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Monday, August 26
Top o’ the Review
AI Transparency in Academic Search Systems: An Initial Exploration (preprint)
(arXiv)
Call for Expressions of Interest—CARL Visiting Program Officer (VPO) for Copyright and Other Public Policy Matters & Call for Expressions of Interest—CARL VPO for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
(CARL: Canadian Association of Research Libraries)
Funding Boosts Operations and Innovation for the SCOSS Family of Open Infrastructures
(SCOSS: Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services)
Generative AI Is Sliding into the “Trough of Disillusionment” According to 2024 Gartner Hype Cycle Report
(Computerworld via infoDOCKET)
Grambling State University: The First HBCU with $16.6 Million Digital Library
(KTAL NBC 6)
See also: More from Grambling State University
Inside Universities’ Love-Hate Relationship with ChatGPT
(The Wall Street Journal)
3D Models and Rights Management Report
(Europeana Pro)
ARL Member Libraries
Author Rights in the Age of Generative AI
(University of Saskatchewan University Library)
Director of University of Texas Libraries and Open Access Champion Lorraine Haricombe Announces Retirement
(University of Texas Libraries)
Elton John’s Donated Books at Emory’s Woodruff Library
(Emory University Libraries)
Historic Japanese Prints Donated to UH Mānoa Library
(University of Hawaiʻi (UH) at Mānoa Library)
Introducing the Library of Congress Geospatial Applications Hub
(Library of Congress)
Libraries Hosts Summit for Academic Institutional Readiness in Data Sharing (STAIRS)
(University of Minnesota Libraries)
Matthew Richardson Appointed University Archivist
(Northwestern University Libraries)
Music on the Move
(University at Buffalo Libraries)
The Portal to Texas History Reaches Twentieth Anniversary
(University of North Texas (UNT) University Libraries)
The Research Facilitation Service expands to serve the College of Humanities and Social Sciences
(NC State University Libraries)
Video Playlist: FORCE11 Scholarly Communication Institute (FSCI) in Partnership with the UCLA Library
(UCLA Library and FORCE11 via YouTube)
Higher Ed
US Instructor Survey 2024: Findings from a National Survey
(Ithaka S+R)
Advocacy & Public Policy
Constitutional Concerns with NO FAKES and Similar Acts
(Re:Create Coalition)
Summary of User Rights Network Symposium: Protecting Copyright User Rights from Contractual Override
(Journal of Copyright in Education and Librarianship)
Scholars & Scholarship
Adaptability and the Pivot Penalty in Science and Technology
(arXiv)
Advancing the Search Frontier with AI Agents
(Communications of the ACM)
Mapping Scholarly Books: Library Metadata and Research Assessment (abstract only)
(Scientometrics)
Curated by Gary D. Price, MLIS
Co-Founder and Editor, Library Journal’s infoDOCKET
Information Industry Analyst
Librarian
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Tuesday, August 27
Top o’ the Review
A Basis to Build On: UN Global Principles for Information Integrity
(IFLA: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions)
Artificial Intelligence in PhD Education: New Perspectives for Research Libraries
(LIBER Quarterly: The Journal of the Association of European Research Libraries)
CNI Director Clifford Lynch Announces Retirement June 2025
(CNI: Coalition for Networked Information via ARL: Association of Research Libraries)
Improving the Diversity of the PLOS ONE Editorial Board
(PLOS ONE)
NEH Announces $37.5 Million for 240 Humanities Projects Nationwide
(NEH: US National Endowment for the Humanities)
ARL Member Libraries
A New Collection of Satirical Pamphlets and Trial Accounts on the “Queen Caroline Affair”
(University of Michigan Library)
Archival Work with Deep Miami Roots
(University of Miami Libraries)
BU Names Jennifer Gunter King First Associate University Librarian for Special Collections
(Boston University (BU) Libraries)
Comparing Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools to Voice Assistants Using Reference Interactions
(McGill University Libraries via The Journal of Academic Librarianship)
IMLS Grant Awarded on Preserving Open Access Datasets and Software for Sustained Computational Reproducibility
(Virginia Tech University Libraries via Web Science and Digital Libraries Research Group, Old Dominion University)
MIT Press’s Direct to Open (D2O) Continues Expanding Access to Leading Scholarship in 2025
(MIT Press, MIT Libraries)
Terrell Library Celebrates 30 Years with Lecture, Reception
(Washington State University Libraries)
Welcome to Our New Members!
