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Monday, September 18
Top o’ the Review
Fair Global Pricing: Consultation
(cOAlition S)
Focus Group Participants Needed for Paid E-book Study
(HathiTrust)
How COPE Is Working on Diversity, Equity, Inclusivity, and Accessibility
(COPE: Committee on Publication Ethics)
Making IIIF Official at the Internet Archive
(Internet Archive and IIIF: International Image Interoperability Framework)
Redesigning Research Guides: Lessons Learned from Usability Testing at the University of Memphis
(ITAL: Information Technology and Libraries)
Upcoming Online Event (Thursday, October 5): ASERL Community Conversations: Open Access and Artificial Intelligence
(ASERL: Association of Southeastern Research Libraries)
ARL Member Libraries
An Update on the Congress.gov API
(Library of Congress)
Interview with Guylaine Beaudry, Trenholme Dean of Libraries
(McGill University Library)
Library Self-Checkout Launched
(Cornell University Library)
Piece of Long Island History Lives on at Stony Brook University Libraries
(Stony Brook University)
Teaching and Collecting Technical Standards: A Handbook for Librarians and Educators
(Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies)
Libraries–Other
Invitation to a Virtual Meeting about the Digital FDLP
(FDLP: Federal Depository Library Program, US Government Publishing Office)
Higher Ed
Final Average Starting Salary for Class of 2022 Rises More Than 7%
(NACE: National Association of Colleges and Employers)
New, Interactive Learning and Employment Records (LER) Ecosystem Map Outlines Roles for Educators and Employers to Use Skills-Based Systems
(AACRAO: American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers)
Use of Digital Self-Control Tools in Higher Education—A Survey Study
(Education and Information Technologies)
Advocacy & Public Policy
ARL, SAA Join Call Urging Congress to Fund International Education and Foreign Language Studies
(SAA: Society of American Archivists)
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Study: Admissions Policies That Consider Grades and Test Scores in Context of Available Opportunities Are Linked to College Success
(AERA: American Educational Research Association)
Video: Exploring Equity on Wikipedia
(Wikimedia Foundation via YouTube)
In Other News
DeepMind’s Cofounder: Generative AI Is Just a Phase. What’s Next Is Interactive AI.
(MIT Technology Review)
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Tuesday, September 19
Top o’ the Review
Funders Joint Statement: Use of Generative AI Tools in Funding Applications and Assessment
(Research Funders Policy Group (UK) via Wellcome)
See also: Guidance for Researchers on the Use of Generative AI (Cancer Research UK)
High School Benchmarks
(National Student Clearinghouse Research Center)
New Report Analyzes Print Revenue of Open Access Monographs
(AUPresses: Association of University Presses and Ithaka S+R)
OPC’s Annual Report Highlights Efforts to Protect Privacy in a Data-Driven World
(OPC: Office of the Privacy Commissioner, Government of Canada)
Upcoming Virtual ACRL/SPARC Forum (Thursday, October 12): Editorial Board Resignations to Align Journals with Community over Commercialization
(ACRL: Association of College and Research Libraries, SPARC)
US District Court Grants Preliminary Injunction Barring Implementation of Texas Censorship Law
(AAP: Association of American Publishers)
ARL Member Libraries
“A Medieval Blockbuster”: U of T Acquires a Rare 14th-Century Manuscript
(University of Toronto)
Diving into the Zoological Gardens and Aquariums Ephemera Collection
(Smithsonian Libraries and Archives)
External Investments in Open Access and DEI Initiatives
(Emory University Libraries)
Syracuse University Football Films Collection Now Available Online
(Syracuse University Libraries)
Using Special Collections to Reimagine the Classroom
(University of Minnesota Libraries)
Libraries—Other
NDSA Announces 2023 Slate of Candidates for Coordinating Committee
(NDSA: National Digital Stewardship Alliance, DLF: Digital Library Federation)
Higher Ed
State-Run, Land-Grant HBCUs Are Owed More Than $13 Billion, the White House Says
(NPR: National Public Radio)
Advocacy & Public Policy
Initial Policy Considerations for Generative Artificial Intelligence
(OECD: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development)
PEN America Comments on Federal Government Appointment in Response to School Book Bans
(PEN America)
Secretaries of Education, Agriculture Call on Governors to Equitably Fund Land-Grant HBCUs
(US Department of Education)
Scholars & Scholarship
Collaborating to Support the Use and Development of Open Educational Resources: A White Rose Libraries Research Project
(Insights: The UKSG Journal)
Open Access Doesn’t Need Article-Processing Charges (APCs): Alternative Models Continue to Grow in 2023
(PLOS: Public Library of Science)
The Lens Loads Now-Open Dataset from Crossref of Retraction Watch Papers
(The Lens)
In Other News
Google’s New Bard Extensions Link Gmail, Docs, Maps, and More to Its AI Chatbot
(ZDNet)
See also: Video: Introducing Extensions | Bard (Google via YouTube)
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Wednesday, September 20
