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Tuesday, December 3
Top o’ the Review
Archives Must Be Allowed to Operate Without Political Interference
(SAA: Society of American Archivists)
Celebrating DataCite’s 15th Anniversary: Expanding Our Reach and Impact
(DataCite)
Also from DataCite: Beyond Journal Articles: Using PIDs and Metadata to Connect Research Teams, Outputs, and Projects in a Multidisciplinary Portfolio on Consciousness
How ChatGPT Search (Mis)represents Publisher Content
(CJR: Columbia Journalism Review)
India Takes Out Giant Nationwide Subscription to 13,000 Journals
(Science)
Meeting Roadmap: A Guide to the Fall 2024 CNI Meeting
(CNI: Coalition for Networked Information)
Metadata Beyond Discoverability
(Crossref)
See also: Crossref Suspends Company’s Membership After Retraction Watch Report (Retraction Watch)
Register Now for “Ignite Collaboration: Thriving Multigenerational Libraries”—Scholarships, Group Discounts Available!
(ARL: Association of Research Libraries)
The National Secure Data Service Demonstration Project Builds Steam in Year Two
(NSF: US National Science Foundation)
Also from NSF: Doctorate Recipients from US Universities: 2023
The State of Open Data 2024: New Report Suggests Open Data on Edge of Becoming a Recognized Global Standard for Scholarly Output
(Digital Science)
ARL Member Libraries
A History of the Rupert Costo Library of the American Indian at UC Riverside
(University of California (UC), Riverside Library)
Building a Bot: An Exploration of AI to Assist Librarians
(University of Texas Libraries)
Iowa Culinary Collection Shows How Thanksgiving Traditions Developed
(University of Iowa Libraries via IPR: Iowa Public Radio)
Is Using AI Tools Innovation or Exploitation? Three Ways to Think About the Ethics
(The University of New Mexico University Libraries via The Conversation)
Library Appoints New Chief for National Audio-Visual Conservation Center
(LC: Library of Congress)
Also from LC: Library of Congress Launches Digitized Collection of National AIDS Memorial Quilt Records
McMaster Libraries Bring Program with Big Community Impact to Ontario
(McMaster University Libraries)
Also from McMaster Libraries: Rare Ottoman Atlas Draws Scholars to McMaster
Persistent Identifiers for Instruments and Facilities: Current State, Challenges, and Opportunities
(Florida State University (FSU) University Libraries and University of Colorado (CU) Boulder University Libraries via JeSLIB: Journal of eScience Librarianship)
Suspected Undeclared Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Academic Literature: An Analysis of the Academ-AI Dataset (preprint)
(University of Louisville (UofL) University Libraries via arXiv)
UK Libraries Celebrates Opening of American Archive of Marina and Anastasia Tsvetaeva
(University of Kentucky (UK) Libraries)
UMass Amherst Libraries Publish Latest Open Educational Resource: Writing the World 2023–2024
(University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst Libraries)
Yale Library Is Developing an AI Application That Could Transform Research in Digitized Collections
(Yale University Library)
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Wednesday, December 4
Top o’ the Review
ARL Comments on US National Institute of Justice Draft Public Access Plan
(ARL: Association of Research Libraries)
Calling Midcareer Library and Archive Professionals: Apply by February 6 to Join the International Library Leaders Programme at The British Library, July 9–16, 2025
(The British Library))
Future of Information Retrieval Research in the Age of Generative AI
(Computing Community Consortium via arXiv)
OCLC Publishes Research on Art Library Collaborations in Art Libraries Journal
(OCLC Research)
Science Could Solve Some of the World’s Biggest Problems. Why Aren’t Governments Using It?
(Nature)
2025 CRKN Conference Call for Proposals Now Open
(CRKN: Canadian Research Knowledge Network)
What AI Knows About You
(Axios)
ARL Member Libraries
Bridging Data Communities: Interoperability Through Inclusive, Cross-Institutional Collaboration
(University of California, Berkeley Library via JeSLIB: Journal of eScience Librarianship)
Indigenously Designed: Labriola Center Hosts Student Fashion Show
(Arizona State University (ASU) Library)
KSL Team Digitizes Forest City Hospital Archives
(KSL: Case Western Reserve University Kelvin Smith Library)
Year in Review: Looking Back at 2024’s Most Searched and Borrowed E-resources
(McGill University Library)
Higher Ed
Expanding Academia’s Role in Public Sector AI
(HAI: Stanford University Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence)
Key Takeaways from the “Leading Through Chaos and Crisis: Empowering Women Leaders in Higher Education” Session at the APLU Annual Meeting
(APLU: Association of Public and Land-grant Universities)
OpenStax Celebrates 25 Years of Transforming Education
(Rice University)
Yearly Progress and Completion
(National Student Clearinghouse Research Center)
Scholars & Scholarship
ChatGPT for Chatting and Searching: Repurposing Search Behavior
(LISR: Library and Information Science Research)
Training AI through Human Interactions Instead of Datasets
(Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University)
Use of Artificial Intelligence in Peer Review Among Top 100 Medical Journals
(JAMA Network Open)
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Thursday, December 5
Top o’ the Review
ACRL Annual Report 2023–24
(ACRL: Association of College & Research Libraries News)
Addressing the Data Storage Crisis
(Communications of the ACM)
Developing a Public-Interest Training Commons of Books
(Authors Alliance)
Document Chat: An Early AI Use Case
(LorcanDempsey.net)
Former OpenAI Researcher Explains What “Ask the AI” Really Means
(The Decoder)
Mapping the Preprint Review Metadata Transfer Workflows (preprint)
(MetaArXiv Preprints)
New Version of the Resource Type Vocabulary Now Available
(COAR: Confederation of Open Access Repositories)
Also from COAR: COAR Annual Conference 2025: Tokyo, Japan, May 12–14
Summary of the Environmental Impact of Crossref
(Crossref)
Upcoming Webinar: “There Is No (A)I in Team”: Creating and Sharing Teaching & Learning Resources for AI Skills Development (Tuesday, December 10)
(CARL: Canadian Association of Research Libraries)
We’re Open for Pledges: SCOSS Launches Round Six
(SCOSS: Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services)
ARL Member Libraries
“Childcare Fun Packs” Seek to Support Caregivers in University Community
(University of Virginia Library)
Exploring OCR Tools with Two 19th-Century Documents
(University of California, Berkeley Library)
Faculty Peers Support Colleagues with Textbook Affordability
(Temple University Libraries)
Humanistic Research and Machine Learning: Exploring Editorial Cartoons with Newspaper Navigator
(Library of Congress)
The New York Public Library Publishes New Study on Libraries and Well-Being
(New York Public Library via infoDOCKET)
Higher Ed
HACU and Trellis Strategies Release Student Financial Wellness Survey Fall 2023 Report
(HACU: Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities)
Webinar and New Report Spotlight International Student Financial Barriers and Potential Solutions
(Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration)
Scholars & Scholarship
A Long-Term Assessment of the Multidisciplinary Degree of Multidisciplinary Journals
(PLOS ONE)
Like “Old Twitter”: The Scientific Community Finds a New Home on Bluesky
(Science)
See also: Tapping into Data from Bluesky (Altmetric: A Digital Science Solution)
Open Access Journals Lack Image Accessibility Guidelines
(Quantitative Science Studies)
Curated by Gary D. Price, MLIS
Co-Founder and Editor, Library Journal’s infoDOCKET
Information Industry Analyst
Librarian
