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Monday, March 4
Top o’ the Review
College Bias Response Teams Won’t Get SCOTUS Review
(Courthouse News Service)
“Experts Imagine the Impact of AI by 2040” Report
(Elon University Imagining the Digital Future Center via CNI: Coalition for Networked Information)
Generative AI and Science Communication in the Physical Sciences
(Nature Reviews Physics)
Also published today: Science Communication with Generative AI (abstract only; Nature Human Behaviour)
Nandita Mani Appointed ARL Member Representative to CNI Steering Committee
(ARL: Association of Research Libraries and CNI: Coalition for Networked Information)
The Cost and Price of Public Access to Research Data: A Synthesis
(Invest in Open Infrastructure)
The Financial Impact of AI on Institutions through Breaches of Academic Integrity
(HEPI: Higher Education Policy Institute)
Value of Curation: End User Satisfaction Interest Group Update and Webinar (Wednesday, April 10)
(DCN: Data Curation Network)
ARL Member Libraries
Artificial Intelligence Examined at Digital Humanities Utah Symposium
(J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah)
Board of Visitors Votes to Name Renovated Library The Edgar Shannon Library
(University of Virginia Library)
Fulbright Scholar Bethany McGowan Researches the Influence of Policy and Legislation on Information-Seeking Behavior
(Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies)
iSchool and UW–Madison Libraries Expand Partnership with New CDIS Building on the Horizon
(University of Wisconsin (UW)–Madison)
“The Georgia Review” Finalist for National Magazine Award for Fiction
(University of Georgia Libraries)
Three UMD Librarians among Inaugural Cohort of Provost’s Do Good Innovator Awardees
(University of Maryland (UMD) Libraries)
Wilson Library Improvement Project Update
(The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Writers of “American Fiction,” “Slow Horses” Win 36th Annual Scripter Awards
(USC Libraries, University of Southern California)
Higher Ed
The IT Leadership Workforce in Higher Education 2024
(EDUCAUSE)
Advocacy & Public Policy
Biennial Report to Congress on International Science & Technology Cooperation
(NSTC: National Science and Technology Council, The White House)
More Action Needed to Tackle Disinformation and Enhance Transparency of Online Platforms
(OECD: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
Scholars & Scholarship
How to Self-Assess the Financial Health of OA Publishing? Help Develop a Question List
(SPARC Europe)
What’s in a Name? Auditing Large Language Models for Race and Gender Bias (preprint)
(arXiv)
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Tuesday, March 5
Top o’ the Review
Association of American Publishers Announces Finalists and Category Winners for 2024 PROSE Awards
(AAP: Association of American Publishers)
CLIR Postdocs Delve into Equitable Community-Based Research
(CLIR News, no. 155)
Collaboration Essential to Meet Open Data Challenges, Says New Report
(Digital Science; Figshare; Springer Nature)
Divisive Politics and Threats to Academic Libraries—Working Draft for Comment
(EveryLibrary Institute)
Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week 2024 Recap!
(ARL: Association of Research Libraries)
Freedom Reads Returns to Open Additional Freedom Libraries in Virginia Prisons
(Freedom Reads via Newswire)
2024 Library Publishing Directory: Call for Entries
(LPC: Library Publishing Coalition)
ARL Member Libraries
Arizona State University Archivists Working to Collect Stories of Black Arizonans
(Arizona State University Library via ABC 15 Arizona)
Discover the Library’s Annual Report 2022–2023
(University of Ottawa Library)
How the Library Supports the Creation of Open Access Learning Materials
(University of Waterloo Library)
It Takes a Village: A Distributed Training Model for AI-Based Chatbots
(University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press via arXiv)
MU Libraries Receive Mizzou Forward Funding for Two Grant Proposals
(University of Missouri (MU) Libraries)
Read Source, the Online Newsletter, to Learn about the News, Events, People, and Happenings in UC Libraries
(University of Cincinnati (UC) Libraries)
Relationships between Journal Publication, Citation, and Usage Metrics within a Carnegie R1 University Collection: A Correlation Analysis
(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) Library via C&RL: College & Research Libraries)
University Librarian Kristin Antelman to Retire at End of Academic Year
(University of California (UC), Santa Barbara)
Advocacy & Public Policy
Final US Spending Bills Offer Gloomy Outlook for Science
(Science)
See also: AAU President Expresses Concern about Proposed FY24 National Science Foundation (NSF) Funding Levels (AAU: Association of American Universities)
FTC Cracks Down on Mass Data Collectors: A Closer Look at Avast, X-Mode, and InMarket
(FTC: US Federal Trade Commission)
States Target AI’s Hidden Hand in Americans’ Lives
(AP: Associated Press)
Scholars & Scholarship
The AI Data Scraping Challenge: How Can We Proceed Responsibly?
