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Day in Review (May 16–19)

Last Updated on July 9, 2022, 9:40 am ET

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Monday, May 16

Top o’ the Review

2022 Public Data File of More Than 134 Million Metadata Records Now Available
(Crossref)

A Mapping Review of Literature on Blockchain Usage by Libraries: Challenges and Opportunities
(Journal of Librarianship and Information Science)

Can Evidence-Based Teaching Techniques Address the Education Debt That Students of Color Are Owed?
(Ithaka S+R)

New Report Offers Roadmap for Increasing Attainment for Students with Some College, No Degree
(National College Attainment Network)

Video: Controlled Digital Lending for Resource Sharing: Law and Policy since 2018
(OCLC)

 

ARL Member Libraries

Carlson Health Sciences Library Closing as Library User and Study Space on June 10
(UC Davis Library)

Celebrating a Milestone of the Main Library Renovation
(University of Virginia Library)

Everything Old Is New Again
(University of Michigan Library)

Rebecca Mugridge Stepping Down as Dean of Libraries at UAlbany
(University at Albany, SUNY, University Libraries)

UCLA Library to Host 20 Top Academic Librarians for Professional Development Program
(UCLA)

UIUC Undergrad Library to Become New Home for Special Collections, Rare Books, and Archives
(The News-Gazette)

 

Higher Ed—Members

ASU’s Narrative Storytelling Initiative Partners with Temple University Press in Creation of New Book Series
(Arizona State University)

Our Collective Impact: Sustainability Lessons from Three Institutions
(NAFSA: Association of International Educators)

 

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Video: ACRL SLILC: Success and Struggles within OER and DEI
(Association of College and Research Libraries)

 

Scholars & Scholarship

Nominations Now Open for ORCID Board Elections 2023
(ORCID)

 

In Other News

Announcing the Flickr Foundation
(Flickr Foundation)

 

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

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Tuesday, May 17

Top o’ the Review

COGR and ARL Release Briefing for University Administrators on Upcoming NIH Data Management and Sharing Requirements
(Council on Governmental Relations)

DPLA Releases Free Ebook, “The Covid Archive: A Finding Aid to Government Documents related to the Covid19 Pandemic”
(Digital Public Library of America)

How Does the Growth of a Particular Publisher’s Open Access Content Factor Into the Relative Value of a Big Deal? Part 2: The Findings
(Delta Think)

Lack of Equitable Representation in Clinical Trials Compounds Disparities in Health and Will Cost US Hundreds of Billions of Dollars; Urgent Actions Needed by NIH, FDA, Others to Boost Representation
(US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine)

Library and Archives Canada Funds 38 Projects to Preserve Documentary Heritage across the Country
(Library and Archives Canada)

Video Recording and Slides: “Moving Forward with Intention: Foundational Work for the BIG Collection” (May 2022 Convening)
(Big Ten Academic Alliance)

 

ARL Member Libraries

Butler Library in 9,000 Legos
(Columbia Magazine)

Institutions Partner with ACS to Advance First California-Wide Transformative Open Access Agreement
(Office of Scholarly Communication, University of California)

New Online Collection: Foreign Legal Gazettes
(Law Library of Congress)

Online Library Collection Celebrates Hull-House on Anniversary of Founder’s Death
(University of Illinois at Chicago)

Redesigned Website to Enhance User Experience, Improve Accessibility to UC Berkeley Library Resources
(UC Berkeley Library)

South Carolina and Virginia to Join University Libraries’ On the Books Project
(UNC University Libraries)

 

Libraries—Other

DORA Survey of Research Assessment Practices in US Institutions
(Declaration on Research Assessment)

How the Open Book Collective Works
(COPIM: Community-led Open Publication Infrastructures for Monographs)

 

Higher Ed

Facts in Hand: Who Is Borrowing for College?
(American Council on Education)

 

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Diversity, Sustainability and Quality Must Be the Hallmarks of Academic Publishing in Europe
(The Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities)

Research Aims to Help Improve Library Experiences for Gender-Diverse Students
(Brock University)

 

