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Monday, October 23
Top o’ the Review
CLIR Receives Grant to Launch CLIR Climate Resiliency Program
(CLIR: Council on Library and Information Resources)
Exemptions to Permit Circumvention of Access Controls on Copyrighted Works: A Proposed Rule
(US Copyright Office, Library of Congress, via Federal Register)
See also: Copyright Office Recommends Renewal of the Existing Text-Data-Mining Exemptions for Literary Works and Films (via Authors Alliance)
Research Repository arXiv Receives $10 Million for Upgrades
(Cornell University)
The Urgency of Putting Community over Commercialization: International Open Access Week 2023
(SPARC: Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition)
Upcoming Webinar: Generative AI and Large Language Models in Health and Medicine (Wednesday, October 25)
(US National Academy of Medicine)
Upcoming Webinar: Unpacking the Open-Access Impact on Print Book Sales (Tomorrow, Tuesday, October 24)
(AUPresses: Association of University Presses)
ARL Member Libraries
ACRL Member of the Week: Trevor A. Dawes
(University of Delaware Libraries, Museums and Press via ACRL Insider)
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Turns 60 This October
(Yale University Library)
Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries and Elsevier Begin Contract Negotiations
(Colorado State University and University of Colorado Boulder via Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries)
Digitized Document Collection from US Public Health Service (PHS) Untreated Syphilis Study at Tuskegee Now Publicly Available through NLM
(US National Library of Medicine)
Introducing The Data Extract, A Weekly Research-Data-Management Newsletter
(The University of Utah J. Willard Marriott Library)
Library Publishes Catalog on Jewish Fables
(Cornell University Library)
Mend Journal Emphasizing Personal Narratives of People Impacted by Criminal Justice System Is Available on SURFACE, Syracuse University’s Institutional Repository
(Syracuse University Libraries)
Open-Access Metadata: OAPEN Partners with Penn State University Libraries
(Penn State University Libraries and OAPEN Foundation)
Rare Collection of Voltaire Manuscripts Makes Its Way to McGill University
(McGill University Library)
University Libraries Empowers Creativity at Graffiti Workshop Highlighting Hip-Hop Culture
(Virginia Tech University Libraries)
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
New UC Publishing Resource: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Scholarly Communication
(Office of Scholarly Communication, UC: University of California)
Scholars & Scholarship
Building a Community of Practice: Observations of the Current Use of DataCite DOIs as Project IDs
(Upstream, FORCE11)
Improving Wikipedia Verifiability with AI
(Nature Machine Intelligence)
NISO’s Communication of Retractions, Removals, and Expressions of Concern (CREC) Draft Recommended Practice Now Open for Public Comment
(NISO: National Information Standards Organization)
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Tuesday, October 24
Top o’ the Review
AAU Elects University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Chancellor Robert J. Jones as Next Chair
(AAU: Association of American Universities)
Designing Libraries X Conference Slides Now Available
(The University of Arizona Libraries, NC State University Libraries, CNI: Coalition for Networked Information, and Tom Hickerson)
From MeSH Keywords to Biomedical Knowledge in Wikidata: The Giant Move
(Diff, Wikimedia Foundation)
Introducing Open Book Futures: A COPIM Community Project
(COPIM: Community-led Open Publication Infrastructures for Monographs)
Strengthening Science to Support Justice
(US National Academy of Sciences)
Updated: A Generative AI Primer
(National Centre for AI, Jisc)
ARL Member Libraries
An Interview with Liz Kiscaden, Dean and University Librarian
(University of Cincinnati Libraries)
Current and Back Content of Penn Press Journal Manuscript Studies to Become Fully Open Access
(Penn Libraries, University of Pennsylvania)
UMD Libraries Announces Generous Gift Establishing the Fisher Family Library Faculty Fellows for Inclusive Excellence
(University of Maryland Libraries)
USC, Historic Columbia Queer Archives Preserves History “That Doesn’t Get Preserved”
(University of South Carolina Libraries via Free Times, Post and Courier)
Libraries—Other
Celebrating a Milestone in the Dryad and CDL Partnership
(Dryad)
Issues in Authority Control: Case Studies in Name Authority Records and Platform User Experience Design
(DLF: Digital Library Federation)
Library Publishing Forum 2024 Program and Call for Proposals
(LPC: Library Publishing Coalition)
Video Playlist: DataCite Community Meeting 2023
(DataCite via YouTube)
Higher Ed—Members
Best Practices at the Institutional Level: Enrolling and Supporting Student Veterans
(Columbia University, Cornell University, Syracuse University, Texas A&M University, and University of Chicago via Ithaka S+R)
Advocacy & Public Policy
How Americans View Data Privacy
(Pew Research Center)
Your Feedback Sought on Proposed Updates to Research Misconduct Regulations
(NIH: US National Institutes of Health)
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Scholars & Scholarship
Measured in a Context: Making Sense of Open-Access Book Data
(Insights: The UKSG Journal)
Open Science 2.0: Towards a Truly Collaborative Research Ecosystem
(PLOS Biology)
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Wednesday, October 25
Top o’ the Review
African Researchers’ Work Is Being Overlooked—Here’s How to Change That
(Nature Index)
Can We Ensure That Systems for Detecting Generative AI Are Accurate and Fair?
