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Monday, October 3
Top o’ the Review
“A Decade of Data”: Celebrating 10 Years of the Research Data Alliance
(RDA: Research Data Alliance)
Are We Building the Data Discovery Infrastructure Researchers Want?: Comparing Perspectives of Support Specialists and Researchers
(arXiv, Cornell University)
EDUCAUSE Releases Two Reports:
- 2022 Students and Technology Report: Rebalancing the Student Experience
- Student Data Privacy and Security: A Call for Transparent Practices
OCLC 2022 Global Council Election Results Announced
(OCLC)
President Biden Issues Proclamation on National Arts and Humanities Month, Includes Executive Order to Promote the Arts, the Humanities, and Museum and Library Services
(NEA: US National Endowment for the Arts)
White House’s Open-Access Research Directive Scrambles Long-Entrenched Models, Raising Key Questions
(STAT)
ARL Member Libraries
Brittingham Donates Gift to the University Libraries’ Science Fiction and Fantasy Collection
(Texas A&M University Libraries)
How We Redesigned the Library Website
(Florida State University Libraries)
Introducing the Next Generation National Archives Catalog
(NARA: US National Archives and Records Administration)
Library Unveils New Website
(Georgia Tech Library)
PUL and CITP Host Virtual-Reality Panel
(PUL: Princeton University Library and CITP: Center for Information Technology Policy)
Solving Human Problems through Nature, a Guide to Naturespace
(Arizona State University Library)
The Giant Bible of Mainz Digitized by the Library of Congress
(Library of Congress)
Libraries—Other
Evolving Academic Library Research Support Services: Research Ethics
(IFLA Section Academic and Research Libraries, International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions)
GovInfo Collection Development Plan: Version 7 Released
(FDLP: US Federal Depository Library Program)
Higher Ed—Members
Hundreds of Students Could Face Unexpected Costs After Publisher Blocks Free Textbooks
(GW Hatchet)
Higher Ed—Other
Withholding College Transcripts for Loan Payment Is “Abusive,” Federal Agency Says
(Hechinger Report)
Scholars & Scholarship
EBSCO Information Services Releases Serials Price Projection Report For 2023
(EBSCO Information Services)
Preliminary Investigation: Supporting Open Infrastructure for Preprints
(IOI: Invest in Open Infrastructure)
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Tuesday, October 4
Top o’ the Review
Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights: A Vision for Protecting Our Civil Rights in the Algorithmic Age
(White House)
Call for Papers: #RLUK23 Virtual Conference, March 22–24, 2023, “Partners and Pioneers: Reimagining the Modern Research Library”
(RLUK: Research Libraries UK)=
Ethical Issues and Learning Analytics: Are Academic Library Practitioners Prepared?
(Journal of Academic Librarianship)
Everyone Has a Role to Play in Making Science More Equitable and Inclusive
(US Department of Energy)
IFLA Submits Contribution to the UN Global Digital Compact Consultation
(IFLA: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions)
ARL Member Libraries
CU Boulder Receives Collaborative National Grant for Open Science Project
(University of Colorado Boulder Libraries)
How the Library’s Makerspace Helps Students Ace Academic Projects—and Forget about School for a While
(UC Berkeley Library)
Library’s EaaSI Program Preserves Digital Data in Deep Freeze, Norway
(Yale Library)
National Archives Seeks Feedback on Draft Customer Research Agenda
(NARA: US National Archives and Records Administration)
Preserving Local Histories in Atlanta’s Historic Washington Park through Community Partnership
(University of Georgia Libraries)
Advocacy & Public Policy
Executive Order Re-establishes the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities under IMLS
(IMLS: US Institute of Museum and Library Services)
Scholars & Scholarship
Community-Based Strategies for Combating Misinformation: Learning from a Popular Culture Fandom
(Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review)
FAIREST: A Framework for Assessing Research Repositories
(Data Intelligence)
Open Syllabus Announces New Support from the Arcadia Fund
(Open Syllabus)
In Other News
