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Tuesday, September 3
Top o’ the Review
American Libraries Recognizes 12 Libraries in Its 2024 Library Design Showcase
(Harvard Library and Indiana University Libraries Bloomington via ALA: American Library Association)
Call for Proposals CNI Fall 2024 Meeting
(CNI: Coalition for Networked Information)
See also: Podcast: “AI and Scholarship”: Conversation with CNI Executive Director Cliff Lynch
(EDUCAUSE Review)
Google Doesn’t Trust Its Own AI Search Results
(The Decoder)
GPT-Fabricated Scientific Papers on Google Scholar: Key Features, Spread, and Implications for Preempting Evidence Manipulation
(Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) Misinformation Review)
Higher Education Associations Release Analytics Playbook
(AIR: Association for Institutional Research, EDUCAUSE, and NACUBO: National Association of College and University Business Officers)
ARL Member Libraries
CRL Welcomes New President Jacob Nadal
(CRL: Center for Research Libraries)
Dartmouth Libraries’ Role in the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP)
(Dartmouth Libraries, Dartmouth College)
IPLC Launches “Ideas of the Anthropocene Web Archive”
(Columbia University, Dartmouth College, the University of Pennsylvania, and Yale University via IPLC: Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation)
Newly Discovered Documents Enhance FSU’s Emmett Till Archive
(Florida State University (FSU) Libraries)
Purdue Libraries and School of Information Studies Launches New Minor
(Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies)
Same Building, New Name (and New Exciting Spaces): Science & Engineering Library Becomes King Library Annex
(University of Kentucky (UK) Libraries)
The Sherlock Holmes Collections Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary
(University of Minnesota Libraries)
UBC Library 2023/24 Senate Report
(The University of British Columbia (UBC) Library)
Higher Ed
ACE Brief Examines Faculty Perceptions of Student-Facing Roles
(ACE: American Council on Education)
Survey Reveals Students Rate Digital Learning Highly but Some Lack Suitable Learning Devices
(Jisc)
Advocacy & Public Policy
(Authors Alliance)
Scholars & Scholarship
Open Access in Ukraine: Characteristics and Evolution from 2012 to 2021
(QSS: Quantitative Science Studies)
SCOSS Family of Infrastructure Exploring Operational Efficiencies
(SCOSS: Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services
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Wednesday, September 4
Top o’ the Review
AI Governance in Higher Education: Case Studies of Guidance at Big Ten Universities (preprint)
(arXiv)
How Fast Do Scholarly Papers Get Read by Various User Groups? A Longitudinal and Cross-Disciplinary Analysis of the Evolution of Mendeley Readership
(JASIST: Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology)
Intellectual Property and Data Privacy: The Hidden Risks of AI
(Nature Career Guide)
Project MUSE and USHMM Announce Landmark Initiative
(Project MUSE and USHMM: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum)
Public Knowledge Project (PKP) Implements the Library Publishing Curriculum Introductory Module as a PKP School Course
(LPC: Library Publishing Coalition)
RLUK25 Conference Call for Papers
(RLUK: Research Libraries UK)
Second Circuit Court of Appeals Affirms District Court Ruling in Hachette v. Internet Archive
(infoDOCKET)
“The Pubpeer Conundrum”: One View of How Universities Can Grapple with a “Waterfall of Data Integrity Concerns”
(Retraction Watch)
Virtual DLF Forum Featured Speaker Is Andrea Jackson Gavin, HBCU Digital Library Trust Program Director
(DLF: Digital Library Federation)
ARL Member Libraries
Esports and Gaming Program: Phase 2 Launches at the Library
(University of Ottawa Library)
Grant Supports Northwestern Libraries Launch of Generative AI-Based Chat Search
(Northwestern University Libraries)
Kin Wah Fung, MD, Named Director of the Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications (LHNCBC)
(NLM: National Library of Medicine, NIH: US National Institutes of Health)
