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Monday, September 30
Top o’ the Review
An Introduction to Reentry Service Provision and Community Partnership for College Administrators
(Ithaka S+R)
Also from Ithaka S+R: Building Data Collection and Evaluation Capacity for Higher Education in Prisons
Artificial Intelligence in STEM Higher Education: Opportunities, Challenges & Ethical Dilemmas
(NORC at the University of Chicago)
See Also: Op/Ed: AI is An Existential Threat To Colleges. Can They Adapt?
(The Washington Post)
ASERL Publishes 2024 Annual Report
(ASERL: Association of Southeastern Research Libraries)
Facing the Future with Confidence: IFLA Trend Report 2024 Launched
(IFLA: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions)
Also from IFLA: IFLA Academic and Research Libraries (ARL) Standing Committee Hosts Annual Hot Topics Session
Massive E-Learning Platform Udemy Gave Teachers a Gen AI “Opt-Out Window”. It’s Already Over.
(404 Media)
National Archives Updates Digital Preservation Framework
(NARA: US National Archives and Records Administration)
2024 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report | Cybersecurity and Privacy Edition
(EDUCAUSE)
Web of Science Puts Mega-Journals Cureus and Heliyon on Hold
(Retraction Watch)
ARL Member Libraries
Announcement from the Morehouse College Archives
(Atlanta University Center (AUC) Robert W. Woodruff Library)
ASU Archive Filled with Action, Education, and Activism
(Arizona State University (ASU) Library)
Discovery Resource for Women’s Health Research Now Available
(NLM: National Library of Medicine)
“Finding My Space:” Meshia Anderson Recounts Her Experience at This Summer’s IDEAL Conference
(University of Cincinnati Libraries)
New Flexible Studio Spaces Coming to Silverman Library
(University at Buffalo)
Purdue University Archives and Special Collections Announces Digitization of Neil Armstrong’s Paper Speeches
(Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies)
Q&A: New University Librarian Suzanne Wones on Loving Libraries, Embracing AI, and Herding Cats
(UC Berkeley Library)
University Libraries Launches Open Access “Arts Culture & Development” Journal
(Penn State University Libraries)
University Libraries Receives Grant to Create Generative AI Incubator Program
(Virginia Tech University Libraries)
UNM Open Educational Resources (OER) Initiative Expected to Save Students Over $400,000 This Academic Year
(The University of New Mexico (UNM) Libraries)
Advocacy & Public Policy
Re:Create Welcomes Library Futures as Its Newest Member
(Re:Create Coalition)
Scholars & Scholarship
The OpenCitations Index: Description of a Database Providing Open Citation Data
(Scientometrics)
Curated by Gary D. Price, MLIS
Co-Founder and Editor, Library Journal’s infoDOCKET
Information Industry Analyst
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Tuesday, October 1
Top o’ the Review
ACE Brief Explores Factors Affecting Students’ College Decisions
(ACE: American Council on Education)
Announcing the 2025 Board Slate
(ORCID)
APLU Joins with Four Institutions to Develop New Approaches for Supporting Faculty in Undertaking Public Impact Research
(ARL, UC Davis, Penn State, and Washington State University with APLU: Association of Public and Land-grant Universities)
Biden-Harris Administration Strengthens Federal Scientific Integrity Practices
(The White House)
Data Collectives Are the Next Frontier of Labor Relations
(HBR: Harvard Business Review)
Departmental Letterbooks Fully Transcribed Through Intelligent Character Recognition (ICR) Pilot Project
(CRKN: Canadian Research Knowledge Network)
IFLA Strategy 2024–2029 Launched at Information Futures Summit
(IFLA: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions)
Teaching AI What It Should and Shouldn’t Do
(DARPA: US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency)
Update on DOAJ’s New Publisher Supporter Model
(DOAJ Blog)
Video: Bibliometrics and Research Impact Community of Practice (CoP): Metrics and Impacts for Library Publishing Programs
(CARL: Canadian Association of Research Libraries via YouTube)
ARL Member Libraries
IPLC Launches the South Asian Governmental Publications Web Archive
(Princeton University Library, The University of Chicago Library, Library of Congress, and University of Texas Libraries via IPLC: Ivy Plus Libraries Consortium)
Libraries Help Adapt Open Education Resource
(WashU Libraries, Washington University in St. Louis)
Preserving a Different Kind of Dental Record
(UCLA Library)
WEST’s New Pilot with Member Libraries and Internet Archive Aims to Maximize Deselections, Expand Access, Enhance Preservation
(UC Berkeley, UC Riverside, University of Arizona, and University of Colorado Boulder via CDL: California Digital Library)
Higher Ed
(The University of Chicago)
Advocacy & Public Policy
The Language of Advocacy and Risk
(Upstream, FORCE11)
Scholars & Scholarship
Classifying Open Access Business Models
(Insights: The UKSG journal)
Undisciplined: How Do Research Funders Define Transdisciplinary Research?