(ACM: Association for Computing Machinery)
Continuing Partnerships after SCOSS
(SCOSS: Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services)
Also: Join this SCOSS webinar: Building Connections—The Importance of Open Infrastructure (Thursday November 30)
Generative AI and Accessibility in Education
(National Centre for AI, Jisc)
Market Sizing Update 2023
(Delta Think)
New PEN America Report: US Prisons Ban Staggering Numbers of Books
(PEN America)
ARL Member Libraries
Call for Papers: Special Issue “On Gathering: Exploring Collective and Embodied Modes of Scholarly Communication and Publishing”
(JEP: Journal of Electronic Publishing, Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library)
New Book on Standards Information Literacy Available Now
(Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies)
Penn Libraries Acquires Two Significant Collections of Sun Ra Archival Material
(Penn Libraries, University of Pennsylvania)
UC Berkeley Library to US Copyright Office: Protect Fair Uses in AI Training for Research and Education
(UC Berkeley Library)
Libraries—Other
Blended Librarianship—20 Years Later
(Kansas Library Association College and University Libraries Section Proceedings)
Libraries and Open-Access Discovery
(Next blog, OCLC)
Upcoming Webinar: Shared Print Actions: Terminology (Tuesday, November 7)
(Partnership for Shared Book Collections)
Also: Partnership Quarterly Report—October 2023
Higher Ed—Members
U of A Maps Out Strategy for Maximum Research and Innovation Impact
(University of Alberta)
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Inclusion in Virtual Reality Technology: A Scoping Review (preprint)
(arXiv)
Scholars & Scholarship
Academic Co-authorship Is a Risky Game
(Scientometrics)
COAR’s Response to the American Chemical Society’s New Fee for Repository Deposit
(COAR: Confederation of Open Access Repositories)
Peer Review’s Irremediable Flaws: Scientists’ Perspectives on Grant Evaluation in Germany
(Research Evaluation)
Studying “Pre-truth” Science: The 2023 Scholarly Communications Institute
(ScholCommLab)
In Other News
Google Image Search Will Now Show a Photo’s History. Can It Spot Fakes?
(WIRED)
Also: Additional details via Google’s “The Keyword” blog
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Thursday, October 26
Top o’ the Review
American Library Association and Sustainable Libraries Initiative to Join Forces on Climate Action Strategy for Libraries
(ALA: American Library Association)
Exclusive: Ilya Sutskever, OpenAI’s Chief Scientist, on His Hopes and Fears for the Future of AI
(MIT Technology Review)
“Fact-Checking” Fact Checkers: A Data-Driven Approach
(Misinformation Review, Harvard Kennedy School)
Interactive Data Visualization: Highlights on Racialized Canadian New Entrants to Postsecondary Education
(Statistics Canada)
Key Facts about US Latinos with Graduate Degrees
(Pew Research Center)
Stay Informed with the Latest Enrollment Information: First Look at Fall 2023 Highlights
(National Student Clearinghouse Research Center)
ARL Member Libraries
Noteworthy Acquisitions, Digitization, and Conservation for 2023
(Columbia University Libraries)
Open Access Is Free, Actually
(University of Virginia Library)
UT Launches Open Source Software Office to Support Researchers
(University of Texas Libraries)
Libraries—Other
Over 60 Chaucer Manuscripts Available Online
(British Library)
Higher Ed—Members
Can Indigenous Knowledge and Western Science Work Together? New Center Bets Yes
(University of Massachusetts Amherst via Science)
Higher Ed—Other
Employers Confirm Value of College Degree, Institutions of Higher Ed
(NACE: National Association of Colleges and Employers)
Advocacy & Public Policy
Schumer Says “Only Real Answer” on AI Is Congressional Action
(Washington Post)
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Indicators of Inclusion in Education: A Framework for Analysis
(OECD: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
SCONUL Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Statistics Report: Ethnicity of Our Workforce
(SCONUL: Society of College, National and University Libraries)
Scholars & Scholarship
OABN Community (Not a) Survey: What Did We Learn?
(OABN: Open Access Books Network)
Reflecting on Open Data Present and Future: Recordings from Dryad’s Annual Community Meeting
(Dryad)
In Other News
New Search Tool Improves FOIA.gov User Experience
(US Department of Justice)
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Information Industry Analyst
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