(Brown University Library and University of Maryland Libraries via LPC: Library Publishing Coalition)
Higher Ed
A “Hidden Liability”: Colleges Face Up to $950 Billion in Capital Needs, Moody’s Says
(Higher Ed Dive)
AGB OnBoard’s Annual Survey Reveals New Insights for Higher Ed Boards
(AGB: Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges)
The Total Number of Higher Education Institutions Decreases by Two Percent
(NCES: National Center for Education Statistics, US Department of Education)
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Large Language Models Reflect Human Citation Patterns with a Heightened Citation Bias (preprint)
(arXiv)
Report Identifies Decline in Black Male HBCU Enrollment
(Diverse: Issues in Higher Education)
Scholars & Scholarship
A Look at the Degree Types for Principal Investigators Designated on Applications and Awards: FYs 2014 to 2023
(NIH: US National Institutes of Health)
Drinking from the Firehose? Write More and Publish Less
(Upstream, FORCE11)
Curated by Gary D. Price, MLIS
Co-Founder and Editor, Library Journal’s infoDOCKET
Information Industry Analyst
Librarian
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Wednesday, August 28
Top o’ the Review
AI Firms Must Play Fair When They Use Academic Data in Training
(Nature)
AI Generates Covertly Racist Decisions About People Based on Their Dialect
(Nature)
ALA Nominating Committee Seeks Candidates for ALA President-Elect, ALA Treasurer, ALA Councilor at Large
(ALA: American Library Association)
Chain Retraction: How to Stop Bad Science Propagating Through the Literature
(Nature)
CNI August Pre-recorded Project Briefing Series Live
(CNI: Coalition for Networked Information)
How Does Claude Work? Anthropic Reveals Its Secrets
(ZDNET)
Iran-Based Cyber Actors Enabling Ransomware Attacks on US Organizations
(FBI: US Federal Bureau of Investigation, CISA: US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and DC3: US Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center)
Join the CommUNITY! CARL’s Communications Officers Community of Practice
(CARL: Canadian Association of Research Libraries)
Note: ARL hosts a similar group for communications staff in ARL libraries—email commteam@arl.org to request to join the ARL Communicators group.
“Librarying” Under the Candlelight: The Impact of Electricity Power Outages on Library Services
(Open Information Science)
Youth Voices in the 2024 election: What Students Want to See on the Education Agenda
(Brookings Institution)
ARL Member Libraries
A (Re)source of Sun Devil Pride
(Arizona State University (ASU) Library)
Closing the Loop: Automating Links to Open Access Versions of Articles in Faculty Profiles at a Large Research Institution
(University of Colorado (CU) Boulder University Libraries via JLSC: Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication)
Harmful Language Policy
(Wayne State University Library System)
Heard Libraries Exhibit Looks at Prominent Literary Figures Through Lens of Correspondence
(Vanderbilt University Jean & Alexander Heard Libraries)
Project ReShare Formalizes Its Membership in Open Library Foundation and Participates in WOLFcon
(Multiple ARL members via ReShare)
Upcoming Hybrid Event: UMass Amherst Libraries to Host 29th Annual Du Bois Lecture (Thursday, September 12)
(University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst Libraries)
Libraries—Other
Five Journals Confirmed to Join Project MUSE Collections for 2025
(Project MUSE)
Advocacy & Public Policy
Spring 2024 Regulatory Agenda Highlights
(EDUCAUSE Review)
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
The Leader Among Us: Identifying Career Progression Barriers Between Librarians and Archivists (abstract & snippets only)
(The Journal of Academic Librarianship)
Scholars & Scholarship
The Myth of Perfect Metadata Matching
(Crossref)
Curated by Gary D. Price, MLIS
Co-Founder and Editor, Library Journal’s infoDOCKET
Information Industry Analyst
Librarian
