Did ChatGPT Just Lie To Me?
After making up a false claim about a nonexistent study done by the AAAS, the AI software admitted that it made a mistake and then apologized.
GitHub is Sued, and We May Learn Something About Creative Commons Licensing
GitHub and Microsoft are being sued for using open source software without creator attribution in alleged violation of open licensing requirements. What implications does this have for the scholarly literature and Creative Commons licenses?
Guest Post — 10 Quick Wins to Make Your Organization More Disability Inclusive
Small-scale and low-cost activities can make a huge difference in making your organization more disability inclusive.
Chefs’ Selections: Best Books Read and Favorite Cultural Creations During 2022, Part 3
The beginning of the holiday season means it’s time for our annual list of our favorite books read (and other cultural creations experienced) during the year. Part 3 today.
Guest Post — Three Challenges (and Solutions) to Expand Digital Humanities
Chris Houghton discusses how digital archives and new tools are changing approaches for Digital Humanities researchers.
Start-up Stories: Mindscape Commons — or, How VR is Helping Develop Medical Students’ Communication Skills
How virtual reality and immersive content is helping medical students gain insight into their patients’ experiences.
Humanities and Graduate Education: The Crisis is Real, but Not New
A new study offers — surprise — mostly bad news about the state of Humanities graduate education. Even while we know how important humanistic perspectives are for, well, humanity.
Making Research a Global Enterprise
Haseeb Irfanullah reflects on the recent Scholarly Kitchen webinar discussing the future of research as a global exercise.
Guest Post: A Decade of Open Data in Research — Real Change or Slow Moving Compliance?
Mark Hahnel looks at the progress that’s been made toward open research data — what’s been achieved, what still needs work, and what happens next?
Guest Post – Cybersecurity and Academic Libraries: Findings from a Recent Survey
Susie Winter reviews recent data on cybersecurity for academic libraries, as well as a survey of awareness and attitudes toward best practices among librarians.
Guest Post — Offensive or Inclusive Language in Scientific Communication?
Richard de Grijs comes to grips with his field’s use of potentially offensive language.
Guest Post — Research Integrity: Ensuring Trust in Global Research
A look at developments in research integrity, and the attempt to build a universal culture of ethical and responsible practice in research as well as systems within the overall research ecosystem for such a culture to flourish.
Guest Post — Shifting Away from Yearly Accessibility Audits: How Can a Better System be Implemented?
Justin Alexander from ITHAKA discusses effective ways to continuously ensure that media meets accessibility requirements.
Guest Post — What’s Your Vision for a New Model Library?
Members of the OCLC Research Team discuss their project examining changes to library work, collections, and engagement experiences and how they will lead to the future of libraries.
Chefs’ Selections: Best Books Read (and more!) During 2021, Part 2
The beginning of the holiday season means it’s time for our annual list of our favorite books read during the year (and more!). Today we offer Part 2 of our suggestions.