From an Ai2 Announcement: Scientists don’t lack for questions they want answered—they lack hours in the day and tools they can trust to get those answers. Experimental logs live in spreadsheets; instrument readings arrive as CSVs; and results tables pile up across projects. Turning those structured files into answers takes time and often requires advanced […]| Library Journal infoDOCKET
From Reuters: Archived crop and livestock reports from the U.S. Department of Agriculture were set to transfer to a new government website on Wednesday with the agency’s existing online archive, hosted by Cornell University’s Mann Library, decommissioned, the USDA and a Cornell official said on Tuesday. The USDA’s online Economics, Statistics and Market Information System, […]| Library Journal infoDOCKET
The research article linked below (preprint) was recently posted on arXiv. Title The More You Automate, the Less You See: Hidden Pitfalls of AI Scientist Systems Authors Ziming Luo Carnegie Mellon University Atoosa Kasirzadeh Carnegie Mellon University Nihar B. Shah Carnegie Mellon University Source via arXiv DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2509.08713 Abstract AI scientist systems, capable of autonomously […]| Library Journal infoDOCKET
Here’s the Complete Statement From NIH: As part of its ongoing commitment to scientific transparency and responsible stewardship of taxpayer dollars, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) today announced plans to implement a new policy that will cap how much publishers can charge NIH-supported scientists to make their research findings publicly accessible. This initiative reflects […]| Library Journal infoDOCKET
From a Computers in Libraries Article by Michael Blackwell, Jennie Rose Halperin, Catherine Mason, and Carmi Parker: In 2018, Rebecca Giblin and her colleagues created the E-lending Project, measuring in various studies the availability, license terms, and prices of digital titles in Australia. Additionally, using one library vendor, it internationally compared digital findings to print in […]| Library Journal infoDOCKET
From the Associated Press: Nearly one million books published as early as the 15th century — and in 254 languages — are part of a Harvard University collection being released to AI researchers Thursday. Also coming soon are troves of old newspapers and government documents held by Boston’s public library. [Clip] “It is a prudent […]| Library Journal infoDOCKET
The article linked below was published today the PLOS Global Public Health. Title Gender Pay Gaps and Inequity at Science Publishers Authors Jocalyn ClarkThe BMJ Elizabeth ZuccalaMedical Journal of Australia Source PLOS Global Public Health, 5(6): e0004673 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0004673 From the Article: The world’s largest science publishers wield enormous influence – publishing research and commentary […]| Library Journal infoDOCKET
The article (abstract only) linked below was published today by Nature Human Behaviour. Title An Empirical Investigation of the Impact of ChatGPT on Creativity Authors Byung Cheol Lee University of Houston Jaeyeon (Jae) Chung University of Houston Source Nature Human Behaviour (2024) DOI: 10.1038/s41562-024-01953-1 Abstract This paper investigates the potential of ChatGPT for helping humans […]| Library Journal infoDOCKET
From the CBC: A trove of documents detailing more than two centuries of tornado events in Canada is now available to anyone with an internet connection. The files were housed in Environment Canada’s archives, and have been digitized and posted online as part of a multi-year project spearheaded by the Northern Tornadoes Project (NTP) at […]| Library Journal infoDOCKET