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From the BBC: Four major artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots are inaccurately summarising news stories, according to research carried out by the BBC. The BBC gave OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Microsoft’s Copilot, Google’s Gemini and Perplexity AI content from the BBC website then asked them questions about the news. It said the resulting answers contained “significant inaccuracies” and […]
Beaulieu Vineyard Donates Historic Archives to UC Davis Library; Wikipedia Prepares for ‘Increase in Threats’ to US Editors From Musk and His Allies; & More Headlines
Archives and Special Collections, Data Files, Funding, Libraries, News, Publishing
|AI Prompt Engineering in Higher Education: A Systematic Review to Help Inform Curricula (via International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education) Digital Science Digital Science Announces Catalyst Grant Winners, Rewarding Innovations to Safeguard Research Integrity E-Books Update: E-Book Publishing Research Study (via Ithaka S+R) US Government Judge Orders CDC, FDA to Restore Websites Taken […]
From Rutgers University: Results from a new Rutgers University–New Brunswick survey tracking public trust in artificial intelligence (AI) suggest a growing divide in how Americans engage with the technology. People with higher income and education levels are more likely to use and trust AI and have greater knowledge about the technology. The survey, part of the National AI […]
AI Defining and Implementing AI Literacy: Announcing a New Cohort Project (via Ithaka S+R) European Commission Publishes Guidelines On AI System Definition To Facilitate The First AI Act’s Rules Application Release of the Initial Anthropic Economic Index Archives Public Letter Re the Firing of the Archivist of the United States (via Free Government Information) NOTE: […]
Research Article (preprint): “Charting Open Science Landscapes: A Systematized Review of US Academic Libraries’ Engagement in Open Research Practices”
Academic Libraries, Data Files, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Open Access
|Title Charting Open Science Landscapes: A Systematized Review of US Academic Libraries’ Engagement in Open Research Practices Authors Kristen L. Scotti Carnegie Mellon University Libraries Chenyue Jiao University of Illinois Urbana Champaign Melanie Gainey Carnegie Mellon University Libraries Emily Bongiovanni Carnegie Mellon University Libraries Emma Slayton Carnegie Mellon University Libraries Source via OSF Preprints DOI: […]
From The Decoder: Microsoft is taking a new approach to using copyrighted books for AI training by offering payment to HarperCollins authors. The deal sheds light on how the industry values creative work in the AI era. The company has proposed a licensing agreement with publisher HarperCollins that would pay $5,000 per book for AI […]
Roundup: Statements and Coverage Re: NIH Funding Cuts
Associations and Organizations, Funding, News, Publishing, Roundup
|UPDATE (2/10; 6pm EST) Federal Judge Grants Restraining Order on NIH Funding Cuts (via The Hill) Judge Blocks Trump’s $4 Billion Cuts to Biomedical Research After Lawsuit From 22 States (via Courthouse News Service) UPDATE (2/10; Noon EST) 22 States Sue to Block Trump Administration Cuts to NIH Research Payments (via STAT) News Release (Attorney […]
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Grant to Enhance Booksnake App for Immersive Archival Research
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|From USC Dornsife: A $150,000 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant has been awarded to a team led by Sean Fraga, assistant professor (teaching) of environmental studies and history at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences; Curtis Fletcher, director of the Ahmanson Lab at USC Libraries; and Peter Mancall, Distinguished Professor, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of […]
Report: Trump Fires Colleen Shogan, Archivist of the United States
Archives and Special Collections, Interviews, Jobs, News, Profiles
|From CBS News: President Trump has fired Archivist of the United States Colleen J. Shogan, the government official responsible for preserving and providing access to government records. Sergio Gor, director of the Presidential Personnel Office, announced Shogan’s dismissal Friday night. Shogan has held the job since 2023. Read the Complete Article From 404 Media: “It was an […]
University of Nebraska-Lincoln: “University Libraries Shifts Approach to Academic Publishers”
Academic Libraries, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Data Files, Libraries, News, Publishing
|From the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Full Text): The University Libraries is altering its approach to large-scale agreements with major academic publishers, starting with Springer journals. The shift marks a significant departure from the “big deal” model that has dominated academic publishing in recent years, where libraries sign comprehensive, multi-million-dollar contracts with publishers to access […]