In Other News

Apple Announces iOS 16 Door Detection, Live Captions, and More Accessibility Features
(AppleInsider)

 

Curated by Gary D. Price, MLIS
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Information Industry Analyst
Librarian

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Wednesday, May 18

Top o’ the Review

COAR Welcomes Significant Funding for the Notify Project
(COAR: Confederation of Open Access Repositories)

New Data in Years-Long Report Show Escalating Disparities for Poor Students and Students of Color
(COE: Council for Opportunity in Education)

ORCID Announces Launch of New Global Participation Program and $1M Global Participation Fund
(ORCID)

Seeding a Community of FORESTers
(Educopia Institute)

The AAUP Releases First Survey of Tenure Practices in Eighteen Years
(AAUP: American Association of University Professors)

 

ARL Member Libraries

Brown University Library Awarded Grant from National Endowment for the Arts to Create New Frameworks to Preserve and Publish Born-Digital Art
(Brown University Library)
For more, see NEA press release: National Endowment for Arts Announces Second Round of Grants for FY 2022

National Library of Medicine Awards Nearly $58 Million to Advance a Data-Driven Research Workforce
(US National Library of Medicine)

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives & Wikidata: Adding Artist Files to Wikidata
(Smithsonian Libraries and Archives)

 

Higher Ed—Members

Howard University Acquires Landmark Collection of Gordon Parks Photos
(Washington Post)

 

Higher Ed—Other

AAU Meets with President Zelenskyy to Discuss Future of Ukrainian Higher Education
(Association of American Universities)

Gateway Course Completion: Update on Ithaka S+R’s work on Multi-year Initiative
(Ithaka S+R)

 

Advocacy & Public Policy

WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) 42nd Meeting: Limitations and Exceptions Discussions Advance
(IFLA: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions)

 

Data & Analytics

SciDataCon 2022 Program Published
(CODATA: Committee on Data of the International Science Council)

 

Scholars & Scholarship

Open Access Books: Do We Need a Plan S Moment?
(Digital Science)

 

In Other News

Four Key Climate Change Indicators Break Records in 2021
(World Meteorological Organization)

 

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Co-Founder and Editor, Library Journal’s infoDOCKET
Information Industry Analyst
Librarian

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Thursday, May 19

Top o’ the Review

An Empirical Assessment of Security and Privacy Risks of Web-based Chatbots
(arXiv)

Average Hourly Wage for 2020–21 Interns Reached Nearly $21
(National Association of Colleges and Employers)

LGBTQ Students More Likely to Leave Home for College in More Welcoming States
(NBC News)
Note: The Williams Institute report cited in the article above is available here.

Researching Our Carbon Footprint—Findings and Tips from the Europeana Foundation
(Europeana Foundation)

Virtual Workshop Recap: Towards Better Sharing of Cultural Heritage
(Creative Commons)

 

ARL Member Libraries

Comics by the Thousands: Enhancing the Center for the Humanities Comics Collection
(Washington University in St. Louis University Libraries)

SU Libraries Launch New Website
(Syracuse University Libraries)

UChicago’s New Librarian Wants to Make Data and Research Easier to Share
(University of Chicago)

UCSB Library Launches Early Recordings Initiative
(UC Santa Barbara Library)

University Libraries Archives Receive Grant to Digitize Colorado Daily Student Newspaper
(University of Colorado Boulder Libraries)

 

Libraries—Other

SCOAP3 Reaches 50,000 Articles Milestone
(Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics)

 

Higher Ed—Members

The Uncertain Pathway from Youth to a Good Job
(Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce)

 

Higher Ed—Other

A Dx Roadmap for Leading the New Hybrid IT Workforce
(EDUCAUSE Review)

 

Advocacy & Public Policy

A Quick Guide to the Most Important AI Law You’ve Never Heard Of
(MIT Technology Review)

 

Scholars & Scholarship

Depositing Data: A Usability Study of the Texas Data Repository
(Journal of eScience Librarianship)

 

In Other News

Definitions of Research and Development: An Annotated Compilation of Official Sources
(US National Science Foundation)

 

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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