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Monday, August 28
Top o’ the Review
Archives in the Anthropocene: An Interview with Eira Tansey
(Ithaka S+R)
Dear Colleague Letter: Innovations in Open Science (IOS) Planning Workshops
(NSF: US National Science Foundation)
Interventions in Scholarly Communication: Design Lessons from Public Health
(First Monday)
Most Americans Haven’t Used ChatGPT; Few Think It Will Have a Major Impact on Their Job
(Pew Research Center)
Also new today: OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Enterprise, the Company’s Biggest Announcement Since ChatGPT’s Debut(CNBC)
US Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights Issues Resource on Race and School Programming
(US Department of Education)
ARL Member Libraries
Auburn University Libraries Passes One Million Transaction Mark with ILLiad
(Auburn University Libraries)
Digitized History of Africans in the Atlantic World Finds Permanent Home in Heard Libraries
(Vanderbilt University Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries)
Implementing Homosaurus at Emory
(Emory University Libraries)
Message from the Dean: Progress on the New Main Library Building
(LSU Libraries)
Queen’s and the Tri-Agency’s Update to National Open Access Policy
(Queen’s University Library)
UC San Diego Library Awarded Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program Grant to Build on Conference on Academic Library Management
(UC San Diego Library)
UofL Libraries Boost Student Success with Open Educational Resources
(University of Louisville Libraries)
Libraries—Other
Graduate Student Search Strategies within Academic Digital Libraries (abstract only)
(International Journal on Digital Libraries)
Higher Ed
“A Real Opportunity”: How ChatGPT Could Help College Applicants
(The Guardian)
Advocacy & Public Policy
G20 National Science Academies Call for Action on Green Energy, a Holistic Approach to Global Health and Connecting Science with Society and Culture
(The Royal Society via Benzinga)
Measures for the Management of Scientific Data (translation of government document of the People’s Republic of China)
(CSET: Center For Security and Emerging Technology, Georgetown University)
Scholars & Scholarship
Who Knowingly Shares False Political Information Online?
(Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) Misinformation Review)
In Other News
AI Could Choke on Its Own Exhaust as It Fills the Web
(Axios)
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Tuesday, August 29
Top o’ the Review
Could ChatGPT Be Your Next Co-author?
(UA: University Affairs)
DCN Adopts Revised Governance Model
(DCN: Data Curation Network)
How to Investigate an Algorithm
(Issues in Science and Technology)
Redefining The Library Experience: Findings from the 2023 OCLC Global Council Survey
(OCLC)
re3data—Indexing the Global Research Data Repository Landscape Since 2012
(Scientific Data)
Update on Access to Coronavirus-Related Articles in PubMed Central (PMC) COVID-19 Collection after End of Public Health Emergency
(NLM: US National Library of Medicine)
ARL Member Libraries
“All of Us” Data Training and Engagement for Academic Libraries Program—Applications Due Friday, September 29
(NLM: US National Library of Medicine)
Benson Publishes Early-20th-Century Mexican American Newspapers Associated with Jovita Idar
(University of Texas Libraries)
Center for Research Data and Digital Scholarship (CRDDS) Joins Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities (DARIAH) as a Cooperating Partner
(University of Colorado Boulder University Libraries)
Digital Library of Georgia Has Made Its 3 Millionth Digitized and Full-Text-Searchable Historic Newspaper Page Available Freely Online
(Digital Library of Georgia, University of Georgia Libraries)
New Sports Collection at the University Libraries
(Washington University in St. Louis University Libraries)
Libraries—Other
Highlights from the IFLA Governing Board Meeting, 25 August 2023
(IFLA: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions)
Higher Ed—Members
ASU Team Receives Half-Million-Dollar NSF Grant for Web-Based Data-Categorization App
(Arizona State University)
Higher Ed—Other
Report: Students Interested in HBCUs Have Unique Wants
(Diverse: Issues in Higher Education)
West Texas A&M Will No Longer Require Students to Pay for Textbooks Starting Next Fall
(Texas Tribune)
Advocacy & Public Policy
Red-Teaming Large Language Models to Identify Novel AI Risks
(The White House)
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Racial Diversity Surged at Johns Hopkins in the Last Decade. Will It Last?
