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Monday, April 22
Top o’ the Review
Committed to Improving Metadata Quality
(Coalition Publica)
Creating a Culture Around AI: Thoughts and Decision-Making
(EDUCAUSE Review)
Exploring AI and Assessment—Avoid, Outrun, or Embrace
(Jisc)
IFLA Academic and Research Libraries (ARL) Newsletter, no. 10
(IFLA: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions)
Also new: IFLA Statement on Universal Access to Healthcare Information as a Human Right
Infra Finder: Your Hub for Finding Infrastructure Services Enabling Open Research and Scholarship
(IOI: Invest in Open Infrastructure)
The Files are in the Computer: Copyright, Memorization, and Generative AI (preprint)
(arXiv)
Updated Analyses Suggest Continued Decline in Research Project Grant Funding Inequalities for NIH-Supported Investigators, but Organizational Inequalities Remain: FY 1998 to FY 2023
(Office of Extramural Research, NIH: US National Institutes of Health)
ARL Member Libraries
Brown Library’s Second Born-Digital Publication Named Finalist for ACLS Open Access Book Prize and Arcadia Open Access Publishing Award
(Brown University Library)
Carolina Digital Repository (CDR) Collects Carolina’s Climate Research
(The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries)
Also new from UNC University Libraries: Coming Soon: New Locations, Greater Access for Library MakerSpace and Music Library
Hillman Library’s Ground Floor Will Feature Several New Services
(University of Pittsburgh University Library System)
Librarian Perspectives on Technical Standards at Academic Institutions with Engineering Technology Programs
(Purdue University and University at Buffalo via ISTL: Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship)
Libraries Assembly Celebrates 50th Anniversary
(Duke University Libraries)
Library Celebrates Right to Read, April 26
(Cornell University Library)
Meet Tom Bruno, Assistant Director, Content Access
(Princeton University Library)
Mellon Foundation Awards $1.5 Million Grant to WSU’s Mukurtu Platform
(Washington State University (WSU) Libraries)
Wisconsin Folksong Collection Added to the Library of Congress’s National Recording Registry
(University of Wisconsin–Madison Libraries)
Higher Ed—Members
Harnessing the Machine
(Vanderbilt University)
Keeping Up with the Joneses? When It Comes to Getting Better Grades, It’s Good to Be the Andersons
(University of Michigan)
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
The Pivotal Role of Prison Libraries as an Information Resource for Prisoner Rehabilitation: An Integrative Review of the Literature
(The International Journal of Information, Diversity & Inclusion)
Scholars & Scholarship
Mapping Scholarly Books: Library Metadata and Research Assessment (preprint)
(SocArXiv)
Curated by Gary D. Price, MLIS
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Tuesday, April 23
Top o’ the Review
Data Services at the Academic Library: A Natural History of Horses and Unicorns
(Journal of eScience Librarianship)
Generative AI and Scholarly Publishing: Announcing a New Research Project
(Ithaka S+R)
New Report Shows US and China Are World’s Top Producers of Knowledge- and Tech-Intensive Industries
(NSB: National Science Board, NSF: US National Science Foundation)
Open Letter to Protect Wikipedia and Other Public Interest Projects in the Global Digital Compact
(Wikimedia Foundation)
Upcoming CARL Canadian Repositories Community of Practice Call—A Practical Guide to Open Infrastructure for Institutional Repository Managers (Wednesday, May 1)
(CARL: Canadian Association of Research Libraries)
ARL Member Libraries
A Message from the University Librarian
(Columbia University Libraries)
Historic Humor: University Archives to Preserve Harvard Lampoon Materials
(Harvard Library via Harvard Magazine)
IU Is Safeguard for America’s Black History
(Indiana University (IU) Bloomington Libraries)
Learning from Frederick Douglass
(University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press)
Librarian Shares Love of the Library with Fourth Grade Class
(The University of Utah J. Willard Marriott Library)
Library Support for Bibliometrics and Research Impact: Insights from an RLP Leadership Roundtable
(21 ARL members via Hanging Together: The OCLC Research Blog)
New York Public Library Announces New Class of Fellows at the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers
(NYPL: New York Public Library)
The Economics of Creativity: A Q&A with the Copyright Office’s Chief Economist
(US Copyright Office, LC: Library of Congress)
Also new from LC: A Conversation with the Law Librarian of Congress Aslihan Bulut and American Bar Association President Mary Smith
UBC Library Opens Chung | Lind Gallery
(The University of British Columbia (UBC) Library)
UMD Libraries Announces Partnership with the College of Arts and Humanities’ Frederick Douglass Center for Leadership Through the Humanities
(University of Maryland Libraries)
University of Pennsylvania Libraries Launches Book Prize in Sustainability
(Penn Libraries, University of Pennsylvania)
Higher Ed
ABA Legal Education Section Releases Employment Data for Graduating Law Class of 2023
(ABA: American Bar Association)
Advocacy & Public Policy
CC at World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO): Slow Progress on Copyright Exceptions for Cultural Heritage Institutions
(CC: Creative Commons)
US Department of Education to Host Preconference and National Summit on Postsecondary Success
(US Department of Education)
Scholars & Scholarship
Launch of UPLOpen.com: Revolutionizing Access to Open Knowledge and Empowering Global Sustainability Goals
(SSP: Society for Scholarly Publishing)
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Wednesday, April 24
Top o’ the Review
All CNI Spring 2024 Membership Meeting Videos Live
(CNI: Coalition for Networked Information)
Libraries AI Literacy Hackathon Expands Educational Resources
(The Ohio State University, Princeton University, and University of Pennsylvania via Carnegie Mellon University Libraries)
Martin R. Kalfatovic Appointed IIIF Managing Director
(IIIF:International Image Interoperability Framework)
More Public Colleges Admit High Schoolers Even Before They’ve Applied
(Stateline)
No One Can Own the Law—So Why Is Congress Advancing a Bill to Extend Copyright to It?
