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Monday, December 4
Top o’ the Review
AI…and the Rhinoceros in the Room Redux
(LorcanDempsey.net)
ALISE Position Statement: The Importance of Graduate Education and Professional Certification in Library and Information Science
(ALISE: Association for Library and Information Science Education)
Building a Canadian RDM Community: From Strategy to Implementation
(Hanging Together: The OCLC Research Blog)
Leading Corporations Introduce Data Provenance Standards
(D&TA: Data Trust Alliance)
See also: Big Companies Find a Way to Identify AI Data They Can Trust (New York Times)
Official Launch of the Experimental Publishing Compendium
(Copim)
You Are Invited to Participate in a Pilot of Data Management and Sharing Plan Templates
(NIH: US National Institutes of Health)
ARL Member Libraries
Artificial Intelligence in Teaching and Learning
(University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press)
Engineering Library Learning Commons Upgrade
(University of Saskatchewan University Library)
Penn Libraries Is Building a New, User-Focused Library Catalog
(Penn Libraries, University of Pennsylvania)
Racism and Health Research Guide Created by VCU Librarians Provides Crucial Resources for Students, Instructors, and Researchers
(VCU Libraries, Virginia Commonwealth University)
UMass Amherst Libraries Announce Jerry Russo Oral History Collection
(University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries)
Year in Review: Most Searched & Borrowed Titles of 2023
(McGill University Library)
Higher Ed—Members
Pioneering Program at York Has Students Working Full-Time
(York University via University Affairs)
The Potential of Artificial Intelligence to Empower Teachers and Advance Equity
(University of Maryland)
Higher Ed—Other
How Today’s High School Students Really Feel about Life after Graduation
(ACT)
Medical Schools Embrace Efforts Post–Affirmative Action Decision
(Diverse: Issues in Higher Education)
Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin Says He’s “Extremely Worried” about Free Speech on College Campuses
(WTOP News)
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
AI Image Generator Stable Diffusion Perpetuates Racial and Gendered Stereotypes, Study Finds
(University of Washington)
Scholars & Scholarship
Speaker Announcement—DOAJ at 20: Trusted (Thursday, December 7)
(DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)
In Other News
TikTok Owner ByteDance Joins Generative AI Frenzy with Service for Chatbot Development, Memo Says
(South China Morning Post)
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Tuesday, December 5
Top o’ the Review
AI Alliance Launches as an International Community of Leading Technology Developers, Researchers, and Adopters Collaborating Together to Advance Open, Safe, Responsible AI
(AI Alliance, including 10 ARL member institutions)
Biden-Harris Administration Announces $277 Million in Education Innovation and Research Grants to Help Address Academic Recovery
(US Department of Education, including 8 ARL member institutions)
International Alliance of Research Library Associations Releases Principles for a Safe and Open Internet
(ARL: Association of Research Libraries; CARL: Canadian Association of Research Libraries; CAUL: Council of Australian University Librarians; LIBER: Association of European Research Libraries; RLUK: Research Libraries UK)
New Report on the State of Repositories in Europe
(COAR: Confederation of Open Access Repositories)
New White Paper: Generative AI in Scholarly Communications
(STM)
Roadmap for CNI Fall ’23 Member Meeting
(CNI: Coalition for Networked Information)
ARL Member Libraries
Heather Froehlich Was Featured Guest on “From Concept to Creation” Podcast
(The University of Arizona Libraries and Penn State University Libraries)
New Collection Highlight: The Joy of Cooking
(Washington University in St. Louis University Libraries)
Standing Up Vendor-Provided Web-Hosting Services at Florida State University Libraries: A Case Study
(Florida State University Libraries via Code4Lib Journal)
You Spoke, We Listened: Libraries Respond to User Survey Results with Improvements
(Emory University Libraries)
Libraries—Other
Release of Success Criteria for Digitizing Permanent Records
(NARA: US National Archives and Records Administration)
Higher Ed—Members
U of T’s Plan to Become Climate Positive Expanded to All Three Campuses
(University of Toronto)
UC Berkeley Researchers Present Starling-7B, an Open Large Language Model (LLM)
(The Decoder)
University of Florida Provides Strategic Funding for Digital Humanities Lab
(University of Florida)
Higher Ed—Other
Research Funding for US Doctorate Recipients at Research-Intensive Institutions
(NCSES: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, NSF: US National Science Foundation)
Advocacy & Public Policy
NSF Launches EducateAI Initiative
(NSF: US National Science Foundation)
See also: EducateAI Dear Colleague Letter: Advancing Education for the Future AI Workforce
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
STEM Gender Gaps Significant among Gen Z
(Gallup)
Scholars & Scholarship
Free ChatGPT May Incorrectly Answer Drug Questions, Study Says
(CNBC)
Is AI Leading to a Reproducibility Crisis in Science?
