scholarly journals News from the Field

2019 ◽  
Vol 80 (8) ◽  
pp. 426
Author(s):  
David Free
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Gun Violence ◽  
Free Access ◽  
The Public ◽  
Impact Research ◽  
Book Illustrations ◽  
Library Impact ◽  
Public Papers ◽  
Research Grant

Folger Library launches British Book Illustrations projectPennsylvania Civil War Deserters Database now available2019 ACRL Academic Library Impact Research Grant recipientsLYRASIS announces 2019 Catalyst Fund RecipientsGPO, OFR expand The Public Papers of the PresidentsSPARC launches Big Deal Knowledge BaseMind the Gap reports state of open-source publishing softwareProject MUSE announces free access to gun violence scholarship

Deconstructing an Epidemic

2018 ◽  
pp. 39-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason R. Silva ◽  
Emily A. Greene-Colozzi
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Public Perception ◽  
Gun Violence ◽  
Future Research ◽  
The Public ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Dramatic Rise ◽  
Substantial Rise

The excessive media coverage of mass gun violence has contributed to the public perception of an epidemic. These senstionalized media accounts highlight statistics suggesting a dramatic rise of the phenomenon. This chapter provides an in-depth analysis and comparison of open-source datasets to identify methodological weaknesses and clarify the prevalence of the problem. Findings illustrate the definitional, temporal, and data collection issues impacting the accuracy of assessment. This deconstruction of research counters the perception of a substantial rise in mass gun violence and suggests rates will vary depending on the typological phenomenon being investigated. A discussion of findings illustrates the importance of continuing the examination of mass gun violence and provides comprehensive guidelines for future research assessing the frequency of the phenomenon.

England, Ireland, and Rome, 1847-1848

1989 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 259-277
Author(s):  
Donal A. Kerr
Keyword(s):  
Great Britain ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
British Government ◽  
Catholic Priests ◽  
The Public ◽  
Northern District ◽  
Catholic Religion ◽  
Pius Ix ◽  
Public Papers ◽  
Made In

In the spring of 1848 a number of respected English vicars-general, William Bernard Ullathorne of the Western District, John Briggs of the Northern District, and Thomas Brown of Wales decided that one of them, together with Fr Luigi Gentili, the Rosminian missioner, should proceed immediately to Rome. Their object would be to support, by personal intervention with Pius IX, a memorial drawn up by Briggs, signed by twenty Irish and three or four bishops in Great Britain, which was solemnly presented to the Pope by Thomas Grant, President of the English College in Rome. This memorial ran: we most... solemnly declare to Your Holiness that British Diplomacy has everywhere been exerted to the injury of our Holy Religion. We read in the public Papers that Lord Minto is friendly received... by Your Holiness At this very time, however,... the first Minister of the British Government, the Son in Law of Lord Minto is publicly manifesting in England, together with his fellow Ministers, his marked opposition to the Catholic Religion and the Catholic Church. Another cause of our serious alarm is the very general hostile and calumnious outcry now made in both houses of our Parliament and throughout Protestant England against the Catholic Priests of Ireland, falsely charging them with being the abettors of the horrible crime of murder whilst as true Pastors they are striving t o . . . console their... perishing people and like good shepherds are in the midst of pestilence giving their lives for their flocks.

Open source software as a mature library system in Armenia

Infolib ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 34-37
Author(s):  
Anna Chulyan ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Digital Preservation ◽  
Free Access ◽  
Efficient Organization ◽  
Digital Repositories ◽  
High Level

The article touches upon the importance of long-term digital preservation of Armenian cultural heritage through creation of digital repositories using Open-Source Software in Armenian libraries. The research highlights the advantages of Open-Source Software in context of providing free access to digital materials, as well as its high level of functionality in order to empower libraries with new technologies for more efficient organization and dissemination of information.

Wikipedia and libraries

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-68
Author(s):  
John Lubbock
Keyword(s):  
Media Literacy ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Wide Scope ◽  
Cultural Institutions ◽  
The Public ◽  
Other Information ◽  
Information Professionals ◽  
And Training

As the quality, scope and usefulness of Wikipedia (and its sister projects) increases, the Wikimedia community are increasingly reaching out to academic, library and other information professionals. Through institutional partnerships and training, we show how using Wikimedia projects can bring extra value to the library as a place of digital study and media literacy. Libraries and Wikipedia both aim to bring knowledge to a wider audience, to create spaces where people can safely learn and find the resources they need, and we believe it is possible for us to reach those goals together. This article will describe the complex and wide scope of our work with libraries and explain how our work complements the work of libraries and other cultural institutions. It will provide paths and ideas for librarians to understand how to effectively use the resources provided by Wikimedia to imagine how libraries can serve the public in our digital age.

