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Monday, January 29
Top o’ the Review
Announcing Recipients of 2023 OCUL Award
(University of Guelph, University of Waterloo, and York University via OCUL: Ontario Council of University Libraries)
Call for Participants in CARL’s Academic Libraries Leadership Institute
(CARL: Canadian Association of Research Libraries)
Dr. James L. Turk to Be Awarded CFLA-FCAB Intellectual Freedom Award
(CFLA-FCAB: Canadian Federation of Library Associations)
Microcredentials and the Master’s Degree—New Report
(CGS: Council of Graduate Schools)
NSF Establishes 10 Inaugural Regional Innovation Engines across Country
(NSF: US National Science Foundation)
Schools Are 3rd-Highest Location for Hate Crimes, according to FBI
(ABC News)
The Second Digital Transformation of Scholarly Publishing: Strategic Context and Shared Infrastructure
(Ithaka S+R)
See also: Introductory blog post from Ithaka S+R
ARL Member Libraries
Checking Out a New Way to Save Students Money through E-book Licensing
(Indiana University Bloomington Libraries)
Chicago History Comes Alive through Interactive Databases
(Northwestern University)
(Mc)Masters of the Air: Library Maps Star in Wartime Series
(McMaster University Library)
Open Textbook Project Wins Prestigious International Award
(Virginia Tech)
PUL Librarians Teach Rare Book School Classes on 15th-Century Books and Black Bibliography
(PUL: Princeton University Library)
UC Berkeley Chooses Suzanne Wones as New University Librarian
(University of California (UC), Berkeley)
UIC Dean of Libraries Begins Appointment as Vice President/President-Elect of Association of Research Libraries
(UIC: University of Illinois Chicago)
Libraries—Other
New Open Education Strategy Published: Librarians as Agents of Change
(SPARC Europe)
Higher Ed
Most College Kids Are Taking at Least One Class Online, Even Long After Campuses Reopened
(Hechinger Report)
RoRI Announces New Partners and New Project
(RoRI: Research on Research Institute)
Advocacy & Public Policy
Civil Rights Organizations Identify Priorities for US Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Memo on Agency Use of AI
(CDT: Center for Democracy & Technology)
New Policies at American University Undermine Free Expression on Campus
(PEN America)
Scholars & Scholarship
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Co-Founder and Editor, Library Journal’s infoDOCKET
Information Industry Analyst
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Tuesday, January 30
Top o’ the Review
Announcing Reformscape: A New Online Tool to Explore Responsible Academic Career Assessment and Drive Positive Change
(DORA: Declaration on Research Assessment)
Federal Science and Engineering Support to Higher Education Increased 10% in FY 2021
(NCSES: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, NSF: US National Science Foundation)
Introducing the Leiden Ranking Open Edition
See also: Opening Up the CWTS Leiden Ranking: Toward a Decentralized and Open Model for Data Curation
(Leiden Madtrics)
NSF Research Security Training Modules Now Available
(NSF: US National Science Foundation)
Risk in Focus: Generative AI and the 2024 Election Cycle
(CISA: Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, US Department of Homeland Security)
WYSO Public Radio Gets $5 Million to Preserve Black College Radio Archives at 29 HBCUs
(Dayton Daily News)
ARL Member Libraries
Elton John and Bernie Taupin to Receive the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song
(Library of Congress)
Intersections in Science: The Reality of Implicit Bias against Black People in the Medical System
(UCLA Library)
Katie Hannah Appointed New Director of UT Press
(The University of Tennessee (UT), Knoxville Libraries)
Law Library Welcomes Its First Law Practice Technologist
(University at Buffalo)
Nationally Regarded Grape Grower W. Andrew “Andy” Beckstoffer Gifts Papers to UC Davis Library
(University of California (UC), Davis Library)
New UMD Libraries’ Information Literacy Toolkit Supports Campus Faculty and Instructors
(University of Maryland (UMD) Libraries)
New Web Index: 1959 World Less Polar Regions
(Arizona State University (ASU) Library)
Weldon Library Renovation Receives International Recognition
(Western University)
Libraries—Other
Higher Ed
New Strong Foundations Report and Dashboards Highlight State Higher Education Data Systems’ Enduring Value
(SHEEO: State Higher Education Executive Officers Association)
Advocacy & Public Policy
CFLA-FCAB Letter to the Federal Government Regarding Charter 2b
(CFLA-FCAB: Canadian Federation of Library Associations)
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Report Highlights Ways Princeton Builds Community, Supports Success and Belonging
(Princeton University)
Scholars & Scholarship
AI Meets Citizen Science to Unlock the Nature of Storytelling
(.txtlab, McGill University)
RORing Ahead: Using the Research Organization Registry (ROR) in Place of the Open Funder Registry
(Crossref)
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Information Industry Analyst
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Thursday, February 1
Top o’ the Review
Calls for Proposals for In-Person 2024 DLF Forum Are Now Live
(DLF: Digital Library Federation, CLIR: Council on Library and Information Resources)
DataCite Launches First Release of the Data Citation Corpus
(DataCite)
DCN Releases 2023 Annual Report
(DCN: Data Curation Network)
DIAMAS Results: Institutional Publishing Landscape Survey
(DIAMAS)
Getting to Know Andrew K. Pace, ARL’s New Executive Director
See also: ARL’s 2023 Year in Review
(ARL: Association of Research Libraries)
Volkswagen Foundation Introduces Experimental Distributed Peer Review
(RORI: Research on Research Institute)
ARL Member Libraries
A Boot Camp for Researchers: Successes in Systematic Review Support
(University of Texas Libraries)
American Booksellers Association Donates Archives to Columbia University
(Columbia University Libraries and American Booksellers Association)
Christina H. Gola Named Interim Dean
(University of Houston Libraries)
Library to Host Copyright Public Modernization Committee Meeting February 15: Virtual Event Open to the Public
(Library of Congress)
Melville Library Celebrates 60 Years of Knowledge, Innovation, and Community
(Stony Brook University)
Middle Schoolers Explore Turning Points in History at Wilson Library
(University of Minnesota Libraries)
Students May Avoid Paying for Textbooks at Expense of Academic Success
(Penn State University Libraries)
Temple Faculty, Librarians Move Forward to Understand AI in Education
(Temple News)
University Collaboration to Create Public Depository of Nearly 4 Million Documents Associated with North Carolina Vaping Settlement
(The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
UofL Librarians Present on Open Textbooks, Diversity, and More at Celebration of Teaching and Learning
(University of Louisville (UofL) Libraries)
UW Research: A Year of Open Data with Dryad
(University of Washington Libraries)
Libraries—Other
Introducing the OCLC Research Library Partnership Leadership Roundtables
(Hanging Together: The OCLC Research Blog)
Higher Ed—Members
Study Highlights Key Social Forces Shaping Worldwide Academic Freedom Trends
(UCI: University of California Irvine)
Advocacy & Public Policy
New Campus Free Speech FAQ
(AAUP: American Association of University Professors)
Scholars & Scholarship
Can This AI-Powered Search Engine Replace Google? It Has for Me.
(NYT: New York Times)
See also: Video: Perplexity, the search tool discussed in the NYT article, discussed/demoed by Gary Price at CNI Fall 2023 Membership Meeting
Curated by Gary D. Price, MLIS
Co-Founder and Editor, Library Journal’s infoDOCKET
Information Industry Analyst
Librarian
