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Monday, February 27
Top o’ the Review
ACE, PEN America Resource Guide to Help Campus Leaders Make the Case for Academic Freedom and Institutional Autonomy
(ACE: American Council on Education and PEN America)
Archivist of the United States (AOTUS) Nominee to Appear before Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee (HSGAC) on February 28
(SAA: Society of American Archivists)
DataCite Launches Global Access Program with Support from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI)
(DataCite and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative)
Investments in High Energy Density Science Could Help Address Significant National Needs, Says New Report
(US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine)
New from WorldFAIR! Cultural Heritage Mapping Report: “Practices and Policies Supporting Cultural Heritage Image Sharing Platforms”
(CODATA: Committee on Data, International Science Council)
Partnerships to Counter Theft and Trafficking: IFLA Joins International Council of Museums (ICOM) at Launch of New Red List
(IFLA: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions)
ARL Member Libraries
Adventurers Retrace Trek of Gold-Seeking Trio Featuring Western Med School Founder
(Western University)
Donghua Tao, PhD, Appointed Associate University Librarian for UIC Library of the Health Sciences
(UIC: University of Illinois Chicago University Library)
Meet the University Librarian
(Cornellians)
Student Placement Collaboration between Faculty and YUL Empowers Student Contributions on Black Histories
(YUL: York University Libraries)
UBC Library Acquires Digital Database Documenting the Black Freedom Struggle in 20th-Century America
(UBC: The University of British Columbia Library)
UC Berkeley Announces Long-Term Space Plan for the Library
(University of California, Berkeley Library)
Video: The Black Librarian in America: Reflections, Resistance, and Reawakening
(University of Maryland Libraries)
Libraries—Other
Explore How Europeana Subtitled Increased Access to Audiovisual Heritage
(Europeana)
Higher Ed—Members
Creating an Open Textbook: The Science of Sleep
(Open Education Network, University of Minnesota)
Advocacy & Public Policy
What to Know as Student Loan Forgiveness Plan Goes to Supreme Court
(Washington Post)
Data & Analytics
EDUCAUSE QuickPoll Results: (Re)organizing Data Functions for Today’s Analytics
(EDUCAUSE Review)
Scholars & Scholarship
How Open-Access Diamond Journals Comply with Industry Standards Exemplified by Plan S Technical Requirements
(Science Editing)
Making ORCID Easier—and More Valuable—for New Users with In-Record Guidance
(ORCID)
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Tuesday, February 28
Top o’ the Review
A Gender Perspective on the Global Migration of Scholars
(PNAS: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America)
Cost of Living Crisis: Higher Education and Research Sectors Call on Suppliers to Reduce Prices
(Jisc)
Supreme Court Seems Ready to Sink Student Loan Forgiveness
(AP: Associated Press)
Third UN Open Science Conference Recap: Open Science Central to Achieving UN Sustainability Goals
(SPARC)
Video: Hearing: Nomination of Colleen J. Shogan to Be Archivist of the United States, National Archives and Records Administration, February 28, 2023
(US Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs)
Video: Understanding and Addressing Misinformation about Science: Public Information-Gathering Session, February 22, 2023
(US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine)
ARL Member Libraries
African American Newspapers Added to Chronicling America
(Library of Congress)
Dignidad Rebelde: Combining Art, Activism, and Accessibility
(UC Santa Barbara Library)
How to Preserve a Movement: A Grant from a Local Foundation Is Helping to Archive the Black Lives Matter Movement in Rochester
(University of Rochester River Campus Libraries)
Legacies of Catalog Descriptions Project Events at Yale
(The British Library and Yale University Library)
Rice Acquires Rare Replica of William Blake Printing Press
(Rice University)
University of Washington Becomes New Opening the Future Member at CEU Press and Liverpool University Press
(Opening the Future and University of Washington Libraries)
Libraries—Other
Calls for Expression of Interest—CARL Canadian Repositories Community of Practice Steering Committee
(CARL: Canadian Association of Research Libraries)
Advocacy & Public Policy
A Blueprint for Building National Compute Capacity for Artificial Intelligence
(OECD: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
Accreditation Decisions Should Uphold Academic Freedom
(AAUP: American Association of University Professors)
Positive Developments in Making EU Copyright & Data Legislation Fit for Research
(LERU: League of European Research Universities)
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Scholars & Scholarship
Indispensable or Unnecessary?: A Data-Driven Appraisal of Post-cancellation Access Rights
(Insights)
Positioning Software Source Code as Digital Heritage for Sustainable Development
(UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)
Switzerland Generously Supports Dryad, LA Referencia, and Research Organization Registry (ROR)
(SCOSS: Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services)
