C&RL News November 2021 454 N e w s f r o m t h e F i e l dDavid Free ARL, CNI, EDUCAUSE release report on research libraries’ use of emerging technologies The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the Coalition for Networked In- formation (CNI), and EDUCAUSE have released “Crest or Trough? How Research Libraries Used Emerging Technologies to Survive the Pandemic, So Far” by Scout Calvert, an ARL visiting program officer and data librarian at Michigan State Uni- versity. The report is the final deliverable of the ARL, CNI, and EDUCAUSE joint initia- tive to advance research libraries’ impact in a world shaped by emerging technologies. The report returns to 11 participants in interviews conducted for the initiative to find out how their perspectives have changed in the year and a half since the initiative began, given the disruption to research and learning caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In these new conversations, the inter- viewees retain optimism for the same trans- formative technologies discussed in earlier interviews, but they observe that the intense activity of the pandemic months has been largely related to adoption and refinement of existing technologies rather than innovat- ing truly novel technological solutions to research and learning challenges. The report is organized in three parts: first, reflections by the interviewees on how their libraries and universities have fared in the pandemic so far and to what factors they attribute their successes. Six socio- technological thematic areas emerged from the conversations about changed expecta- tions for the futures of technologies—these form the second section of the report. Finally, the report shares some factors to consider in technological adoption going forward. Download the report at www.arl.org /resources/crest-or-trough-how-research -libraries-used-emerging-technologies-to -survive-the-pandemic-so-far/. LYRASIS to expand Open Access Community Investment Program LYRASIS has announced the expansion of the Open Access Community Investment Program (OACIP). Following a successful pilot program, LYRASIS is opening a new round of funding opportunities to support Open Access (OA) publishing by scholarly journals. The journals seeking investments in OACIP’s second phase include Algebraic Combinatorics, History of Media Studies, and Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Com- munication. OACIP is a community-driven framework that enables multiple stakeholders—including libraries of all types, academic departments, and funding agencies—to strategically evalu- ate and collectively fund OA content initia- tives through an efficient process. OACIP brings together investment opportunities in one place and also provides important and consistent information about those oppor- tunities to support informed and principled investment decisions. LYRASIS and Transitioning Society Pub- lications to Open Access launched OACIP in 2020, piloting the program with two journals: Environmental Humanities and Combinatorial Theory. Both journals met their fundraising goals to publish OA content in a sustainable model for the next five years. Those interested in funding the next round of OACIP journals can learn more and com- mit funds by visiting the LYRASIS Open Ac- cess Community Investment Program website at www.lyrasis.org/content/Pages/oacip.aspx. CLIR invites applications for digitizing at-risk audio, audiovisual materials The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) is now accepting applica- tions from collecting organizations for the digital reformatting of audio and audiovisual materials through the Recordings at Risk grant program. Generously funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Record- http://www.arl.org/resources/crest-or-trough-how-research-libraries-used-emerging-technologies-to-survive-the-pandemic-so-far http://www.arl.org/resources/crest-or-trough-how-research-libraries-used-emerging-technologies-to-survive-the-pandemic-so-far http://www.arl.org/resources/crest-or-trough-how-research-libraries-used-emerging-technologies-to-survive-the-pandemic-so-far http://www.arl.org/resources/crest-or-trough-how-research-libraries-used-emerging-technologies-to-survive-the-pandemic-so-far http://www.lyrasis.org/content/Pages/oacip.aspx November 2021 C&RL News455 ACRL releases The Scholarly Communications Cookbook ACRL announces the publication of The Scholarly Communications Cookbook, edited by Brianna Buljung and Emily Bongiovanni, which can help you establish programs, teach concepts, conduct outreach, and use scholarly communication technologies in your library. The research lifecycle and associated tools and practices are constantly evolving. In re- sponse to new forms of research output and mandates for open data and science, scholarly communication and related work have become important services for academic librar- ians to offer faculty and students. These s e r v i c e s i n c l u d e research data man- agement, copyright, open educational re- sources, and open ac- cess publishing sup- port. This scholarly communication sup- port connects many roles across the library, including liaison duties, instruction, and technical services. Academic libraries are increasingly vital throughout the entire research process. The Scholarly Communications Cookbook features 84 practical, how-to recipes that can be used by those new to scholarly communication, early-career librarians, and more experienced professionals looking for fresh ideas for their institution. The book is divided into four thor- ough sections: • Taking Your Program to the Next Level, • Open Educational Resources, • Publishing Models and Open Access, and • Tools, Trends, and Best Practices for Modern Researchers Each recipe includes outcomes for imple- menting the project, and many also include out- comes for end-users, such as workshop at- tendees. Chefs have aligned recipes to standards and frame- works, including the ACRL Framework for Information Lit- eracy for Higher Ed- ucation, the ACRL Scholarly Commu- n i c a t i o n To o l k i t , and NASIG’s Core Competencies for Scholarly Communication Librarians. The Scholarly Communications Cookbook is available for purchase in print and as an ebook through the ALA Online Store; in print through Amazon.com; and by telephone order at (866) 746-7252 in the United States or (770) 442-8633 for international customers. ings at Risk is focused on digitizing “at-risk” recorded content of high