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AI/GPT Ai Image Generator Stable Diffusion Perpetuates Racial and Gendered Stereotypes, Study Finds (via University of Washington) ChatGPT One Year On: Who Is Using It, How And Why? (via Nature) Privacy He Wanted Privacy. His College Gave Him None (via The Markup) University of Nebraska-Lincoln Elizabeth (Liz) Lorang Named Dean of University Libraries

From the International Alliance of Research Library Associations (IARLA): Research libraries, along with their home institutions, provide access to the internet for students, faculty, researchers, and the broader communities we serve. As such, it is a key priority to ensure that users have unfettered access to information in a safe and open environment. As technology […]

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stable Diffusion XL Turbo Generates AI Images In Real-Time (via The Decoder) ChatGPT ChatGPT Can Reveal Personal Information From Real People, Google Researchers Show (via VICE) Coalition For Networked Information (CNI) Edition Guide For CNI’s Nov. 2023 Pre-Recorded Project Briefing Series Now Available NISO Ed Pentz to Receive NISO’s 2024 Miles Conrad […]

From an IPA Post: At the Guadalajara International Book Fair, two new reports have been published which provide data on over 70 publishing markets around the world: the Global Publishing Industry 2022 by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), and International Publishing Data 2023 by the International Publishers Association (IPA) and Nielsen BookData. Together they […]

From the Joint Statement: In 2012, DataCite and STM drafted an initial joint statement on the linkability and citability of research data. With nearly 10 million data citations tracked, thousands of repositories adopting data citation best practices, thousands of journals adopting data policies, data availability statements and establishing persistent links between articles and datasets, and the introduction […]

American Library Association ALA Announces the 2024 Class of Emerging Leaders British Library British Library Hack: Customer Data Offered For Sale on Dark Web (via BBC) Canada Montreal Libraries Will Be Able to Kick Out People For Smelling Bad (via VICE) Center For Research Libraries (CRL) Robert Van Rennes to Join CRL Licensing & Acquisitions […]

From the City of Pittsburgh: The Records Management Division of the Office of the City Clerk and City Council is pleased to announce the launch of a City Archives Digital Collections website, where extensive material from the archives will be made available to the public to browse and research online: https://pittsburgharchives.access.preservica.com/. The website features recently […]

From the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) AI Special Interest Group: The purpose of this working document is to set out considerations relevant for libraries developing a strategic response to Artificial Intelligence. The text is organised around developing a set of questions that prompt reflection and action (section 4). It is hoped […]

From a scite Blog Post: We’re excited to enter a new phase of our journey at scite by coming together with Research Solutions. The motivation behind this decision was our desire to further our mission of introducing the next generation of citations and better serve our users, publishers, and the scholarly ecosystem for the long term. […]