May 19, 2024 by Gary Price
Safety Safety of Advanced AI Under the Spotlight in First Ever Independent, International Scientific Report (via Government of the UK) ||| Direct to Full Text Report (132 pages; PDF) US Congress Driving U.S. Innovation in Artificial Intelligence: A Roadmap For Artificial Intelligence Policy in the United States Senate (via US Senate) Workshop Proceedings Artificial Intelligence […]
May 18, 2024 by Gary Price
The article (preprint) linked below was recently shared on bioRxiv. Title The Best Home For This Paper: A Qualitative Study of How Authors Select Where to Submit Authors Lauren A MaggioUniversity of Illinois at Chicago Natascha ChtenaSimon Fraser University Juan Pablo AlperinSimon Fraser University Laura L MoorheadSan Francisco State University John M WillinskyStanford University Source via […]
May 16, 2024 by Gary Price
From the Association of American Publishers (AAP): The Association of American Publishers (AAP) today released its StatShot report covering the first three months of 2024 reflecting reported revenue for Trade (Consumer Books), Religious Presses, Higher Education Course Materials, and Professional Publishing. Total revenues across all categories for the first quarter of the year were up […]
May 15, 2024 by Gary Price
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 Ward University of Virginia School of Law Source Journal of Radical Librarianship Vol. 10 (2024) DOI Abstract This paper provides an overview […]
May 14, 2024 by Gary Price
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 […]
May 14, 2024 by Gary Price
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 […]
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May 11, 2024 by Gary Price
Behavior AI 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 Humanities The Collective Use and Evaluation of Generative AI Tools In Digital Humanities Research: Survey-Based Results (preprint) (arXiv) Implementation How to Implement AI — Responsibly (Harvard Business Review) […]
May 9, 2024 by Gary Price
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 […]
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May 6, 2024 by Gary Price
The article linked below was recently published by The Journal of Academic Librarianship. Title The Prevalence of Textbook Affordability and OER Initiatives at ARL Libraries Author Zara T. Wilkinson Rutgers University-Camden Source The Journal of Academic Librarianship Volume 50, Issue 4, July 2024, 102884 DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2024.102884 Abstract Textbook affordability programs and the promotion of OER are […]
May 6, 2024 by Gary Price
From a Joint Announcement: The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) are pleased to announce the publication of The ARL/CNI 2035 Scenarios: AI-Influenced Futures in the Research Environment. These scenarios explore potential futures shaped by the rapid growth of artificial intelligence (AI) and its integration within the research environment. Developed […]