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Monday, June 24
Top o’ the Review
ACE Releases Updated Issue Brief on Student Voting and Campus Political Campaign Activities
(ACE: American Council on Education)
AI and Jisc’s Leadership Survey
(Jisc)
Celebrating Indigenous-Led Data Initiatives
(Hill Notes, Library of Parliament, Canada)
Exploring the Relationship Between Test-Optional Admissions and Selectivity and Enrollment Outcomes During the Pandemic
(EdWorkingPapers, Annenberg Institute for School Reform, Brown University)
New OCLC Position Paper Articulates the Value of Linked Data to the Library Community
(OCLC)
The Wayback Machine, a Time Machine for the Web
(Sunday Morning, CBS News)
Upcoming Hybrid Event: The State of the Science Address (Wednesday, June 26)
(NASEM: US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine)
Also from NASEM: Preview video (via YouTube)
Varied Layers of Attention: The Altmetric 500—Open Dataset Allows Direct Look at Number of Mentions per Source Type
(Altmetric, Digital Science)
ARL Member Libraries
AI4LAM: Artificial Intelligence for Libraries, Archives, and Museums / Fantastic Futures
(Library of Congress)
“Black Tucson” Online Exhibit Offers 100-Year Glimpse into Black Life in Tucson, Arizona
(The University of Arizona University Libraries)
Inaugural Issue of Newhouse Impact Journal Published on SURFACE
(Syracuse University Libraries)
“Know Your City” from the Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
(UCLA Library)
Launching the JHU Open Source Catalog
(Johns Hopkins University (JHU) Sheridan Libraries)
Northwestern University ORCID Adoption and Utilization
(Northwestern Libraries via Lyrasis)
Updates to Calisphere
(CDL: California Digital Library, University of California)
Higher Ed
Recent High School Grads: Tell Us Why You Decided to Go to College or Not
(The New York Times)
Advocacy & Public Policy
Workforce Status Makes the Difference for Undocumented Graduates
(Diverse: Issues in Higher Education)
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Eight Indicators for Measuring Equitable Student Success in STEM
(Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning)
Scholars & Scholarship
An Empirical Examination of Data Re-user Trust in a Digital Repository
(JASIST: Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology)
Curated by Gary D. Price, MLIS
Co-Founder and Editor, Library Journal’s infoDOCKET
Information Industry Analyst
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Tuesday, June 25
Top o’ the Review
Announcing the Scholaris Website and Early Adopter Cohorts 1 & 2
(CARL: Canadian Association of Research Libraries; OCUL: Ontario Council of University Libraries; Scholars Portal; and University of Toronto Libraries)
Artificial Intelligence: Generative AI Technologies and Their Commercial Applications
(GAO: US Government Accountability Office)
Major Record Labels Sue AI Music Platforms over Copyright Infringement
(AI Business)
Nature Journals’ UK Staff Stage Second Day of Strikes over Pay
(Science)
Report: Amazon Developing AI Chatbot That Would Compete with ChatGPT and Others
(GeekWire)
The Secret Digital Behaviors of Gen Z (possible paywall)
(Business Insider)
Updated Report to the US Congress on Financing Mechanisms for Open Access Publishing of Federally Funded Research
(OSTP: Office of Science and Technology Policy, The White House)
Webinar Video: Finding, Tracking, and Analyzing Research Datasets in OpenAlex
(OurResearch via YouTube)
Also from OurResearch on YouTube: Presentation from OpenAlex User Meeting 2024
ARL Member Libraries
A Modern ClinicalTrials.gov Website
(National Center for Biotechnology Information, US National Library of Medicine)
Heard Libraries’ Digital Lab Awards Seed Grants to Four Emerging Digital Initiatives
(Vanderbilt University Jean & Alexander Heard Libraries)
New Interviews on Gulf Coast LGBT Broadcast History Project
(University of Houston Libraries)
Q&A: Retiring University Librarian Jeff MacKie-Mason on the Past and Future of Society’s Information Gateways
(University of California (UC), Berkeley Library)
Setting Sail on Experiential Learning
(University of California (UC), San Diego Library)
Libraries—Other
CLOCKSS Offers Continuing Public Access to Volumes 1–106 of Heterocycles
(CLOCKSS)
Advocacy & Public Policy
New AI Scorecard Can Assess Strength of State, Federal Legislation
(StateScoop)
UN Chief Launches Principles to Curb Algorithm Control over Content
(UN: United Nations via MirageNews)
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Creating a Diverse and Inclusive AI Research Community Is the Goal of New NSF Awards
(NSF: US National Science Foundation)
Infographic: Gender Diversity of Canadian Postsecondary Students, 2021/2022
(Statistics Canada)
Scholars & Scholarship
Developments and Challenges Around AI and Research Integrity
(University World News)
Is ChatGPT More Biased Than You?