(OECD.AI)
In Other News
Nobody Knows How AI Works
(MIT Technology Review)
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Wednesday, March 6
Top o’ the Review
Call for Proposals: CNI May 2024 Pre-recorded Project Briefing Series
(CNI: Coalition for Networked Information)
DOAJ and Crossref Renew Their Partnership to Support the Least-Resourced Journals
(Crossref and DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)
Science Integrity Sleuths Welcome Legal Aid Fund for Whistleblowers
(Science)
Special Issue: Responsible AI in Libraries and Archives
(Journal of eScience Librarianship)
Task Force Releases Interim Report on Machine Learning and AI in Academic Libraries
(OCUL: Ontario Council on University Libraries)
The CARL Library Impact Framework: A Logic Model Approach to Impact Assessment for Research Libraries
(Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research)
ARL Member Libraries
Check Out Fondren’s 2023 Annual Report
(Rice University Fondren Library)
Efforts Underway to Support Iowa Small-Town Newspapers
(Iowa State University Library)
Exploring the Cost of Course Materials for Undergraduates: Toward an Affordable, Equitable Duke Education
(Duke University Libraries)
Information Commons at Temple Ambler Provides Collaborative Resources for Students and Faculty
(Temple University Libraries)
U of G Authors Saved Nearly $500,000 on Article Processing Fees in 2023
(University of Guelph (U of G) Library)
Libraries—Other
Delivering the SCONUL Strategy
(SCONUL: Society of College, National and University Libraries)
The Newberry Library’s First Female President Is Making Big Plans
(Chicago Tribune)
Advocacy & Public Policy
NSF Selects Kaye Husbands Fealing to Head the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate
(NSF: US National Science Foundation)
Statement on the FY 2024 Minibus and National Science Foundation Appropriations
(CNSF: Coalition for National Science Funding)
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Gender Gap on Wikipedia
(University of Barcelona)
Scholars & Scholarship
Patterns of Dissertation Dissemination: Publication-Based Outcomes of Doctoral Theses in the Social Sciences
(Scientometrics)
re3data Call for Editorial Board
(re3data COREF Project)
Searching for How Data Have Been Used: Intuitive Labels for Data Search and Discovery
(HDSR: Harvard Data Science Review)
In Other News
We’ve Been Here Before: AI Promised Humanlike Machines—in 1958
(The Conversation)
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Thursday, March 7
Top o’ the Review
A Marathon, Not a Sprint: Implementing Research Information Management Systems (RIMS) in the US
(University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Washington University in St. Louis via Hanging Together: The OCLC Research Blog)
AI Roundup
- AI Chatbots Use Racist Stereotypes Even after Antiracism Training
(New Scientist) - AI Tools Still Permitting Political Disinfo Creation, NGO Warns
(Barron’s) - Generative AI: UNESCO Study Reveals Alarming Evidence of Regressive Gender Stereotypes
(UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)
Call for Nominations: Paul Evan Peters Award
(CNI: Coalition for Networked Information)
Fact-Opinion Differentiation
(Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) Misinformation Review)
Keeping Up with the Educational Market for Generative AI Tools: Announcing Ithaka S+R’s Product Tracking Tool
(Ithaka S+R)
Video: UNESCO Open Science Working Groups—Fourth Meeting and Open Science Outlook
(UNESCO via YouTube)
Also from UNESCO: Video: Information Meeting on “Open Science: Updates and Progress”—March 2024
ARL Member Libraries
Ask Us Anything: Engaging Library Staff in Ongoing Change
(University of Toronto Libraries via College & Research Libraries News)
Lilly Fund Results from Years of Experience
(Indiana University Bloomington Lilly Library)
PBS Wisconsin Education, UW–Madison Libraries Team Up to Look Back
(University of Wisconsin (UW)–Madison Libraries)
Supporting Open Access Monographs: Penn State University Libraries’ Participation in the TOME Initiative
(Penn State University Libraries via College & Research Libraries News)
The Libraries’ Open Access Author Fund Changes to Article Processing Charge Discount Model in 2024
(York University Libraries)
Libraries—Other
Announcing the Inaugural Borealis Steering Committee and Governing Bylaws
(OCUL: Ontario Council of University Libraries)
Does Your Book Need a Last Will and Testament?
(CLOCKSS)
Higher Ed—Members
Joseph J. McCarthy Named Pitt’s Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor
(University of Pittsburgh)
When Bots Go to Class
(Arizona State University via EdSurge)
Advocacy & Public Policy
How Many Researchers: The FY 2023 Cumulative Investigator Rate
(NIH: US National Institutes of Health)
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Apple Introduces Transcripts for Apple Podcasts
(Apple)
See also: ChatGPT Can Read Its Answers Out Loud (The Verge)
Nature Publishes Too Few Papers from Women Researchers—That Must Change
(Nature)
Scholars & Scholarship
Artificial Intelligence and Illusions of Understanding in Scientific Research
(Nature)
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