scholarly journals Distributed digital preservation: preserving open journal systems content in the PKP PN

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 246-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bronwen Sprout ◽  
Mark Jordan
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Public Knowledge ◽  
Business Relationship ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Interface Usability ◽  
Unique Part ◽  
Formal Business ◽  
Open Journal Systems

PurposeThis paper aims to discuss the public knowledge project (PKP) preservation network (PN), which provides free preservation services for eligible journals by collecting article content and preserving it in a network of (at the time of writing) eight “preservation nodes” using the LOCKSS system. The PKP PN was launched in June 2016. Design/methodology/approachThis paper addresses the development and implementation of a free, distributed digital PN for open journal systems (OJS) content. It discusses challenges in developing the network, in particular relating to preserving content from a set of partners who have no formal business relationship with PKP. The paper examines data regarding journals that have opted in to the network to date and considers interface usability and other barriers facing those that have not joined. FindingsWithin 18 months of launch, more than 600 journals had opted to be preserved in the PKP PN. Many more journals are eligible to join the network; the paper explores potential strategies to increase participation and identifies and proposes methods to overcome technical and communication barriers. Originality/valueThis paper describes a highly collaborative, open-source preservation initiative which forms a unique part of the e-journal preservation landscape and preserves a particularly vulnerable portion of the scholarly record.

scholarly journals An Open Source-Based BCI Application for Virtual World Tour and Its Usability Evaluation

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanghum Woo ◽  
Jongmin Lee ◽  
Hyunji Kim ◽  
Sungwoo Chun ◽  
Daehyung Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Virtual World ◽  
Communication Channel ◽  
Brain Computer Interface ◽  
Open Science ◽  
Computer Interface ◽  
The Public ◽  
Control Functions ◽  
Computer Interfaces ◽  
And Control

Brain–computer interfaces can provide a new communication channel and control functions to people with restricted movements. Recent studies have indicated the effectiveness of brain–computer interface (BCI) applications. Various types of applications have been introduced so far in this field, but the number of those available to the public is still insufficient. Thus, there is a need to expand the usability and accessibility of BCI applications. In this study, we introduce a BCI application for users to experience a virtual world tour. This software was built on three open-source environments and is publicly available through the GitHub repository. For a usability test, 10 healthy subjects participated in an electroencephalography (EEG) experiment and evaluated the system through a questionnaire. As a result, all the participants successfully played the BCI application with 96.6% accuracy with 20 blinks from two sessions and gave opinions on its usability (e.g., controllability, completeness, comfort, and enjoyment) through the questionnaire. We believe that this open-source BCI world tour system can be used in both research and entertainment settings and hopefully contribute to open science in the BCI field.

scholarly journals Securing the wireless emergency alerts system

2021 ◽  
Vol 64 (10) ◽  
pp. 85-93
Author(s):  
Jihoon Lee ◽  
Gyuhong Lee ◽  
Jinsung Lee ◽  
Youngbin Im ◽  
Max Hollingsworth ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Software Defined Radio ◽  
Severe Weather ◽  
Base Stations ◽  
The Public ◽  
Software Libraries ◽  
Amber Alerts ◽  
Almost All ◽  
To Receive

Modern cell phones are required to receive and display alerts via the Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) program, under the mandate of the Warning, Alert, and Response Act of 2006. These alerts include AMBER alerts, severe weather alerts, and (unblockable) Presidential Alerts, intended to inform the public of imminent threats. Recently, a test Presidential Alert was sent to all capable phones in the U.S., prompting concerns about how the underlying WEA protocol could be misused or attacked. In this paper, we investigate the details of this system and develop and demonstrate the first practical spoofing attack on Presidential Alerts, using commercially available hardware and modified open source software. Our attack can be performed using a commercially available software-defined radio, and our modifications to the open source software libraries. We find that with only four malicious portable base stations of a single Watt of transmit power each, almost all of a 50,000-seat stadium can be attacked with a 90% success rate. The real impact of such an attack would, of course, depend on the density of cellphones in range; fake alerts in crowded cities or stadiums could potentially result in cascades of panic. Fixing this problem will require a large collaborative effort between carriers, government stakeholders, and cellphone manufacturers. To seed this effort, we also propose three mitigation solutions to address this threat.

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