March 11, 2024 by Gary Price
From The Guardian: Australia’s chief scientist, Dr Cathy Foley, has placed open access firmly on the agenda before her three-year tenure ends in December. Her world-first open access model, recently finalised for the federal government, would provide a centralised digital library for all Australians to access research papers free of charge, as long as they […]
February 8, 2024 by Gary Price
AI Generative Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education: Evidence From an Analysis of Institutional Policies and Guidelines (preprint; arXiv) Google Rebrands Bard Chatbot as Gemini, Rolls Out Paid Subscription (via Reuters) Digitization Unique ‘Hidden’ Record Of UK’s Historic Biodiversity, with Links to Charles Darwin, to Be Digitised (Royal Agriculture University) Iowa Iowa’s War on Books Now […]
February 5, 2024 by Gary Price
The research article (preprint) linked to below was recently published by bioRxiv. Title Structured Peer Review: Pilot Results From 23 Elsevier Journals Authors Stanford University Elsevier Source DOI: 10.1101/2024.02.01.578440 Abstract The research article (preprint) linked to below was recently published by bioRxiv. Title Structured Peer Review: Pilot Results From 23 Elsevier Journals Authors Mario Malički […]
February 5, 2024 by Gary Price
AI Hugging Face Launches Open Source AI Assistant Maker to Rival OpenAI’s Custom GPTs (via VentureBeat ALA: American Library Association American Library Association Approves Updated Core Values American Library Association Opposes Proposed Georgia Legislation Connecticut 4 Library Employees Resign in One CT Town. All But 1 Member of Library Commission Replaced (via Hartford Courant via […]
January 16, 2024 by Gary Price
From an Elsevier Announcement: Elsevier, a global leader in scientific information and data analytics, today launches Scopus AI – a generative AI product to help researchers and research institutions get fast and accurate summaries and research insights that support collaboration and societal impact.Scopus AI is based on Scopus’ trusted content from over 27,000 academic journals, […]
December 20, 2023 by Gary Price
AI/GPT Journal Article: We Must Fix the Lack of Transparency Around the Data Used to Train Foundation Models (via HDSR) Preprint: Early ChatGPT User Portrait through the Lens of Data (via arXiv) Policy Brief: Students’ Use of Generative AI: The Threat of Hallucinations (via CDT) Elsevier Scopus Will Remove the Source Homepage Links From All […]
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October 19, 2023 by Gary Price
From a Release: Sixteen university libraries in Colorado and Wyoming are collaborating to address critical issues in academic publishing that are creating inequities in access to information and raising the cost of academic journal subscriptions beyond what campus budgets can afford.The university libraries are members of the Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries (Alliance), which is […]
October 12, 2023 by Gary Price
AI AI Chatbots are Getting Their Wires Crossed on the Israel-Hamas War (via Insider) Delta Think Webinar Recording: Publisher Tools – Portfolio Modeling and Affordability Calculator Japan JUSTICE and Elsevier Agree to Proposal Of Transformative Agreement to Expand Open Access in Japan New Jersey Montclair State University Announces “Transition” From In-Person Reference to 24/7 Live […]
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September 15, 2023 by Gary Price
Here’s the Full Text of a Joint Statement (via the Coalition for Responsible Sharing): ACS and Elsevier, members of the Coalition for Responsible Sharing, have agreed to a legal settlement with ResearchGate that ensures copyright-compliant sharing of research articles published with ACS or Elsevier on the ResearchGate site. The lawsuits pending against ResearchGate in Germany and […]
September 15, 2023 by Gary Price
From Reuters: A group of major textbook publishers on Thursday sued file-sharing service Library Genesis in Manhattan federal court for what they described as copyright infringement on a “staggering” scale. The lawsuit [attachment 1] by Cengage, Macmillan Learning, McGraw Hill and Pearson Education claims the group of websites also known as LibGen illegally distributed more than […]