Ingram Invests in NFT E-book Company Aiming to Let Readers “Truly Own Digital Books”
(The Bookseller)
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Wednesday, October 5
Top o’ the Review
A Demographic Assessment of the 2022 Library Publishing Forum
(Library Publishing Coalition)
CCSD and COAR Announce the Launch of a Preprint Directory
(COAR: Confederation of Open Access Repositories)
Register Now: IATUL Fall Seminar 2022, December 13–15, 2022, Zurich, “Breaking New Ground: Scholarly Communication and Libraries”
(IATUL: International Association of University Libraries)
The Diversity Audit: A Thought-Provoking Tool for Academic Librarians
(Elsevier Connect)
Video: The Oxford Dictionary of African American English in the Making: Panel Discussion
(Oxford University Press)
ARL Member Libraries
PUL Debuts Four Open Access Agreements
(PUL: Princeton University Library)
Rose Library Highlights Southern Jewish Collections and Named Research Fellowship
(Emory University)
University Libraries Publishes Biography of UNC President David Lowry Swain
(UNC University Libraries)
Video: Project Design Studio Provides Workspace for Interdisciplinary Collaboration
(Virginia Tech)
Weldon Pop-Up Showcases Indigenous Collections
(The Gazette, Western University)
Libraries—Other
OpenBibArt: A Century of Western Art Bibliography Now Available Online
(Getty Library)
Higher Ed
An Inflection Point for the Creation of New Cybersecurity Operating Models in Higher Education
(EDUCAUSE Review)
Advocacy & Public Policy
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Engagements with Stakeholders Regarding Open Science and Public Access, May 2021–August 2022
(The White House)
Scholars & Scholarship
Going Qual In: Towards Methodologically Inclusive Data Work in Academic Libraries
(IASSIST Quarterly)
In Other News
New Report Shows Significant Improvement in Consumer Cyber Hygiene
(Nextgov)
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Thursday, October 6
Top o’ the Review
Improvements for Man and Machine in Scientific Publishing
(GigaBlog)
New Study Finds Legacy Admissions at One Institution Came at the Cost of Diversity
(Diverse: Issues In Higher Education)
Statement by ACE President Ted Mitchell on Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals DACA Ruling
(ACE: American Council on Education)
Universities Canada Statement on Developing Situation in Iran
(Universities Canada)
Wiley Plans to Restore Access to Approximately 1,380 E-book Titles Removed from ProQuest Academic Complete Collection as Soon as Possible
(infoDOCKET)
ARL Member Libraries
In the News: Earliest Footage from Black Film Company Rediscovered
(Indiana University Bloomington Libraries)
Library Partnership Develops Database of Jesuit History
(Georgetown University Library)
Libraries—Other
Using Open Educational Resources to Promote Social Justice
(ACRL Insider)
Higher Ed
Number and Distribution of Full-Time Academic Staff at Canadian Universities, by Age Group, Academic Rank, Gender, and Province, 1970–2020
(Statistics Canada)
Tertiary Education Rates Reach Record High, with More Efforts Needed to Expand Vocational Education and Training, Says OECD
(OECD: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
Advocacy & Public Policy
Reed & Grijalva Introduce Right to Read Act to Invest in Literacy & Address Disparities in Access to School Library Resources
(Jack Reed, United States Senator for Rhode Island)
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
NSF Invests to Improve Undergraduate STEM Education at Hispanic-Serving Institutions
(NSF: US National Science Foundation)
Open for Antiracism Faculty Training Program Shows Promising Results
(SPARC)
Scholars & Scholarship
DOAJ Commits to the Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure (POSI)
(DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)
Open Research Data: Experimenting towards a Publishing Infrastructure
(Engaging Science, Technology & Society)
Promoting Open Science through Bibliometrics
(LIBER Quarterly)
In Other News
Where Conspiracy Theories Flourish: A Study of Youtube Comments and Bill Gates Conspiracy Theories
(Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review)
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