Rediscovering the Lost Plesiosaur (Cast): Restoring Vanderbilt’s Natural History Museum
(Vanderbilt University Jean & Alexander Heard Libraries)
Scholarly Communications and Copyright Office Impact Report 2023/24
(The University of British Columbia (UBC) Library)
University of Alberta Library Releases Open Metadata Framework
(University of Alberta Library)
Higher Ed
Higher Learning Commission Launches Guidelines and Review Process for Reduced-Credit Bachelor’s Degrees
(HLC: Higher Learning Commission)
$7.5 Million Grant to Guard Against AI-Driven Misinformation
(Indiana University)
Advocacy & Public Policy
Biden-Harris Administration Announces Additional Actions to Drive Academic Success for All Students
(The White House)
Summary of User Rights Network Symposium: Protecting Copyright User Rights from Contractual Override
(ARL: Association of Research Libraries via InfoJustice)
Scholars & Scholarship
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Thursday, September 5
Top o’ the Review
Approaching a New Normal? Educational Resources in US Higher Education, 2024
(Bay View Analytics)
Also from Bay View Analytics: Digital and OER Textbook Adoption
Australian Government Trial Finds AI Is Much Worse Than Humans at Summarizing
(Ars Technica)
CLIR Report Reveals the Vital Role of Seed Libraries in Preserving Biodiversity
(CLIR: Council on Library and Information Resources)
Also from CLIR: CLIR Partners with Orion Magazine to Advance Climate Storytelling
Dr. Kim Brooks Appointed Chair of the CRKN Board of Directors
(CRKN: Canadian Knowledge Research Network)
See also: It Takes a Village to Flip a Journal: Reflections from the 2024 CRKN Virtual Conference (Coalition Publica)
Georgetown University Research Highlights Substantial Shortages of Credentials Aligned with High-Paying Middle-Skills Occupations in 55 Largest US Metro Areas
(Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce)
Global Participation Fund Announces Fourth Round of Awardees
(ORCID)
Mapping Students’ Open Science Attitudes and Preferences: Country and Education Level Differences (preprint)
(PsyArXiv Preprints)
NISO Approves Working Group to Develop a US National PID Strategy
(NISO: National Information Standards Organization)
ARL Member Libraries
A Look Back at the Grand Opening Celebration
(University of Virginia Library)
Arizona Awarded National Endowment for the Humanities Grant to Digitize Historical Arizona Newspapers
(The University of Arizona University Libraries)
Hollywood-Grade Face-Tracking Technology Comes to University Libraries
(Virginia Tech University Libraries)
Also from Virginia Tech: University Libraries Experts Provide Access and Training on Volumetric-Capture Technology
Library Terms That Users (Don’t) Understand: A Review of the Literature from 2012 to 2021
(University of Colorado (CU) Boulder via C&RL: College & Research Libraries)
LSU Librarians Can Thrive Outside of the Tenure Framework, Dean Says
(LSU Libraries via Louisiana Illuminator)
Princeton Acquires the Aziz Isa Elkun Collection of Uyghur Literature
(Princeton University Library)
Unlocking Knowledge: Government Information Days Spring 2024 Slides Now Available
(Internet Archive Canada, Simon Fraser University Library, and The University of British Columbia Library)
Higher Ed—Members
University of Oklahoma Launches Center with Artificial Intelligence, Human Creativity Focus
(The University of Oklahoma)
Higher Ed—Other
Full-Time Master’s Student Enrollment in Science, Engineering, and Health
(NCSES: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, NSF: US National Science Foundation)
Student Health Data from the Spring 2024 National College Health Assessment (NCHA) Now Available
(ACHA: American College Health Association)
Tuition Fees for Degree Programs, 2024/2025
(Statistics Canada)
Scholars & Scholarship
Recent Changes in Document Type Classification in OpenAlex Compared to Web of Science and Scopus
(SUB: Scholarly Communication Analytics)
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Information Industry Analyst
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