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New Research Article: “‘ChatGPT Detector’ Catches AI-Generated Papers With Unprecedented Accuracy”
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|From Nature: A machine-learning tool can easily spot when chemistry papers are written using the chatbot ChatGPT, according to a study published on 6 November in Cell Reports Physical Science. The specialized classifier, which outperformed two existing artificial intelligence (AI) detectors, could help academic publishers to identify papers created by AI text generators. “Most of the […]
New Research Finds “Digitizing Books Can Spur Demand For Physical Copies”
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|From Cornell News: Book publishers cried foul – in the form of numerous legal challenges – nearly two decades ago when the Google Books project digitized and freely distributed more than 25 million works. The publishers argued that free digital distribution undermines the market for physical books, but new research from Cornell’s Imke Reimers and a collaborator […]
Increased Circulation: “Book Bans May Have Unintended Consequences in Increasingly Polarized United States” (Working Paper)
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|nFrom Heinz College, Carnegie Mellon University: In the United States, amid increasing political polarization, book banning has grown in prevalence. A new study using a large-scale data set of U.S. library book circulations evaluated the impact of book bans on demand for banned books. The study found that circulations of books rose after being banned, […]
cOAlition S Introduces the “Towards Responsible Publishing” Proposal
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|From a Plan S Statement: A vision for a community-based scholarly communication system Driven by the same “duty of care for the good functioning of the science system” that inspired Plan S, the funders forming cOAlition S are now exploring a new vision for scholarly communication; a vision that holds the promise of being more […]
New Position Paper From LIS Forward: “Ensuring a Vibrant Future for LIS in iSchools” (Prerelease)
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|From the LIS Forward Website: We are pleased to make available the prerelease of the LIS Forward position paper, Ensuring a Vibrant Future for LIS in iSchools, at the 86th Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology(ASIS&T) being held in London, UK October 27-31, 2023. Several members of LIS Forward led a session at […]
New PEN America Report: U.S. Prisons Ban Staggering Numbers of Books
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|From PEN America: Prisons censor staggering numbers of books and other reading materials, not just for their content but for a stunning range of capricious reasons including the size of a book or the color of mailed wrapping paper, according to a new report by PEN America. Reading Between the Bars: An In-Depth Look at […]
New Article: “Blended Librarianship—20 Years Later”
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|Title Blended Librarianship—20 Years Later Authors Amanda Hovious Emporia State University Andrew Smith Source Kansas Library Association College and University Libraries Section Proceedings Vol. 13: No. 1. (2023) DOI: 10.4148/ 2160-942X.1088 Abstract In 2004, Steven J. Bell and John Shank introduced the term blended librarian to describe an emerging skill set of academic librarians in teaching […]
A Roundup of New Papers, Reports, and Statements re: Artificial Intelligence (AI) From ACM, Ex Libris, Oxford University Press, WHO, & Others
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|ACM Statement on Principles for the Development and Use of Systems to Detect Generative AI Content Center for Research on Foundation Models (CRFM)/Stanford HAI Introducing The Foundation Model Transparency Index Ex Libris The Impact of Generative AI on Libraries Oxford University Press AI in Education: Where We are and What Happens Next Scholarly Publishing Journal […]
Journal Article: “Worldwide AI Ethics: A Review of 200 Guidelines and Recommendations For AI Governance”
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|The article linked below was recently published by Patterns. Title Worldwide AI Ethics: A Review of 200 Guidelines and Recommendations For AI Governance Authors Nicholas Kluge Corrêa Camila Galvão James William Santos (Corresponding Author) Graduate Program in Philosophy, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Carolina Del […]
The article linked below was recently published by PLOS Biology. Title Biomedical Publishing: Past Historic, Present Continuous, Future Conditional Author Richard Sever Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Source PLOS Biology| DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002234 Abstract Academic journals have been publishing the results of biomedical research for more than 350 years. Reviewing their history reveals that the ways in […]