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From a CNI Announcement by Cliff Lynch: CNI Senior Scholar Donald Waters has now made available a full draft of his report “Meeting the Climate Emergency: University Information Infrastructure for Researching Wicked Problems”  for comment by the CNI community.  The report can be downloaded at The plan going forward is to have Don convene a […]

From an EveryLibrary Statement Released Today (about1400 words):  The conventional wisdom is that libraries are a local matter. It was a given that library funding and policies were decided by local voters across hundreds of local zip codes and that the top of the ticket and national politics don’t matter. Last night we watched as […]

Here’s the Full Text of a Statement Released Today by the American Library Association: In response to results of the 2024 United States election, the American Library Association (ALA) vowed to continue its defense of the core values of librarianship in the face of political threats. “We know that many of our members are concerned that the […]

AI ChatGPT is Transforming Peer Review — How Can We Use It Responsibly? (via Nature) Create A Fear of Missing Out” — ChatGPT Implements Unsolicited Deceptive Designs In Generated Websites Without Warning (preprint; via arXiv) Climate Arizona State University (ASU) Library Serves as Test Bed For Rooftop Heat Mitigation (via ASU) HathiTrust Project Exploring Resource […]

The article linked below was recently published by the Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship. Title Shifting Paradigms: The Impact of Streaming on Diversity in Academic Library Film Collections Authors Amelia Clarkson University of Toronto Mississauga Trevor Deck University of Toronto James Mason University of Toronto Source Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship Vol. 10 (2024) DOI: […]

Refereed Article Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in STEM Academic Librarianship: Perspectives and Practices in Canada| Shiyi Xie, Guoying Liu Short Communications Use of Desktop Computers at the California Institute of Technology Libraries Tony Diaz There’s an App for That Margaret: Streamlining Research Productivity Analysis in Colombia with an R Package for GrupLAC Integration Sebastian Robledo, […]

From the Des Moines Register For the second time in a year, Iowans will have the chance to weigh-in on long-awaited rules related to parts of a 2023 state law that requires school staff to remove books depicting sex acts. The Iowa Department of Education’s Nov. 5 public hearing is for the recently released regulatory analysis related […]

The abstract linked below was recently published by Scientometrics. Title Analyzing AI Use Policy in LIS: Association With Journal Metrics and Publisher Volume Author Eungi Kim Keimyung University, Daegu, Republic of Korea Source Scientometrics (2024) DOI: 10.1007/s11192-024-05189-8 Abstract The objective of this study is to investigate the landscape of AI use policies in library and […]

From a JISC Announcement: We have combined the three Sherpa services, Sherpa Fact, Sherpa Romeo and Sherpa Juliet, into a single platform with a new name, open policy finder. The new platform will help authors and institutions make informed and confident decisions on open access publication and compliance via a single streamlined and user-friendly interface. Open […]