(Washington Post)
Scholars & Scholarship
Applying Misinformation Interventions to Library Instruction and Outreach
(Journal of New Librarianship)
Dark Citations to Federal Resources and Their Contribution to the Public Health Literature
(Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics)
In Other News
Google DeepMind Has Launched a Watermarking Tool for AI-Generated Images
(MIT Technology Review)
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Wednesday, August 30
Top o’ the Review
Campus Food Pantries Are Seeing Greater Demand—and More State Dollars
(Stateline)
Copyright Office Issues Notice of Inquiry on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence
(US Copyright Office, Library of Congress)
Library Publishing through the IFLA Global Lens: Interview with Dave Ghamandi
(Library Publishing Special Interest Group, Academic and Research Libraries Section, IFLA: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions)
OpenAI Asks Court to Trim Authors’ Copyright Lawsuits
(Reuters)
Reading, Writing, and ChatGPT: High School English Teachers Adjust to the New Realities of AI
(GeekWire)
The Annual G20 Scorecard: Research Performance 2023
(Institute for Scientific Information, Clarivate)
ARL Member Libraries
Making GW’s Library Catalog Express and Reflect Our Community’s Values
(The George Washington University)
OSU Carpentries Marks Eighth Year Leading Data Literacy
(Oklahoma State University)
Place Attachment, Libraries, and Student Preferences (preprint)
(Washington State University Vancouver via portal: Libraries and the Academy)
UCSB Library Launches Arts Library Project
(UC Santa Barbara Library)
VCU Libraries Celebrates Stellar Year for Fundraising
(VCU Libraries)
Libraries—Other
LPC Welcomes a New Member: Oregon State University
(LPC: Library Publishing Coalition)
What’s New in the Open GLAM Survey
(Open GLAM via Medium)
Higher Ed
High School Grade Inflation on Rise, Especially in Math
(ACT)
Postsecondary Education Linked to Volunteerism, Better Health
(Gallup)
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
University of South Carolina Strips Diversity Language from Office. SC Lawmakers Have Dueling Concerns
(The State)
Scholars & Scholarship
Citation Beneficiaries of Discipline-Specific Mega-Journals: Who and How Much
(Humanities and Social Sciences Communications)
Exploring Governance and Sustainability Practices of Cloud and Open Source Computational Services for the Catalyst Project
(IOI: Invest in Open Infrastructure)
Upcoming Virtual Conference (Wednesday & Thursday, September 6 & 7): Peer Review Challenges and Opportunities
(Charleston In Between, Charleston Hub)
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Thursday, August 31
Top o’ the Review
A Model to Determine Optimal Numbers of Monograph Copies for Preservation in Shared Print Collections
(C&RL: College & Research Libraries)
AI Policies across the Globe: Implications and Recommendations for Libraries
(IFLA Journal)
Despite Popularity, Six in Ten Canadian Students Consider Generative AI Cheating
(KPMG)
Letter to the Bipartisan Leaders of the US House Appropriations Committee
(Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation)
Making the Case for Open Educational Resources
(AAC&U: American Association of Colleges and Universities)
See also: Recording of a webinar that launched the publication.
Teaching With AI
(OpenAI)
ARL Member Libraries
“A Story Grows in Uganda” Combines Storytelling Traditions, Shows That Literacy Research Flourishes at Emory
(Emory University Libraries)
AU Libraries Celebrates Successful Restoration of Historic Holinshed Books
(Auburn University Libraries)
DIY/DEI: Interfaith Understanding
(NC State University Libraries)
NLM Director Patricia Flatley Brennan to Retire
(NLM: US National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health)
UCR California Digital Newspaper Collection Receives Grant to Archive Regional Newspapers Serving Black Communities
(University of California, Riverside)
Libraries—Other
Libraries Empowering Climate Action: Ideas Generated during WLIC 2023 Climate Session
(IFLA: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions)
WorldCat.org Users Can Now Purchase Books from Independent Bookstores through Bookshop.org
(OCLC)
Higher Ed—Members
University of Iowa Health Assessment Shows Rise in Energy Drinks, Vaping
(The Gazette)
Higher Ed—Other
College Students Are Still Struggling with Basic Math. Professors Blame the Pandemic
(AP: The Associated Press)
High Schoolers Can Take Dual-Enrollment Courses for College Credit. Many Undocumented Students Cannot
(Hechinger Report)
Advocacy & Public Policy
Upcoming Hybrid Event (Tuesday, September 19): A Fireside Chat at the New-York Historical Society with Archivist of the United States Colleen Shogan and Journalist Soledad O’Brien
(NARA: US National Archives and Records Administration)
Your Feedback Is Needed! Cybersecurity for Research: Findings and Possible Paths Forward
(NIST: US National Institute of Standards and Technology)
Scholars & Scholarship
Summarizing ORCID Record Data to Help Maintain Integrity in Scholarly Publishing
(ORCID)
The Effects of Research-Data Management Services: Associating the Data-Curation Life Cycle with Open Research Output
(C&RL: College & Research Libraries)
Curated by Gary D. Price, MLIS
Co-Founder and Editor, Library Journal’s infoDOCKET
Information Industry Analyst
Librarian
