Last Updated on April 27, 2023, 6:25 pm ET
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Monday, April 24
Top o’ the Review
ALA Releases State of American Libraries 2023 Report
(ALA: American Library Association)
Catching Up on Open Access in Canada
(University Affairs)
Enhancing Trust in Science and Democracy in an Age of Misinformation
(Issues in Science and Technology)
Future Prospects and Considerations for Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR and VR) in Higher Education Academic Technology
(EDUCAUSE Review)
How Many Researchers: The FY 2022 Cumulative Investigator Rate
(NIH: US National Institutes of Health)
Proficiencies for Assessment in Academic Libraries Draft Review
(ACRL: Association of Colleges and Research Libraries)
ARL Member Libraries
Clark Commons Opens
(University of Michigan Library)
Graham Archiving the Prolific Work of Nebraska’s Oz Black
(University of Nebraska–Lincoln)
Recent Updates Clarifying PubMed Central’s Role as an Archive
(NLM: US National Library of Medicine)
Rosalyn Metz Appointed to New Position for Emory Libraries and Carlos Museum
(Emory University Libraries)
UMD Libraries Announces Start of Living Democracy Initiative, Supported by the Ilona Modly Hogan Legacy Fund
(University of Maryland Libraries)
What’s Green at Princeton University Library?
(Princeton University Library)
Yale Library’s Top-Ten-Most-Popular Digital Objects of 2023—So Far
(Yale University Library)
Higher Ed
At Many HBCUs, Just One in Three Students Are Men. Here’s Why That Matters.
(Washington Post)
Leveraging Open Educational Resources to Advance Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: A Guide for Campus Change Agents
(AAC&U: American Association of Colleges and Universities)
Reproductive Health Laws Factor into Many College Decisions
(Gallup)
Sounding the Alarm: National Leaders Commit to Helping Black Learners
(Lumina Foundation)
Statement from US Education Secretary on Appointment of Distinguished Black Americans to Presidential Advisory Commission on Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Black Americans
(US Department of Education)
Scholars & Scholarship
Digital Preservation of Licensed Content
(CLOCKSS)
New Preprint Explores Tracing Data Reuse and Citations
(ScholCommLab)
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Tuesday, April 25
Top o’ the Review
Advancing AI Research Infrastructure through New NSF Investments at Five Universities, Including Four ARL Member Institutions
(NSF: US National Science Foundation)
Common Scholarly Communication Infrastructure Landscape Review
(Ithaka S+R)
New Report Offers Insight into HBCU “Secret Sauce”
(Diverse: Issues in Higher Education)
Number and Salaries of Full-Time Teaching Staff at Canadian Universities (Partial), 2022/2023
(Statistics Canada)
Open Access Charges—Popular Price Bands Become More Expensive
(Delta Think)
Some College, No Credential (SCNC) Student Outcomes: Annual Progress Report—Academic Year 2021/2022
(National Student Clearinghouse Research Center)
ARL Member Libraries
Boston College E-journals Spotlight
(Boston College Libraries)
Bradshaw, Garritty to Represent ASERL on Research Libraries Position Description Bank (RLPDB) User Advisory Group
(ASERL: Association of Southeastern Research Libraries)
GPO Director Names New Members to Depository Library Council
(GPO: US Government Publishing Office)
Library to Host Francophone Open Educational Resources (OER) Summit
(University of Ottawa Library and CARL: Canadian Association of Research Libraries)
McCormick Library Archives Work to Diversify Collections
(Daily Northwestern)
Higher Ed—Members
University of Minnesota Sustains Endangered Indigenous Languages through Immersion Housing
(ACE: American Council on Education)
Higher Ed—Other
College Students Favor Open Discussion of Race and Gender
(Gallup)
Employers’ Hiring Projections for Class of 2023 Up 3.9%, but Down from Fall
(NACE: National Association of Colleges and Employers)
Advocacy & Public Policy
FTC Chair Khan and Officials from DOJ, CFPB, and EEOC Release Joint Statement on AI
(FTC: US Federal Trade Commission, DOJ: US Department of Justice, CFPB: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and EEOC: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
Video and Materials from “Higher Ed Pathways to Immigration: Why It Matters” Event
(Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration)
Scholars & Scholarship
ARL Comments on NIH Plan to Enhance Public Access to Results of NIH-Supported Research
(ARL: Association of Research Libraries)
COGR Responds to NIH Plan to Enhance Public Access to Results of NIH-Supported Research
(COGR)
OASPA Response to NIH RFI 2023
(OASPA: Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association)
Plan E for Education: Open Access to Educational Materials Created in Publicly Funded Universities
(Insights: The UKSG Journal)
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Wednesday, April 26
Top o’ the Review
College Enrollment and Work Activity of Recent High School and College Graduates
