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The Puzzle of Large-Scale Digital Collections: Have We Reached an Inflection Point?
(American Library Association, 2024-01) Allison-Bunnell, Jodi
Since the debut of digital collections from libraries, archives, and other cultural heritage institutions in the mid-1990s, we've searched for solutions to make those collections easily available to researchers. Aggregations and subject-based portals emerged as part of those solutions, with enthusiastic support from federal granting agencies, states, and foundations. Some (California Digital Library, Mountain West Digital Library) have adapted and persisted over time, some are present but less robust (Western Waters), and others are long gone (Colorado Digitization Program, Washington Women's Heritage). After a quarter-century of investment in digital collections at and across institutions in the United States, we clearly struggle to find sustainable and effective solutions. It's a fiendishly difficult problem in the absence of other options, such as a federally supported national digital collections program. Significantly, the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) announced publicly on April 3, 2024, that it was seeking a new organizational home for its cultural heritage aggregation program after concluding that it could not sustain the program in its current form. With this announcement, and the debut last summer of JSTOR's Shared Collections, it's useful to reflect on whether this new service represents a significant progression in this space, or if it's more likely that any cultural heritage aggregation in the United States will continue to struggle.
Metagenome-assembled genome of the alkaliphilic Cyanobacterium sp. PNNL-SSL1
(American Society for Microbiology, 2026-03) Khadivar, Hossein; Bui, Huyen; Huesemann, Michael H.; Gao, Song; Gerlach, Robin
Microalgae and cyanobacteria are promising sources of fuels, chemicals, and bioproducts, but CO2 supply increases production cost. We present the metagenome-assembled genome of the alkaliphilic Cyanobacterium sp. strain PNNL-SSL1 obtained from Soap Lake (Washington, USA). PNNL-SSL1 shows strong potential for biomass production using only atmospheric CO2, reducing cultivation expenses.
Spatio-temporal dynamics of Hendra virus in Australia reveal stable maintenance of diverse viral clades among Pteropus bats
(Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2026-04) Kwe Yinda, Claude; Eden, John-Sebastian; Prates, Érica T.; Cornelia Vlot, Anna Hendrika; van Tol, Sarah; Anzick, Sarah L.; Wang, J.; Halpin, Kim et al.; Jones-Slobodian, Devin
Hendra virus (HeV) was discovered in 1994 in Australia. Limited genomic data have hindered comprehensive understanding of HeV’s evolutionary dynamics. Here we recovered 48 HeV genomes from bats and 9 from horses from Australia between 2016 and 2020, revealing four distinct clades. Each clade was distributed over a large spatial area with multiple clades co-circulating within a single bat roost on the same day and over consecutive years. The diversity and temporal stability of co-circulating clades suggest that viral dynamics are driven by episodic shedding of existing lineages maintained at the population level, rather than immune-driven strain-replacement dynamics. HeV isolates of different clades displayed variation in phenotypic properties but minimal antigenic differences. We provide an overview of evolutionary dynamics, phenotypic properties and assessment of countermeasures for HeV, and provide insights into the processes that maintain virus diversity in bats and influence the potential for viral emergence.
MilfoilMapper: a web-based tool to inform Eurasian watermilfoil ( Myriophyllum spicatum ) management
(Cambridge University Press, 2025-11) Wolfe, Ashley L.; Bajcz, Alex W.; Newman, Raymond M.; Thum, Ryan A.
Invasive M. spicatum sensu lato strains can differ in their growth, spread, impacts, and herbicide response. For example, strains of Eurasian (Myriophyllum spicatum L.) and hybrid (Myriophyllum spicatum × Myriophyllum sibiricum Kom.) watermilfoil have been characterized as resistant or susceptible to specific herbicides (e.g., fluridone and 2,4-D). Identifying resistant and susceptible strains can inform managers as to whether a specific herbicide should be used to treat a water body. However, to date, no centralized location existed to house and share M. spicatum and M. spicatum × M. sibiricum strain and herbicide response information. To address this need, we built MilfoilMapper, a publicly available, user-friendly R Shiny application that houses invasive M. spicatum sensu lato strain distribution and herbicide response information. To date, we have identified 290 strains from more than 300 lakes across the United States sent by state agencies, aquatic plant managers, and citizen scientists. Although some strains are found only in a single lake, some strains have been found in multiple lakes. Therefore, strain information obtained from either the field or the lab can be applied to additional lakes where these strains are found. We encourage people to incorporate genetic surveying and monitoring into their M. spicatum management plans to help identify strains that should be prioritized for herbicide characterization. We believe MilfoilMapper will facilitate and encourage these actions by providing a centralized, interactive platform for tracking M. spicatum and M. spicatum × M. sibiricum strain data, enabling lake managers, stakeholders, and state agencies to share experiences and resources to improve the efficacy and efficiency of invasive M. spicatum sensu lato management.
The Missing Mechanic: Behavioral Affordances as the Limiting Factor in Generalizing HTML Controls
(ACM, 2025-08) Petros, Alexander William; Gross, Carson; Shaffer, Dillon; Revelle, Matthew
In this paper, we analyze a set of three proposals—titled Triptych—which carefully extend HTML to support more generalized hypermedia controls. We evaluate the expressive power of these proposals by demonstrating which user experience patterns they make possible to describe in HTML, and which patterns remain unsupported. We also introduce the concept of behavorial affordances which characterize common UX patterns in web applications. Through this analysis of UX patterns, we show that HTML currently lacks a native mechanism for expressing behavioral affordances. Finally, we theorize a mechanism for defining arbitrary behavioral affordances that could fill this expressive gap.