importance to re- searchers and the general public. Awards will cover direct costs of preser- vation reformatting for aging audio and/or visual time-based media by eligible organi- zations working with experienced service providers. To make their determinations, CLIR’s independent review panel will assess the potential scholarly or public impact of proposed projects, the urgency of undertak- ing those projects, the viability of applicants’ plans for long-term preservation, and the appropriateness of the planned approach to creating access. CLIR will award grants of between $10,000 and $50,000 for digital reformatting projects that will take place between May 1, 2022, and April 30, 2023. The application deadline is December 15, 2021. Awards will be announced in April 2022. More information is available at www.clir. org/recordings-at-risk/. GPO, Law Library of Congress digitize United States Congressional Serial Set The U.S. Government Publishing Office http://www.clir.org/recordings-at-risk/ http://www.clir.org/recordings-at-risk/ C&RL News November 2021 456 2022 ACRL Board of Directors candidates ACRL is pleased to announce the slate of candidates for the association’s Board of Directors for the 2022 ALA/ACRL elec- tions. Vice-President/President-Elect: • José A. Aguiñaga, Glendale Community College • Beth McNeil, Purdue University Director-at-Large: • Walter Butler, Pasadena City College • Michael J. Miller, Bronx Community College–CUNY Director-at-Large: • Leslin H. Charles, Rutgers University • Rebecca Miller Waltz, Pennsylvania State University Libraries Councilor: • Merinda Kaye Hensley, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign\ • Kara Whatley, California Institute of Technology A full list of candidates for ACRL and sec- tion offices will be available in the January 2022 issue of C&RL News. (GPO), in collaboration with the Law Li- brary of Congress, has digitized and made available volumes of the U.S. Congressional Serial Set on GPO’s govinfo, the one-stop shop to information published by the federal government. The release comes as part of a large decade- long partnership to digitize more than 15,000 volumes and more than 9.4 million pages of the U.S. Congressional Serial Set back to the first volume, which was published in 1817. GPO and the Law Library began this digiti- zation effort two years ago. This first public release contains selected volumes from the 69th Congress (1925–27), the 82nd Con- gress (1951–53), and several 19th-century Congresses. The public can access these volumes of the Serial Set on govinfo at www.govinfo.gov/app /collection/serialset. Springshare launches LibConnect Springshare recently unveiled LibConnect, a platform marrying its existing LibCRM product’s functionality with fully featured email marketing and engagement capabili- ties. Key highlights of LibConnect’s email marketing capabilities include ILS importer to create LibConnect profiles and easily iden- tify email audiences to form email distribu- tion lists based on user preferences, prebuilt and custom templates for sending beautiful and engaging email campaigns, a drag-and- drop email editor to add any type of content to outgoing emails, and more. These email features build on existing CRM functionality of operational email sending, custom profile fields and interaction types, LibCal and LibAnswers integration for a 360-degree view of patron interactions, proj- ect and task management for subject experts and liaisons, and more. For more on LibConnect, visit https://blog. springshare.com/2021/08/25/reintroducing -libconnect-patron-engagement-email -marketing/. Bloomsbury acquires Artfilms assets Bloomsbury Publishing Plc recently an- nounced that it has completed the acquisi- tion of certain assets of Artfilms, the video streaming service of Contemporary Arts Media. Artfilms offers more than 2,000 films from top artists and independent filmmak- ers, mainly aimed at arts education and arts practitioners. 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The Serials Price Projection Report looks at market dynamics highlighting many topics and trends that impact the scholarly information marketplace, including how economic factors influence publisher pricing, library budget chal- lenges, e-journal packages, open access, and the non-renewal of print subscriptions. To read the 2022 Serials Price Projection Re- port in its entirety and view the Five-Year Journal Price Increase History, visit www.ebsco.com /sites/g/files/nabnos191/files/acquiadam-assets /EBSCO-Five-Year-Journal-Price-Increase -History-2017-2021.pdf. Africa, and Japan and covers such subject areas as Visual & Applied Arts, Film Studies, Media Studies, Music & Dance, History, Philosophy, and more. Artfilms includes masterclasses, docu- mentaries, and interviews—content that entertains, educates, and informs. This acquisition aligns with the overall mission of Bloomsbury Digital Resources to serve a global community of students, schol- ars, instructors, and librarians by providing creative online research and learning environ- ments that deliver excellence and originality. Project MUSE to host MHRA titles Project MUSE has announced that, begin- ning in 2022, five subscription journals from the Modern Humanities Research Associa- tion (MHRA) will be hosted on the MUSE platform. The association’s titles in language, literature, and area studies will join more than 35 additional titles that have signed on to Project MUSE’s expanded journal hosting program this year. Journals in the MUSE hosting program are not included in the MUSE journal collections, but libraries may take up individual subscriptions to access the titles on the platform. The journal titles, along with the volume year for which coverage on the MUSE platform will begin, are Austrian Studies (Vol. 11, 2003), Modern Language Review (Vol. 96, 2001), Portuguese Studies (Vol. 17, 2001), Slavonic and East Euro- pean Review (Vol. 79, 2001), and The Yearbook of English Studies (Vol. 31, 2001). EBSCO releases 2022 Serials Price Projection Report The 2022 Serials Price Projection Re- port from EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) is now available. The report proj- ects that the overall effective publisher price increases for academic and academic medical libraries are expected to be (before any cur- rency impact) in the range of three to five percent for individual titles and one to three percent for e-journal packages. 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