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Monday, September 16
Top o’ the Review
“ChatGPT Seems Too Good to Be True”: College Students’ Use and Perceptions of Generative AI
(Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence)
See also: Survey: When Should College Students Use AI? They’re Not Sure (IHE: Inside Higher Ed)
CODATA and the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) Announce the CODATA Research Data Management Terminology (RDMT)
(CODATA: Committee on Data of the International Science Council)
CRKN Publishes 2023–2024 Annual Report: Building Connections in Research and Knowledge
(CRKN: Canadian Research Knowledge Network)
Forget ChatGPT: Why Researchers Now Run Small AIs on Their Laptops
(Nature)
Innovation in Libraries: A Service-Oriented Perspective
(Research Policy)
ITHAKA Fall 2024 Community Letter—Learning Together
(ITHAKA)
See also: JSTOR Access in Prison Awarded the 2024 ALPSP Impact Award (JSTOR)
Open Access Is Shaping Scientific Communication
(Science)
Reports: Academic Publishers Face Class Action Over “Peer Review” Pay, Other Restrictions
(infoDOCKET)
ARL Member Libraries
Ahmad Jamal Comes Home to Pittsburgh
(University of Pittsburgh Library System)
Library Website Brand Alignment Project
(University of Alberta Library)
Midwest Data Librarian Symposium: A Model for Regional Communities
(The Ohio State University Libraries and University of Cincinnati Libraries via College & Research Libraries News)
Open Science Unveiled: Empowering Knowledge Sharing in the Digital Age—Webinar Overview, Slides, and Video
(Library of Congress and Purdue University Libraries via IFLA: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions)
Penn Libraries Partners with Digital Library of the Caribbean
(Penn Libraries, University of Pennsylvania)
Libraries—Other
American Library Association to Host Historic Intellectual Freedom Summit at the Library of Congress (Tuesday, September 17)
(ALA: American Library Association)
PALNI Awarded IMLS Grant to Develop PEARL Open Source Reading List System
(PALNI: Private Academic Library Network of Indiana)
Higher Ed
Advocacy & Public Policy
FPF Unveils Report on Emerging Trends in US State AI Regulation
(FPF: Future of Privacy Forum)
Scholars & Scholarship
Open Journal Systems (OJS) Selected as Infrastructure to Underpin Open Research Europe Publishing Platform
(PKP: Public Knowledge Project)
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Tuesday, September 17
Top o’ the Review
ARL Invites Applications for DEI Institute Faculty—Deadline October 21
(ARL: Association of Research Libraries)
Artificial Intelligence in Education and Mental Health for a Sustainable Future: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief
(National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine)
CSIC (Spanish National Research Council), Peer Community In, and COAR Advance Innovative Publishing Model
(COAR: Confederation of Open Access Repositories)
Data Center Emissions Probably 662% Higher Than Big Tech Claims. Can It Keep Up the Ruse?
(The Guardian)
Exclusive: One University’s Three-Year Battle to Retract Papers with Fake Data
(Retraction Watch)
Must-Have Competencies and Skills in Our New AI World: A Synthesis for Educational Reform
(EDUCAUSE Review)
Publishers Try Skinnier Books to Save Money and Emissions
(BBC)
Update on UKRI’s Journey to Open Access
(UKRI: UK Research and Innovation)
Wikidata and Artificial Intelligence: Simplified Access to Open Data for Open-Source Projects
(Wikimedia Germany)
ARL Member Libraries
A Tango in Four Steps: Creating an Experimental and Experiential Curriculum to Elevate Student Learning in The LINK
(Dartmouth Libraries, Dartmouth College)
Black Print History, Community Featured in Exhibit
(Cornell University Library)
Checking Out Our Workspaces: An Analysis of Negative Work Environment and Burnout Utilizing the Negative Acts Questionnaire and the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory for Academic Librarians
(University of Tennessee, Knoxville via EBLIP: Evidence Based Library and Information Practice)
d/Deaf Children’s Books in the Classroom
(University of Cincinnati Libraries)
Library Partnership Rating: A Case Study About an Open, Community-Built Rubric to Evaluate Journal Publishers
(Iowa State University Libraries and University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst Libraries via Insights: The UKSG Journal)
NDSA Announces 2024 Slate of Candidates for Coordinating Committee
(New York University Libraries, Oklahoma State University Library, Texas Tech University Libraries, University of Pittsburgh Library System via NDSA: National Digital Stewardship Alliance, DLF Digital Library Federation)
Truth and Reconciliation: Exploring Indigenous Narratives and Worldviews
(University of Guelph Library)
Advocacy & Public Policy
Antitrust Lawsuit Filed Against Large Academic Publishers
(Authors Alliance)
European AI Act Training Disclosures Expose US Copyright Risks
(Bloomberg Law)
Scholars & Scholarship
A Proposal for a FAIR Management of 3D Data in Cultural Heritage (preprint)
(arXiv)
Quantitative Insights into Language Model Usage and Trust in Academia: An Empirical Study (preprint)
(arXiv)
See also: Enhancing LLM Collaboration for Smarter, More Efficient Solutions (MIT CSAIL: Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory)
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Wednesday, September 18
Top o’ the Review
CFLA-FCAB Endorsement of the Prison Libraries Network’s Position Statement on the Prisoners’ Right to Read
(CFLA-FCAB: Canadian Federation of Library Associations)
Due to AI Fakes, the “Deep Doubt” Era Is Here
(Ars Technica)
More Americans—Especially Young Adults—Are Regularly Getting News on TikTok
(Pew Research Center)
Nature Index 2024: Artificial Intelligence (articles & data tables)
(Nature)
New Tool to Assess Equity in Scholarly Communication Models
(cOAlition S, Jisc, and PLOS)
NISO to Represent the US on International Organization for Standardization’s (ISO) Technical Committee for Cultural Heritage Conservation
(NISO: National Information Standards Organization)
There Are More Than 120 AI Bills in Congress Right Now
(MIT Technology Review)
What the Reinstatement of Net Neutrality Means for Higher Education
(ARL: Association of Research Libraries via EdTech)
Wrapping Up Our 10th Anniversary Celebration with the LPC Yearbook!
