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• Journal Article: “Information Hegemony, Transcending Positivism, and Applying Critical Legal Information Literacy Concepts in the Legal Research Classroom and Beyond”

  15-05-2024 14:10 via infodocket.com
  The article linked below was recently by the Journal of Radical Librarianship.
  Title
  Information Hegemony, Transcending Positivism, and Applying Critical Legal Information Literacy Concepts in the Legal Research Classroom and Beyond
  Author
  Latia WardUniversity of Virginia School of Law
  Source
  Journal of Radical LibrarianshipVol. 10 (2024)
  DOI
  AbstractThis paper provides an overview of critical information literacy, critical information theory, critical legal research as well as how information h
  
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• New on Europeana: European Commission Showcases a Pan-European Collection of Emblematic 3D-Digitised Cultural Heritage Assets

  15-05-2024 15:36 via infodocket.com
  From the European Commission:
  The [European] Commission has released a collection of 3D-digitised cultural heritage assets on Europeana, the common European data space for cultural heritage.[Clip]
  The collection results from the ‘Twin it! 3D for Europe’s culture’ campaign and includes a range of historic buildings, sites and objects, such as the statue of a Madonna Lactans located in Leuven, Belgium, the archaeological site of Delphi, Greece, the Freedom Monument in Rīga,
  
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• Syracuse University Libraries Launch New and Expanded Plastics Digital Collection

  15-05-2024 14:40 via infodocket.com
  From Syracuse University Libraries:Syracuse University Libraries has launched its new online Plastics Collection comprised of digitized content from the Special Collections Research Center’s (SCRC’s) plastics collecting area. This new landing page for the collection reimagines the previous site, which formerly focused on the digital photography of more than 3,000 objects from the Plastics Artifacts Collection. The new Plastics Collection brings in additi
  
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• NY Times Op/Ed: Will A.I. Ever Live Up to Its Hype?; Crossref Releases 2024 Public Data File Featuring New Experimental Formats; and More Headlines

  15-05-2024 06:01 via infodocket.com
  AINY Times Op/Ed: Will A.I. Ever Live Up to Its Hype?
  Senators Urge $32 Billion in Emergency Spending on AI After Finishing Yearlong Review (via AP)CrossrefCrossref Releases 2024 Public Data File Featuring New Experimental FormatsOpenAIVisit the Library and View the Collection at OpenAI’s Headquarters in San Francisco (via NY Times)
  
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• New Report From JISC: Student Perceptions of Generative AI (May 2024)

  14-05-2024 21:39 via infodocket.com
  From JISC:
  Following our initial student perceptions of generative AI report last year, we recognised the need to continue the discussion with students/learners as the technology continues to evolve.
  Over this past winter, we ran a series of nine in-person student discussion forums with over 200 students across colleges and universities to revisit student/learner perceptions of generative AI. Our goal was to understand if and how views on generative AI have shifted, identify emerging usage and c
  
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• Report: “National Women’s Law Center Files Civil Rights Complaints Against Georgia and Florida School Districts for Censoring Inclusive Books”

  14-05-2024 17:22 via infodocket.com
  From the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC):
  Today [May 13, 2024], the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) filed two complaints with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR), urging an investigation into Georgia’s Cobb County School District and Florida’s Collier County Public School District for creating a hostile environment for students through practices that include censoring books and learning materials that feature, tell the stories of,
  
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• IOP Publishing Releases “State of Peer Review 2024” Report

  14-05-2024 16:18 via infodocket.com
  From IIOP Publishing:
  In March 2020, we conducted a major survey of peer reviewers in the physical sciences and shared our findings with the community.
  The 2020 IOP Peer Review Motivations Survey contained a number of insights into the opinions and attitudes of peer reviewers, and the results informed our IOP Publishing Peer Review Excellence Programme, which was launched at the end of that year.
  [Clip]
  In March 2020, we conducted a major survey of peer reviewers in the physical s
  
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• UNC University Libraries Launches New Website; These Four Searches Show How Google is Changing; & More Headlines

  14-05-2024 06:01 via infodocket.com
  EbooksHow to Improve Tools For Accessible Ebooks Remediation? (via Accessible Backlist Ebooks Laboratory (ABE Lab))GoogleThese Four Searches Show How Google is Changing (The Washington Post)UNC LibrariesUNC University Libraries Launches New Website
  
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• 2024 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report: Teaching and Learning Edition Now Available Online

  13-05-2024 20:37 via infodocket.com
  From EDUCAUSE:This report profiles the trends and key technologies and practices shaping the future of teaching and learning, and envisions a number of scenarios for that future. It is based on the perspectives and expertise of a global panel of leaders from across the higher education landscape.
  In the denouement of the COVID-19 pandemic, talk of a return to “normalcy” in higher education belies the great challenges and ongoing disruptions that yet lie ahead for many institutions.
  
