April 25, 2024 by Gary Price
From the Association of Research Libraries: The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has issued a set of “Research Libraries Guiding Principles for Artificial Intelligence.” AI technologies, and in particular, generative AI, have significant potential to improve access to information and advance openness in research outputs. AI also has the potential to disrupt information landscapes and […]
April 21, 2024 by Gary Price
The preprint linked below was recently share on arXiv. Title The Emerging AI Divide in the United States Authors Madeleine I. G. Daepp Microsoft Research Scott Counts Microsoft Research Source via arXiv DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2404.11988 Abstract The digital divide describes disparities in access to and usage of digital tooling between social and economic groups. Emerging generative […]
April 17, 2024 by Gary Price
From a Library of Congress Blog Post: The South Asian Digital Collection (SADC) is the new online home for the Library’s digitized books, serials, and manuscripts related to the histories and cultures of South Asian countries (i.e., Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka). The creation of SADC will provide easy access to a variety […]
April 16, 2024 by Gary Price
From the US GPO: The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) has added historical volumes of the United States Statutes at Large (Statutes at Large) to GovInfo, the one-stop site for authentic, published information for all three branches of the Federal Government. The newly added Volumes 1–64 (1789–1950) date back to 1789 and include the text of […]
April 14, 2024 by Gary Price
The article linked below was recently published by the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) Misinformation Review. Title Journalistic Interventions Matter: Understanding How Americans Perceive Fact-Checking Labels Authors Chenyan Jia Northeastern University Taeyoung Lee University of Houston Source Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) Misinformation Review DOI: 10.37016/mr-2020-138 Essay Summary To examine how people perceive the efficacy of different […]
April 10, 2024 by Gary Price
From a British Library Announcement: After 12 years as Chief Executive, Sir Roly Keating has announced that he will step down from the role in April next year. Sir Roly said: “When I took on this role in 2012 it was always my hope to serve for 12 years and I will reach that milestone in […]
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April 8, 2024 by Gary Price
From an Introduction to the Report (18 pages; PDF) by ALA’s Interim Director, Leslie Burger: Library workers never cease to amaze me, and that’s saying something because I’ve been in the field for quite some time. Toward the end of 2023, I joined the American Library Association (ALA) in a new capacity, as interim executive […]
April 4, 2024 by Gary Price
AI Google Might Make Users Pay for AI Features in Search Results (via ars technica) This Tool Makes AI Models Hallucinate Cats to Fight Copyright Infringement (via NBC News) Green Libraries ENSULIB Announces the 9th IFLA Green Library Award 2024 Longlist in Two Categories (via IFLA) Idaho Idaho Legislature Passes Bill Requiring Idaho Libraries Move […]
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April 2, 2024 by Gary Price
From the Yale Library: Yale Library is adding more than 250 interviews with major American musicians to its Oral History of American Music (OHAM) colle ction through a licensing agreement with New Music USA. The library will digitize and digitally preserve the interviews, making them available to students, researchers, arts organizations, and the media at […]
March 31, 2024 by Gary Price
From Planetizen: Washington, D.C. recently launched a generative AI tool trained on 2,000 open data sets, reports Jonathan Andrews for Cities Today. The beta version of DC Compass, a chatbot similar to ChatGPT, is now accessible to city staff and residents to ask data-oriented civic questions and generate maps at a keystroke. The city worked with Esri, […]