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The article linked below was published today (May 3, 2024) by the Journal of Academic Librarianship.  Title Transforming Academic Librarianship Through AI Reskilling: Insights From the GPT-4 Exploration Program Authors Leo S. LoUniversity of New Mexico Source Journal of Academic LibrarianshipVolume 50, Issue 3, May 2024, 102883 DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2024.102883 Abstract The emergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in […]

From a Post by Katherine Klosek, Association of Research Libraries:  A partnership with the American Library Association (ALA), the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), and the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL), ARL strongly opposes the proposed removal of the Academic Libraries component from the annual National Center for Education Statistics IPEDS survey. IPEDS—the Integrated […]

The article linked below was published today by Education and Information Technologies. Title ChatGPT in Higher Education – A Synthesis Of The Literature and a Future Research Agenda Authors Pritpal Singh Bhullar Maharaja Ranjit Singh Punjab Technical University, India Mahesh Joshi RMIT University, Australia Ritesh Chugh Central Queensland University, Australia Source Education and Information Technologies […]

AI Artificial Intelligence’s Role in Digitally Preserving Historic Archives (via Preservation, Digital Technology & Culture) Books ACLS Announces 2024 ACLS Open Access Book Prize and Arcadia Open Access Publishing Award Winners Libraries The May 2024 Issue of College & Research Libraries is Now Available Online (via ACRL) Louisiana Louisiana House Committee Shelves Bills Targeting Libraries […]

From the Executive Summary: Five years after the Workplace Equity Survey (WE Survey) first benchmarked the state of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the global scholarly publishing industry, the Coalition for Diversity and Inclusion in Scholarly Communications (C4DISC) conducted the survey for a second time in 2023. This week, C4DISC released Workplace Equity in […]

The latest edition of Marshall Breeding’s annual “Library Systems Report” is now available online from American Libraries. The 2024 report runs about 6700 words.  From the Introduction to the Report: The library technology industry had a quiet year in 2023. But in the absence of major business moves and acquisitions, companies set their sights on […]

From the CT Post: Connecticut municipal and school libraries would have been among the first in the nation to gain negotiating leverage with the nation’s largest book publishers on e-book prices, but the proposed legislation has been shelved. The bill was abruptly withdrawn from debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday after three hours of […]

The article linked below was recently published by the Journal of Librarianship and Information Science. Title Perceptions of Data Literacy and Data Literacy Education Authors Bahareh Ghodoosi Griffith University, Australia Geraldine Torrisi-Steele Griffith University, Australia Maryam Heidari Griffith University, Australia Source Journal of Librarianship and Information Science First published online April 27, 2024 DOI: 10.1177/09610006241246789 […]

AI Request For Information: Pathways to AI-Enabled Research (Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Science   Clarivate Clarivate Will Make AI-Powered Web of Science Research Assistant Available in September Colorado Colorado Lawmakers Make Second Attempt at Curbing Book Bans in Public Libraries (via Colorado Newsline) Lyrasis Lyrasis Partners with Open Syllabus SPARC Key Takeaways From SPARC Discussion on […]