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Monday, August 29
Top o’ the Review
Ensuring Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally Funded Research (OSTP: US Office of Science and Technology Policy) has prompted several responses, linked below along with a few related documents.
Related documents
- Charter of the Subcommittee on Open Science of the Committee on Science
(US National Science and Technology Council) - Economic Landscape of Federal Public Access Policy
(OSTP: US Office of Science and Technology Policy)
Responses
- AAAS Statement on OSTP Federally Funded Research Guidance
(AAAS: American Association for the Advancement of Science) - AAU Statement on OSTP Decision to Make Federally Funded Research Publicly Available
(AAU: Association of American Universities) - ARL Celebrates Biden-Harris Administration’s Historic Policy to Make Federally Funded Research Immediately Available
(ARL: Association of Research Libraries) - cOAlition S Welcomes the Updated Open Access Policy Guidance from the White House Office of Science Technology and Policy
(cOAlition S) - Expediting Access to Results of Federally Funded Research
(NLM: US National Library of Medicine) - Taxpayers to Get Immediate Access to Publicly Funded Research
(SPARC) - “Wind in Our Sails”: University of California Hails White House Guidance Accelerating Public Access to Federally Funded Research
(Office of Scholarly Communication, University of California)
ARL Member Libraries
Cell Press and The Lancet Titles Now Included in UC-Elsevier Open-Access Publishing Agreement
(Office of Scholarly Communication, University of California)
David Banush Named Dean of University Libraries
(University of South Carolina)
Remembering Deanna Marcum
(Ithaka S+R)
Research Library Services on the Bibliometrics and Research Impact (BRI) Continuum: The University of Waterloo Story
(Hanging Together, OCLC Research)
White House, NARA Consider Next Steps as Electronic Records Deadline Looms
(Federal News Network)
Libraries—Other
Martin Paul Eve Is Joining Our R&D Group as a Principal Developer
(Crossref)
Navigating Copyright for Libraries
(IFLA Publications)
Higher Ed—Members
Suzanne Fortier on Leadership and Learning at McGill
(University Affairs)
Higher Ed—Other
What Skills Are Most Important for Student Success?
(ACT)
Advocacy & Public Policy
Biden-Harris Administration Awards $18.9 Million “Internet for All” Grant to Expand High-Speed Internet Access on Tribal Lands
(NTIA: US National Telecommunications and Information Administration)
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Tuesday, August 30
Top o’ the Review
AI in Academic Libraries, Part 2: Interesting Projects, the Future of Chatbots and Discrimination through AI
(ZBW MediaTalk)
CC Partners with SPARC and EIFL to Launch a Four-Year Open Climate Campaign
(CC: Creative Commons)
Charting Variety, Scope, and Impact of Open Access Diamond Journals in Various Disciplines and Regions: A Survey-Based Observational Study
(Science Editing)
Leading Library Services Firm Baker & Taylor Hit by Ransomware
(Bleeping Computer)
What They Are Saying: White House Federally Funded Research Guidance Hailed as a Win for Innovation and Equity
(The White House)
Wiley Survey: Society Members on Diversity, Sustainability
(Publishing Perspectives)
ARL Member Libraries
A Message from the Provost: Restoration of Library Budget Cuts
(The University of North Carolina)
See also: A Message from Interim University Librarian María R. Estorino about the Library Budget
(UNC University Libraries)
Acting AOTUS Appoints 2022–2024 FOIA Advisory Committee Members
(NARA: US National Archives and Records Administration)
LLILAS Benson Receives $2.1 Million Department of Education Grants
(University of Texas Libraries)
National Archives Head Encourages Employees to Continue Their “Fiercely Non-political Work”
(CBS News)
Unique Artist’s Book by FSU Professor Acquired by MIT, Vanderbilt Libraries
(Department of Art, Florida State University)
Higher Ed—Members
University of the Future: Finding the Next World Leaders in Higher Ed
(Working Knowledge, Harvard Business School)
Advocacy & Public Policy
A Possible Move toward Comprehensive Federal Privacy Legislation
(EDUCAUSE Review)
FTC Releases Final Agenda for Public Forum on Commercial Surveillance and Lax Data-Security Practices
(FTC: US Federal Trade Commission)
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Why We Must Act Now to Close the Gender Gap in AI
(World Economic Forum)
