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Monday, April 8
Top o’ the Review
AI Chatbots Will Never Stop Hallucinating
(Scientific American)
Call for Expressions of Interest: Participate in Research on Costs of Public Access to Research Data—Join Information Session April 29
(ARL: Association of Research Libraries)
CRKN Signs Read-and-Publish Agreement with Elsevier
(CRKN: Canadian Research Knowledge Network)
How Tech Giants Cut Corners to Harvest Data for A.I.
(The New York Times)
Also New From The New York TImes What to Know About Tech Companies Using A.I. to Teach Their Own A.I. & Four Takeaways on the Race to Amass Data for A.I.
Ray Pun Wins 2025-2026 ALA Presidency
See Also: State of America’s Libraries Report 2024
(ALA: American Library Association)
The Internet Archive Just Backed Up an Entire Caribbean Island
(WIRED)
ARL Member Libraries
Change the Subject: Making the iibrary Catalog More Inclusive
(Emory Libraries)
Faculty Publication Patterns over 25 Years at a Large Public University: Correlations with Literature Use
(UIC University Library via College and Research Libraries)
Science Library Closes for Renovation Beginning May 1, 2024
(University of Manitoba Libraries)
Yale Law School Champions Open Legal Scholarship with the Launch of Law Archive
(Lillian Goldman Law Library, Yale Law School)
Libraries—Other
Maximizing Public-Academic Library Partnerships: Seeking Case Study Partners
(Ithaka S+R)
Review of the Europeana Data Model to Support 3D
(Europeana)
Data & Analytics
CODATA Data Ethics Working Group Policy Briefs Available for Comment and Feedback
(CODATA: Committee on Data, International Science Council)
Advocacy & Public Policy
Lawmakers Unveil Sprawling Plan To Expand Online Privacy Protections
(The Washington Post)
See Also: Committee Chairs Rodgers, Cantwell Unveil Historic Draft Comprehensive Data Privacy Legislation (US House Committee on Energy and Commerce)
Maryland General Assembly Passes Maryland Online Data Privacy Act
(EPIC: Electronic Privacy Information Center)
Trudeau Announces $2.4B Federal Investment In AI, Tech Sector
(Global News)
Scholars & Scholarship
An Interdisciplinary, Grassroots Team Model for Supporting Digital Accessibility
(EDUCAUSE Review)
FTC Announces Winners of Voice Cloning Challenge
(FTC: Federal Trade Commission)
NSF Tests Ways to Improve Research Security Without Disrupting Peer Review
(Science)
Special Issue on Science Librarianship and Social Justice (No. 105 (2024))
(ISTL: Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship)
Curated by Gary D. Price, MLIS
Co-Founder and Editor, Library Journal’s infoDOCKET
Information Industry Analyst
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Tuesday, April 9
Top o’ the Review
Librarians Fear New Penalties, Even Prison, as Activists Challenge Books
(AP: Associated Press)
Postsecondary-Offered Microcredentials in Ontario: What Does the Evidence Tell Us?
(HEQCO: Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario)
More higher ed news: Ontario Investing $4.6 Million to Fuel “Made-in-Ontario” Innovations at Colleges and Universities(IPON: Intellectual Property Ontario)
Raymond Pun Wins 2025–2026 ALA Presidency
(ALA: American Library Association)
2024 ACRL Election Results
(ACRL: Association of College & Research Libraries)
Upcoming In-Person Event: Canadian Symposium of Scholarly Journals (Wednesday. June 19)
(Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences)
Upcoming Virtual Event: Information Session: Understanding Institutional Expenses for Public Access to Research Data—A Call for Research Partners (Monday, April 29)
(ARL: Association of Research Libraries)
ARL Member Libraries
Allison Benedetti Named Associate University Librarian for Teaching, Learning, and Research
(UCLA Library)
ASU Opens Space Dedicated to Indigenous Librarianship and Students
(Arizona State University (ASU) Library via Arizona Mirror)
Libraries Program Saved Husker Students $1.7 Million in First Two Years
(University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries)
New Additions to Data Repositories at TULUP
(Temple University Libraries)
SIU’s Morris Library to Celebrate Cricket Magazine 50th Anniversary and Latest Donation
(Southern Illinois University (SIU) Carbondale Morris Library)
UBC Library Digitizes Indigenous Language Dictionaries
(The University of British Columbia (UBC) Library)
UMD Libraries Invites Users to Preview New Search Platform
(University of Maryland (UMD) Libraries)
Libraries—Other
Video: Library Services & Content Management (LSCM) GitHub Repositories Webcast Series
(FDLP: Federal Depository Library Program, GPO: US Government Publishing Office)
Higher Ed
A First Look at the 2021 Postsecondary Enrollment, Completion, and Financial Aid Outcomes of Fall 2009 Ninth-Graders
(IES: Institute of Education Sciences, US Department of Education)
Higher Education Is Most Trusted Source to Handle AI
(IHE: Inside Higher Ed)
Advocacy & Public Policy
Employment Discrimination Case Referrals between Education and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Could Be Improved
(GAO: US Government Accountability Office)
Presidents’ Alliance Calls for Temporary Protected Status and Special Student Relief for Nigeria
(Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration)
Public Good Perceptions and Polarization: Evidence from Higher Education Appropriations (preprint)
(EdWorking Papers, Annenberg Institute for School Reform, Brown University)
Scholars & Scholarship
The Use of Generative Search Engines for Knowledge Work and Complex Tasks (preprint)
(arXiv)
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Wednesday, April 10
Top o’ the Review
GPO Director Presents FY2025 Appropriations Request to Congress
(US Government Publishing Office)
See Also: A video recording of today’s House Appropriations Committee hearing is available here.
