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Monday, March 18
Top o’ the Review
Call for Participants for CARL’s 2024 Librarians’ Research Institute
(CARL: Canadian Association of Research Libraries)
New Resilience Resources for Anticipating and Mitigating Climate Change’s Impacts on Cultural Heritage Launches Today
(NEH: US National Endowment for the Humanities)
Privacy in an AI Era: How Do We Protect Our Personal Information?
(HAI: Stanford University Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence)
Publishers File Appeal Brief in Internet Archive Copyright Suit
(PW: Publishers Weekly)
Why Supporting HBCU Libraries Is Essential
(Forbes)
ARL Member Libraries
“Ask Dr. Universe” Podcast Highlights Role WSU Science Librarians Play for Entire State
(WSU: Washington State University)
Evaluating an Instructional Intervention for Research Data Management Training
(McGill University Library via EBLIP: Evidence Based Library and Information Practice)
UBC Library Users Now Have Access to Over 80 New Resources Funded by the UBC President’s Academic Excellence Initiative
(The University of British Columbia (UBC) Library)
UK Libraries’ Research & Innovation Day Fosters Connections, Ideas, and Growth
(University of Kentucky (UK) Libraries)
University Libraries Prototyping Studio Resurrects Dinosaur Cousin Skeletons Bone by Bone
(Virginia Tech University Libraries)
Your Voice, Your Books: The Return of Recommended Reads for Equity
(University of Washington (UW) Libraries)
Advocacy & Public Policy
Deepfake Defense Tech Ready for Commercialization, Transition
(DARPA: US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency)
Sunshine Week Panel Addresses Impact of AI on Open Government
(NARA: US National Archives and Records Administration)
US Department of Education, ACE Resources Can Assist Campus Leaders during 2024 Election Cycle
(ACE: American Council on Education)
Scholars & Scholarship
Collective Development Fund Grant Programme: Scoping Update
(OBC: Open Book Collective)
Is It Ethical to Use Generative AI if You Can’t Tell Whether It Is Right or Wrong?
(LSE Impact Blog)
Practicing Responsible Research Assessment: Qualitative Study of Faculty Hiring, Promotion, and Tenure Assessments in the United States
(Research Evaluation)
The REF 2029 Open Access Policy Consultation Opens
(REF: Research Excellence Framework)
UF Researchers Evaluate Academic Performance of Chatbots
(University of Florida (UF) Health)
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Tuesday, March 19
Top o’ the Review
Call for Early Adopters for the National Shared Repository Infrastructure Service Development Project
(CARL: Canadian Association of Research Libraries)
Demand-Driven Acquisitions in Academic Libraries: A Scoping Review
(JAL: Journal of Academic Librarianship)
Desirable Characteristics of Persistent Identifiers
(Upstream)
Open Access Charges—Continued Consolidation and Increases
(Delta Think)
Support for OSF Preprint Infrastructure and Community Servers
(IPLC: Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation)
Upcoming Webinar: Fostering Inclusion for Black Immigrant Students at HBCUs (Thursday, March 21)
(Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration and CLASP: The Center for Law and Social Policy)
Upcoming Webinar: The Impact of Plan S: A Discussion on Findings So Far (Tuesday, 9 April)
(cOAlition S)
ARL Member Libraries
Boston Public Library Unveils “Revolutionary Music: Music and Social Change”
(BPL: Boston Public Library)
Happy Anniversary, MIT Faculty Open Access Policy
(MIT Libraries)
Leaders in Open Data: Welcoming Four New Dryad Members
(Temple University and The University of Oklahoma via Dryad)
Upcoming Event: McMaster Libraries Hosting Teaching and Learning Mini Conference (Friday, April 26)
(McMaster University Library)
Libraries—Other
SCONUL’s Response to Jisc’s Critical Review on Transitional Agreements
(SCONUL: Society of College, National and University Libraries)
The British Library Hack Is a Warning for All Academic Libraries
(LSE Impact Blog)
Higher Ed—Members
AI at Princeton: Pushing Limits, Accelerating Discovery, and Serving Humanity
(Princeton University)
Podcast: The University of North Carolina (UNC) System President Peter Hans on the State of Higher Education
(NC Newsline)
UC Irvine Launches Customized Generative Artificial Intelligence Tool
(University of California (UC), Irvine)
Advocacy & Public Policy
Scholars & Scholarship
Google Has a New Head of Search—and She’s All in on AI
(The Verge)
How Spammers, Scammers, and Creators Leverage AI-Generated Images on Facebook for Audience Growth
(Stanford Internet Observatory)
Inside the AI Competition That Decoded an Ancient Herculaneum Scroll
(Scientific American)
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Wednesday, March 20
Top o’ the Review
AAU Statement Opposing H.R. 7683
(AAU: Association of American Universities)
Commission and the Research Community Develop Guidelines on Responsible Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Research
(European Commission)
Eight Google Employees Invented Modern AI. Here’s the Inside Story
(WIRED)
See also: Google Researchers Unveil “VLOGGER,” an AI That Can Bring Still Photos to Life (VentureBeat)
See also: Google Just Got Hit with a Hefty Fine over How It Trained Its AI (Business Insider)
How Is ChatGPT’s Behavior Changing over Time?
