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Monday, July 29
Top o’ the Review
AAAS Policy Forum: AI Breakthroughs, Challenges, and Calls to Action
(AAAS: American Association for the Advancement of Science)
AI Has Hurt Academic Integrity in College Courses but Can Also Enhance Learning, Say Instructors, Students
(Wiley)
See also: Research Integrity in the UK: Annual Statement 2024 (UKCORI: UK Committee on Research Integrity)
Announcing Better Discourse: A Guide for Bridging Campus Divides in Challenging Times
(Campus Compact)
ARL Selects Co-hosts for First DEI Institute
(ARL: Association of Research Libraries)
Book Bans Are Not Just Bad Policy; They Can Raise Civil Rights Issues
(US Department of Education)
Implementation Update for Data Management and Access Practices Under the Genomic Data Sharing Policy
(NIH: US National Institutes of Health)
Now Available: IFLA ARL Newsletter Issue #11
(IFLA: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions ARL: Academic and Research Libraries Section)
Phantom Data Could Show Copyright Holders If Their Work Is in AI Training Data
(Imperial College London via Tech Xplore)
See the paper discussed in the article: Copyright Traps for Large Language Models (arXiv)
ARL Member Libraries
AI and Digital Accessibility: The Milton S. Eisenhower (MSE) Library Reserves Team’s Perspective
(Johns Hopkins Sheridan Libraries & University Museums)
ASU Library Collection Is Deceptively Simple Fun
(Arizona State University (ASU) Library)
Black Students’ Experiences and Perceptions of the Library at a Predominately White Institution
(Penn State University Libraries with Howard University Libraries via portal: Libraries and the Academy)
Note: An open full-text preprint version is also available.
Latin America & Caribbean Digital Humanities Symposium Offers Collaboration Outside the US
(University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries)
PUL Previews Its New Website, Welcomes User Feedback
(PUL: Princeton University Library)
With Focus on Supporting HBCU Faculty, Brown Library Expands Access to Scholarly Digital Publishing
(Brown University Library)
Higher Ed
Oregon and Washington Graduate Students Tackle Problem of Bias in AI
(OPB: Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Advocacy & Public Policy
Catalyzing American Innovation in Climate Resilience
(OSTP: Office of Science and Technology Policy, The White House)
US Senate Spending Bill Sets Up Congressional Clash over Research Spending
(Science)
Scholars & Scholarship
Breach of Academic Values and Misconduct: The Case of Sci-Hub
(Scientometrics)
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Tuesday, July 30
Top o’ the Review
AI Is Complicating Plagiarism. How Should Scientists Respond?
(Nature)
AI’s Data Appetite Is Huge. That’s a Problem for Privacy Laws.
(Bloomberg Law)
Big Ten Academic Alliance Leadership Institute Shapes Future Leaders in Higher Education
(BTAA: Big Ten Academic Alliance)
College Student Views on Free Expression and Campus Speech 2024
(Knight Foundation)
Generative AI Hits 100 Million User Milestone in US
(EMARKETER)
Large Language Models: Trust and Regulation
(HDSR: Harvard Data Science Review)
New Research Framework Will Help AI Chatbots Better Mimic Human Conversation
(University at Buffalo, SUNY)
Scoping the Second Phase of the Alternative Publishing Platforms Work
(Alternative Publishing Platforms)
Varying Degrees 2024: New America’s Eighth Annual Survey on Higher Education
(New America)
ARL Member Libraries
Archive Tucson Oral History Spotlight: Proud to Be Chinese, Proud to Be Mexican
(The University of Arizona University Libraries)
Cooperative Collection Development: Current Practices Among ARL Libraries for Area Studies Collections
(University of Minnesota Libraries via portal: Libraries and the Academy)
Note: An open full-text preprint version is also available.
Introducing the Acquisitions, Description, and Discovery Department
(University of California (UC), Riverside Library)
Learning About the Undergraduate Student Perspective
(University of Guelph Library)
UCSB Library Acquires Rare Chinese-Language Audio-Cylinder Recordings
(University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) Library)
Also from UCSB Library: UCSB Library Acquires Marilyn F. Solomon Archives
Advocacy & Public Policy
Colleges and Universities Prepare to Implement New Title IX Rule amid Fluid Legal Situation
(ACE: American Council on Education)
NTIA Supports Open Models to Promote AI Innovation
(NTIA: National Telecommunications and Information Administration, US Department of Commerce)
Scholars & Scholarship
AI Has a Revolutionary Ability to Parse Details. What Does That Mean for Business?