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• OpenAI Launches New AI Model (GPT-4o) and Desktop Version of ChatGPT; More Features Now Available For Free to All Users

  13-05-2024 19:24 via infodocket.com
  From CNBC:
  OpenAI on Monday launched a new AI model and desktop version of ChatGPT, along with a new user interface.
  The update brings GPT-4 to everyone, [emphasis ours] including OpenAI’s free users, CTO Mira Murati said in a livestreamed event. She added that the new model, GPT-4o, is “much faster,” with improved capabilities in text, video and audio.
  “This is the first time that we are really making a huge step forward when it comes to the ease of use,” Murati sa
  
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• OpenAI Launches New AI Model (GPT-4o) and Desktop Version of ChatGPT

  13-05-2024 19:24 via infodocket.com
  From CNBC:
  OpenAI on Monday launched a new AI model and desktop version of ChatGPT, along with a new user interface.
  The update brings GPT-4 to everyone, [emphasis ours] including OpenAI’s free users, CTO Mira Murati said in a livestreamed event. She added that the new model, GPT-4o, is “much faster,” with improved capabilities in text, video and audio.
  “This is the first time that we are really making a huge step forward when it comes to the ease of use,” Murati sa
  
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• The Center for Clinical Observational Investigations Launches New Dataset Profiles

  13-05-2024 18:59 via nlm.nih.gov
  
  Official websites use .gov A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.
  
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• Just Released: Shortlist For 9th IFLA Green Library Award (Top Eight Green Libraries and Green Library Projects 2024)

  13-05-2024 15:31 via infodocket.com
  From the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA):With generous sponsorship from De Gruyter Publishing (Boston/Berlin), ENSULIB circulated a Call for Submissions for the IFLA Green Library Award for the ninth year in a row. Any type of green library, or outstanding green library project, initiative or idea was invited to apply for the Award. Libraries with a small budget but a great impact were explicitly invited to particip
  
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• Authors Alliance: “Books are Big AI’s Achilles Heel”; A Toolkit for Archivists and Librarians Supporting Research and Teaching in Digital Humanities; & More Headlines

  13-05-2024 06:01 via infodocket.com
  AIA Survey on RAG Meets LLMs: Towards Retrieval-Augmented Large Language Models (via arXiv)
  Authors Alliance Post: “Books Are Big AI’s Achilles Heel” (by Dave Hansen and Dan Cohen)
  How Much Research Is Being Written by Large Language Models? (via Stanford HAI)Digital HumantitesA Toolkit for Archivists and Librarians Supporting Research and Teaching in Digital Humanities (via Zenodo)Open AccessOpen Access Projects in Europe: From a General Perspective to Monographs and Ebooks (C
  
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• Arkansas State Library Board Rejects Proposals to Withhold Funds Based on Content, Litigation; Colorado Public Library Book Ban Policies Could Become More Strict; Hawaii Public Library System to Undergo $175,000 Rebrand; & More Headlines

  12-05-2024 18:01 via infodocket.com
  ArkansasArkansas State Library Board Rejects Rapert’s Proposals to Withhold Funding (via NWA Online
  Arkansas State Library Board Rejects Proposals to Withhold Funds Based on Content, Litigation (via Arkansas Advocate)Australia‘Copycat’ Book Bans: How UA Activists are Impacting Australian Libraries (via Sydney Morning Herald)ColoradoColorado Public Library Book Ban Policies Could Become More Strict (via KOAA)HawaiiHawaii Public Library System to Undergo $175,000 Rebrand (via Isl
  
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• Journal Article: “Guidance Needed For Using Artificial Intelligence to Screen Journal Submissions For Misconduct”

