ISU ReD marks its 10,000th item

Black and white photograph of Angeline (Ange) V. Milner, first librarian at Illinois State Normal University. Milner is shown sitting at her office desk. Date unknown.

ISU ReD, Illinois State University’s institutional repository, recently marked an important milestone: its 10,000th addition

Recent developments in open access

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Open access is a goal, not a methodology, and publishers, authors, readers, and funding institutions all continue to explore various options to offer creators that can remove barriers to accessing their works.

Noted scholar to give virtual talk on racism in search engines

Dr. Safiya Umoja Noble

Best-selling author and associate professor Dr. Safiya Noble will give a virtual talk titled Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October 21, over Zoom. Noble’s talk will be a part of Open Access Week 2020 activities held by Milner Library.