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A coalition of tech advocacy groups attacked a proposed piece of legislation that would give smaller and conservative news outlets an advantage in negotiating with Big Tech companies, claiming that it would hinder papers ability to compete on social media, not help them.

White House mandates free, immediate public access to government-funded research. Many open-access advocates celebrate the decision, but some scholars wonder who will fund the policy.

/PRNewswire/ -- The National Geographic Society today named Dr. Deborah Grayson as its Chief Education Officer. In this role, Grayson will further the...

/PRNewswire/ -- The National Geographic Society today named Dr. Deborah Grayson as its Chief Education Officer. In this role, Grayson will further the...

President Biden has appointed Yale’s Susan Gibbons to a national advisory board that helps guide policies to enhance museums and libraries across the country.

Now that Charter has reached settlements with major record labels, it’s unclear whether the cable provider will pull the plug on users who pirate music.

A faculty cohort approach can help overcome obstacles to the adoption of open educational resources.

Scholars can now publish open-access research in the prestigious <i>Nature</i> journals. But university-system representatives say the deal isn’t perfect.

Eighty scholarly monographs and edited collections partially funded by libraries participating in MIT Press’s Direct to Open model will publish openly this year.

Librarians sound off on how their jobs and institutions are changing.