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Tuesday, June 20
Top o’ the Review
Athena Unbound: An Interview with Peter Baldwin
(Open Access Books Network)
Jane Bunker Takes Office as AUPresses President: New Board Members and Officers Begin Terms
(AUPresses: Association of University Presses)
RLUK Signs the Green Libraries Manifesto
(RLUK: Research Libraries UK)
Test Out the New Odesi Search
(OCUL: Ontario Council of University Libraries)
The Ethics of Disclosing the Use of Artificial Intelligence Tools in Writing Scholarly Manuscripts
(Research Ethics)
Transformative Journals: Analysis from the 2022 Reports
(cOAlition S)
See also: Science magazine coverage of cOAlition S analysis
ARL Member Libraries
Charles Library Hosts IASSIST 2023 Pre-conference Workshops
(Temple University Libraries)
Librarian of Congress Names New Inspector General
(Library of Congress)
Library Hosts High School Teacher-Librarians for Discussion on Artificial Intelligence
(McMaster University Library)
UB Libraries Receives $10 Million in New York State Funding for Construction of James Joyce Museum
(University at Buffalo Libraries)
William Garrity Appointed Interim University Librarian
(UC Davis Library)
Libraries—Other
Project MUSE Launches Initiative for Broad Expansion of Latin American University Press Books
(Project MUSE)
Report on Library Publishing Forum 2023 Demographic Survey
(LPC: Library Publishing Coalition)
Higher Ed—Members
College Degree Program for Inmates Produces First Graduates
(Yale University via Scripps News)
Higher Ed—Other
Reflections and Outcomes from Our Chatbot Pilots
(Jisc)
Advocacy & Public Policy
GOP Targets Researchers Who Study Disinformation ahead of 2024 Election
(New York Times)
Reverse Transfer Efficiency Act Reintroduced
(AACRAO: American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers)
Scholars & Scholarship
AI and the Transformation of Social Science Research
(Science)
Diamonds in the Rough: Societies Shine under Pressure
(Delta Think)
Open-Source AI Chatbots Are Booming—What Does This Mean for Researchers?
(Nature)
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Wednesday, June 21
Top o’ the Review
A Statement on the World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) 2024 from the IFLA President and President-Elect
(IFLA: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions)
GPO and US Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Issue Guidance for Congressionally Mandated Reports
(GPO: US Government Publishing Office)
NAM Leadership Consortium Collaborates with Leading Health, Tech, Research, and Bioethics Organizations to Develop Health Care AI Code of Conduct
(NAM: US National Academy of Medicine)
NSF Announces Guidelines for Agency Research Security Analytics Practice
(NSF: US National Science Foundation)
Ohio Prison System Bans Java Computer Manual, but Allows Hitler’s Mein Kampf
(The Marshall Project)
Schumer Tees Up Senate Plan for AI Regulation
(The Hill)
See also: Video of Senator Schumer’s speech via the Center for Strategic & International Studies YouTube channel
ARL Member Libraries
High Schoolers’ Visits to UT Libraries Boost College Attendance
(The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Libraries)
Libraries Leader Participates in Open-Science Discussion Hosted by White House
(Penn State)
The Modernized ClinicalTrials.gov Website Is Here
(NLM: US National Library of Medicine)
Traversing the Oregon Trail Twice—Pioneer Woman’s Journal Returns to UO Libraries
(University of Oregon Libraries)
UMass Amherst Libraries Remember Daniel Ellsberg
(University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries)
VIVA, Virginia’s Academic Library Consortium, Partners with KnowledgeWorks Global Ltd. to Develop Open Educational Resources
(University of Virginia Library, VCU Libraries, and Virginia Tech University Libraries via KGL: KnowledgeWorks Global Ltd.)
Higher Ed
Getting Real about Climate Change in Higher Education
(Lumina Foundation)
New Report Reveals Cancellation Is Only Viable Path Forward for Incarcerated Student Loan Borrowers
(SBPC: Student Borrower Protection Center)
Rising above the Threshold: How to Increase Equitable Postsecondary Value
(IHEP: Institute for Higher Education Policy)
Advocacy & Public Policy
FTC Staff Files Comment on US Department of Education’s Proposed Regulations to Protect Postsecondary Education Students
(FTC: US Federal Trade Commission)
Scholars & Scholarship
Assigning AI: Seven Approaches for Students, with Prompts
(SSRN)
“Deplorable”: Imaging Journal to Retract Nearly 80 Papers for Compromised Peer Review
(Retraction Watch)
How Scientific Conferences Are Responding to Abortion Bans and Anti-LGBTQ+ Laws
(Science)
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Wednesday, June 22
Top o’ the Review
American Library Association to Distribute $1 Million to Support Fight against Censorship
(ALA: American Library Association)
First-Time International Graduate Enrollment Continues to Rebound
(CGS: Council of Graduate Schools)
Models for Direct Support of Open-Access Diamond Journals?
(Ministry of Higher Education and Research, Government of France)
New SHEEO Reports Examine State Policies on Tuition, Fees, and Financial Assistance for Undocumented Students and on COVID-19 Effects
(SHEEO: State Higher Education Executive Officers Association)
Upcoming Online Event (Thursday, June 29): CARL Canadian Repositories Community of Practice June Call—Community Conversations: Shared Infrastructure for Repositories
(CARL: Canadian Association of Research Libraries)
Year in Review: Anti-LGBTQ+ Hate & Extremism Incidents, 2022–2023
(ADL: Anti-Defamation League)
ARL Member Libraries
As University Librarian, Mark Newton Will Lead Effort to Reimagine BU’s Library Program
(Boston University)
Dismantling Disparities
(University at Buffalo Libraries)
Historical Newspapers Now Available Online through Partnership with Texas State Library and Archives Commission
(University of North Texas Libraries)
Research Collaboration Uncovers Stories of Racial Discrimination in Housing Covenants
(Virginia Tech)
The Future of Digital Preservation—Best Practices Exchange (BPE) 2023 Plenary Talk at University of Georgia Libraries
(Texas Digital Library)
Understanding the Experiences and Needs of International Students at Duke
(Duke University Libraries)
University Libraries Launches a New Open-Source Library Services System and Catalog
(University of Colorado Boulder Libraries)
Libraries—Other
Dryad in the Community: New Data-Sharing Mandates and the Role of Academic Libraries
(Dryad)
Kate Davis Appointed Director of Scholars Portal
(OCUL: Ontario Council of University Libraries)
OCLC Introduces AI-Generated Book Recommendations in WorldCat.org and WorldCat Find Beta
(OCLC)
Higher Ed
AAU Task Force on Expanding US-India University Partnerships Releases Interim Report
(AAU: Association of American Universities)
Data & Analytics
The Data Trust Deficit
(ACM: Association for Computing Machinery)
Scholars & Scholarship
Atlas of Biomedical Literature Could Help Track Down Fabricated Studies
(Science)
Final Report: Defining Open Scholarly Infrastructure
(IOI: Invest in Open Infrastructure)
Ten Simple Rules for Organizations to Support Research-Data Sharing
(PLOS Computational Biology)
Curated by Gary D. Price, MLIS
Co-Founder and Editor, Library Journal’s infoDOCKET
Information Industry Analyst
Librarian
