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Monday, January 27
Top o’ the Review
CNI Winter 2025 Pre-recorded Project Briefing Series Live
(CNI: Coalition for Networked Information)
Pathways to AI-enabled Research: Eight New Grants to Transform Scientific Research Practices Through AI Applications
(Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) Science and Sloan Foundation via Medium)
Science Missions for Sustainability: Pilots Launch to Transform Science and Deliver Real-World Solutions
(ISC: International Science Council)
72 Million DOIs Ready for Analysis: Our Latest Public Data File
(DataCite)
“Stamp Out Paper Mills”—Science Sleuths on How to Fight Fake Research
(Nature)
Stunning Breakthroughs from China’s DeepSeek AI Alarm US Rivals
(Axios)
See also:
- A New AI Assistant from China Has Silicon Valley Talking (NBC News)
- How Chinese AI Startup DeepSeek Made a Model that Rivals OpenAI (WIRED)
Trump Administration Dismisses Complaints Related to Book Bans
(infoDOCKET)
Wiener Digital Collections: Thousands of Pages Documenting Nazi Persecution Digitized for Unprecedented Online Access
(The Wiener Holocaust Library)
See also: Israel Opens Eichmann Trial Archives Online (Agence France Presse via Barron’s)
ARL Member Libraries
An Environmental Scan of Bibliometrics and Research Impact Open Instructional Trends at Canadian Academic Research Libraries
(University of Waterloo Library via Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship)
Dr. Marian Toledo Candelaria to Join MU Libraries as Head of Special Collections
(University of Missouri (MU) Libraries)
From the Archives: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Visits to Louisville
(University of Louisville Libraries)
Haricombe Establishes Distinguished Lecture Fund
(University of Texas Libraries)
Librarians as Teaching Partners, Libraries as Laboratories
(Cornell University Library)
Scenario Planning for the AI-Driven Future of Research Libraries
(Iowa State University Library and ARL & CNI via Katina)
Smathers Libraries Make Their Centennial Mark on the 34th Street Wall
(University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries)
UVA Library Receives Library Excellence in Access and Diversity (LEAD) Award
(University of Virginia (UVA) Library)
Higher Ed
New Report Highlights the Importance of State and Institutional Partnerships to Transform Student Success
(SHEEO: State Higher Education Executive Officers Association)
Retirement Experiences of US-Trained Doctoral Scientists and Engineers: Findings from the 2023 Survey of Doctorate Recipients
(NCSES: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, NSF: US National Science Foundation)
Scholars & Scholarship
AI Thinking: A Framework for Rethinking Artificial Intelligence in Practice
(Royal Society Open Science)
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Tuesday, January 28
Top o’ the Review
A Decade of Open Access Policy at the Gates Foundation Based on Experimentation, Evidence, and Evolution
(Insights: The UKSG Journal)
A New US-UK Collaboration: Exploring the Ethical, Legal, and Societal Implications of AI
(NEH: US National Endowment for the Humanities)
ACLS Expands Access to China Studies Resources and Data Through New Website
(ACLS: American Council of Learned Societies)
CARL Statement on National Data Privacy Week
(CARL: Canadian Association of Research Libraries)
See also: ORCID Celebrates Data Privacy Day 2025
DeepSeek’s New AI Chatbot and ChatGPT Answer Sensitive Questions About China Differently
(AP: Associated Press)
Ensuring the Commonly Forgotten Voices Are Counted In Copyright Discussions
(Re:Create Coalition)
Google Says It Will Change Gulf of Mexico to “Gulf of America” in Maps App After Government Updates
(CNBC)
See also: Trump Administration Actions: Geographic Naming (Congressional Research Service)
Mellon Foundation Awards More Than $14 Million for Humanities-Grounded Research and Curricular Projects
(The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation)
Muscat Dialogue Closes with a Collective Call for Action to Leverage Science for the Global Good
(ISC: International Science Council)
Also from ISC: The Muscat Declaration on Global Science
New Student Mental Wellness Resources from NCAN
(NCAN: National College Attainment Network)
Trump Funding Freeze Challenged in Lawsuit by Nonprofits, Small Business Group
(CNBC)
See also:
- Executive Orders Affecting Charitable Nonprofits (National Council of Nonprofits)
- States Will Sue Trump to Stop Federal Grant Freeze (The New York Times)
- Trump’s Executive Orders Shift Higher Education Landscape (ACE: American Council on Education)
- 2025 Administration Transition Information & Resources (COGR)
ARL Member Libraries
A Dying Wish, Forgotten Boxes, and a Lost Holocaust Archive Rediscovered
(The University of British Columbia (UBC) Library)
Law Library’s Newly Published Legal Report Titled, “Access to Information for Persons with Disabilities in Selected Jurisdictions”
(Library of Congress)
Newly Gifted Collection Illustrates the Story of a Young Refugee Who Escaped Nazi Germany
(University of Virginia (UVA) Library)
UC San Diego Library Supports Cultural and Educational Opportunities During Museum Month 2025
(UC San Diego Library)
UC3 New Year Series: Looking Ahead Through 2025 for the DMP Tool
(UC3: University of California Curation Center, CDL: California Digital Library)
Scholars & Scholarship
An Empirical Study to Understand How Students Use ChatGPT for Writing Essays (preprint)
(arXiv)
Developing a Data Quality Assurance Ontology for Research Data Repositories
(Journal of Documentation)
Reproducibility and Transparency: What’s Going On and How Can We Help
(Nature)
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Wednesday, January 29
Top o’ the Review
