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AI ChatGPT is Hallucinating Fake Links to its News Partners’ Biggest Investigations (via NiemanLab) OpenAI Builds AI to Critique AI (via IEEE Spectrum) Florida School Officials in a Florida County Seek to Be Shielded in a Lawsuit Over Book Bans (via WMNF/News Service of Florida) New York City Libraries and Arts Programs Spared From Cuts […]
From the National Information Standards Organization (NISO): The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) today announced the publication of the Communication of Retractions, Removals, and Expressions of Concern (CREC) Recommended Practice (NISO RP-45-2024). Funding for the CREC Working Group as well as for research at the University of Illinois’ Reducing the Inadvertent Spread of Retracted Science (RISRS) project, […]
From a BookNet Canada Blog Post: In this blog series, we’re identifying books that are banned or controversial using the keywords that book publishers include in their ONIX book metadata. Like we explored in the first blog post in this series, there are nearly 2,000 ISBNs and 614 unique titles or book series that are […]
“What a Top Librarian’s Road Trip Reveals About America’s #Libraries — and Democracy”(Interview with Outgoing ALA President, Emily Drabinski); “Looted Antiquities are in the Spotlight in New Digital Museum”; & More Headlines
Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Interviews, Libraries, News, PLOS, Podcasts, Profiles, Publishing
|AI AI Dataset Licensing Companies Form Trade Group ||| Media Report ( via Reuters) AI-Generated Exam Submissions Evade Detection at Reputable UK University (via PLOS) ||| A Real-World Test Of Artificial Intelligence Infiltration Of A University Examinations System: A “Turing Test” Case Study (via PLOS) Online Resources Looted Antiquities are in the Spotlight in New […]
From an OCUL Announcement: The Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL) Task Force on Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence has released its final report and strategy, following up on its interim report published in March 2024. The task force’s goals in finding, selecting, and shaping the projects outlined in the final report were to grow […]
ARL & CNI Release Deluxe Edition of AI-Influenced Future Scenarios for Research Environment
Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Interviews, Libraries, News, Profiles
|From a Joint Announcement: The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) have published the Deluxe Edition of the ARL/CNI AI Scenarios: AI-Influenced Futures. This publication is a critical asset for research libraries and organizations aiming to strategically plan for the transformative power of artificial intelligence. The scenarios were developed through […]
A New Resource From IMLS: InformationLiteracy.gov
Archives and Special Collections, Associations and Organizations, Libraries, News
|From the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS): The federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) today released InformationLiteracy.gov, a website with specialized tools and resources designed for library and museum professionals to engage diverse communities in developing critical information literacy skills. The website and resources will debut at the American Library Association (ALA) Annual […]
A special issue of Against the Grain (Vol. 36, No. 3; June 2024) focusing on AI and libraries is now available online. The special issue was guest edited by Vesella Ensberg (Associate Director, Data Architecture, UC Davis Library) and Peter Brantley and (Director, Online Strategy, UC Davis Library). Here’s What You’ll Find: …but this is […]
Repositories–Canada: Announcing the Scholaris Website and Early Adopter Cohorts 1 & 2; A Modern ClinicalTrials.gov Website; & More Headlines
Archives and Special Collections, Data Files, Libraries, News, Open Access, Public Libraries
|AI Algorithms Should Not Control What People See, UN Chief Says, Launching Global Principles For Information Integrity (via UN) Artificial Intelligence: Generative AI Technologies and Their Commercial Applications (via GAO) Announcing the Scholaris Website and Early Adopter Cohorts 1 & 2 (via CARL and OCUL) Kentucky Louisville Free Public Library to Renovate, Reopen And Build […]
A New Position Paper From OCLC: “Linked Data: The Future of Library Cataloging”
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|From OCLC: OCLC has released “Linked data: The future of library cataloging,” a position paper that articulates the value that linked data can bring to library catalogs, and the tools already available to help ease libraries into creating a more interconnected experience for information seekers. The brief, 12-page paper follows OCLC’s path from decades of […]