(BLS: US Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Five Projects—Including U Arizona Student Success District—Receive 2023 AIA/ALA Library Building Award
(AIA: American Institute of Architects and ALA: American Library Association)
Prison Libraries Act Introduced to Advance Reintegration Efforts, Reduce Recidivism, Increase Educational Opportunities for Incarcerated Individuals
(US Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, Sheila Jackson Lee, and Shontel Brown)
Study Finds Students Experiencing College Closures Are 50% Less Likely to Earn a Credential
(SHEEO: State Higher Education Executive Officers Association)
Upcoming Event (Wednesday, May 24): Directions in Digital Scholarship, Webinar 2—Registration Open
(CNI: Coalition for Networked Information)
Video: ChatGPT: The Future of Higher Ed and Libraries, Brought to You by Artificial Intelligence
(CNI: Coalition for Networked Information)
ARL Member Libraries
Elizabeth Kiscaden Named Dean and University Librarian to Lead University of Cincinnati Libraries
(University of Cincinnati)
Library to Assist in Creating Portal for UK Collections of Holocaust Testimonies
(Yale University Library)
Los del Valle Oral Histories Available through Libraries’ Collections Portal
(University of Texas Libraries)
McMaster Launches Research Data Management (RDM) Institutional Strategy
(McMaster University Library)
South Asia Open Archives (SAOA) Surpasses 1 Million Pages of Open Access Content
(CRL: Center for Research Libraries)
Libraries–Other
Three Questions for Tracy Bergstrom
(Ithaka S+R)
Higher Ed—Members
Are Direct College Admissions the Future of Higher Education?
(University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
Higher Ed—Other
Job Market for Class of 2023: Key Skills/Competencies Employers Are Seeking and Impact of Career Center Use
(NACE: National Association of Colleges and Employers)
Prison Education Programs and Higher Education
(NASPA: Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education)
Advocacy & Public Policy
Jayapal Introduces Resolution Recognizing Library Workers
(US Representative Pramila Jayapal)
Missing Links: A Comparison of Search Censorship in China
(Citizen Lab, University of Toronto)
Scholars & Scholarship
Championing Equitable Access in Latin America—Hola Arturo
(DataCite)
Pre-call: Experimental Book Pilots
(COPIM: Community-led Open Publication Infrastructures for Monographs)
Scientific Sinkhole: Estimating the Cost of Peer Review Based on Survey Data with Snowball Sampling
(Research Integrity and Peer Review)
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Thursday, April 27
Top o’ the Review
Alisha Keig Named ARL Director, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
(ARL: Association of Research Libraries)
Announcing the 2023 AUPresses Book, Jacket, and Journal Show
(AUPresses: Association of University Presses)
ChatGPT’s Other Risk: Oversharing Confidential Data
(GCN)
Freedom to Write Index 2022
(PEN America)
Government of Canada Invests in High-Risk, High-Reward Interdisciplinary Research to Support World-Leading Innovation
(Canada Research Coordinating Committee, Government of Canada)
Interior Department and National Endowment for the Humanities Partner to Preserve Federal Indian Boarding School Oral History and Records
(US National Endowment for the Humanities and US Department of the Interior)
ARL Member Libraries
Books on the Move: Changes in the Van Pelt Stacks
(Penn Libraries)
Boston Public Library Celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
(BPL: Boston Public Library)
LSU Libraries Announces New Government Publications and Open Scholarship Department
(LSU Libraries)
Open Scholarship: A Decade of Progress
(UC Davis Library)
UCSB Library Launches Arts Library Project
(UC Santa Barbara Library)
Libraries–Other
A Thriving International Community of Digital Preservation Services Built around LOCKSS Open-Source Software
(DPC: Digital Preservation Coalition)
Folger Reopening on November 17, 2023, after a Transformative Three-Year Building Renovation
(Folger Shakespeare Library)
Video Playlist: Sessions from CNI Spring 2023 Membership Meeting
(CNI: Coalition for Networked Information)
Higher Ed
Are Universities Too Slow to Cope with Generative AI?
(LSE Impact Blog, The London School of Economics and Political Science)
Leveraging Professor-Student Partnerships for Post-pandemic Teaching and Learning
(OLC: Online Learning Consortium)
The Shuttering of a Rural University Reveals a Surprising Source of Its Financing
(Hechinger Report)
Advocacy & Public Policy
Reed and Young Offer Bipartisan Bill to Strengthen Research in Adult Education and Learning
(US Senators Jack Reed and Todd Young)
Request for Information (RFI): Developing a Road Map for the Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships
(NSF: US National Science Foundation via Federal Register)
In Other News
Mellon Foundation Publishes 2022 Annual Report
(The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation)
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