ARL Welcomes US Copyright Office Report on Copyrightability of AI-Generated Outputs
(ARL: Association of Research Libraries)
See also:
- Copyright Office Releases Part 2 of Artificial Intelligence Report (US Copyright Office)
- AI-Assisted Works Can Get Copyright with Enough Human Creativity, Says US Copyright Office (AP: The Associated Press)
Content Credentials: Strengthening Multimedia Integrity in the Generative AI Era
(US National Security Agency, Australian Cyber Security Centre, Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, and UK National Cyber Security Centre)
First International AI Safety Report 2025 to Inform Discussions at AI Action Summit
(AI Safety Institute, UK Department for Science, Innovation & Technology)
See also: General Purpose AI Could Lead to Array of New Risks, Experts Say in Report Ahead of AI Summit (AP: The Associated Press)
Leading Through Disruption: Higher Education Executives Assess AI’s Impacts on Teaching and Learning
(AAC&U: American Association of Colleges and Universities)
Natalie Meyers Appointed ARL/CNI AI Researcher in Residence
(ARL: Association of Research Libraries and CNI: Coalition for Networked Information)
OpenAI Furious DeepSeek Might Have Stolen All the Data OpenAI Stole from Us
(404 Media)
Retraction Watch Retractions Now in the Crossref API
(Crossref)
See also from The Conversation:
- Fake Papers are Contaminating the World’s Scientific Literature, Fueling a Corrupt Industry, and Slowing Legitimate Lifesaving Medical Research
- Problematic Paper Screener: Trawling for Fraud in the Scientific Literature
What Proponents of Digital Replica Laws Can Learn from the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
(EFF: Electronic Frontier Foundation)
ARL Member Libraries
CRL New Website Launch, January 31
(CRL: Center for Research Libraries)
Heard Libraries Strengthen Engagement with Metro Nashville Public Schools Through Innovative Literacy Initiatives
(Vanderbilt University Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries)
How Maps (and Cyclists) Paved Way for Roads
(Harvard Library, Harvard University)
MU Celebrates Reopening of the J. Otto Lottes Health Sciences Library
(University of Missouri (MU) Libraries)
$3.2 Million Mellon Grant Boosts Native Hawaiian Knowledge at UH Mānoa Library
(University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Library)
Transforming Text: A Year of the Scan Tech Studio
(University of Texas Libraries)
University Libraries Provides Free Menstrual Products to Campus Community
(The University of New Mexico (UNM) University Libraries)
University of Maryland Names Holly Mercer Dean of University Libraries
(University of Maryland Libraries)
USC Digital Library Unveils Groundbreaking Data Resource on Los Angeles County Communities
(USC Libraries, USC: University of Southern California)
WashU Libraries at the Guadalajara International Book Fair
(WashU Libraries, Washington University in St. Louis)
Scholars & Scholarship
A Shout-Out for AI Studies That Don’t Make the Headlines
(Nature)
How Digital Paywalls Shape News Coverage
(PNAS Nexus)
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Thursday, January 30
Top o’ the Review
Call for Expressions of Interest—Open Education Community of Practice Steering Committee
(CARL: Canadian Association of Research Libraries)
Checking Out TikTok: Positioning a Library to Aid Social Media Research Outside of Academia
(DPLA: Digital Public Library of America)
Howard Pfeffer, Internet2 CEO, Announces Retirement
(Internet2)
OpenAI Partners with US National Laboratories on Scientific Research, Nuclear Weapons Security
(NBC News)
See also: OpenAI Updates ChatGPT with New Feature and New GPT-4o Model (The Decoder)
Reimagining Scholarly Publishing: A Community-Led Approach with Lifecycle Journal
(COS: Center for Open Science)
Tapping Into the Potential of E-lending
(Knowledge Rights 21)
Top 50 Universities Powering Global Innovation
(ISI: Institute for Scientific Information, Clarivate)
Video Game History Museum Launches VGHF Digital Library
(GamesBeat)
What Do We Mean by “Research Data” in the OpenAIRE Graph?
(OpenAIRE)
Also from OpenAIRE: OpenAIRE Action Plan: Drive Research Assessment Reform Supporting the CoARA Commitments
Wheels Are in Motion: OpenCitations’ Progress in 2024
(OpenCitations)
ARL Member Libraries
Continued Partnerships Bring New Opportunities for Evidence-Based Practice
(University of Minnesota Libraries)
Sustainability in Library Collection Development: Introducing a Green Audit Template
(McMaster University Libraries and Western University Libraries via Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship)
Upcoming Webinar: Accessible Publishing at the University of Michigan Press: Compliance Challenges, VPATs, AI Experiments, and More (Thursday, February 6)
(University of Michigan Library via Library Accessibility Alliance)
Within the Gaps: Intracommunity Voices in Chinese Canadian and Korean Canadian Records
(The University of British Columbia (UBC) Library)
Advocacy & Public Policy
Federal Court Orders Milwaukee County Jail to Stop Censorship of Books, Magazines, and Mail
(Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
GPO Joins Digital Preservation Coalition
(GPO: US Government Publishing Office)
Scholars & Scholarship
Canadian Approaches to Research Impact and Its Assessment
(Research Evaluation)
Evaluation of Gamification as a Tool for Open Access Publishing Among Researchers: Insights from a Conjoint Analysis
(Scientometrics)
How an AI-Ready National Data Library Would Help UK Science (preprint)
(arXiv)
Inequality in Measuring Scholarly Success: Variation in the h-index Within and Between Disciplines
(PLOS One)
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Co-Founder and Editor, Library Journal’s infoDOCKET
Information Industry Analyst
Librarian