(HDSR: Harvard Data Science Review)
See also: ChatGPT Is Biased Against Resumes with Credentials That Imply a Disability—but It Can Improve (University of Washington)
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Co-Founder and Editor, Library Journal’s infoDOCKET
Information Industry Analyst
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Wednesday, June 26
Top o’ the Review
AI in Libraries
(Against the Grain)
AI Is Already Wreaking Havoc on Global Power Systems
(Bloomberg)
Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Digital Preservation: Webinar Overview, Slides, and Video
(IFLA: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions)
Also from IFLA: Materials of the Webinar “Systematic Review Success”
Biden Administration Wins Supreme Court Brawl to Fight Online Misinformation
(Courthouse News Service)
See also: Full text of the Supreme Court opinion
Developing Institutional Research Data Management Strategies in Canada: Setting the Foundation for Stronger Partnerships and Collaborations
(IASSIST Quarterly)
PIDs, Prague, and Participation: Highlights from PIDfest 2024
(DataCite)
The Annual Report on the Economic Status of the Profession Is Here
(AAUP: American Association of University Professors)
ARL Member Libraries
CRL and NERL Announce Model License Language
(CRL: Center for Research Libraries)
Digital Initiatives: Digitized Theses and Dissertations Project
(University of Missouri Libraries)
Manuscripts and Historical Journeys: The Maps of the Federal Writers’ Project
(LOC: Library of Congress)
Also from LOC: Evaluation of Library of Congress Strategic Planning and Performance Management
New Edition of Book Updates Changing World of International Trade Law in Free, Open-Access Format
(The University of Kansas Libraries)
New Fall 2024 Pilot: Mediated Course Materials Service
(University of Alberta Library)
University Libraries Teams with Native American Science and Engineering Program (NASEP) for Annual Student Computer Build
(The University of Arizona University Libraries)
“When MLK Met the KKK in Raleigh” Materials Come to the Libraries
(NC State University Libraries)
Libraries—Other
Out in the Stacks: Honoring LGBTQIA+ Artists with Watson Library’s New Index
(The Met)
Higher Ed
New AACRAO Report Examines Impact of Federal Transcript-Hold Regulations on Higher Education
(AACRAO: American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers)
Advocacy & Public Policy
Top Six Major Privacy Enforcement Trends: A US Legislation Retrospective
(FPF: Future of Privacy Forum)
Video: Full Committee Hearing, “The US Copyright Office: Customers, Communities, and Modernization Efforts”
(Committee on House Administration, US House of Representatives via YouTube)
See also: Full text of testimony of Shira Perlmutter, register of copyrights and director, US Copyright Office
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Canadian Postsecondary Students and Graduates, by Racialized Group, 2014 to 2021
(Statistics Canada)
Higher Education: Opportunities Exist to Improve Federal Oversight of Alleged Employment Discrimination at Colleges and Universities
(GAO: US Government Accountability Office)
Scholars & Scholarship
Can AI Detectors Save Us from ChatGPT? I Tried Six Online Tools to Find Out
(ZDNET)
Snapshots of Reform: Researcher Evaluation Within Science Organizations
(ISC: International Science Council)
Curated by Gary D. Price, MLIS
Co-Founder and Editor, Library Journal’s infoDOCKET
Information Industry Analyst
Librarian
