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Tuesday, April 16
Top o’ the Review
EDUCAUSE Quick Poll Results: A Growing Need for Generative AI Strategy
(EDUCAUSE Review)
Inside the New AI Index: Expensive New Models, Targeted Investments, and More
(HAI: Stanford University Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence)
See also: AI Now Beats Humans at Basic Tasks—New Benchmarks Are Needed, Says Major Report (Nature)
Joint Guidance on Deploying AI Systems Securely
(NSA AISC: US National Security Agency’s Artificial Intelligence Security Center, CISA: US Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, FBI: US Federal Bureau of Investigation, ASD ACSC: Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre, CCCS: Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, NCSC-NZ: New Zealand National Cyber Security Centre, and NCSC-UK: United Kingdom National Cyber Security Centre)
National Archives Unveils New Mass Digitization Center in College Park, Maryland
(NARA: US National Archives and Records Administration)
NEH Announces $26.2 Million for 238 Humanities Projects Nationwide
(NEH: US National Endowment for the Humanities)
Also from NEH: New Office of Digital Humanities (ODH) Awards, April 2024
Researchers Need “Open” Bibliographic Databases, New Declaration Says
(Science)
See also: Full Text of Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information & List of Signatories and Supporters
ARL Member Libraries
“I’m Really Proud of What I’ve Accomplished”: Reflections from the 2024 Mabel Pugh Taylor Writer in Residence
(McMaster University Library)
In Plain Sight: Preservationists Maintain, Repair UCLA Library’s Media Materials
(UCLA Library via Daily Bruin)
OCLC Global Council Elects Xuemao Wang, Re-elects Anja Smit to Board of Trustees
(Northwestern University Libraries via OCLC)
Second Cohort of Community-Centered Archives Practice: Transforming Education, Advocacy, and Community History (C-CAP TEACH) Deepens Community Partnerships
(University of California, Irvine (UCI) Libraries)
Temple University Faculty Tackle AI Integration: Bridging Technology and Pedagogy
(Temple University Libraries)
The Witness Blanket at Queen’s University
(Queen’s University Library)
Uncommon Collaborations—GIS and Satellite Imagery: Ethics, Applications, and Uncommon Collaborations
(Dartmouth Libraries)
Video: Preserving History: USC Libraries’ Digitization, Preservation, and Access Solutions
(University of Southern California (USC) Libraries via YouTube)
Libraries—Other
A Common Goal, a Common Language: IFLA Open Access Vocabularies Publication
(IFLA: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions)
Total Value of Scholarly Journals Market
(Delta Think)
Advocacy & Public Policy
Access to Science and Innovation in the Developing World
(WIPO: World Intellectual Property Organization)
G7 Science Academies Call on Governments to Take Action on Artificial Intelligence, Nuclear Arms Control, and Social Inequalities and Poverty
(US National Academy of Sciences)
Scholars & Scholarship
Open Access Transitions for Book Publishers (SPA OPS 4.0)
(ALPSP: Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers)
Structure Peer Review to Make It More Robust
(Nature)
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Wednesday, April 17
Top o’ the Review
ARL to Congress: No One Can Own the Law
(ARL: Association of Research Libraries)
See also: Public Knowledge Warns Congress: Don’t Paywall the Law (Public Knowledge)
Continued Support for Open Infrastructure from Canada!
