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Day in Review (December 13–14)

Last Updated on December 14, 2023, 4:24 pm ET

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Wednesday, December 13

Top o’ the Review

Library Copyright Alliance Defends Limits on Damages in Supreme Court Copyright Case, Warner Chappell Music v. Nealy
(ARL: Association of Research Libraries)

New OCLC Research Report: Building RDM Capacity through Strategic Library Collaboration
(OCLC)

NISO Releases Content Profile/Linked Document Standard
(NISO: National Information Standards Organization)

Ontario Council of University Libraries Appoints Task Force on Machine Learning and AI
(OCUL: Ontario Council of University Libraries)

The Importance of Providing Open Science
(National Science Board, NSF: US National Science Foundation)
See also: Publications Output: US Trends and International Comparisons (NSF)

Upcoming Webinar: Research Libraries in an Open Access World (Tomorrow, Thursday December 14)
(OASPA: Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association)

 

ARL Member Libraries

25 Films Selected for Preservation in National Film Registry
(Library of Congress)

2023 Student Entrepreneur Impact Prize Winners
(Syracuse University Libraries)

UBC Library’s First Folio Gets Interactive with Shakespeare xR
(UBC: The University of British Columbia Library)

UH Librarians Help Bring Indigenous Forum to Hawaiʻi
(UH: University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa)

 

Libraries—Other

Institute of Museum and Library Services Announces Agency’s First Learning Agenda
(IMLS: US Institute of Museum and Library Services)

LIBER Journées 2024: Deadline Extended to Saturday, December 30, 2023
(LIBER: Association of European Research Libraries)

Library Publishing Coalition Releases New, Five-Year Community Plan
(LPC: Library Publishing Coalition)

Update on Merging the Rosemont Shared Print Alliance and the Partnership for Shared Book Collections
(CDL: California Digital LIbrary)

 

Higher Ed

At Medical Schools, Fewer Apply but Class Sizes Grow
(AAMC: Association of American Medical Colleges

 

Advocacy & Public Policy

US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Publishes Final Breach Reporting Requirements under the Safeguards Rule
(EDUCAUSE Review)

 

Data & Analytics

Statement from US Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona on the Recent Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) Collection
(US Department of Education)

 

Scholars & Scholarship

More Than 10,000 Research Papers Were Retracted in 2023—a New Record
(Nature)

OpenAI and Axel Springer Strike Unprecedented Deal to Offer News in ChatGPT
(CNBC)

The Oligopoly of Open-Access Publishing
(Scientometrics)
Note: A preprint version of this article is available via OSF Preprints

 

Curated by Gary D. Price, MLIS
Co-Founder and Editor, Library Journal’s infoDOCKET
Information Industry Analyst
Librarian


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Thursday, December 14

Top o’ the Review

How Libraries Can Lead the Way in Campus Decarbonization
(brightspot, Buro Happold via ARL: Association of Research Libraries)

Introducing Infra Finder: Coming in January 2024
(IOI: Invest in Open Infrastructure)

Notice to Research Community: Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence Technology in the NSF Merit-Review Process
(NSF: US National Science Foundation)

Scope and Limitations of Library Metrics for the Assessment of E-book Usage: Counter R5 and Link Resolver
(QSS: Quantitative Science Studies)

Spineless Shelves: Two Years of Book Banning
(PEN America)

Thomas Padilla to Deliver Opening Keynote at NISO Plus 2024 in Baltimore
(NISO: National Information Standards Organization)

 

ARL Member Libraries

Analyzing Duke’s Ukrainian-Language Collection
(Duke University Libraries)

Digital Repository Updates Coming in 2024
(Iowa State University Library)

Global Press Archive CRL Alliance Launches Open-Access Liberian Newspaper Archive
(CRL: Center for Research Libraries)

McGill Library’s John Peters Humphrey Fonds Added to the Canada Memory of the World Register
(McGill University and UNESCO)

Minnesota Goddamn: An Uncanny Haunting of 2020
(University of Minnesota Libraries)

Refugee Journeys Illuminated: A Look at Vanderbilt’s Partnership with Nonprofit NICE (Nashville International Center for Empowerment)
(Vanderbilt University Jean & Alexander Heard Libraries)

2023: UT Libraries Year in Review
(The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Libraries)

 

Libraries—Other

How to Make Data Open? Stop Overlooking Librarians
(Nature)

#LD42023. Part I: The Future of Wikidata + Libraries (A Workshop)
(Diff, Wikimedia Foundation)

 

Higher Ed

Class of 2022 Employment Rate Matched Pre-pandemic Level
(NACE: National Association of Colleges and Employers)

Teaching with Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) in Mind
(EDUCAUSE Review)
See also: Student Perspectives on Using AI (EDUCAUSE Exchange Podcast)

 

Advocacy & Public Policy

HHS Releases New Data Strategy to Enhance Data Capabilities and Accelerate Progress on Cancer Moonshot Goals
(HHS: US Department of Health and Human Services)

 

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Underrepresented Students in STEM Classes Resulted in Higher Grades
(Diverse: Issues in Higher Education)

 

Scholars & Scholarship

Rethinking Institutional Repositories: Innovations in Management, Collections, and Inclusion (open-access version)
(ACRL: Association of College & Research Libraries)

 

Curated by Gary D. Price, MLIS
Co-Founder and Editor, Library Journal’s infoDOCKET
Information Industry Analyst
Librarian


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