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Monday, July 31
Top o’ the Review
CLOCKSS Releases Annual Update 2022-2023
(CLOCKSS)
DOAB Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary
(DOAB: Directory of Open Access Books)
New DCN Partners for FY 23-24: University of Pennsylvania (Penn) and the University of Wisconsin (UW)
(DCN: Data Curation Network)
‘Progress Towards Open Access Publishing Has Been Slow: It’s Time For a Kick Start’
(Jisc)
Postcards from Miami: Stories from the ASERL-BIPOC Leadership and Networking Retreat
(ASERL: Association of Southeastern Research Libraries)
Webinar Recording: How Can Public Access Advance Equity and Learning?
(AAAS: American Association for the Advancement of Science & NSF: US National Science Foundation)
ARL Member Libraries
Beth McNeil Assumes ACRL Presidency
(Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies)
More Than Free: Big Ten Open Books + IU
(Indiana University Bloomington Libraries)
Continuing the Legacy: The Taliesin Associated Architects Collection
(Arizona State University Library)
LGBTQIA+ Periodical and Ephemera Collection – Now Digitized
(Princeton University Library)
Nobel Laureate James Cronin’s Papers Open to Research in Special Collections
(University of Chicago)
Professor, UVA Library Team Up to Explore Black Roots of Local Farm
(University of Virginia)
Libraries—Other
(RDA: Research Data Alliance)
Advocacy & Public Policy
Secretary Cardona Delivers Keynote on Reimagining College Admissions at Summit on Equal Opportunity in Higher Education
(US Department of Education)
U.S. Copyright Office Issues a Final Rule Related to Copyright Claims Board Procedures, District Court Referrals, and Law Student Representation
(US Copyright Office)
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
How Can Medical Schools Boost Racial Diversity in the Wake of the Recent Supreme Court Ruling?
(AAMC: Association of American Medical Colleges)
Making STEM More Inclusive of People with Disabilities
(US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine)
Scholars & Scholarship
Are Scopus Journal Field Classifications Ever Misleading? (preprint)
(arXiv)
ChatGPT and Large Language Models In Academia: Opportunities and Challenges
(BioData Mining)
How Scientists Work to Correct the Record When There Is an Error in a Paper
(Washington Post)
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Tuesday, August 1
Top o’ the Review
Assessing Open Source Program Offices’ Role in the Academic Research Enterprise
(Ithaka S+R)
FPF Releases Generative AI Internal Policy Checklist to Guide Development of Policies to Promote Responsible Employee Use of Generative AI Tools
(FPF: Future of Privacy Forum)
New AI-Powered Tools From Dimensions (Beta Release) & Scopus (Alpha Release) Launching Today
(infoDOCKET)
Reexamining NSF’s Merit Review Process
(National Science Board, NSF: US National Science Foundation)
Upcoming Webinar (Monday. September 18, 2023): Empowering Your Data Journey: Unleashing the Value of Data Stewardship
(CODATA: Committee on Data, International Science Council)
ARL Member Libraries
Big Ten Academic Alliance Announces Launch of Big Ten Open Books Project
(Big Ten Academic Alliance)
Brown Library Receives Federal Grant to Grow and Diversify Digital Publishing Landscape
(Brown University Library)
New Library Produced Podcast – Ascent Archive: Oral Histories with Rock Climbers
(The University of Utah J. Willard Marriott Library)
Two Years In: The Finish Line Approaches for Digitizing Behind the Veil
(Duke University Libraries)
University of Pennsylvania Libraries Launches Renovation of the Center for Global Collections Following Two Major Gifts
(Penn Libraries)
Libraries—Other
Cleaning a Tiny 500-Year-Old Embroidered Book)
(British Library)
Report From “Accelerating the Adoption of Open Science” Summit
(CERN)
Higher Ed—Members
Arizona Law School Embraces ChatGPT Use in Student Applications
(Ars Technica)
Higher Ed—Other
Surprising Patterns in Who Gets Merit and Need-Based Aid From Colleges
(Hechinger Report)
Advocacy & Public Policy
AAUP Applauds Institutions Ending Legacy Admissions
(AAUP: American Association of University Professors)
NIST Explores Developing Research Cybersecurity Resources for Higher Ed
(EDUCAUSE Review)
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Upcoming Event (Tuesday, September 19, 2023): Supporting International Graduate Students Through Our Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice Priorities
(CGS: Council on Graduate Schools)
In Other News
A New Attack Impacts Major AI Chatbots—and No One Knows How to Stop It
(WIRED)
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Wednesday, August 2
Top o’ the Review
Immigrant-Origin Students Are Key to the Future of US Higher Education
(Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration)
Microlearning: The “OG” or Hot New Trend?