(HDSR: Harvard Data Science Review)
LIBER Annual Conference Registration Now Open
(LIBER: Association of European Research Libraries)
Wikimedia Foundation CEO Maryana Iskander Joins Mellon Foundation Board of Trustees
(Mellon Foundation)
ARL Member Libraries
Boston Library Consortium (BLC) Supports Path to Open
(Boston College, Boston Public Library, and University of Massachusetts Amherst via BLC and JSTOR)
Celebrating Rauner Special Collections Library
(Dartmouth Libraries)
Materials from Renowned Blues Banjo Player Otis Taylor Now a Part of CU’s American Music Research Center’s Archival Collections
(University of Colorado (CU) Boulder University Libraries)
New Collection Will Enable Discovery and Exploration of the Influential Work of Cedric and Elizabeth Robinson
(University of California (UC), Santa Barbara)
Video: DataBridge Prepares Students for Professional Workforce
(Virginia Tech University Libraries)
Libraries—Other
Empowering Consortium Leads: Introducing the DataCite Consortia Partnership Program
(DataCite)
National Digital Stewardship Alliance (NDSA) Welcomes Three New Members in Quarter 1 of 2024
(DLF: Digital Library Federation)
Video: Making Archives Engaging for Visually Impaired Audiences
(RLUK: Research LIbraries UK via YouTube)
Higher Ed—Members
(The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
DE-BIAS Project Enriches Archives through Community Collaboration
(Europeana)
Scholars & Scholarship
Developing Text and Data Mining (TDM) Support within a University Research Library
(Insights: The UKSG Journal)
Is AI Ready to Mass-Produce Lay Summaries of Research Articles?
(Nature)
New WorldFAIR Deliverables for Agricultural Biodiversity, Chemistry, Geochemistry, Nanomaterials, and Social Studies
(CODATA: Committee on Data, International Science Council)
In Other News
Apple Launches First Multimodal AI Model
(AI Business)
Also from AI Business: Apple May Tap Google’s Gemini for AI Features on iPhone
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Thursday, March 21
Top o’ the Review
Advancing Trust and Transparency: Insights from DCN Member Repositories on Meeting Desirable Characteristics for Federally Funded Research
(DCN: Data Curation Network)
Announcing DataCite’s First Public Data File
(DataCite)
Community over Commercialization: Open Access Week 2024: October 21–27
(International Open Access Week)
Cyndee Landrum Appointed Acting Director of IMLS
(IMLS: US Institute of Museum and Library Services)
Also from IMLS: Video of Cyndee Landrum upon her appointment
Ending Profiteering from Publicly Funded Research
(The Australia Institute)
The Real Truth about the “Pro Codes” Act
(ARL: Association of Research Libraries)
The UN Adopts a Resolution Backing Efforts to Ensure Artificial Intelligence Is Safe
(AP: Associated Press)
See also: Statement from Vice President Harris on the UN General Assembly Resolution on Artificial Intelligence (The White House)
ARL Member Libraries
Before and After: Looking at the Library Pre- and Post-renovation
(University of Virginia Library)
Cross-Campus Collaboration Leads to Improved Access
(University of Kentucky (UK) Libraries)
Hintz and Dudley Named as Rose Library Interim Co-directors
(Emory University Libraries)
Open Access Metadata, Part Two
(Penn State University Libraries and OAPEN via Hypotheses)
Higher Ed—Members
(IHE: Inside Higher Ed)
Higher Ed—Other
(NCSES: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, NSF: US National Science Foundation)
Advocacy & Public Policy
House Unanimously Passes Bill to Block Data Brokers from Selling Americans’ Info to Foreign Adversaries
(The Record)
Letter to US Congress on the Respecting the First Amendment on Campus Act
(ACE: American Council on Education)
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Inclusive Subject Terms Are Critical for Equitable Access to Library Materials
(IFLA: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions)
Scholars & Scholarship
Global Reach, Local Insights: Using Book ISBNs to Map Publishing Behavior
(Leiden Madtrics)
Research Data Management Sustainability: Services, Infrastructure, Accountability, and Planning (preprint)
(portal: Libraries and the Academy)
In Other News
Implementing Generative AI with Speed and Safety
(McKinsey & Company)
Seven Things You Should Know about Third-Party Risk Management
(EDUCAUSE Review)
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