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Tuesday, September 26
Top o’ the Review
AI Book Bans: Testing LLMs against the Freedom to Read
(Library Innovation Lab, Harvard Law School)
Considerations When Preparing for the Federal Government Shutdown
(COGR)
Journal Production Guidance for Software and Data Citations
(Scientific Data)
The White House Office of Science & Technology Policy Open-Science Recognition Challenge
(The White House Office of Science & Technology Policy via Challenge.Gov)
2023 EDUCAUSE Horizon Action Plan: Generative AI
(EDUCAUSE)
ARL Member Libraries
“Hidden in Plain Sight”: Special Collections Fall Exhibit Explores LGBTQ+ History at USC and Beyond
(University of South Carolina University Libraries)
Meet New Friends and Explore U Of T Libraries Together with Library Link
(University of Toronto Libraries)
MIT Libraries Receives Grant from Mellon Foundation to Support Postdoctoral Research Program
(MIT Libraries)
Upcoming Hybrid Event: Voices of Mass Incarceration: A Symposium (Wednesday, September 27–Friday, September 29)
(Brown University Library)
Libraries—Other
“A Toolkit for Knowledge Rights Advocacy”—KR21 Workshop Report
(LIBER: Association of European Research Libraries)
Are You Local? Academic Library Hiring Prior to and during COVID-19 in the United States
(International Journal of Librarianship)
Draft Vision, Mission, and Values, for Community Review
(ReShare)
Report on OBC’s First Annual General Assembly of Custodians
(OBC: Open Book Collective)
Higher Ed—Members
Hundreds of Colleges Agree to Make Financial Aid Offers More Transparent
(Washington Post)
Higher Ed—Other
AI in Tertiary Education: A Summary of the Current State of Play
(Jisc)
SAT Program Results for the Class of 2023 Show Continued Growth in SAT Participation
(College Board)
Advocacy & Public Policy
ACE Comments on How Campuses Are Using AI and the Role of Government Oversight
(ACE: American Council on Education)
Request for Information on the DRAFT Scientific Integrity Policy of the National Institutes of Health
(US National Institutes of Health via Federal Register)
Scholars & Scholarship
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Wednesday, September 27
Top o’ the Review
AI and Science: What 1,600 Researchers Think
(Nature)
GPO Responses to the Depository Library Council’s Recommendations Resulting from Their Spring 2023 Meeting
(FDLP: Federal Depository Library Program, GPO: US Government Publishing Office)
See also: Biennial Survey Now Open (FDLP)
Navigating the Terms and Conditions of Generative AI
(National Centre for AI, Jisc)
OpenAI Gives ChatGPT Access to the Entire Internet
(VentureBeat)
Rep. Susan Wild Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Improve Student Mental Health
(US Rep. Susan Wild)
University of Leeds Research Report on Potentials for AI in Libraries
(University of Leeds Library via CNI: Coalition for Networked Information)
ARL Member Libraries
Advisory: Possible Federal Government Shutdown
(Library of Congress)
Brown University Digital Publications Joins the Association of University Presses
(Brown University Library)
Catalyst Fund Grant Will Increase Accessibility of Emory Audiovisual Preservation Projects
(Emory University Libraries)
How the NLM Extramural Programs Division Advances Key Scientific Initiatives in Bioinformatics and Data Science
(US National Library of Medicine)
Libraries—Other
Upcoming RLUK Digital Shift Forum Virtual Event: Digital Inclusion by Universal Design (Wednesday, October 4)
(RLUK: Research Libraries UK)
Higher Ed
After Successful Pilot, the Ohio College Comeback Compact Moves to Full Implementation
(Ithaka S+R)
Advocacy & Public Policy
ALA Welcomes Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Rosenworcel’s Proposal to Reinstate Network Neutrality Rules
(ALA: American Library Association)
What I Found in a Database Meta Uses to Train Generative AI
(The Atlantic)
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Hispanic Students Feeling More Discrimination at School
(Gallup)
Racial, Ethnic, and Sex Diversity in Academic Medical Leadership
(JAMA Network Open)
Scholars & Scholarship
New Horizons for Academic Library Collection Development: Creating a Community-Curated Collection through Student Empowerment
(Journal of Library Outreach and Engagement)
Supporting Open Access for 20 Years: Five Issues That Have Slowed the Transition to Full and Immediate OA
(cOAlition S)
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Thursday, September 28
Top o’ the Review
Annual Progress Reports from the SCOSS Family
(SCOSS: Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services)
Is Your University Building a Custom AI Platform?
(Ithaka S+R)
NASPA Releases Research on Challenges and Opportunities for Advancing Racial Climate on Campus
(NASPA—Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education)
New Open Pedagogy Portal Welcomes Submissions
(Open Education Network, University of Minnesota)
OA Book Usage Data Trust Seeks Feedback
(Open Access Books Network)
US National Science Foundation Shows Commitment to Year of Open Science with Strategic Investments in Infrastructure and Learning
(ARL: Association of Research Libraries)
ARL Member Libraries
Biden to Create Library Honoring His Friend and Rival John McCain
(Arizona State University Library via New York Times)
See also: Excerpts of Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by President Joe Biden on Democracy in Tempe, Arizona
Boston Public Library Joins Books Unbanned Initiative to Fight Censorship
(Boston Public Library)
Plug-in Electric Vehicles Archive to Be Housed at UC Davis Library
(UC Davis Library)
The Libraries Partners with OSFA’s Pack Promise to Offer Textbook Scholarships
(NC State University Libraries)
UMD Libraries Provides Launching Pad for Research-Driven Student Podcast
(University of Maryland University Libraries)
Higher Ed
Jisc Releases Pivotal Toolkit to Guide Higher Education towards Digital Transformation
(Jisc)
Advocacy & Public Policy
Election Year and College Political Campaign–Related Activities in 2023
(ACE: American Council on Education)
LCA Comments on the Proposed Rulemaking Concerning Access to Electronic Works
(LCA: Library Copyright Alliance—American Library Association and Association of Research Libraries)
Video: Oversight of the US Copyright Office—Hearing
(US House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet)
See also: Statement of Shira Perlmutter, Register of Copyrights and Director (US Copyright Office)
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Biden-Harris Administration Outlines Strategies to Increase Diversity and Opportunity in Higher Education
(US Department of Education)
Scholars & Scholarship
eLife New Model at Six Months: An ICOR Analysis
(eLife)
Make Data Count Summit: The Time Is Now to Advance Data Metrics—Recap
(DataCite)
NISO Announces Plans for Two NISO Plus Conferences in 2024
(NISO: National Information Standards Organization)
We So Loved Open Access—Full-Text EPUB Available to Download
(SciELO: Scientific Electronic Library Online)
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