  12-05-2024 15:37 via infodocket.com
  The journal article linked below was recently published by Research Ethics.
  Title
  Guidance Needed For Using Artificial Intelligence to Screen Journal Submissions For Misconduct
  Authors
  Mohammad HosseiniNorthwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
  David R. ResnikNational Institute of Environmental Health, National Institutes of Health
  Source
  Research EthicsFirst published online May 11, 2024
  DOI: 10.1177/17470161241254052
  Abstract
  Journals and publishers are increasingly using artific
  
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• AI Roundup: How to Implement AI — Responsibly; A Literature Review of User Privacy Concerns in Conversational Chatbots; & More Reports and Articles

  11-05-2024 06:01 via infodocket.com
  BehaviorAI Systems are Getting Better at Tricking Us(MIT Technology Review)
  Is AI Lying To Me? Scientists Warn Of Growing Capacity For Deception(The Guardian)Digital HumanitiesThe Collective Use and Evaluation of Generative AI Tools In Digital Humanities Research: Survey-Based Results (preprint)(arXiv)ImplementationHow to Implement AI — Responsibly(Harvard Business Review)PrivacyA Literature Review of User Privacy Concerns in Conversational Chatbots: A Social Informatics Approach: An Annua
  
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• Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Expands Across Oregon With Help of $1.7 Million in State Funds; Ethical Implications of ChatGPT in Higher Education: A Scoping Review; & More Headlines

  10-05-2024 18:01 via infodocket.com
  AIHow to Implement AI — Responsibly (via Harvard Business Review)
  Ethical Implications of ChatGPT in Higher Education: A Scoping Review (preprint via arXiv)Open AccessOpen Access Improves the Dissemination of Science: Insights from Wikipedia (preprint via arXiv)OregonDolly Parton’s Imagination Library Expands Across Oregon With Help of $1.7 Million in State Funds (via The Register-Guard)Penn State LibrariesPenn State Libraries Open Publishing Releases Monograph on Filmmaker Frederick
  
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• Report: “Researchers Test AI Systems’ Ability to Solve The New York Times’ Connections Puzzle”

  10-05-2024 16:50 via infodocket.com
  From NYU Tandon:
  Can artificial intelligence (AI) match human skills for finding obscure connections between words? Researchers at NYU Tandon School of Engineering turned to the daily Connections puzzle from The New York Times to find out.
  Source: NYU Tandon
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  With Julian Togelius, NYU Tandon Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) and Director of the Game Innovation Lab, as the study’s senior author, the team explored two AI approaches. The first leveraged GPT-3
  
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• IHE Report: “Academic Librarians Oppose Plan to Eliminate Key Federal Data”

  10-05-2024 14:40 via infodocket.com
  From Inside Higher Education:The U.S. Department of Education’s plan to drop data on libraries as part of its main postsecondary data system has generated intense blowback from academic librarians.
  The federal government’s collection of data about the nearly 3,700 academic libraries as part of its longitudinal Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) is “critical to understanding the value libraries provide to the institutional mission,” said a&nb
  
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• Alabama: Autauga-Prattville Public Library Sued Over Policies Restricting Book Access

  09-05-2024 23:57 via infodocket.com
  From the Alabama ReflectorGroups critical of restrictive library policies at the Autauga-Prattville Public Library filed suit Thursday against the library, alleging the policies violate the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
  The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama on behalf of Read Freely Alabama, an organization that has challenged restrictions; the Alabama Library Association and individuals and children who use Autauga-Prattville
  
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• William Garrity Named University Librarian and Vice Provost of Digital Scholarship at UC Davis

  09-05-2024 20:31 via infodocket.com
  From a UC Davis Announcement:
  William Garrity, deputy university librarian and the library’s chief operating officer, has been selected as the next university librarian and vice provost of digital scholarship for UC Davis. Garrity, who has served as interim university librarian since July 2023, will officially start on May 15.William Garrity
  “UC Davis has a highly respected Library with a dedicated, exceptional team, and its reputation attracted candidates from across the country,&rd
  
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• Report: “Thwarted Cyberattack Targeted Library of Congress In Tandem With October British Library Breach”

  09-05-2024 19:42 via infodocket.com
  From NextGov/FCW:The Library of Congress was targeted in a cyberattack that occurred in parallel with a high-profile intrusion into the United Kingdom’s British Library in late October, but the hackers failed to access the U.S. library’s systems, according to internal documents obtained by Nextgov/FCW.
  The attempted breach occurred around Oct. 28, the same day the U.K.’s national library began reporting technical issues on its website. The cybercriminals were unsuccessful
  
