May 7, 2024 by Gary Price
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 […]
May 7, 2024 by Gary Price
ACRL The May 2024 (Vol 85, No. 5) Issue of College & Research Libraries News (C&RL News) is Now Available Online AI Elsevier Announces Launch of SciBite Chat, an AI-Powered Semantic Search Tool for Life Sciences R&D ALPSP ALPSP’s Learned Publishing Journal to Transition to Gold OA in 2025 Archives NPR Report: “Archive of Japanese […]
May 7, 2024 by Gary Price
From a National Center For Health Statistics (NCHS)/CDC Announcement: CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) announces the release of the Data Query System (DQS). This new data visualization tool helps users filter results for single or multiyear periods to show estimates and trends on more than 120 public health topics, including death rates, disabilities, nutrition, […]
May 6, 2024 by Gary Price
From The Decoder: Google’s big AI developer conference I/O starts on May 14th. Just before that, OpenAI may beat its big AI rival to the punch by launching its own search product. It seems that OpenAI is about to launch its search engine, codenamed “Sonic”. This is based on screenshots and information from web developer […]
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 […]
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May 6, 2024 by Gary Price
E-Books Inside Libraries’ Battle For Better E-Book Access (via Axios) Misinformation Fake News and Misinformation: Sydney Universities Launch New Database (International Digital Policy Observatory (IDPO) Open Access Knowledge Unlatched Presents Open Access Heroes 2024 and Usage Increase of 20% Open Access, Scholarly Communication, and Open Science in Psychology: An Overview for Researchers Public Libraries John […]
May 6, 2024 by Gary Price
Artificial Intelligence’s Role in Digitally Preserving Historic Archives (via Preservation, Digital Technology & Culture) MetaWriter: Exploring the Potential and Perils of AI Writing Support in Scientific Peer Review (via ACM) Microsoft Readies New AI Model to Compete with Google, OpenAI, the Information Reports (via Reuters) The AI Review Lottery: Widespread AI-Assisted Peer Reviews Boost Paper […]
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May 5, 2024 by Gary Price
From the National Library of Australia: The National Library of Australia has an ambitious mission: to assemble a complete collection of Australian published work. From romance novels to historical inquiry, the National Library is legislated to preserve every published word for future generations to find. The National Library recognises that this encompasses more than works […]
May 5, 2024 by Gary Price
From a Harvard Business Review Article by Bhaskar Chakravorti: With tens of billions invested in AI last year and leading players such as OpenAI looking for trillions more, the tech industry is racing to add to the pileup of generative AI models. The goal is to steadily demonstrate better performance and, in doing so, close the gap […]