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Monday, June 5
Top o’ the Review
Al Chatbots Lose Money Every Time You Use Them. That’s a Problem.
(Washington Post)
LIBER Appoints New Executive Director
(LIBER: Association of European Research Libraries)
Library Strategy and Artificial Intelligence: Event Report and Materials
(Jisc)
My New Favorite Research Partner Is an AI: What Roles Can Librarians Play in the Future?
(University of New Mexico Libraries via College & Research Library News)
New Resources Assess Teletherapy Vendors and Effective Mental Health Practices
(ACE: American Council on Education)
NNELS Launches Its First-Ever Artificial Intelligence (AI) Narrated Audiobook
(NNELS: Canadian National Network for Equitable Library Service)
ARL Member Libraries
A Century of the UD Press
(University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press)
Augmented Reality in Libraries
(UC San Diego Library, University of Maryland Libraries, and US National Library of Medicine via IFLA: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions)
How the University of Washington Aims to Make Online Systems and Content More Accessible
(University of Washington Libraries via GeekWire)
Paleontology Journal Adapts to Open Format with Help from KU Libraries
(The University of Kansas)
Read Hot and Digitized: Preserving the Outcasts with the Queer Zine Archive Project
(University of Texas Libraries)
U-M Library Summer Print Removal Project Gets Underway
(University of Michigan Library)
Yale Launches LUX, a Powerful New Search Tool for Cross-Collection Exploration
(Yale University Library)
Libraries—Other
(JOLIS: Journal of Librarianship and Information Science)
Higher Ed
Black Florida Students Are Suing the State over Less Funding for Their HBCU
(NBC News)
North Korea Using Social Engineering to Enable Hacking of Think Tanks, Academia, and Media
(IC3: Internet Crime Complaint Center, FBI: US Federal Bureau of Investigation)
Advocacy & Public Policy
AI Is Used Widely, but Lawmakers Have Set Few Rules
(Stateline)
Scholars & Scholarship
Measuring the Impact and Influence of Scientific Activity in the Humanities and Social Sciences
(Publications)
Nominations Now Open for ORCID Board Elections 2024
(ORCID)
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Tuesday, June 6
Top o’ the Review
A Matrix for Selecting Responsible AI Frameworks
(CSET: Center for Security and Emerging Technology, Georgetown University)
AI Prompt Engineering Isn’t the Future
(HBR: Harvard Business Review)
Humanizing Language in Policy
(Ithaka S+R)
Joy Kirchner Honored with CARL Award for Distinguished Service to Research Librarianship
(CARL: Canadian Association of Research Libraries)
NISO Welcomes New Board Members 2023–24
(NISO: National Information Standards Organization)
NSF Public Access Plan 2.0: Ensuring Open, Immediate, and Equitable Access to National Science Foundation–Funded Research
(NSF: US National Science Foundation)
ARL Member Libraries
GPO Kicks Off Second Pilot Project to Enhance Access to Government Information
(University of North Texas Libraries via GPO: US Government Publishing Office)
Indigenous Healing Collection
(University of Alberta Library)
Search Begins for University Libraries Dean
(University of Nebraska–Lincoln)
University of Maryland Libraries Acquires Ford’s Theatre Records
(University of Maryland Libraries)
Libraries—Other
Annual General Meeting 2023 Slides, Directors’ Report, and Minutes
(COUNTER)
Higher Ed—Members
Study Shows Need for More Female STEM Leadership
(University of Georgia)
Higher Ed—Other
Results of a Feasibility Study—Students in Private Postsecondary Education, 2020
(Statistics Canada)
Advocacy & Public Policy
International Science Council Annual Report 2022
(ISC: International Science Council)
Scholars & Scholarship
Less Reliable Media Drive Interest in Anti-vaccine Information
(Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review)
In Other News
Here Are 10 Words That Will Be Featured in the African American English Dictionary
(NBC News)
The Sun-Times Introduces a “Right to Be Forgotten” Policy
(Chicago Sun-Times)
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Wednesday, June 7
Top o’ the Review
Distinguishing Academic Science Writing from Humans or ChatGPT with over 99% Accuracy Using Off-the-Shelf Machine-Learning Tools
(Cell Reports Physical Science)
ISOO 2022: Annual Report to the President
(ISOO: Information Security Oversight Office, US National Archives and Records Administration)
PEN America Opposes New York State Proposal Limiting Incarcerated Writers Ability to Publish
(PEN America)
Video: Poet and Author Amanda Gorman Joins “CBS Mornings” for First Interview since Her Poem and Book, “The Hill We Climb,” Was Restricted in a Florida School
(CBS News via infoDOCKET)
Why Nature Will Not Allow the Use of Generative AI in Images and Video
(Nature)
ARL Member Libraries
Delivering Books to a Newark Elementary School
(University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press)
Exemptions to Permit Circumvention of Access Controls on Copyrighted Works
(US Copyright Office, Library of Congress, via Federal Register)
Introducing Zhiwu Xie, the New Assistant University Librarian for Research and Technology
(UC Riverside Library)
Scott Warren Promoted to Senior Associate Dean for Research Excellence
(Syracuse University Libraries)
University of Pennsylvania Libraries Acquires Leandre Jackson Photograph Collection
(Penn Libraries)
Libraries—Other
GPO and NOAA Partner to Increase Permanent Public Access to NOAA Publications
(GPO: US Government Publishing Office and NOAA: US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
Scholarly Paper Pirating Spikes in Japan, but Critics Slam Journals’ “Double-Take” Fees
(The Mainichi)
Higher Ed—Members
(Emory University)
Advocacy & Public Policy
May 2023 Advocate: Federal Consultations on Foreign Influence and the Companies’ Creditors Arrangements Act (CCAA) | CAUT at the Senate | A Fair and Balanced Approach to Copyright
(CAUT: Canadian Association of University Teachers)
Senators Warn Twitter of Data Security, Legal Concerns Since Musk’s Takeover
(The Hill)
US Senate Majority Leader Schumer Schedules Classified AI Briefings
(Reuters)
Scholars & Scholarship
Is Googling Risky? A Study on Risk Perception and Experiences of Adverse Consequences in Web Search
(JASIST: Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology)
Mapping of Digital Pedagogies in Higher Education
(Education and Information Technologies)
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Information Industry Analyst
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