Top o’ the Review
American Library Association Releases Preliminary Data on 2023 Book Challenges
(ALA: American Library Association)
New Project: IOI Partners with arXiv to Develop Its New Strategic Blueprint
(IOI: Invest in Open Infrastructure)
Texas Teacher Fired for Assigning Graphic Book on Anne Frank’s Diary
(Washington Post)
The Authors Guild, John Grisham, Jodi Picoult, David Baldacci, George R.R. Martin, and 13 Other Authors File Class-Action Suit against OpenAI
(The Authors Guild)
Two new AI-guidance documents for organizations:
- Aspen Institute’s US Cybersecurity Group Releases Generative AI Guidance for Organizations
(Aspen Digital, Aspen Institute) - Future of Privacy Forum and Leading Companies Release Best Practices for AI in Employment Relationships
(FPF: Future of Privacy Forum)
Upcoming IFLA ARL Webinar (Wednesday. October 11): Open Science Policies and Best Practices
(IFLA ARL: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions’s Academic and Research Libraries Section)
ARL Member Libraries
Announcing the Inaugural Program Director of the HBCU Digital Library Trust
(Harvard Library and HBCU Library Alliance)
Libraries’ New Kees Collection Includes Creative Works, Personal Items
(University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries)
Penn State Leads Big Ten Academic Alliance Project on Open Homework Systems
(Penn State University Libraries)
The Sloan Foundation Awards GW a Grant to Encourage Open-Source Software
(The George Washington University)
UCLA Library Receives $4.2M Political Cartoon Collection Spanning Centuries
(UCLA Library)
University Libraries Awarded $1.2M Mellon Grant to Support Borderlands Studies, Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) Initiatives
(The University of Arizona University Libraries)
Higher Ed—Members
A Partnership with Howard University to Improve Speech Technology for Black Voices
(Google)
Graduate Teaching Assistants’ Challenges, Conflicts, and Strategies for Navigating COVID-19
(Frontiers in Communication)
Higher Ed—Other
Unexpected Bedfellows: Using ChatGPT to Uphold Academic Assessment Integrity
(EDUCAUSE Review)
Advocacy & Public Policy
Navigating Socioeconomic Obstacles: Impact on the Well-Being of Canadian Youth
(Statistics Canada)
Report—Late Applications: Protecting Students’ Civil Rights in the Digital Age
(CDT: Center for Democracy & Technology)
Wyden, Booker Introduce Bill to Ban Surveillance Advertising
(US Senator Ron Wyden)
Scholars & Scholarship
The Use and Acceptability of Preprints in Health and Social Care Settings: A Scoping Review
(PLOS ONE)
What Is Research Funding, How Does It Influence Research, and How Is It Recorded? Key Dimensions of Variation
(Scientometrics)
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Thursday, September 21
Top o’ the Review
Banned in the USA: The Mounting Pressure to Censor
(PEN America)
Biden-Harris Administration Awards More Than $40 Million to Support Hispanic-Serving Institutions
(US Department of Education)
ChatGPT Usage Is Rising Again as Students Return to School
(Bloomberg)
Generative AI Goes Back to School: Where Things Stand in Fall 2023
(Ithaka S+R)
Upcoming Webinar (Wednesday, October 4): Libraries and Positive Climate Action: Community Engagement
(The British Library)
Updated W3C Recommendation: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1
(W3C: World Wide Web Consortium)
ARL Member Libraries
A Fresh Library for Indiana’s Educators
(Indiana University Libraries Bloomington)
Brigitte Weinsteiger Appointed Interim Director of the Penn Libraries
(Penn Libraries, University of Pennsylvania)
Marriott Library Purchases with Endowment Funds—2023
(The University of Utah J. Willard Marriott Library)
Number of Library Visitors Increases from Last Year
(The University of Arizona University Libraries)
UCLA Library Announces First Cohort of Lessons for Librarians in Open Science Principles and Methods Winners
(UCLA Library)
UW Graduate Student Dives into Librarianship and Great Lakes Literacy with the Wisconsin Water Library
(University of Wisconsin–Madison Libraries)
Libraries—Other
(WCHS Eyewitness News)
Higher Ed—Members
Eight New Public Research Universities Join APLU-Led Aspire Institutional Change Network
(University of Colorado Boulder, University of Illinois Chicago, Kent State University, Washington State University, and Wayne State University via APLU: Association of Public and Land-grant Universities)
Technology Fueled America’s Youth Mental Health Crisis. How It Can Help End It.
(Dartmouth College via Washington Post)
Higher Ed—Other
(Wiley)
Advocacy & Public Policy
Leveraging Advance Parole to Support DACA Recipients as DACA Is under Threat
(Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration)
New Report Identifies Policies to Reduce Intergenerational Poverty in the US
(US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine)
Scholars & Scholarship
(Knowledge Exchange)
In Other News
Indeed’s “AI at Work Report” Finds Generative AI Will Impact Almost Every Job in America
(Indeed)
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Co-Founder and Editor, Library Journal’s infoDOCKET
Information Industry Analyst
Librarian