(EDUCAUSE Review)
Request for Information by Friday, August 18: Information Literacy Programs, Resources, and Promising Practices
(IMLS: US Institute of Museum and Library Services via Federal Register)
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy: Issues and Options for the 118th Congress
(CRS: Congressional Research Service)
2023 APDU Annual Conference Recap: Equity in Public Data Kick-Off
(APDU: Association of Public Data Users)
ARL Member Libraries
An Initial Interpretation of the US Department of Education’s AI Report: Implications and Recommendations for Academic Libraries (abstract only)
(The University of New Mexico University Libraries via Journal of Academic Librarianship)
Gadgets Pro Service to Launch August 21
(Georgia Tech Library)
Joint Steering Committee for Shared Collections (JSC) Survey New Resources and OA Investments Announcement
(University of California Libraries via CDL: California Digital Library)
Major Collection by Founding Member of Caribana Foregrounds the History and Importance of the Toronto Caribbean Carnival
(York University Libraries)
R Workshops for Researchers: A Successful Partnership between a Library and a Statistical Consulting Laboratory
(Colorado State University Libraries via Journal of eScience Librarianship)
The Ohio State University Libraries Presented the Library Instruction Round Table (LIRT) 2023 Innovation in Instruction Award
(The Ohio State University Libraries)
University System of Maryland & Affiliated Institutions Joins the Library Accessibility Alliance
(University of Maryland University Libraries via Library Accessibility Alliance)
Higher Ed—Members
(Daily Progress)
Advocacy & Public Policy
(US Department of Education)
Scholars & Scholarship
Increase the Sustainability of Our Movement: a Strategy Implementation Report
(Diff, Wikimedia Foundation)
Publishing Trends in Political Science: How Publishing Houses, Geographical Positions, and International Collaboration Shapes Academic Knowledge Production
(Publishing Research Quarterly)
Scientific Discovery in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (abstract only)
(Nature)
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Thursday, August 3
Top o’ the Review
Applications Open! October 2023 Data Curation Fundamentals Training
(DCN: Data Curation Network)
BCC Receives the 2023 Society of American Archivists (SAA) Distinguished Service Award
(BCC: BitCurator Consortium)
Call for Proposals: ARL IDEAL 2024—Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility in Libraries & Archives Conference, July 15–17, in Toronto
(ARL: Association of Research Libraries)
CARL Responds to Recent Media Coverage on Educational Copying
(CARL: Canadian Association of Research Libraries)
CLIR Announces Evaluation Report on Postdoctoral Fellowship Program: Cultivating Resilient Networks of Support for New Scholars
(CLIR: Council on Library and Information Resources)
Introducing arXiv’s New Governance Model
(arXiv)
ARL Member Libraries
Abortion-Facility Access Means Long Drives for Nearly 42% of Women
(UC Davis Library)
Big Ten Open Books Project Partners’ Announcements
(infoDOCKET)
Call for Proposals and Registration: ai4Libraries Conference—October 19, 2023, Free and Online
(ai4Libraries Conference, Georgia Tech Library)
MIT Press’s Direct to Open (D2O) Achieves Second-Year Goal, Opens Access to 82 New Books in 2023
(MIT Press)
New Space for Labriola National American Indian Data Center Coming to Hayden Library
(Arizona State University Library)
Peabody Library Unveils Renovated Fireside Reading Room
(Vanderbilt University Jean & Alexander Heard Libraries)
Libraries—Other
Historic Depository Shipping Lists Now Available on GovInfo
(FDLP: US Federal Depository Library Program)
RFP for Business and Governance Expert—Rosemont Shared Print Alliance and Partnership for Shared Book Collections
(Partnership for Shared Book Collections)
Higher Ed
Study: Black Medical Students Experience Higher Rates of Attrition Than Peers
(Diverse: Issues in Higher Education)
University Finances in the Second Year of the Pandemic, 2021/2022
(Statistics Canada)
Advocacy & Public Policy
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability: Accessibility of Web Information and Services of State and Local Government Entities
(Federal Register)
NSF Announces International Multilateral Partnerships for Resilient Education and Science System in Ukraine
(NSF: US National Science Foundation)
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
A Rubric for DEI Course Design, Part One
(EDUCAUSE Review)
Accessing Education: Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Online Learning
(CJLT: Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology)
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