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Monday, July 15
Top o’ the Review
CC Is Refreshing Its Strategy. Here’s Why Your Voice Matters.
(CC: Creative Commons)
CMU Launches New Initiative for Human-Centered AI
(Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) Libraries)
EBSCO Industries Announces Annie Callanan as New CEO of EBSCO Information Services
(EBSCO)
Empowering Inclusive Workplaces: ASERL’s New Accessible Hiring Conversation Guide
(ASERL: Association of Southeastern Research Libraries)
IATUL Strategic Directions Action Plan 2024–2028
(IATUL: International Association of University Libraries)
New Research Excellence Framework Released by Canadian Institutes of Health Research
(RoRI: Research on Research Institute)
The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Open Data: Legal and Policy Challenges
(EU: European Union)
ARL Member Libraries
Artists’ Books Blend the Line Between Artwork and Written Text
(University of Miami Libraries)
Empowering Research: The Evolution & Progress of Ohio University Libraries’ Research Services Department
(Ohio University Libraries)
Empowering Research: UC’s Open Source Initiative: Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Grant Aids Multi-campus Effort to Build a Network of Open Source Program Offices
(UC San Diego Library)
Free for All: How the Library Assists Faculty with Open Educational Resources
(University of Virginia Library)
New Research Data Management Guide Launched to Support Researchers and Students
(University of Waterloo Library)
PUL Launches Princeton Data Commons Research Data Repository
(Princeton University Library)
Upcoming Online Lecture: One Love and Venceremos—Celebrating the Correspondence of Austin Clarke and Andrew Salkey (Thursday, July 25)
(McMaster University Library with British Library)
Advocacy & Public Policy
Net Neutrality Rules Reinstatement Temporarily Halted by US Appeals Court
(Reuters)
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
AI for All: Addressing Bias, Discrimination, and Ethics in Artificial Intelligence
(University of Ottawa)
Scholars & Scholarship
Can You Spot the Bot? Identifying AI-Generated Writing in College Essays
(International Journal for Educational Integrity)
ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, SciSpace, and Wolfram Versus Higher Education Assessments
(Australasian Journal of Engineering Education)
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Tuesday, July 16
Top o’ the Review
Defining the Roles of Research Software (Version 2)
(Upstream, FORCE11)
Event Report: “AI and the Digital Humanities” Session at CILIP’s 2024 Conference
(Digital Scholarship Blog, British Library)
G20 Research and Innovation Scorecard 2024
(Clarivate)
Microsoft Unveils Software That Allows LLMs to Work with Spreadsheets
(Tech Xplore)
Navigating New Horizons: A Global Foresight Report on Planetary Health and Human Wellbeing
(ISC: International Science Council)
Open Access Loses Share—Market Sizing 2024 Sneak Peek
(Delta Think)
Opinion: What Teachers Call AI Cheating, Leaders in the Workforce Might Call Progress
(The Hechinger Report)
R/PRAC Receives Three Year, Million Dollar Grant from the Mellon Foundation
(R/PRAC: Rutgers/Puerto Rico Archival Collaboration)
The Limits of GenAI Educators
(HBR: Harvard Business Review)
Workshop Paper: This Reference Does Not Exist: An Exploration of LLM Citation Accuracy and Relevance
(Proceedings of the Third Workshop on Bridging Human-Computer Interaction and Natural Language Processing via ACL Anthology)
ARL Member Libraries
A View from the Vault: Rutilated Quartz from John Ruskin’s Collection
(University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press)
The Power of Usability Testing and Subtle Design Changes to Improve UX
(University of Michigan Library)
UCSB Library Receives the Papers of Nobel Laureate Herbert Kroemer
(University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) Library)
UMD Announces Major New Gift to the International Piano Archives at Maryland
(University of Maryland (UMD) Libraries)
With a Snip of the Scissors, the L&B Room Officially Reopened, to a Round of Applause
(Yale Library)
Advocacy & Public Policy
Making AI More Open Could Accelerate Research and Tech Transfer
(UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)
New FPF Report: Confidential Computing and Privacy: Policy Implications of Trusted Execution Environments
(FPF: Future of Privacy Forum)
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Bias and Fairness in Large Language Models: A Survey (preprint)
(arXiv)
Scholars & Scholarship
New Book: “Achieving Global Open Access”
(RoRI: Research on Research Institute)
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Wednesday, July 17
Top o’ the Review
Apple, Nvidia, Anthropic Used Thousands of Swiped YouTube Videos to Train AI
(WIRED)
Biden-Harris Administration Announces Commitments from Across Technology Ecosystem Including Nearly $100 Million to Advance Public Interest Technology
(OSTP: Office of Science and Technology Policy, The White House)
Data Show Women and People of Color Have Lower Representation Among the Highest-Paying Higher Ed Professional Jobs
(CUPA-HR: College and University Professional Association for Human Resources)
Generative AI Enhances Individual Creativity but Reduces the Collective Diversity of Novel Content
(Science Advances)
Leveling Up Research and Publishing in Geoscience’s Open-Source Era
(USC Viterbi School of Engineering)
LPC Welcomes a New Strategic Affiliate: The Library Accessibility Alliance
(LPC: Library Publishing Coalition)
Publishing Is Stressful: What Can We Do About It?
