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Monday, November 25
Top o’ the Review
Clarivate’s Actions Regarding eLife: DORA’s Response
(DORA: Declaration on Research Assessment)
Consider Completing This Survey of Accessibility Efforts at Academic Libraries
(Louisiana State University (LSU) School of Information Studies)
Developing Talent—Canada’s Leading Research Universities and How We Close the Talent Gap
(U15 Canada)
See also: Full-Time Teaching Staff at Canadian Universities, 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada)
Draft Report “Meeting the Climate Emergency” from CNI Senior Scholar Don Waters Available for Comment
(CNI: Coalition for Networked Information)
Exploring Workplace Experiences of BIPOC First-Generation Professionals in Library and Information Science
(Ithaka S+R)
FPF Unveils Report on the Anatomy of State Comprehensive Privacy Law
(FPF: Future of Privacy Forum)
Higher Education R&D Expenditures Increased 11.2%, Exceeded $108 Billion in FY 2023
(NCSES: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, NSF: US National Science Foundation)
Labelers Training AI Say They’re Overworked, Underpaid, and Exploited by Big American Tech Companies
(CBS News)
Scientists Call for Stronger Science-Policy Collaboration in Global Transformations
(ISC: International Science Council)
US Should Build Capacity to Rapidly Detect and Respond to AI Developments; New Report Identifies Workforce Challenges and Opportunities
(National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine)
ARL Member Libraries
A Treasure Trove of Ideas: MSU Libraries Celebrates Reopening of Renovated Special Collections
(Michigan State University (MSU) Libraries)
An Analysis of RBMS News Blog Job Advertisements, 2013–2021
(UCLA Library and Cornell University Library via RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage)
BPL Unveils Digital Visitor Guide with Audio Tour for Enhanced In-Person and Virtual Experiences
(BPL: Boston Public Library)
Cookbook Collection Serves Up Food for Thought
(UNC Library, The University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill)
Library, Museums and Press Launches Pressbooks: Open Educational Resources Publishing System Supports Faculty Creation of Resources and Textbooks
(University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press)
Michael Huerta, NLM Acting Deputy Director for Operations and Innovation, Retires
(NLM: US National Library of Medicine)
University Libraries Celebrates Maawn Doobiigeng: The New Classification System of the Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Libraries
(University of Michigan Library via The Michigan Daily)
Scholars & Scholarship
A Call for Research to Address the Threat of Paper Mills (preprint)
(PLOS Biology)
Science Communicators, Flat-Earthers, or Fitness Coaches: Who Is Citing Scientific Publications in YouTube Video Descriptions?
(Scientometrics)
Curated by Gary D. Price, MLIS
Co-Founder and Editor, Library Journal’s infoDOCKET
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Tuesday, November 26
Top o’ the Review
Act Now to Stop Millions of Research Papers from Disappearing
(Nature)
ARL/CDL Machine Actionable Plans (MAP) Pilot Team Visits University of Colorado Boulder
(ARL: Association of Research Libraries and CDL: California Digital Library)
Also from ARL: ARL Letter to US Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) re Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Title II Regulations
Building Institutional Capacity for Engaged Research: Proceedings of a Workshop
(National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine)
Countdown to the NDSA Excellence Awards 2025: Insights and Inspirations from Our Winners
(NDSA: National Digital Stewardship Alliance)
Exclusive: New Hijacking Scam Targets Elsevier, Springer Nature, and Other Major Publishers
(Retraction Watch)
Hidden Costs, New Alternatives: The Changing Landscape of International Student Funding
(Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration)
How Libraries Shape the Future of Research Infrastructure
(Software Heritage)
OurResearch Receives $688,000 Grant from Navigation Fund to Enhance the OpenAlex User Interface
(OurResearch)
More funding news: W3C Web Accessibility Work Boosted by Ford Foundation Core Funding (W3C: World Wide Web Consortium)
Registration for International Data Week 2025 and the 25th RDA Plenary Now Open
(RDA: Research Data Alliance)
Research University Strategies for Implementing Generative Artificial Intelligence Systems: Webinar
(CNI: Coalition for Networked Information)
We Need to Start Wrestling with the Ethics of AI Agents
(MIT Technology Review)
ARL Member Libraries
From WWII Documents to Digital Downloads: ASU Library Celebrates 80 Years with the Federal Depository Library Program
(Arizona State University (ASU) Library)
Rare McKinley Assassination Documents Acquired by the History of Medicine
(University at Buffalo University Libraries)
Securing History: FSU’s Special Collections Move to Iron Mountain
(Florida State University (FSU) Libraries)
USC Libraries Treasures You’ve Got to Check Out
(University of Southern California (USC) Libraries)
Higher Ed
“Easy to Just Write Us Off”: Rural Students’ Choices Shrink as Colleges Slash Majors
(The Hechinger Report)
Reconstructing PhD Admissions Through Organizational Learning (working paper)
(EdWorkingPapers, Annenberg Institute at Brown University)
Scholars Gather at Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Conference to Explore Future of Higher Education
(Diverse: Issues in Higher Education)
Data & Analytics
The Nation’s Data at Risk: The First Annual Report on the Federal Statistical System (preprint)
(HDSR: Harvard Data Science Review)
Scholars & Scholarship
Essential Work, Invisible Workers: The Role of Digital Curation in COVID-19 Open Science
(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
Librarian