In Other News
CoAuthor: Stanford Experiments with Human-AI Collaborative Writing
(VentureBeat)
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Wednesday, August 31
Top o’ the Review
More Reactions to Ensuring Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally Funded Research (OSTP: US Office of Science and Technology Policy)
- Halfway to Happiness—What the OSTP Update Means in the Grand Scheme
(Figshare) - IOP Publishing’s Response to the OSTP Memorandum on Ensuring Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally Funded Research
(IOP Publishing) - Open Access Australasia Comment on US White House OSTP Public Access Guidance
(Open Access Australasia) - Thoughts on the New White House OSTP Open Access Memo
(Unlocking Research, Cambridge University Libraries) - US Policy: Evaluating Dryad’s Alignment with the National Science and Technology Council’s Desirable Characteristics of Data Repositories for Federally Funded Research
(Dryad) - White House Announces New Policy to Drop Paywalls around Publicly Funded Research
(Frontiers)
ARL Member Libraries
How the Black Metropolis Research Consortium Is Transforming the Field of African American History
(The University of Chicago)
Libraries among NC State’s Web Accessibility Champions
(NC State University Libraries)
LibraryPress@UF Announces Publication of the Undergraduate Guide to the George A. Smathers Libraries
(University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries)
UC Library Search Wins Sautter Award for IT Innovation
(UC Davis)
UMD Libraries Updates Copyright Guidance for Campus
(University of Maryland Libraries)
Libraries—Other
AI in Academic Libraries, Part 3: Prerequisites and Conditions for Successful Use
(ZBW MediaTalk)
Higher Ed—Members
A Partnership with U of Ottawa’s Med School Aims to Train More Inuit Doctors
(UA: University Affairs)
Higher Ed—Other
Borrowing during a Time of Crisis: Examining Institutional Debt during the Great Recession and COVID-19
(Ithaka S+R)
Scholars & Scholarship
Analysis of Sex and Gender Reporting Policies in Preeminent Biomedical Journals
(JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association)
Young African Leaders Embrace Digital Storytelling
(Dartmouth College)
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Thursday, September 1
Top o’ the Review
An Update on Research Security: Streamlining Disclosure Standards to Enhance Clarity, Transparency, and Equity
(OSTP: US Office of Science and Technology Policy, The White House)
Now Available: The 2021 NDSA Staffing Survey Report
(DLF: Digital Library Federation)
Planning for a Stronger, More Transparent IFLA: Governing Board Plan Announced
(IFLA: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions)
RLUK Report: Academic Use and Perceptions of Virtual Reading Rooms and Virtual Teaching Spaces
(RLUK: Research Libraries UK)
Study: Differences in Tenure Status and Feelings of Fairness in Hiring and Promotions among Male and Female Faculty in Canadian Universities
(Statistics Canada)
UCCS and Kraemer Family Library Appoint First “Storytelling Professor”
(University of Colorado Colorado Springs)
ARL Member Libraries
Archives Secures Two 17th-Century Galileo Books
(Georgia Tech Library)
40 Years of Historic Philadelphia Photography Gifted to Temple Libraries
(Temple University)
Harvard Library Applauds New White House Policy Guidelines Expanding Research Access
(Harvard Library)
The Librarian Is In: A Conversation with Joseph Salem, Duke’s New University Librarian
(Duke University Libraries)
UCLA Film & Television Archive Helps Keep Full Picture of LA’s Chicano History Alive
(UCLA)
Libraries—Other
Now Published: Public Health Crisis Management Playbook for Archives, Libraries, and Museums
(REALM: REopening Archives, Libraries, and Museums)
PLOS Cheers the OSTP Memorandum “Ensuring Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally Funded Research”
(PLOS: Public Library of Science)
Higher Ed—Members
Northwestern University Brings College to an Illinois Women’s Prison
(WBEZ Chicago, NPR Affiliate)
Higher Ed—Other
Does Higher Education Teach Students to Think Critically?
(OECD: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Gender Equality in Research: Papers and Projects by Highly Cited Researchers
(Clarivate)
Scholars & Scholarship
Full–Text Search in OpenAlex
(OurResearch)
Signed Citations: Making Persistent and Verifiable Citations of Digital Scientific Content
(MetaArXiv)
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