OER Adoption Update: 2023
(Open Syllabus)
Is ChatGPT Corrupting Peer Review? Telltale Words Hint at AI Use
(Nature)
Schiff Unveils AI Training Transparency Measure
(The Hill)
Real Wages for Faculty Are Far Below Prepandemic Level
(AAUP: American Association of University Professors)
Sir Roly Keating to Step Down as Chief Executive of the British Library in April 2025
(British Library)
The Respectful Terminology Platform Project Receives Prestigious Grant from the Mellon Foundation
(National Indigenous Knowledge Language Alliance)
ARL Member Libraries
Beyond the Stacks
(University of North Carolina)
Libraries Launching Data Curation Pilot Project
(University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries)
The WEST Executive Committee Establishes a Steering Committee & Updates Composition and Eligibility Requirements
(CDL: California Digital Library)
Libraries—Other
Webinar Slides and Video: Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning (CPDWL) Webinar: Transforming Libraries: Navigating Rapid Technological Shifts and Emerging Community Demands – From RFID to AI
(IFLA: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions)
ORCID Shares 2023 Highlights in Annual Community Town Hall
(ORCID)
Advocacy & Public Policy
American Privacy Act Cheat Sheet
(IAPP: International Association of Privacy Professionals)
Justice Department to Publish Final Rule to Strengthen Web and Mobile App Access for People with Disabilities
(US Department of Justice)
Status Report: Mechanisms for Researcher Access to Online Platform Data
(European Commission)
Scholars & Scholarship
Artificial Intelligence and the Changing Demand For Skills in the Labour Market
(OECD)
Life Scientists’ Experience with Posting Preprints During the COVID-19 Pandemic
(Scientometrics)
The Future of Research on Social Technologies: CCC Workshop Visioning Report
(CCC: Computing Community Consortium)
Not All Staying is the Same: Unpacking Retention and Turnover in Academic Libraries
(In the Library With a Lead Pipe)
In Other News
Generative AI Can Turn Your Most Precious Memories Into Photos That Never Existed
(Technology Review)
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Thursday, April 11
Top o’ the Review
Applications Open and Date Announcement: Summit for Academic Institutional Readiness in Data Sharing (STAIRS)
(DCN: Data Curation Network)
Blind Internet Users Struggle with Error-Prone AI Aids
(The Irish Times)
How SPL’s Books Unbanned Card is Fighting Censorship
(The Seattle Times)
New Code Mines Microscopy Images in Scientific Articles
(Argonne National Laboratory)
NYT v. OpenAI: The Times’s About-Face
(Harvard Law Review)
The Governance of Artificial Intelligence in Canada: Findings and Opportunities From a Review of 84 AI Governance Initiatives
(Government Information Quarterly)
Using Student Data to Bridge the AI Divide
(EDUCAUSE Review)
ARL Member Libraries
Deering Library to Be Renovated Beginning June 2024
(Northwestern University Libraries)
Learn How We Transformed Library Space Into a Haven For Exam-Time Studying and Relaxing
(Simon Fraser University Library)
Libraries Open Publishing Launches ‘Bibliography of Library History, 1990–2022
(Penn State Libraries)
UCLA Film & Television Archive Selects Esteban Arellano as Inaugural Artist-in-Residence
(UCLA Library)
Strategic Plan Funds Extend Impact Of Open Educational Resources
(Iowa State University Libraries)
UC Libraries Endorse Joint Statement on the Metadata Rights of Libraries
(CDL: California Digital Library)
UMD Libraries Announces Generous Gift Establishing the Library Student Workforce Endowed Operating Fund
(University of Maryland Libraries)
University Libraries Opens Annual Science Haiku Contest
(University of New Mexico Libraries)
Libraries—Other
Higher Ed
Undergraduate Degree Earners: Academic Year 2022-23
(National Student Clearinghouse Research Center)
Excelencia in Education Publishes Analysis about Today’s Latino College Students
(Diverse Issues in Higher Education)
Scholars & Scholarship
Journalistic Interventions Matter: Understanding How Americans Perceive Fact-Checking Labels
(Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) Misinformation Review)
In Other News
Curated by Gary D. Price, MLIS
Co-Founder and Editor, Library Journal’s infoDOCKET
Information Industry Analyst
Librarian
