{"title":"Grants and Acquisitions","authors":"David Free","doi":"10.5860/crln.84.10.398","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5860/crln.84.10.398","url":null,"abstract":"The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has granted awards totaling $6,000,000 in Museum Grants for African American History and Culture. The 34 grantees will match these awards with an additional $8,002,981 in non-federal funds. Museum Grants for African American History and Culture support activities that build the capacity of African American museums and support the growth and development of museum professionals at African American museums. Details in the grant, including recipients, are available at https://www.imls.gov/news/imls-funding-6-million-museum-grants-support-african-american-history-and-culture .","PeriodicalId":55882,"journal":{"name":"College and Research Libraries News","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134890373","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Can generative AI facilitate the research process? It’s complicated","authors":"Danny Kingsley","doi":"10.5860/crln.84.9.342","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5860/crln.84.9.342","url":null,"abstract":"G enerative artificial intelligence (AI) describes algorithms (such as ChatGPT) that can be used to create new content, including audio, code, images, text, simulations, and videos. Large Language Models are specialized AI models trained on enormous volumes of text data and created to comprehend and produce text-based content. I am hardly the first to ask the question of whether these tools can facilitate the research process. A proposed Scholarly AI taxonomy “outlines seven key roles that AI could potentially play in a scholarly publishing workflow.” 1 UNESCO has suggested possible uses of ChatGPT in the research process including for research design, data collection, data analysis, and writing up. 2 Indeed, an industry has already sprung up with enterprising researchers selling their knowledge in this area with tutorials such as “Become an efficient academic writer with AI apps.” So, for what it is worth, here’s my take on where generative AI can assist (or not) the research process. The only prediction I am making is this will be out of date by publication.","PeriodicalId":55882,"journal":{"name":"College and Research Libraries News","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135954059","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"People in the News","authors":"David Free","doi":"10.5860/crln.84.9.353","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5860/crln.84.9.353","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55882,"journal":{"name":"College and Research Libraries News","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135953232","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"News from the Field","authors":"David Free","doi":"10.5860/crln.84.8.269","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5860/crln.84.8.269","url":null,"abstract":"Cambridge University, UCSD partnership for East Asian collections awareness ACRL sets 2023 Legislative Agenda NISO announces Peer Review Terminology Standard Clarivate releases Journal Citation Reports 2023 New from ACRL—The Critical Librarianship and Pedagogy Symposium: Reflections, Revisions, and New Works FEDLINK awards recognize federal library community achievement ACRL releases Creators in the Academic Library Revised ACRL Standards, Guidelines, and Framework Companion Documents","PeriodicalId":55882,"journal":{"name":"College and Research Libraries News","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134988823","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Internet Reviews","authors":"Joni Roberts, Carol Drost","doi":"10.5860/crln.84.9.349","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5860/crln.84.9.349","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55882,"journal":{"name":"College and Research Libraries News","volume":"57 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135953504","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Collaborating to create the At-Risk Afghanistan Web Archive (ARAWA): A project at the University of California-Berkeley Library","authors":"Liladhar R. Pendse","doi":"10.5860/crln.83.2.70","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5860/crln.83.2.70","url":null,"abstract":"February 2022 70 Twenty years later, as the U.S. “Afghanistan Project” concluded in 2021 with the U.S. troop withdrawal and civilian evacuation, it became clear that despite our good intentions to develop and foster a democratic state in Afghanistan, it was only a partial success.1,2,3 Despite the corruption within the ranks of certain Afghan officials and the frustrating outcomes for the planned projects, a semblance of functioning civil society had emerged across several urban centers in Afghanistan. The levels of corruption, ineptitude, and missed chances have been documented in the series of reports with the title “What We Need to Learn: Lessons from Twenty Years of Afghanistan Reconstruction,” prepared by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction.4 The central government in Kabul had a web presence through several departmental websites and those of the regional, provincial governments. Besides governmental websites, several educational institutions of higher learning, artists, social activists, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) described themselves, expressed their opinions, reported policy decisions, and communicated other information through their web presence on official websites and social media sites. The rapid takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban and their arrival on August 15, 2021, at the Presidential Palace in Kabul symbolized how Afghanistan will be governed. It also meant that the Taliban would appoint new ministers and implement new policies that will replace the existing governmental websites. Also, the change indicated the way civil society would function. The activists, NGOs, and others with websites and social media presence, might be forced to take these websites down or delete them. The “disappearance” of these websites implied leaving lacunae in the reconstruction of an evolving society in Afghanistan. The rich substrate of differing opinions these websites represented was at risk of being lost forever. Thus, Liladhar R. Pendse decided to act in a timely fashion and began crawling some of the obvious websites that he thought were bound to change. However, the project could not have been successful if it were not for collaboration from faculty members and students who are Afghanistan specialists and are fully versed in the cultures and languages of Afghanistan. Liladhar R. Pendse","PeriodicalId":55882,"journal":{"name":"College and Research Libraries News","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70954444","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}