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Tuesday, May 28
Top o’ the Review
A Viable Model for Open-Access Publishing
(Inside Higher Ed)
Announcing the State of Open Infrastructure 2024
(IOI: Invest in Open Infrastructure)
CFLA-FCAB Indigenous Matters Committee Steps to Reconcili-Action
(CFLA: Canadian Federation of Library Associations)
NISO’s Draft Revision of the Journal Article Version (JAV) Recommended Practice Now Open for Public Comment
(NISO: National Information Standards Organization)
Open Science Meets Citizen Science—A Guide
(LIBER: Association of European Research Libraries)
2024 EDUCAUSE Action Plan: AI Policies and Guidelines
(EDUCAUSE)
UK Royal Society Report on Science and AI
(The Royal Society via CNI: Coalition for Networked Information)
Also from The Royal Society: Opaque AI Research Tools Could Undermine Trust and Accuracy of Scientific Findings
Upcoming Webinar: Inside HathiTrust’s Strategic Vision (Thursday, June 13)
(HathiTrust)
ARL Member Libraries
Dragademia Mixes Scholarship and Performance
(University of Michigan Library)
National AccessAbility Week: Universal Design for Learning
(University of Waterloo Library)
See also: Accessibility in Canada: Results from the 2022 Canadian Survey on Disability (Statistics Canada)
Students Launch Digital Exhibit Highlighting Library’s Distinctive Collections
(Penn State University Libraries)
USC Appoints University Historian
(University of South Carolina (USC) Libraries)
Welcome to OneSearch
(University at Buffalo University Libraries)
Higher Ed—Members
Patricia Brennan: Provost’s Distinguished Visiting Faculty Fellow for 2024–2025
(University of Pennsylvania)
Advocacy & Public Policy
EU Data Protection Board Says ChatGPT Still Not Meeting Data Accuracy Standards
(Reuters)
See also: Report of the Work Undertaken by the ChatGPT Taskforce (European Data Protection Board, European Union)
WIPO Member States Adopt Historic New Treaty on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources, and Associated Traditional Knowledge
(WIPO: World Intellectual Property Organization)
Data & Analytics
Data Competency for Academic Librarians: Evaluating Present Trends and Future Prospects (abstract only)
(The Journal of Academic Librarianship)
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
It’s Now Illegal for Minnesota Libraries to Ban LGBTQ+ Books Under This New Law
(Advocate)
See also: Governor Walz Signs Six Bills into Law (Office of Governor Tim Walz & Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan)
Stewarding Collections in Times of Changing Perspectives: How Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions Can Facilitate Preservation and Access
(Journal of Copyright in Education and Librarianship)
Scholars & Scholarship
The FAIR Assessment Conundrum: Reflections on Tools and Metrics
(Data Science Journal)
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Wednesday, May 29
Top o’ the Review
ARL Celebrates Jewish Heritage Month
(ARL: Association of Research Libraries)
It Wasn’t Raining When Noah Built the Ark
(Charleston Hub)
Materials from 2024 Library of Congress Designing Storage Architectures for Digital Collections Meeting
(CNI: Coalition For Networked Information)
OASPA Calls For Community Feedback On Draft Recommendations to Increase Equity In Open Access
(OASPA: Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association)
Looking Ahead: Incorporating AI in MLIS Competencies
(School of Information Student Research Journal)
PKP Signs on to the POSI
(PKP: Public Knowledge Project)
The Great Misalignment: Addressing the Mismatch between the Supply of Certificates and Associate’s Degrees and the Future Demand for Workers in 565 US Labor Markets
(Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce)
Video Recording: Supporting DOAJ Indexing: How Libraries Boost the Visibility of Diamond and Institutional Journals
(LIBER: Association of European Research Libraries)
ARL Member Libraries
Acquisition Announcement: Daniel Levitin Papers
(University of Oregon Libraries)
Mapping Racist Covenants: How a UArizona Geographer’s Research Informed a New Arizona Law
(The University of Arizona University Libraries)
Ohio University Names Rob Ross as Dean of University Libraries
(Ohio University Libraries)
2024 Grant Advances Social, Digital Equity
(Indiana University Libraries Bloomington)
UBC Library Awarded Toshiba International Foundation Grant
(The University of British Columbia Library)
University Libraries Hosts 2024 ASERL Meeting
(University of South Carolina (USC) Libraries)
YMCA History Fellows are ‘Creating a Usable Past’ For Boys and Young Men of Color
(University of Minnesota Libraries)
Advocacy & Public Policy
New AAUP Paper Examines Partisan Megadonors’ Funding of Attacks on Higher Ed
(AAUP: American Association of University Professors)
Higher Education: Education Could Improve Information on Accommodations for Students with Disabilities
(GAO: US Government Accountability Office)
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
AGU Introduces a New Policy to Foster Inclusion in Global Research
(AGU: American Geophysical Union)
Diving Deeper into Postsecondary Value, IHEP Research Series Explores Equity and Economic Outcomes
(IHEP: Institute for Higher Education Policy)
Scholars & Scholarship
Ai.llude: Encouraging Rewriting AI-Generated Text to Support Creative Expression (preprint)
(arXiv)
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Thursday, May 30
Top o’ the Review
Breaking the Cycle of Racial Wealth Inequities and Higher Education Outcomes
(IHEP: Institute for Higher Education Policy)
Global Research Council Concludes its Annual Conference in Switzerland
(ISC: International Science Council)
IFLA Joins Sister Organisations in Declaration on the Protection of Cultural Heritage During Armed Conflicts
(IFLA: International Federation of Library Associations)
Mellon Foundation Gives $1 Million to Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums to Facilitate Return of Objects to Indigenous Communities
(Red Lake Nation News)
ORCID’s Community Trust Network Aims to Elevate Trust and Integrity in Scholarly Record
(ORCID)
Report on the Condition of Education 2024 Released
(NCES: National Center for Education Statistics)
Research + Presentation of Results: Perplexity AI Introduces “Perplexity Pages”
(infoDOCKET)
The STEM Labor Force: Scientists, Engineers, and Skilled Technical Workers
(NCSES: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, NSF: US National Science Foundation)
ARL Member Libraries
Browsing the Iselin Collection
(University of Virginia Library)
For a Decade, The Mighty Pen Project Has Served Veterans Through Writing
(VCU Libraries)
Libraries Search Tool Primo Renamed to Quick Search
(Washington University in St. Louis University Libraries)
Library Physical and Digital Resource Use Continues to Grow
(The Daily Universe, Brigham Young University Library)
NLM Exemplars That Move the World of Open Science
(NLM: US National Library of Medicine)
Sustainability Practices at the Steven Miller Conservation Laboratory
(Penn Libraries)
Upcoming Virtual Author Talk: Joseph McGill Jr. and Herb Frazier—“Sleeping with the Ancestors: How I Followed the Footprints of Slavery” (Tuesday, June 11)
(BPL: Boston Public Library)
Libraries—Other
COUNTER Commits to the Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure
(COUNTER Metrics)
Ireland: Launch of First National Guidelines on Open Access Publishing
(Royal Irish Academy)
Higher Ed
PTSD Has Surged Among College Students
(The New York Times)
Advocacy & Public Policy
Scholars & Scholarship
AI Browser Plug-ins to Help Consumers Improve Digital Privacy Literacy, Combat Manipulative Design
(University Of Notre Dame)
Curated by Gary D. Price, MLIS
Co-Founder and Editor, Library Journal’s infoDOCKET
Information Industry Analyst
Librarian