(LPC: Library Publishing Coalition)
ARL Member Libraries
Arts Library Project Update
(UC Santa Barbara Library)
Beyond Barriers: Library Initiatives Pave the Way for Student Accessibility
(University of Toronto Libraries)
Black Metropolis Research Consortium (BMRC) Receives Mellon Grant to Support Community Archives Documenting Black Chicago
(The University of Chicago Library)
Carrie Kruse Named as New Associate Dean of Libraries for Public Services
(University of Wisconsin–Madison Libraries)
CWRU Libraries Transitioning to New Services Platform
(Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) Kelvin Smith Library)
New DCN Sustainers: Carnegie Mellon University and University of New Mexico
(The University of New Mexico University Libraries via DCN: Data Curation Network)
UCLA Library Announces Winning Composition for Resonate 2024
(UCLA Library)
Higher Ed—Members
Comprehensive Analysis Reviews Methodologies of College Rankings
(NORC, The University of Chicago)
Advocacy & Public Policy
AAAS Applauds NIH Draft Public Access Policy for Equity Focus and Urges Revisions to Business Model and License Provisions
(AAAS: American Association for the Advancement of Science)
Ask the Community—Thoughts on a Class Action Lawsuit Brought Against Scholarly Publishers
(The Scholarly Kitchen)
NSF Investing $48 Million to Broaden Participation in Computing
(NSF: US National Science Foundation)
Data & Analytics
Finding the Holy Grail of Library Value: Characteristics of Academic Libraries at Universities with High Retention Rates
(EBLIP: Evidence Based Library and Information Practice)
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Thursday, September 19
Top o’ the Review
Arctic World Archive Announces Deposit Ceremony 2024
(EU Reporter)
How GenAI Changes Creative Work
(MIT Sloan Management Review)
Library Assessment Conference Sold Out—Extra Seats Open Now—Register, Add a Workshop
(ARL: Association of Research Libraries and University of Washington Libraries)
New Preprint Introduces Major Update to the Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) Guidelines
(COS: Center for Open Science)
Persistence and Attainment of 2019–20 First-Time Postsecondary Students After Three Years
(NCES: National Center for Education Statistics, US Department of Education)
Readout of OSTP Webinar on Advancing Digital Accessibility for Scientific and Technical Publications
(OSTP: Office of Science and Technology Policy, The White House)
Sage Confirms It Is in Talks to License Content to AI Firms
(The Bookseller)
The American Talent Initiative Student Success Research Grant Program Funds Five Mission-Aligned Projects
(Ithaka S+R)
The United Nations (UN) Wants to Treat AI with the Same Urgency as Climate Change
(WIRED)
See also: UN report discussed in WIRED article (UN AI Advisory Body)
We Need to Rethink the Way We Identify Diamond Open Access Journals in Quantitative Science Studies
(QSS: Quantitative Science Studies)
ARL Member Libraries
Announcing the Barbara Slate Archive
(WashU Libraries, Washington University in St. Louis)
Associate Dean of Libraries Teresa Walker Retires
(The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Libraries)
Open Educational Practices Project Results in Student-Authored Mathematics Dictionary for Teachers and Parents
(University of Houston Libraries)
Proceedings of the Annual Conference of CAIS
(Multiple ARL members via CAIS: Canadian Association for Information Science)
UC San Diego Library Presents Art of Science 2024
(UC San Diego Library)
Unpacking Old Baggage: Re-assessing How We Format Metadata and Better Understanding the Systems That Read It
(University of Michigan Library)
Upcoming Online Event: Sovereign Printscapes: Why Indigenous Newspapers Matter (Wednesday, September 25)
(Library of Congress)
Scholars & Scholarship
The Dawn of the AI Era: Teens, Parents, and the Adoption of Generative AI at Home and School
(Common Sense Media)
Upcoming Online Workshops: Register Now to Join the AI4Culture Workshop Series (October 9–30)
(Europeana Pro)
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Information Industry Analyst
Librarian
