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A Collective Commitment to Strengthen Open Research Europe and Amplify Its Impact in Scholarly Publishing; Navigating Artificial Intelligence in Postsecondary Education; & More Headlines
AI AI Agents Are Here. How Much Should We Let Them Do? (via WIRED) AP Signs AI Licensing Deal with Google Navigating Artificial Intelligence in Postsecondary Education: Building Capacity for the Road Ahead (via Office of Educational Technology, US Department of Education) Share of Teens Using ChatGPT For Schoolwork Doubled From 2023 to 2024 (via […]
GPO Sees Surge in Use of GovInfo to Access Government Information; Criteria for Bibliographic Databases in a Well-Functioning Scholarly Communication and Research Assessment Ecosystem; & More Headlines
Audiobooks Digital Audiobooks Lead Growth in Library Circulation For the Second Year (via Audio Publishers Association) Books Print Book Sales Saw a Small Sales Increase in 2024 (via PW) California “Palisades Branch of LA Public Library Burns Down. What Was Lost in the Fire?” (via Here and Now) Council on Library and Information Resource (CLIR) […]
AI: The Publisher of the Journal “Nature” is Emailing Authors of Scientific Papers, Offering to Sell Them AI Summaries of Their Own Work; New Data: Demographics of the Canadian Publishing Industry, 2015-2023; & More Headlines
AI AI and the Struggle for Control Over Research (via Inside Higher Ed) Meta Knew It Used Pirated Books to Train AI, Authors Say (via Reuters) The Publisher of the Journal “Nature” is Emailing Authors of Scientific Papers, Offering to Sell Them AI Summaries of Their Own Work (via Futurism) Authors Alliance Artificial Intelligence, Authorship, […]
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Journal Article: “Teaching Counts! Open Educational Resources as an Object of Measurement For Scientometric Analysis”
The article linked below was recently published by Quantitative Science Studies (QSS). Title Teaching Counts! Open Educational Resources as an Object of Measurement For Scientometric Analysis Author Sylvia Kullmann DIPF Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education Source Quantitative Science Studies 1-24 DOI: 10.1162/qss_a_00346 Abstract At present, performance assessment in science focuses mainly on scientific […]
Journal Article: “Use of Large Language Models as Artificial Intelligence Tools in Academic Research and Publishing Among Global Clinical Researchers”
The article linked below was recently published by Scientific Reports. Title Use of Large Language Models as Artificial Intelligence Tools in Academic Research and Publishing Among Global Clinical Researchers Authors Tanisha Mishra Edward Sutanto Rini Rossanti Nayana Pant Anum Ashraf Akshay Raut Germaine Uwabareze Ajayi Oluwatomiwa Bushra Zeeshan Source Scientific Reports Volume 14, Article number: 31672 (2024) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-81370-6 […]
Journal Article: “College Students’ Credibility Assessments Of GenAI-Generated Information For Academic Tasks: An Interview Study”
The article linked below was recently published by JASIST (Journal of the Association For Information Science and Technology) Title College Students’ Credibility Assessments Of GenAI-Generated Information For Academic Tasks: An Interview Study Authors Wonchan Choi University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Hyerin Bak University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Jiaxin An University of Texas at Austin Yan Zhang University of Texas […]
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Reports/Statements: “Arkansas Book-Censorship Law Ruled Unconstitutional”
From the Arkansas Times: A federal judge on Monday ruled the two most contentious parts of Arkansas’s book-censorship law unconstitutional and permanently blocked them from taking effect. An appeal is planned. Judge Timothy Brooks of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas struck down Sections 1 and 5 of Act 372, which the Legislature passed last year. […]
Association of American Publishers (AAP) Releases New Data Overall Publishing Industry Up 8.3% for Month of October, and Up 7.1% Year-To-Date (October 2024 StatShot Report)
From AAP: The Association of American Publishers (AAP) today released its StatShot report for October 2024 reflecting reported revenue for Trade (Consumer Books), Religious Presses, Higher Education Course Materials, and Professional Publishing. Total revenues across all categories for October 2024 were up 8.3% as compared to October 2023, coming in at $1.4 billion. Year-to-date revenues […]
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Journal Article: “Use of ChatGPT to Explore Gender and Geographic Disparities in Scientific Peer Review”
The article linked below was recently published by the Journal of Medical Internet Research. Title Use of ChatGPT to Explore Gender and Geographic Disparities in Scientific Peer Review Authors Paul Sebo University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland Source Journal of Medical Internet Research DOI: 10.2196/57667 Abstract Background:In the realm of scientific research, peer review serves as […]
New Data: Louisiana Public Library Usage Continues to Climb
From the Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor, Department of Culture, Recreation, & Tourism: Public libraries in Louisiana recorded more than 10 million visits in 2023, marking double-digit growth over the prior year, newly released figures show, as libraries increased the number of programs offered, and the public used more Wi-Fi. The State Library of […]