(Nature)
In Other News
ChatGPT Tops Wikipedia’s Most-Viewed Articles of 2023 List
(The Hill)
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Wednesday, December 6
Top o’ the Review
Authors Alliance Releases New Legal Guide to Writing about Real People
(Authors Alliance)
Florida Democrat Frost Proposes Bill to Curb Book Bans
(The Hill)
Libraries as Pillars of Information Integrity: Event Report Released
(IFLA: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions)
Positioning Canada’s Universities for the Future
(University Affairs)
Registration Scholarships Available to Attend ARL President’s Institute on Sustainability, February 8 in San Diego
(ARL: Association of Research Libraries)
Remote Collaborations Deliver Fewer Scientific Breakthroughs, Says Oxford Martin Research
(Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford)
ARL Member Libraries
A Day of Digital Publishing & Quire at Penn Libraries
(Penn Libraries, University of Pennsylvania)
Announcing the Conservation Documentation Archive
(Duke University Libraries)
Remarks by Günter Waibel on Federal Public Access Policies and Institutional Investment
(Office of Scholarly Communication, University of California)
South Carolina Libraries Join EAST as the Shared Print Collective Collection Continues to Grow
(University of South Carolina Libraries via EAST: Eastern Academic Scholars’ Trust)
Higher Ed—Members
Collaboration for Teaching and Learning in the Round
(University of California, Riverside, via EDUCAUSE Review)
Newest OpenStax Textbook Provides Essential Workplace Skills to Students
(Rice University)
Higher Ed—Other
College Advisers Vow to “Kick the Door Open” for Black and Hispanic Students Despite Affirmative Action Ruling
(Hechinger Report)
Survey: Majority of Employers Express Confidence in Higher Ed
(Diverse: Issues in Higher Education)
Advocacy & Public Policy
Addressing the Homework Gap through the E-rate Program
(FCC: US Federal Communications Commission via Federal Register)
Ensuring Homeland Security through International Student Success
(Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration)
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
HBCU Enrollment and Longer-Term Outcomes
(EdWorkingPapers, Brown University)
Scholars & Scholarship
SCOPE of Open Education: A New Framework for Research
(IRRODL: International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning)
In Other News
Google’s New Gemini AI Will Understand Your Photos and Videos, Not Just Text
(CNET)
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Thursday, December 7
Top o’ the Review
Canadian Privacy Regulators Launch Principles for Responsible Development and Use of Generative AI
(Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada)
Developing Institutional Level AI Policies and Practices: A Framework
(WCET: WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies, WICHE: Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education)
Reflections on the Global Summit on Diamond Open Access
(Coalition Publica)
The Nelson Memorandum: How Two Members of the Higher Education Leadership Initiative for Open Scholarship (HELIOS) Are Responding
(Colorado State University and The University of Texas at Austin via College & Research Libraries News)
ARL Member Libraries
Embedded Librarians Support Student-Athlete Academic Success
(The University of Arizona University Libraries)
KU Alumni Honor the Legacy of Longtime KU Libraries Administrator
(KU: The University of Kansas)
NLM’s Latest Online Exhibition Revisits the Story of Aspirin
(NLM: US National Library of Medicine)
Libraries—Other
ACRL Annual Report 2022–23
(ACRL: Association of College & Research Libraries via College & Research Libraries News)
Higher Ed
Unlocking Co-creation for Green Innovation: An Exploration of the Diverse Contributions of Universities
(OECD: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
Advocacy & Public Policy
Capitalizing on the Moment: Draft State Digital-Equity Plans Show Commitment to Partnering with the Education Sector
(Office of Educational Technology, US Department of Education, via Medium)
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
NSF Advances Technologies to Improve Quality of Life for Persons with Disabilities
(NSF: US National Science Foundation)
Scholars & Scholarship
Academic Business Research: Impact on Academics Versus Impact on Practice
(PLOS ONE)
ChatGPT Often Won’t Defend Its Answers—Even When It Is Right
(The Ohio State University)
Discovering Relationships between Preprints and Journal Articles
(Crossref)
Research Software Directory: Honoring the Role of Software and Supporting Reproducibility
(ZBW MediaTalk)
Wiley to Stop Using “Hindawi” Name amid $18 Million Revenue Decline
(Retraction Watch)
In Other News
The PrivaSeer Project in 2023: Access to 1.4 Million Privacy Policies in One Searchable Body of Documents
(Penn State and University of Michigan via FPF: Future of Privacy Forum)
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