(HBR: Harvard Business Review)
Cheating in the Age of Generative AI: A High School Survey Study of Cheating Behaviors Before and After the Release of ChatGPT
(Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence)
LitSearch: A Retrieval Benchmark for Scientific Literature Search
(arXiv)
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Wednesday, July 31
Top o’ the Review
Copyright Office Releases Part 1 of Artificial Intelligence Report, Recommends Federal Digital Replica Law
(US Copyright Office, Library of Congress)
Developing a US National Persistent Identifier (PID) Strategy
(UC3: University of California Curation Center)
Digital Curation Practices on Web and Social Media Archiving in Libraries and Archives
(Journal of Library and Information Science)
IFLA Selects Astana, Kazakhstan, to Host the 2025 World Library and Information Congress
(IFLA: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions)
Major Canadian Funders Join the ORCID Canada Consortium: CRKN Welcomes SSHRC and NSERC into ORCID-CA
(CRKN: Canadian Research Knowledge Network)
Navigating the Future: Higher Education Policies and Guidance on Generative AI
(Jisc)
Open for Comments: ORCID Is Expanding Its Work Type Vocabulary
(ORCID)
Pricing Framework to Foster Global Equity in Scholarly Publishing
(cOAlition S)
What Happens When Your Publisher Licenses Your Work for AI Training?
(Authors Alliance)
ARL Member Libraries
A Lens on Dartmouth’s Patents
(Dartmouth Libraries)
Digital Collections Platform Set to Change in Preparation for Full Migration to New Platform
(University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press)
Enhancing Library Diversity and Accessibility for International Students: Insights from U-M’s 2023 Survey Data
(University of Michigan (U-M) Library)
Also from U-M Library: How Do International Undergraduates Use the U-M Library? A Michigan Library Scholar’s Insights
How a Microplastic Filter Got Its Start in the Bollinger Digital Fabrication Lab
(Penn Libraries, University of Pennsylvania)
Higher Ed
Public College–Private Partnerships: Lessons Learned for Ontario’s Postsecondary Education System
(HEQCO: Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario)
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
(AAMC: Association of American Medical Colleges)
Advocacy & Public Policy
Re:Create Statement on NO FAKES Act Introduction
(Re:Create)
The Presidents’ Alliance Commends Bipartisan Efforts on Immigration
(Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration)
Scholars & Scholarship
A Data-Driven Approach to Monitor and Improve Open and FAIR Research Data in a Federated Research Ecosystem
(Data Science Journal)
Breaking MAD: Generative AI Could Break the Internet
(Rice University)
The Future of Learning: Large Language Models Through the Lens of Students (preprint)
(arXiv)
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Thursday, August 1
Top o’ the Review
Assessing Information, Media, and Data Literacy in Academic Libraries: Approaches and Challenges in the Research Literature on the Topic
(Journal of Academic Librarianship)
Building Sustainable Software Tools for Open Science—Notice of Funding Opportunity
(NIH: US National Institutes of Health)
Governance and Business Models for Collaborative Collection Development
(Ithaka S+R)
How to Kickstart Citizen Science in Your Library? Report from the Masterclass for Library Executives
(LIBER: Association of European Research Libraries)
Kaleidoscope Program Scholars 2024 Selected
(ARL: Association of Research Libraries)
The Case for College in the Era of Online Learning
(HBR: Harvard Business Review)
These AI Firms Publish the World’s Most Highly Cited Work
(Nature) Note: The data source for this article is available via the Emerging Technology Observatory.
Watch ChatGPT’s New Voice Mode Sing, Mimic Accents, and Correct Pronunciation
(The Verge)
ARL Member Libraries
Former Atlanta Mayor Shirley Clarke Franklin Donates Collection to AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library
(Atlanta University Center (AUC) Robert W. Woodruff Library)
Four Libraries Partner with GPO to Preserve Government Documents
(LSU Law Library via GPO: US Government Publishing Office)
Maurini Strub Named Interim Vice Provost and Interim Dean of Libraries for University of Rochester
(University of Rochester Libraries via ARL)
Planning for Open Grants: An Institute of Museum and Library Services–Funded Project to Improve Public Access to the Research Process
(University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries)
University Library Collaboratively Responds to AI Revolution
(Iowa State University Library)
Upcoming Webinar: The NIH Generalist Repository Ecosystem Initiative (GREI): Supporting Data Sharing in Generalist Repositories (Wednesday, August 7)
(NNLM: Network of the National Library of Medicine, NIH: US National Institutes of Health)
Higher Ed
Reasons Students Consider Leaving or Stopping Out: Insights from the 2023 Diverse Learning Environments Survey
(ACE: American Council on Education) Also new from ACE: College Cost Reduction Act: By the Numbers
Advocacy & Public Policy
Some Initial Thoughts on the US Copyright Office Report on AI and Digital Replicas
(Authors Alliance)
Scholars & Scholarship
Research: The Decision-Making Mystery of AI Chatbots
(Cornell University)
Researchers Develop State-of-the-Art Device to Make Artificial Intelligence More Energy Efficient
(University of Minnesota)
Steps Towards an Infrastructure for Scholarly Synthesis (preprint)
(arXiv)
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