(Eos, AGU: American Geophysical Union)
Re:Create Statement on Keeping Pro Codes Act Out of Must-Pass Legislation
(Re:Create, PK: Public Knowledge, EFF: Electronic Frontier Foundation, ARL: Association of Research Libraries, and SPARC)
The Risks of Botshit
(HBR: Harvard Business Review)
Towards a Common Framework for Monitoring Open Science
(SPARC Europe)
ARL Member Libraries
Campus-Wide ORCID Pilot Project Launches
(University of Waterloo Library)
Kimberley Bugg Appointed CEO and Director of Atlanta University Center Woodruff Library
(Atlanta University Center (AUC) Robert W. Woodruff Library via ARL)
UBC Library Open Education Impact & Activity Report
(The University of British Columbia (UBC) Library)
Advocacy & Public Policy
Postsecondary Education of Native Americans
(CRS: Congressional Research Service)
Update on Department of Education’s Postsecondary Education Regulatory Work
(US Department of Education)
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Is It Any Easier for Global South International Students to Study in the US? Revisiting the Data One Year Later
(Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration)
Missing Evidence: Tracking Academic Data Use Around the World (working paper)
(World Bank Group)
The Life Cycle of Large Language Models: A Review of Biases in Education (preprint)
(arXiv)
Scholars & Scholarship
Interactions with Generative Information Retrieval Systems (preprint)
(arXiv)
New Book from the Center for Engaged Learning: Online, Open, and Equitable Education
(Center for Engaged Learning, Elon University)
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Thursday, July 18
Top o’ the Review
Accepting Proposals for Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian and National Leadership Grants for Libraries Programs
(IMLS: US Institute of Museum and Library Services)
ACLS Launches 2025 ACLS Open Access Book Prize and Arcadia Open Access Publishing Award Competition
(ACLS: American Council of Learned Societies)
Chatbot Snapshot: How State, Local Government Websites Use AI Assistants
(StateScoop)
COGR’s Emerging Research Institutions Pilot Program—Launching August 1
(COGR)
Defining Undergraduate Research Across Disciplines: Takeaways from ConnectUR
(Ithaka S+R)
Designing for Education with Artificial Intelligence: An Essential Guide for Developers
(Office of Educational Technology, US Department of Education)
DLF Working Group Receives Strategic Growth Grant from Society of American Archivists Foundation
(DLF: Digital Library Federation)
Higher Ed Groups Slam New US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Cyber Proposal
(IHE: Inside Higher Ed)
Knowledge Futures Invests in PubPub Platform, a New Vision for Full-Stack Knowledge Infrastructure
(Knowledge Futures)
Video: ACRL Leadership Discussion Group: “Evolving with AI: Empowering the Maturing Academic Library Workforce”
(The University of New Mexico and ACRL: Association of College & Research Libraries via YouTube)
ARL Member Libraries
Announcing 2024 Issue of UMD Libraries’ “Illumination” Magazine
(University of Maryland (UMD) Libraries)
Guide to Law Online Nations Completed
(Law Library of Congress, LC: Library of Congress)
Also from LC: Upcoming Webinar: Level Up Your Copyright Public Records Search (Thursday, August 1) (US Copyright Office, LC)
Read, Hot, and Digitized: The SF Nexus Project
(Temple University Libraries via University of Texas Libraries)
Libraries—Other
Close Encounters with AI: Transcribing Multilingual Cultural Heritage Text with AI
(Europeana Pro)
Advocacy & Public Policy
Education Department Updates Title IX Regulations: Responding to Sex Discrimination and Harassment at School
(CRS: Congressional Research Service)
For Wide Review: Collaboration Tools Accessibility User Requirements
(WAI: Web Accessibility Initiative, W3C: World Wide Web Consortium)
Introducing the Coalition for Secure AI, an OASIS Open Project
(OASIS Open)
Scholars & Scholarship
Comparing Expert and ChatGPT-Authored Guidance Prompts
(L@S ’24: Proceedings of the Eleventh ACM Conference on Learning @ Scale)
Data for the People: A Recap of csv,conf,v8
(DataCite)
Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH) and Research Data Alliance (RDA) Agree to Strategic Relationship to Advance Responsible Research Data Sharing
(Science | Business)
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