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• US: National Archives (NARA) and Ancestry Expand Joint Digitization Effort With Millions of Historical Records Held by the National Archives to be Digitized and Made Accessible Through Public-Private Collaboration

  09-05-2024 16:20 via infodocket.com
  From the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA):
  The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) today announced a new multiyear agreement with Ancestry  to digitize, index, and publish tens of millions of historical United States records, previously unavailable online.
  “The National Archives is the nation’s record keeper, and we hold billions of stories in our collection. Our mission is to preserve, protect, and share those stories with all Americans,&rdquo
  
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• Research Article/Preprint: “I Don’t Think Librarians Can Save Us”: The Material Conditions of Information Literacy Instruction in the Misinformation Age”

  09-05-2024 13:40 via infodocket.com
  The article (preprint) linked below has been accepted for publication in the July 2025 issue of College & Research Libraries.Title
  I Don’t Think Librarians Can Save Us”: The Material Conditions of Information Literacy Instruction in the Misinformation Age
  Authors
  Amber WillenborgUniversity of Louisville
  Robert DetmeringUniversity of Louisville
  Source
  ThinkIR: University of Louisville Institutional RepositoryForthcoming: College & Research Libraries
  Abstract
  This national qual
  
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• Linked Data: OCLC Introduces Meridian; AI: Introducing Web of Science Research Intelligence; Preview of Updated PMC Journal List Now Available; & More Headlines

  09-05-2024 06:01 via infodocket.com
  AIAI Image Generators Say They Never Used Artists’ Images to Train AI Models (via Courthouse News)
  Dotdash Meredith Forms Strategic Partnership With OpenAI (via Media Post)
  TikTok to Start Labeling AI-Generated Content (via AP) ||| Official Announcement From TikTokClarivateIntroducing Web of Science Research Intelligence (via Clarivate)Linked DataOCLC Introduces Meridian (via OCLC)National Library of MedicinePreview of Updated PMC Journal List Now Available (via NLMTB)
  
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• Book Banners Take the Fight to Public Libraries; How AI Might Shape LGBTQIA+ Advocacy; & More News Headlines

  08-05-2024 15:36 via infodocket.com
  AIHow AI Might Shape LGBTQIA+ Advocacy (via MIT) ||| More in this MIT Media Lab PostPEN AmericaBook Banners Take the Fight to Public LibrariesPublishingUK Publishing Revenue Exceeds £7 Billion [$8.7 Billion/USD] For First Time (via Publishers Association)
  
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• Microsoft and LinkedIn Release 2024 Work Trend Index Report on the State of AI at Work & Copilot For Microsoft 365 Adds New Features

  08-05-2024 14:51 via infodocket.com
  From a MSFT News Release:
  On Wednesday, Microsoft Corp. and LinkedIn released the 2024 Work Trend Index, a joint report on the state of AI at work titled, “AI at work is here. Now comes the hard part.” The research — based on a survey of 31,000 people across 31 countries, labor and hiring trends on LinkedIn, trillions of Microsoft 365 productivity signals, and research with Fortune 500 customers — shows how, just one year in, AI is influencing the way peopl
  
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• New Article: “What Students Want: Electronic v. Print Books in the Academic Library”

  08-05-2024 14:04 via infodocket.com
  The article linked below was recently published by College & Research Libraries News.
  Title
  What Students Want: Electronic v. Print Books in the Academic Library
  Authors
  Jennifer MatthewsRowan University
  Ane Turner JohnsonRowan University
  Source
  College & Research Libraries NewsVol 85, No 5 (2024)
  DOI: 10.5860/crln.85.5.190
  Abstract
  Attending college can be a significant milestone in many young adults’ lives. For some, it is a well-worn path walked by multiple generations, while fo
  
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• C4DISC Launches a “Focused Toolkit for Journal Editors and Publishers: Building Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in Editorial Roles and Peer Review”

  07-05-2024 18:28 via infodocket.com
  From a C4DISC Announcement:
  C4DISC is delighted to announce the launch of this valuable new resource in the growing C4DISC Toolkit for Equity Series: A Focused Toolkit for Journal Editors and Publishers: Building Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in Editorial Roles and Peer Review.
  This new toolkit aims to support all those seeking to build a more inclusive editorial and reviewer community. The toolkit recommends practical and relevant actions for editors and publishers to tak
  
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