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Monday, May 6
Top o’ the Review
ACLS Announces 2024 ACLS Open Access Book Prize and Arcadia Open Access Publishing Award Winners
(ACLS: American Council of Learned Societies)
Adapting to Change and Embracing Challenges: An Interview with Portico’s Kate Wittenberg
(ITHAKA)
AI’s Trust Problem
(HBR: Harvard Business Review)
ARL Joins Authors Alliance, Partners on Amicus Brief in Tiger King Fair Use Case
(ARL, Authors Alliance, Electronic Frontier Foundation, American Library Association, and Public Knowledge)
Association of Research Libraries and Partners Urge National Center for Education Statistics to Retain Vital Academic Library Survey in IPEDS
(ARL)
See also: Submission by American Council on Higher Education, Others to US Department of Education re IPEDS
OpenAI’s “SearchGPT” Might Launch Soon and Feature GPT-4-Lite
(THE DECODER)
Transforming Academic Librarianship Through AI Reskilling: Insights from the GPT-4 Exploration Program
(The Journal of Academic Librarianship)
US Federal Research and Development Infrastructure
(NSTC: National Science and Technology Council, OSTP: Office of Science and Technology Policy, The White House)
ARL Member Libraries
Heard Libraries’ Research Engagement Collaborations Bolster Faculty Scholarship
(Vanderbilt University Jean & Alexander Heard Libraries)
Hosoi Named to 2024 Cohort of UCLA Library Senior Fellows Residential Program
(Penn State University Libraries)
McMaster Libraries Budget Review Report Released
(McMaster University)
New Student-Focused Centre Promotes Literacy Skills in Generative AI
(University of Calgary Libraries and Cultural Resources)
Open Source Programs Office (OSPO) Explainer: What Is Open-Source Software?
(Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries & University Museums)
Preserving the Past to Ensure a Future of Discovery
(UC Davis Library)
The Prevalence of Textbook Affordability and OER Initiatives at ARL Libraries
(The Journal of Academic Librarianship)
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Subscribes to Opening the Future at CEU Press
(University of Minnesota Libraries via CEU Press)
Western Libraries Joins Digital Preservation Coalition
(Western Libraries)
Advocacy & Public Policy
New Survey Explores Business Views and Practices on Privacy-Related Issues, Including AI
(Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada)
Scholars & Scholarship
A Dataset for Measuring the Impact of Research Data and Their Curation
(Scientific Data, Nature)
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Tuesday, May 7
Top o’ the Review
A Focused Toolkit for Journal Editors and Publishers: Building Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in Editorial Roles and Peer Review
(C4DISC: Coalition for Diversity & Inclusion in Scholarly Communications)
Call for Applications—CARL Research in Librarianship Grant
(CARL: Canadian Association of Research Libraries)
Inclusive Global Scholarly Communication: Toward a Just and Healthier Information Ecosystem (abstract only)
(JASIST: Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology)
Joint Digital Libraries Conference 2024: December 16–20, Hong Kong & Virtual
(CNI: Coalition for Networked Information)
Microsoft Creates Top Secret Generative AI Service for US Spies
(BNN Bloomberg)
OpenAI to Launch Tool to Detect Images Created by DALL-E 3
(Reuters)
See also: Additional information from OpenAI
Shining a Spotlight on Digital Poverty
(Jisc)
ARL Member Libraries
Alberto Herrera Fernández Photograph Collection Unveiled
(University of Texas Libraries)
Enquirer: Salacious Testimony of 1929 Murder at UC Rare Books Library
(University of Cincinnati Libraries)
Libraries Plans New Search Interface as Part of Integrated Library Services Platform
(Syracuse University Libraries)
Newly Renovated Recording Studios for Music and Spoken Word Open in the Penn Libraries
(Penn Libraries, University of Pennsylvania)
OPEN: Free Educational Resources Provide an Integral Link to an Affordable Education
(Iowa State University Library)
Tony Nguyen Named Associate University Librarian for Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences
(Rutgers University Libraries)
Higher Ed
Is Big Data Better? Learning Management Systems (LMS) Data and Predictive Analytic Performance in Postsecondary Education
(EdWorkingPapers, Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University)
Universities and Colleges Search for Ways to Reverse the Decline in the Ranks of Male Students
(The Hechinger Report)
Advocacy & Public Policy
Digital Cultural Heritage in the Crossfire of Conflict: Cyber Threats and Cybersecurity Perspectives
(Insights: The UKSG Journal)
Readout: OSTP-NSF-PCAST Event on Opportunities at the AI Research Frontier
(The White House)
Scholars & Scholarship
Age of Principal Investigators at Time of First R01 Remains Level with Recent Years in FY 2023
(Office of Extramural Research, NIH: US National Institutes of Health)
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Wednesday, May 8
Top o’ the Review
AI at Work Is Here. Now Comes the Hard Part—2024 Work Trend Index Annual Report from Microsoft and LinkedIn
(Microsoft and LinkedIn)
See also: News release about the report
For Only the Second Time, State Funding to Public Colleges Exceeds Per-Student Funding Levels Seen Prior to the Great Recession
(SHEEO: State Higher Education Executive Officers Association)
How AI Might Shape LGBTQIA+ Advocacy
(MIT Media Lab)
Meet the IDEAL Speakers—Visiting: First Nations and Indigenous Schools Surfacing Truths
(ARL)
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) Launches New Public Health Topic Database
(infoDOCKET)
Practical Insights: Incorporating ChatGPT in Language Education and Beyond
(EDUCAUSE Review)
Video: A Practical Guide to Open Infrastructure for Institutional Repositories
(CARL: Canadian Association of Research Libraries via YouTube)
What Students Want: Electronic v. Print Books in the Academic Library
(College & Research Library News)
ARL Member Libraries
Blackstone LaunchPad Hosts Investor-Ready Symposium
(Syracuse University Libraries)
Ornamenting Poe: Illustrations of The Raven
(Washington University in St. Louis University Libraries)
UGA Press/Review Book Wins Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
(University of Georgia (UGA) Libraries)
Upcoming Hybrid Author Talk: Tom Steyer with David Wallace-Wells on Winning the Climate War (Wednesday, May 22)
(NYPL: New York Public Library)
VCU Libraries Updates Digital Collections
(VCU Libraries)
Video: Journey to the Center of the Conservation Lab
(Library of Congress)
Higher Ed
Enrollment and Persistence in Postsecondary Education Among High School Graduates in British Columbia: A Focus on Special Needs Status
(Statistics Canada)
How “Computer Science for All” Initiatives Affect Students’ College and Career Outcomes
(Brookings Institution)
Advocacy & Public Policy
Anatomy of a Scroll: Inside TikTok’s AI-Powered Algorithms
(Politico)
Exclusive: US Eyes Curbs on China’s Access to AI Software Behind Apps Like ChatGPT
(Reuters)
Scholars & Scholarship
Augmenting Large Language Models with Chemistry Tools
(Nature Machine Intelligence)
Open Access, Scholarly Communication, and Open Science in Psychology: An Overview for Researchers
(SAGE Open)
Curated by Gary D. Price, MLIS
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Information Industry Analyst
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