(SCOSS: Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services)
New Report Shows Canadian Universities’ Commitment to Climate Action
(Universities Canada and Canadian Association of University Business Officers)
Red States Threaten Librarians with Prison—as Blue States Work to Protect Them
(The Washington Post)
Report Offers Guidance for Educational Institutions on Collecting Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Data
(Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law for AAAS: American Association for the Advancement of Science)
Researchers Want a “Nutrition Label” for Academic-Paper Facts
(Nature)
Should Researchers Use AI to Write Papers? Group Aims for Community-Driven Standards
(Science)
Spot the Deepfake: The AI Tools Undermining Our Own Eyes and Ears
(Politico)
Also from Politico: How People View AI, Disinformation, and Elections—in Charts
ARL Member Libraries
Knowledge@UChicago Reaches 10,000 Scholarly and Creative Works and 2 Million Downloads
(The University of Chicago Library)
Library Receives National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Grant to Document and Digitize Sound Recordings
(University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) Library)
More Than Just Boxes and Lines on a Page: Stories from a Special Collections Department Reorganization
(University of Delaware via Library Leadership & Management)
Open Research Oklahoma Launches
(Oklahoma State University Library)
2023/2024 Academic Year—Library Wrap-Up
(University of Alberta Library)
“We Were Always Here”: Uncovering and Preserving the LGBTQ+ Experience through the Williams-Nichols Collection
(University of Louisville Libraries)
Western Libraries Launches New App with Thousands of Historical Air Photos
(Western University)
Higher Ed
Most Student Loan Borrowers Have Delayed Major Life Events
(Gallup)
National Coalition Launched to Accelerate Adoption of Learning and Employment Records (LERs) in Postsecondary Education
(AACRAO: American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, ACE: American Council on Education, EDUCAUSE, and others)
Advocacy & Public Policy
GPO Makes Available New Statutes at Large Dating Back to 1789
(GPO: US Government Publishing Office)
Romney, Reed, Moran, King Unveil Framework to Mitigate Extreme AI Risks
(US Senators Mitt Romney (R-UT), Jack Reed (D-RI), Jerry Moran (R-KS), and Angus King (I-ME))
Scholars & Scholarship
Beyond Article-Based Charges Working Group: An Update on Progress
(cOAlition S, Jisc, PLOS)
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Thursday, April 18
Top o’ the Review
ASERL Supports Federal Purpose License to Implement OSTP Nelson Memo
(ASERL: Association of Southeastern Research Libraries)
Better Together: BTAA Libraries, CDL, and Lyrasis Commit to Strengthen Diamond Open Access in the United States
(Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) Libraries, California Digital Library (CDL), and Lyrasis)
Canada’s Plans to Bridge the AI Compute Gap and How It Can Make Industry Policy Inclusive and Sustainable
(OECD.AI Policy Observatory)
CENDI Modernizes Science.gov to Include Updates on Federal Open Science, Public Access, and Scientific Integrity Efforts
(Science.gov)
See also: Enhancing User Experience in DOE’s R&D Results Database (OSTI: Office of Science and Technical Information, US Department of Energy)
Serving Library Patrons Behind Bars: Challenges and Collaborations
(Ithaka S+R)
Tracking Transfer: Measures of Effectiveness in Helping Community College Students to Complete Bachelor’s Degrees
(National Student Clearinghouse Research Center)
Video: ARL/CNI Task Force on Artificial Intelligence Futures Scenarios for the Research Enterprise and Research Libraries
(ARL: Association of Research Libraries and CNI: Coalition for Networked Information)
Also new via CNI:
- More CNI Spring ’24 Meeting Videos Live
- Jisc Report “Mapping Federation Journeys for Optimizing the UK Digital Research Infrastructure”
ARL Member Libraries
Data Science Helps Bancroft Library Organize Historic Japanese American Confinement Records
(University of California (UC), Berkeley Library via Berkeley School of Information)
Inauguration of the New Library at Lees Campus
(University of Ottawa Library)
New Grant Supports Creation of UC Network of Open Source Program Offices
(University of California (UC), Santa Barbara Library)
See also: UC Santa Cruz news release about grant
Norlin Library Now Host of Scorsese’s Public VHS Archive
(University of Colorado (CU) Boulder Library via The Guardian via CU Boulder Cinema Studies & Moving Image Arts)
Northwestern and CERN Step into Collaborative Leadership Role, Fostering Innovation in Open Science
(Northwestern University and Harvard University)
Now Online: South Asian Digital Collection
(Library of Congress)
Patterson Discusses Formative Years, Book Bans, Writing Process at Vanderbilt Event
(Vanderbilt University Jean & Alexander Heard Libraries)
The Library Welcomes You to the Family Room
(McGill University Library)
Vivian Lewis Reappointed McMaster University Library Leader
(McMaster University Library)
Higher Ed
Edtech in Higher Education: Empirical Findings from “Universities and Unicorns: Building Digital Assets in the Higher Education Industry” Project
(CGHE: Centre for Global Higher Education)
Advocacy & Public Policy
Canada: Graduate Student Scholarships to Increase for First Time in Two Decades in Research-Heavy Federal Budget
(University Affairs)
Scholars & Scholarship
A Survey on Retrieval-Augmented Text Generation for Large Language Models (preprint)
(arXiv)
Impact of Transition of Medical Journals from Print to Online-Only on Their Scholarly Performance
(Scientometrics)
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