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Monday, March 25
Top o’ the Review
ICOLC Statement on AI in Licensing
(ICOLC: International Coalition of Library Consortia)
Introducing HathiTrust’s New Strategic Vision
(HathiTrust)
NISO’s Draft Interoperable System of Controlled Digital Lending Recommended Practice Now Open for Public Comment
(NISO: National Information Standards Organization)
NSF Announcement on JASON Report: Safeguarding the Research Enterprise
(NSF: US National Science Foundation)
OCLC Global Council Ratifies Plans to Streamline Council Structure, Increase Member Engagement
(OCLC)
Realities of Academic Data Sharing (RADS) Initiative Releases Gap Analysis of Researcher Actions and Institutional Support
(ARL: Association of Research Libraries)
Video Playlist: Keynotes, Panels, Roundtables, and Workshops from RLUK24 Conference
(RLUK: Research Libraries UK)
Includes:
- Video: International Alliance of Research Library Associations (IARLA) Roundtable: The Role of Libraries in Supporting Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- Video: Keynote by Torsten Reimer, University of Chicago: Leadership in a Time of Challenge and Change
ARL Member Libraries
“A Story of Resilience”: Documenting the Lives of Minnesota Holocaust Survivors
(University of Minnesota Libraries)
CRL President Search Committee Appointed
(CRL: Center for Research Libraries)
Fondren Library Is Celebrating 57 Years in the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP)
(Rice University Fondren Library)
Preview Upcoming Improvements to PubMed Central (PMC)
(NLM: US National Library of Medicine)
Reinventing Libraries in Era of Crises
(University of Miami Libraries)
U-M Library’s Digital Collections Ecosystem over Time
(University of Michigan (U-M) Library)
Higher Ed
The Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Postsecondary Graduating Class of 2020
(Statistics Canada)
Advocacy & Public Policy
Arts & Cultural Sector Hit All-Time High in 2022 Value Added to US Economy
(NEA: US National Endowment for the Arts and BEA: US Bureau of Economic Analysis)
CDT Joins Mozilla, Civil Society Orgs, and Leading Academics in Urging US Secretary of Commerce to Protect AI Openness
(CDT: Center for Democracy & Technology)
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Biblio-Equity in Action: Advancing Collection Development for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
(CLOCKSS)
Scholars & Scholarship
Sora: First Impressions, with Videos
(OpenAI)
The Tech Industry Can’t Agree on What Open-Source AI Means. That’s a Problem.
(MIT Technology Review)
See also: Building Trust in AI with Open Standards (OASIS Open)
Upcoming Hybrid Event: US Indigenous Data Sovereignty & Governance Summit 2024 (Thursday–Friday, April 11–12)
(US Indigenous Data Sovereignty Network)
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Tuesday, March 26
Top o’ the Review
AI for the Research Ecosystem Workshop: Event Summary & Link to Materials
(CORE: COnnecting REpositories)
Announcing the New LPC Board Members and Bylaws Update
(LPC: Library Publishing Coalition)
Influencing Impact: IFLA Trend Report Update 2023 Explores What Shapes Libraries’ Ability to Shape Development
(IFLA: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions)
Open Retractions Data: Podcast
(COPE: Committee on Publication Ethics)
Report Calls for a Coordinated Federal Data System to Better Measure Economic Disparities and Inform Policy
(US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine)
Webinar Recording: Embracing Neurodiversity in Scholarly Communications
(C4DISC: Coalition for Diversity & Inclusion in Scholarly Communications)
Also from C4DISC: Next DEIA Community of Practice Call (Thursday, April 11)
Why Large Language Models Like ChatGPT Treat Black- and White-Sounding Names Differently
(HAI: Stanford University Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence)
ARL Member Libraries
Explore Library Impact in 2023
(Georgia Tech Library)
Stony Brook University Libraries Celebrating 10-Year Anniversary of Global Library Initiatives
(Stony Brook University Libraries)
Wayne State University Library System to Host “Waltonwood to Dollywood: Generations of Reading Celebration”
(Wayne State University Library System)
What Do Engineering Students Want in an Academic Library Space?