(RoRI: Research on Research Institute)
In Other News
Google Lens Has a Brilliant New Feature That Lets You Search the Web with a Video
(BGR)
Microsoft’s Copilot AI Gets a Voice and the Ability to See Websites You Browse
(Engadget)
See also: Additional details from Microsoft
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Co-Founder and Editor, Library Journal’s infoDOCKET
Information Industry Analyst
Librarian
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Wednesday, October 2
Top o’ the Review
A Look at Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the US
(Pew Research Center)
AI Simulation Gives People a Glimpse of Their Potential Future Self
(MIT: Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Exposure to Generative AI and Expectations About Inequality
(Liberty Street Economics Blog, Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
See also:
- AI Can Only Do 5% of Jobs, Says MIT Economist Who Fears Crash (BNN Bloomberg)
- Has Generative AI Lost Its Strange Charm? (Scientific American)
How College Students Respond to Climate Change in Troubled Times: Four Takeaways from Project Information Literacy’s Latest Study
(College & Research Libraries (C&RL) News)
Intensive Learning Program Call for Applications—Deadline November 13
(ARL: Association of Research Libraries)
New Initiative Supporting Research on Research in Canada
(RoRI: Research on Research Institute)
Officially Launched! The New University-Based Publishing Futures Community Is Forming
(LPC: Library Publishing Coalition)
Upcoming Virtual Forum: NARDAC Fall Update: AI and Cataloging (Monday, October 21)
(NARDAC: North American RDA Committee via RDA Toolkit)
ARL Member Libraries
Elsa Álvaro Appointed AUL for Collections and Access
(Northwestern University Libraries)
Fifty New Recordings from the PALABRA Archive Now Available
(LC: Library of Congress)
Also from LC: Watch a Recording of the 2024 Congress.gov Public Forum
Helping Nonprofits Access Academic Resources, Community Scholars Program Expands Beyond British Columbia
(Simon Fraser University (SFU) Library)
Libraries Adds Unique Collection of Advertising Materials
(University of Miami Libraries)
McGill University Libraries Unveil Game-Changing Collections Centre: A New Era in Sustainable Book Preservation and Retrieval
(McGill University Libraries)
Supporting Our Community in the Aftermath of Hurricane Helene
(Duke University Medical Center Library & Archives)
University Libraries Co-funded U of A Open Publishing Platform
(The University of Arizona (U of A) University Libraries)
Upcoming Webinar: Unlocking the Potential for Digitized Books in Higher Education—Insights and Analysis from Project LEND (Friday, November 1)
(University of California (UC) Libraries via UC Davis Library)
“You Can’t Let It All Go Away”: 60 Years Later, the Free Speech Movement’s Legacy Lives on at the UC Berkeley Library
(UC Berkeley Library)
Advocacy & Public Policy
New Advisory Body Needed to Guide US Biomedical Research Policy, Panel Says
(Science)
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
ACLS Awards Microgrants to Support Academic Society–Led Initiatives to Foster More Equitable and Inclusive Engagement with Early-Career Scholars
(ACLS: American Council of Learned Societies)
Scholars & Scholarship
Does the Use of Unusual Combinations of Datasets Contribute to Greater Scientific Impact? (preprint)
(arXiv)
Curated by Gary D. Price, MLIS
Co-Founder and Editor, Library Journal’s infoDOCKET
Information Industry Analyst
Librarian
