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Day in Review (February 22–24)

Last Updated on July 9, 2022, 9:43 am ET

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Tuesday, February 22

Top o’ the Review

A Large-Scale Study on Research Code Quality and Execution
(Scientific Data)

Call for Participants for CARL’s Academic Librarians Leadership Institute (ALLI)
(Canadian Association of Research Libraries)

Pandemic Disrupted Students’ Higher Education Plans
(US National Science Board)

People Trust Deepfake Faces More Than Real Faces
(Vice)

Readout of the Fifth National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) Task Force Meeting
(The White House)

 

ARL Member Libraries

Celebrating Black History Month in Libraries and Government Information
(Florida State University Libraries)

LSU Home of Most Important Private Collection of African American Poetry
(Louisiana State University)

Making Space for Caregivers
(University of Michigan Library)

See the New Digital Archive That Puts Black History Front and Center
(University of Pittsburgh)

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives & Wikidata: Plans Become Projects
(Smithsonian Libraries and Archives)

Video: Sandra Cisneros on the San Antonio River, from a Series Accompanying the Viva Texas Rivers! Anthology
(The Wittliff Collections, Texas State University)

 

Higher Ed—Members

New Publication: MPS in Publishing Program at George Washington University Announces Inaugural Issue of GW Journal of Ethics in Publishing
(infoDOCKET)

 

Higher Ed—Other

A Network of Fake Test Answer Sites Is Trying to Incriminate Students
(The Markup)

Higher Education Endowments Post Strong Returns during the Pandemic but See Inflation as an Emerging Challenge
(National Association of College and University Business Officers)

 

Advocacy & Public Policy

Comments of the Software Preservation Network regarding Small Claims Procedures for Library and Archives Opt-Outs and Class Actions
(Software Preservation Network)

 

Scholars & Scholarship

Characteristics of “Mega” Peer Reviewers
(Research Integrity and Peer Review)

To Protect and to Serve: Developing a Road Map for Research Data Management Services
(UKSG Insights)

 

In Other News

US Copyright Office Says an AI Can’t Copyright Its Art
(The Verge)

 

Curated by Gary D. Price, MLIS
Co-Founder and Editor, Library Journal’s infoDOCKET
Information Industry Analyst
Librarian

http://infoDOCKET.com
@infodocket


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Wednesday, February 23

Top o’ the Review

Bomb Threats against HBCUs: A History of Domestic Terrorism
(American Historical Association)

OECD Framework for the Classification of AI Systems
(Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development)

Study Reveals Strong Demand for Open-Access Science
(Georgia Tech)

The Essence and Transcendence of Scientific Publishing
(Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics)

UNESCO’s Report Echoes the Need for Disaster Risk Reduction in Safeguarding Documentary Heritage
(UNESCO)

Workflow Is the New Content 1: Looking at Research Support and Engagement
(LorcanDempsey.net)

 

ARL Member Libraries

Black Press Archives at Howard University Gets Preserved, Digitized Thanks to $2M Grant
(Howard University)

Experiential Learning at the Archives
(Indiana University Bloomington Libraries)

Graphic Narratives and Comic Collections at Emory: Past, Present, and Future
(Emory Libraries)

How a Treaty Signed in Marrakesh Made the Library of Congress More Accessible
(Washington Post)

Student-Driven Design Justice Initiative Launches Library Collection
(Arizona State University)

 

Libraries—Other

ALA, Leading Digital Inclusion Advocates Launch Airwaves for Equity Coalition
(American Library Association)

 

Higher Ed—Members

Abolition Newspaper Revived for Nation Grappling with Racism
(Associated Press)

Emerson Collective and Columbia University Launch Jacqueline Woodson’s New Oral History Project, “I See My Light Shining”
(Columbia University)

Texas A&M Faculty Senate Fights Back against Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Attacks on Tenure, Critical Race Theory
(Houston Chronicle)

 

Higher Ed—Other

Female Scientists in Africa Are Changing the Face of Their Continent
(Nature)

 

Advocacy & Public Policy

LCA Joins Amicus Brief: Apple v. Corellium
(Library Copyright Alliance)

 

Data & Analytics

National Patterns of R&D Resources: 2019–2020 Data Update
(US National Science Foundation)

 

Scholars & Scholarship

“From the Classroom to the Cloud”: Zoom and the Platformization of Higher Education
(First Monday)

 

Curated by Gary D. Price, MLIS
Co-Founder and Editor, Library Journal’s infoDOCKET
Information Industry Analyst
Librarian

http://infoDOCKET.com
@infodocket


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Thursday, February 24

Top o’ the Review

ACM Technology Policy Council TechBrief: Facial Recognition
(Association for Computing Machinery)

A New Approach to Supporting Scholarly Communications: Announcing the Open Access Community Framework
(Jisc)

Geo-Blocking and Anne Frank’s Legacy
(American University Intellectual Property Brief)

More Than 60,000 Digitized Items from LGBTQ Pioneers Launch Online
(Harry Ransom Center)

SAA Council Approves Revised Museum Archives Guidelines, Discusses Budget for DEIA Initiatives
(Society of American Archivists)

Wyden, Markey Urge OSTP to Establish a National Cross-Government Public-Access Policy for Federally Funded Research
(Senator Ron Wyden)

 

ARL Member Libraries

Anthropology Library to Close Doors Indefinitely
(UC Berkeley Library)

New Facility Will Preserve Irreplaceable Library Resources
(University of Wisconsin–Madison Libraries)

Remembering Lee Anderson, the Longest-Serving CSU Director of Libraries
(Colorado State University)

UC San Diego Library Receives $10 Million Gift to Support East Asian Collections, Research, and Scholarly Activities
(UC San Diego Library)

Vernon “Dr. Daddy-O” Winslow Broadcast Recordings Are Newly Digitized for Online Access
(Tulane University Library)

 

Libraries—Other

Academia.edu Announces $23.5 Million in New Funding Led by China’s Tencent, Plans to Expand into Open Access Journal Publishing and Hosting
(infoDOCKET)

LIBER Signs MoU with the European Citizen Science Association
(LIBER)

Reporting Racist Behavior by Other Organizations
(Library Publishing Coalition)

 

Higher Ed—Members

How a UC Davis Professor Addressed Racism in Monopoly
(UC Davis)

New Journal Is Aimed at Revitalizing Indigenous Languages
(University of Oregon)

 

Higher Ed—Other

College Preparation Opportunities, the Pandemic, and Student Preparedness: Perspectives from Class of 2021 College-Bound ACT Test-Takers
(ACT)

 

Scholars & Scholarship

Small Female Citation Advantages for US Journal Articles in Medicine
(Journal of Information Science)

 

Curated by Gary D. Price, MLIS
Co-Founder and Editor, Library Journal’s infoDOCKET
Information Industry Analyst
Librarian

http://infoDOCKET.com
@infodocket

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