to own a book?

2023-08-24 Thread Tamara Marnell
Hi all, I'm going to be that student in the class who says, "Yes...and no." Yes, it is unfortunate that so many of our materials are licensed rather than owned, and there are now legal barriers to having lots of copies to keep stuff safe. However, for the century-plus between the spread of

[CODE4LIB] Take the Survey of Use of Bard, Bing and ChatGPT in Art/Digital Image Librarianship and receive a free copy of the ensuing report

2023-08-24 Thread Jose Mavarez
Primary Research Group Inc., publisher of research reports about libraries and higher education (www.Primaryresearch.com) is surveying image and art librarians about the current and expected impact of Chat GPT, Bard and other artificial intelligence programs on art/image librarianship. Answers

[CODE4LIB] Working to Bring Out the Best with INVEST - NASIG webinar

2023-08-24 Thread Steve Oberg
Please join us for an upcoming webinar. With the NASIG Board's permission, we are offering this webinar free for NASIG members; non-member and group rates are also reduced. Please contact the NASIG Continuing Education Committee at c...@nasig.org if you have any questions. The following details

Re: [CODE4LIB] Any cool new discovery projects out there?

2023-08-24 Thread Ken Varnum
Coincidentally, we launched LibKey Discovery in our local article discovery layer this morning, in addition to the links generated via Primo's APIs. Students return next week and I'm curious to see how usage of the LibKey and Primo links compares. -- Ken

Re: [CODE4LIB] Any cool new discovery projects out there?

2023-08-24 Thread Hammer, Erich F
I don't think it is new, but we recently licensed LibKey and think it is very cool. In theory, the browser plugin (LibKey Nomad) will be deployed campus-wide which will help a lot of folks. Third Iron is also in the later stages of developing an enhanced plugin (Nomad++?) that will be even

[CODE4LIB] Any cool new discovery projects out there?

2023-08-24 Thread Kristen Wilson
Hi everyone, At NC State, we're working on assessing the state of our discovery environment, and we're trying to take a look at new projects being done at other libraries that we can learn from. Has anyone worked on or heard about any cool new discovery projects recently? These could be things

[CODE4LIB] LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group: Summer/Fall Wikidata Working Hour Series Second Session August 28th!

2023-08-24 Thread Radovsky, Susan Deborah
Greetings, everyone – Over the summer and into the fall the LD4 Wikidata Affinity