(ARL: Association of Research Libraries via Techdirt)
NSF Invests $90 Million in Innovative National Scientific Cyberinfrastructure for Transforming STEM Education
(NSF: US National Science Foundation and Rice University)
Open Publishing Fest Lifetime Achievement Award: Interview with Lars Bjørnshauge
(DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals via Upstream, FORCE11)
Partnership Quarterly Report—April 2024
(Partnership for Shared Book Collections)
Scientists Must Be Empowered—Not Replaced—by AI, Report to White House Argues
(FedScoop)
Unveiling the Impact of Open Data: Insights from the Use Case Observatory
(EU: European Union)
ARL Member Libraries
Bibliometric Analysis of Librarian Involvement in Systematic Reviews at the University of Alberta
(University of Alberta Library via Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association)
Harvard Library Is Launching Harvard Open Journals Program
(Harvard Library)
Sylvia B. Kruger Haggadah Collection at MSU Libraries Tells Story of Liberation
(Michigan State University (MSU) Libraries)
University Libraries Partners with the Office of Research for Data Sharing Memorandum
(The Ohio State University University Libraries)
Higher Ed
College Enrollment and Work Activity of Recent High School and College Graduates Summary
(BLS: US Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Data & Analytics
An Update on the Scholars on Twitter Dataset
(Leiden Madtrics)
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Decistifying Trans and Gender Diverse Inclusion in Library Work: A Literature Review
(In the Library with the Lead Pipe)
Decoding Generative AI and Equity in Higher Education
(Every Learner Everywhere)
Scholars & Scholarship
Current LLMs “Undertrained by a Factor of Maybe 100–1,000X or More” Says OpenAI Co-founder
(The Decoder)
In Other News
Digital Adoption During COVID-19
(OECD: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development)
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Thursday, April 26
Top o’ the Review
ACLS Open Books Prize Multimodal Finalists Share Experiences with Open Access Publishing
(ACLS: American Council of Learned Societies)
AI Chatbots in Education: A Comparative Analysis at Bryant University
(Ithaka S+R)
Announcing the 2024 AUPresses Book, Jacket, and Journal Show
(AUPresses: Association of University Presses)
ARL and EDUCAUSE Welcome Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Vote to Reinstate Net Neutrality
(ARL: Association of Research Libraries)
See also:
- FCC Votes to Restore Net Neutrality Rules (The Hill)
- Public Knowledge Applauds FCC Move Restoring Agency’s Broadband Authority, Net Neutrality Rules (Public Knowledge)
Association of Research Libraries Releases Guiding Principles for Artificial Intelligence
(ARL)
FORCE2024 Call for Talk Proposals
(FORCE11)
Gwen Bird Honoured with CARL Award for Distinguished Service to Research Librarianship
(CARL: Canadian Association of Research Libraries)
OpenAI’s Rules Can Be “Easily” Dodged to Target Latinos, Study Warns
(The Washington Post)
Who Is Funding Library Projects? New Open Data Resource
(IFLA: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions)
ARL Member Libraries
Arab American Heritage Month in ARL Libraries
(15 ARL libraries via ARL)
Collection “Creates Strong Irish Identity” at Boston College Library
(Boston College Library via Irish Star)
Gratz College Gifts Gratz-Mandell Jewish Music Collection to the Penn Libraries, Launching Partnership to Catalog and Digitize Materials
(Penn Libraries, University of Pennsylvania)
Letter from the University Librarian—Spring 2024
(UCLA Library)
MSU Libraries to Begin Relocation of Special Collections in August, Select Services Set to Pause
(Michigan State University (MSU) Libraries)
New Program Integrates Library Services with Teaching and Student Research on the US-Mexico Borderlands
(The University of Arizona University Libraries)
New Recordings from the PALABRA Archive Available Online
(LC: Library of Congress)
More news from LC: Library of Congress Acquires Collection from the Kronos Quartet
UMD’s 1856 Project Receives $200,000 Grant from Mellon Foundation for Research Incubator Investigating Legacy of Slavery at the University
(University of Maryland Libraries)
Libraries—Other
EAST Quarterly Update Webinar Recording—April 2024
(EAST: Eastern Academic Scholars’ Trust)
Advocacy & Public Policy
Entertainment Software Association (ESA) Says Members Won’t Support Any Plan for Libraries to Preserve Games Online
(Game Developer)
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
New UNESCO Report Warns Social Media Affects Girls’ Well-Being, Learning, and Career Choices
(UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization)
Curated by Gary D. Price, MLIS
Co-Founder and Editor, Library Journal’s infoDOCKET
Information Industry Analyst
Librarian