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Wednesday, March 1
Top o’ the Review
Generative Artificial Intelligence and Copyright Law
(CRS: Congressional Research Service)
Research and Higher Education Institutions in the Next 75 Years—Symposium Proceedings
(National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine)
Scaling Identifiers and their Metadata to Gigascale: An Architecture to Tackle the Challenges of Volume and Variety
(Data Science Journal)
Supporting Shared Infrastructure for Scholarly Communication
(Ithaka S+R)
The Future of the Monograph in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences: Publisher Perspectives on a Transitioning Format
(Publishing Research Quarterly)
Video and Statements from March 1 Hearing: “Promoting US Innovation and Individual Liberty through a National Standard for Data Privacy”
(Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce of the US House Committee on Energy and Commerce)
ARL Member Libraries
Big Ten Academic Alliance Announces Agreement with OA Switchboard
(BTAA: Big Ten Academic Alliance and OA Switchboard)
Harvard West Stacks Reading Room Reopened with Artwork to Celebrate Diversity and Intersectionality
(Harvard Crimson)
Lae’l Hughes-Watkins Promoted to Associate Director for Engagement, Inclusion, and Reparative Archiving in the UMD Libraries
(UMD: University of Maryland Libraries)
The Human Rights Web Archive Collection at Columbia University Libraries
(Columbia University Libraries via Archive-It)
Upcoming Event (Wednesday, March 15): AVMPI Presents: The View from Her: Highlights from the Audiovisual Media Preservation Initiative
(Smithsonian Libraries and Archives)
Video: Changing Roles: Impacting Student Achievement through Faculty Development
(The Ohio State University Libraries via ACRL: Association of College and Research Libraries)
Libraries—Other
Higher Ed
New Members Appointed to the Panel on Research Ethics
(Panel on Research Ethics, Government of Canada)
Oxford and Cambridge Ban ChatGPT over Plagiarism Fears but Other Universities Choose to Embrace AI Bot
(inews.co.uk)
Advocacy & Public Policy
FY 2022 By the Numbers: Extramural Grant Investments in Research
(NIH: US National Institutes of Health)
GPO’s Role in Publishing Sensitive Information Related to the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol
(Office of the Inspector General, GPO: Government Publishing Office via Oversight.gov)
Scholars & Scholarship
A Genealogy of Open
(In the Library with the Lead Pipe)
An Update to the Human Subjects Research Policy on PLOS ONE
(PLOS: Public Library of Science)
Losing Our Memory of Fake News
(CORDIS: Community Research and Development Information Service, European Commission)
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Thursday, March 2
Top o’ the Review
ACRL 2023 Environmental Scan
(ACRL: Association of College & Research Libraries)
Considerations for Colleges and Universities as the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Declaration Ends
(ACHA: American College Health Association)
CRKN and UTP Make Climate Change Journal Accessible to Readers around the Globe
(CRKN: Canadian Research Knowledge Network and UTP: University of Toronto Press)
CUPA-HR Data Highlights Trends in Representation and Pay Equity in the Higher Education Workforce, and the News Is Mixed
(CUPA-HR: College and University Professional Association for Human Resources)
Ivy Plus Libraries Weigh in on OSTP Guidance on Access to Federally Funded Research
(Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation via MIT Libraries)
Plan S: Annual Review 2022
(cOAlition S)
ARL Member Libraries
Hamilton Author and Artist Gary Barwin Donates Chapbook Collection to McMaster Library
(McMaster University)
Library to Improve Research and Information Discovery with New Search Functionality
(University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press)
MIT Press to Launch Culture, Arts, and Architecture Journal
(MIT Press)
Rutgers Joins the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) Geoportal
(Rutgers University Libraries)
Smithsonian Curator Shares Lessons in Black Musical History
(VCU Libraries)
Libraries—Other
Announcing LPC’s First Research Resident
(LPC: Library Publishing Coalition)
Higher Ed—Members
Searching for Sustainable Solutions to Food Insecurity on Campus
(University Affairs)
Higher Ed—Other
Academic Freedom Index: Update 2023
(Academic Freedom Index)
Advocacy & Public Policy
Education Department Takes Steps to Hold Leaders of Risky Colleges Personally Liable
(US Department of Education)
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Voices from Pezihutazizi Oyate: Boarding School Histories
(The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition)
Scholars & Scholarship
DH Eh? A Survey of Digital Humanities Courses in Canadian LIS Education
(College & Research Libraries)
Upcoming Event (Friday, March 17): The Oxford Dictionary of African American English: First 100 Words Webinar
(Oxford English Dictionary)
Upcoming Event (Wednesday, March 29): Towards a FAIRer World: Implementing the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science to Address Global Challenges
(UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)
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