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Monday, April 19
Top o’ the Review
Augmented Reality + Virtual Reality: Privacy & Autonomy Considerations in Emerging, Immersive Digital Worlds (PDF)
(Future of Privacy Forum)
Crowdsourcing Scholarly Discourse Annotations (PDF)
(IUI ’21: 26th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, via ACM Digital Library)
“Fire at the University of Cape Town’s Library Has Likely Destroyed Many Materials” (multiple reports)
(infoDOCKET)
The Impact of the German “DEAL” on Competition in the Academic Publishing Market
(CESifo)
Thinking through and Writing about Research Ethics beyond “Broader Impact” (PDF)
(arXiv)
ARL Member Libraries
Email Archives Building Capacity and Community
(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign University Library)
National Archives Releases Catalog, 1940 Census Data Sets
(US National Archives and Records Administration)
The Library’s Innovative Response to COVID-19
(The University of Chicago Library)
University Libraries Announces Strategic Plan
(Ohio University Libraries)
Libraries—Other
Changes Coming Soon to HathiTrust Book Viewer
(HathiTrust Update)
LPC Welcomes a New Strategic Affiliate: CLOCKSS
(Library Publishing Coalition)
Higher Ed—Members
Indiana University Names Pamela Whitten as Its Next President
(Indianapolis Star)
UH Receives Mellon Foundation Grant to Establish Puerto Rican Literature Database
(University of Houston)
University Publishes a Draft Resolution for Principles on Renaming
(The Johns Hopkins News-Letter)
Higher Ed—Other
Entrepreneurial Universities: A Bibliometric Analysis within the Business and Management Domains
(Technological Forecasting and Social Change)
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Tuesday, April 20
Top o’ the Review
Get Ready for the Next Front in the Net Neutrality Fight
(IEEE Spectrum)
South Africa’s UCT Campus Salvaging Books from Burned Library
(Reuters)
Note: The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions and Society of American Archivists have made statements about the fire.
Open Knowledge and Social Justice: An Interview with SPARC’s Heather Joseph
(Information Today)
Towards a Global Knowledge Commons–COAR Advances Interoperability and Alignment Internationally
(Confederation of Open Access Repositories)
ARL Member Libraries
Charles Library Earns LEED Gold Certification
(Temple University)
CRL and East View Release Open Access Imperial Russian Newspapers
(Center for Research Libraries)
Libraries Receive Two Access and Digitization Grants
(Syracuse University)
Upcoming Event: Cutting and Pasting Digital Book History
(Princeton University Library)
Without Intent to Preserve, Digital News as Public Record Will Disappear
(University of Missouri Libraries)
Libraries—Other
Emergent Data Community Spotlight
(Ithaka S+R)
GPO Director Names New Members to the Depository Library Council
(US Government Publishing Office)
Higher Ed—Members
A Message to the UIC Community on the Shooting of Adam Toledo
(University of Illinois at Chicago)
Advocacy & Public Policy
Aiming for Truth, Fairness, and Equity in Your Company’s Use of AI
(US Federal Trade Commission)
CAUT Welcomes Historic Investments in Childcare but Says More Needed for Post-secondary Education
(Canadian Association of University Teachers)
Scholars & Scholarship
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Wednesday, April 21
Top o’ the Review
A selection of official statements by research community organizations on the conviction of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd:
American Association of University Professors
American Psychological Association
Association of American Colleges and Universities
Association of American Medical Colleges
Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities
Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities
Association of Public and Land-grant Universities
NASPA—Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education
Project on Government Oversight
ARL Member Libraries
Filling in the Gaps: The John Held Jr. Collection
(Washington University in St. Louis University Libraries)
Into the Future: What NNLM Has in Store
(US National Library of Medicine)
Libraries Then and Now: The Ideas We Share
(Smithsonian Libraries and Archives)
UMD Partners on Open Science Framework
(University of Maryland University Libraries)
University of Pennsylvania Libraries Receives Major Gift of Works by Renowned Photographer Arthur Tress
(Penn Libraries)
Higher Ed—Members
Author Rights and the Harvard Open Access Policies: A Response to Patrick Alexander
(Insights: The UKSG Journal)
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Thursday, April 22
Top o’ the Review
2021 World Press Freedom Index
(Reporters Without Borders)
Freedom to Write Index 2020
(PEN America)
Higher Education Can Provide Equitable Experiences
(Gallup Blog)
#LibJusticePanel Recording Now Available
(Ithaka S+R)
The Impact of Online Misinformation on US COVID-19 Vaccinations
(arXiv)
WP5 Scoping Report: Building an Open Dissemination System
(Community-led Open Publication Infrastructures for Monographs)
ARL Member Libraries
Georgia Review, UGA Press Publications Included in Racial Justice Writings Database
(University of Georgia Libraries)
MSU Libraries Acquire Major New Collection of Manuscripts and Materials Connected to Jorge Luis Borges
(Michigan State University Libraries)
New Course Addresses Social Justice and Politics of Information through Engaged Humanities
(UIC University Library)
Portland Library Learning Commons Is More Connected to Main Campus One Year Post-pandemic
(University of Oregon Libraries)
Libraries—Other
IOP Publishing’s New Name-Change Policy Supports Greater Inclusion in Publishing
(IOP Publishing)
OPERAS-P and OASPA Workshop Report: Innovative Business Models for Open Access Books
(OPERAS)
Public Forum: FORCE11 Researcher Bill of Rights and Principles Working Group (video)
(FORCE11)
Higher Ed—Members
First US Population to Experience Drone Delivery Gives It a Seal of Approval
(Virginia Tech)
Higher Ed—Other
Interim Guidance for COVID-19 Vaccination: Don’t Delay the First Dose
(American College Health Association)
Heads in the Clouds: Measuring the Implications of Universities Migrating to Public Clouds
(arXiv)
Scholars & Scholarship
Day-to-Day Discovery of Preprint–Publication Links
(Scientometrics)
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Friday, April 23
Top o’ the Review
CARL Inclusion Perspectives Webinar Series: April 28 Panel to Feature Black Librarians on Effecting Change in Canadian Librarianship
(Canadian Association of Research Libraries)
Data Privacy Laws Sprout from Alaska to Virginia, Thanks to Bipartisan Support
(Ad Age)
Federal Research: NIH Should Take Further Action to Address Foreign Influence
(US Government Accountability Office)
Minority Representation in US Science Workforce Sees Few Gains
(Nature)
ARL Member Libraries
50 Ways the Library Is Sustainable
(UC San Diego Library)
Collecting Atlanta Hip-Hop Recordings
(Emory University Libraries)
“Federated Repositories of Accessible Materials for Higher Education II” Awarded $1,175,000 Grant from Mellon Foundation
(University of Virginia Library)
Graduate Student Congress, UK Libraries Partner to Celebrate Diversity, Document Graduate Student Experience
(University of Kentucky)
Librarians Association of UC Berkeley (LAUC-B) Resolution on Importance of Diversity in Collections
(UC Berkeley Library)
University Libraries Integrates into Guarantee+
(Ohio University Libraries)
Libraries—Other
The #DLFteach Toolkit: Participatory Mapping in a Pandemic
(Digital Library Federation)
Higher Ed—Members
MIT Launches Data Privacy–Focused Initiative
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Higher Ed—Other
Pell Changes Could Mean More Eligible Students, More Money, More Programs
(Hechinger Report)
Data & Analytics
Census Bureau Releases New Educational Attainment Data
(US Census Bureau)
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