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From Stanford University Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence: Large language models have a documented tendency to “hallucinate,” or make up false information. In one highly-publicized case, a New York lawyer faced sanctions for citing ChatGPT-invented fictional cases in a legal brief; many similar cases have since been reported. And our previous study of general-purpose chatbots found that they hallucinated between 58% and 82% […]

From the Irish Star: The manuscript of John Milton’s epic poem Paradise Lost was translated into the Irish language in the 19th century. Since then, scholars believed that it was irretrievably lost. Recently, through meticulous examination of an existing microfilm copy in the National Library of Ireland, researchers were finally able to trace its whereabouts. The […]

Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Research Libraries Prepare for a World of AI-Influenced Research and Scholarship BioOne BioOne Announces Early Publisher Commitments to Subscribe to Open (S2O) Pilot Media The Washington Post Tells Staff It’s Pivoting to AI (via Futurism) ORCID Nominations Now Open For ORCID Board Elections 2025! SCOSS (Global Sustainability Coalition for Open […]

From an ARL Blog Post by: Xuemao Wang, Northwestern University Christy Long, University of Oregon Catherine Steeves, Western University Cynthia Hudson Vitale, ARL At the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Spring Meeting in Boston, library and information technology leaders explored and examined the recently released ARL/CNI 2035 Scenarios: AI-Influenced Futures in the Research Environment. When utilizing […]

The Research Libraries UK (RLUK) Digital Shift Forum event video embedded below was recorded on Wednesday, May 22, 2024. Title New Digital Frontiers: AI & Machine Learning in Libraries New Digital Frontiers will explore the role AI and Machine learning can play in our libraries, the platforms we use, the challenges we face and the […]

From Town Topics: Before he graduated from Yale Law School and became a MacArthur Fellow, Reginald Dwayne Betts spent nine years in prison after pleading guilty to carjacking. He was only 16. It was the availability of books, and the engagement with literature, that got him through those years without crushing his spirit. An award-winning […]

From an Ithaka S+R Blog Post by Tracy Bergstrom: Ithaka S+R is pleased to announce a new research study to explore and assess the current state of scholarly monograph publishing in humanities and social sciences disciplines, as well as in STEM disciplines, across the US, UK, and Europe, with support from the Mellon Foundation. The […]

COUNTER Metrics Reflections on the First COUNTER Conference Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) DPLA Outreach & Assessment Working Group Launches Assessment Workshop Series this Summer Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) New Major Version of the DOAJ API to Be Released Open Library Meet the Open Library Team, New “Team” Page Goes Live (via […]

From the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA): Archivist of the United States Dr. Colleen Shogan announced today that Dr. Kenvi Phillips will serve as the inaugural Director of the Barack Obama Presidential Library, effective June 16, 2024. Dr. Phillips will lead the planning and administration of all Library programs and activities. “I am excited […]