(University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries via 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition)
Libraries—Other
Save the Date for the 2024 CRKN Member Summit and AGM
(CRKN: Canadian Research Knowledge Network)
Higher Ed
Video: Why Higher Education Employees Are Leaving and What Managers Can Do about It
(EDUCAUSE Review)
Advocacy & Public Policy
The Accessibility of Federal Information and Data: A Brief Overview of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act
(CRS: Congressional Research Service)
White House Office of Science & Technology Policy Announces Year of Open Science Recognition Challenge Winners
(The White House)
Scholars & Scholarship
A New Initiative Aims to Protect Endangered Heritage Using Crowdsourcing
(Diff, Wikimedia Foundation)
On a related note: Crowdsourced Data Provides Accurate Biodiversity Picture to Aid Conservation Efforts (eLife)
Call for Presentations—GW Ethics in Publishing Conference 2024
(Master of Professional Studies in Publishing Program, GW: The George Washington University)
ChatGPT “Contamination”: Estimating the Prevalence of LLMs in the Scholarly Literature (preprint)
(arXiv)
Harvesting Data from the Field to the Cloud, the 2024 Dataverse Community Meeting
(Dataverse Project)
Supporting an Inclusive and Equitable Classroom: Student Perspectives on a Textbook Affordability Initiative (preprint)
(portal: Libraries and the Academy)
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Librarian
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Wednesday, March 28
Top o’ the Review
Booknotes+ Podcast: Andrew Pettegree, “The Book at War”
(C-SPAN via YouTube)
Challenges, Successes, and Possibilities: How MLS- and PhD-holding Librarians Perceive Their Roles in Academic Libraries (preprint)
(portal: Libraries and the Academy)
Exclusive: Educators Divided over AI’s Impact
(Axios)
See also:
- Report—Up in the Air: Educators Juggling the Potential of Generative AI with Detection, Discipline, and Distrust(CDT: Center for Democracy and Technology)
- Chatbot Letdown: Hype Hits Rocky Reality (Axios)
How Students Are Currently Using Generative AI
(Jisc)
Upcoming Event: CARL Bibliometrics and Research Impact Canadian Community of Practice April Call—Beyond Metrics: Knowledge Mobilization and Research Impact (Tuesday, April 9)
(CARL: Canadian Association of Research Libraries)
Video: SXSW Panel Replay: Real or Not, Defending Authenticity in a Digital World
(DARPA: US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency)
ARL Member Libraries
An In-Depth Look at the New Library
(University of Virginia Library)
An Interview with Iowa State University Digital Press on Joining OASPA
(Iowa State University Library via OASPA: Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association)
Ann Corrick Papers Featured in New Digital History Project from UMD Libraries’ Special Collections in Mass Media & Culture
(University of Maryland Libraries)
Geoffrey Little Named New Vice-Provost and Chief Librarian
(Western University)
Library Annual Report 2023
(University of Waterloo Library)
Looking Forward: The US Copyright Office’s AI Initiative in 2024
(Library of Congress)
UCI Libraries Acquire Rare Early 20th-Century Chinese Book
(University of California (UC), Irvine Libraries)
Higher Ed
Higher Education Pay Increases in 2023 Exceeded Inflation for the First Time since the Pandemic
(CUPA-HR: College and University Professional Association for Human Resources)
Advocacy & Public Policy
Artificial intelligence [What Think Tanks Are Thinking]
(EPRS: European Parliamentary Research Service)
Upcoming Event: Monitoring the US Arts Ecosystem: Announcing a New Federal Data Resource (Tuesday, April 2)
(NEA: US National Endowment for the Arts via Zoom)
Scholars & Scholarship
A Brief Walkthrough of the Experimental Publishing Compendium
(Copim)
Journal Editors Are Resigning en masse: What Do These Group Exits Achieve?
(Nature)
Tweeting Your Research Paper Boosts Engagement but Not Citations
(Nature)
“Ubuntu” in Africa and Beyond: Building a Global Community for Open Access Books
(OAPEN)
See also: Reflections on “Towards Sustainable Open Access Book Publishing in the African Context,” a Workshop at the University of Cape Town (OBC: Open Book Collective)
Curated by Gary D. Price, MLIS
Co-Founder and Editor, Library Journal’s infoDOCKET
Information Industry Analyst
Librarian
