January 2023 – Page 2

"Community Consensus on Core Open Science Practices to Monitor in Biomedicine"

The state of open science needs to be monitored to track changes over time and identify areas to create interventions to drive improvements. In order to monitor open science practices, they first need to be well defined and operationalized. To reach consensus on what open science practices to monitor at biomedical research institutions, we conducted a modified 3-round Delphi study. Participants were research administrators, researchers, specialists in dedicated open science roles, and librarians. In rounds 1 and 2, participants completed an online survey evaluating a set of potential open science practices, and for round 3, we hosted two half-day virtual meetings to discuss and vote on items that had not reached consensus. Ultimately, participants reached consensus on 19 open science practices. This core set of open science practices will form the foundation for institutional dashboards and may also be of value for the development of policy, education, and interventions.

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001949

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Librarian – Digital Publishing at University of Texas at Arlington

The UTA Libraries’ Digital Publishing Librarian oversees all aspects of producing local digital publications and making external publications accessible in support of faculty, staff, and students. This position also involves serving as an advocate for open access and associated issues pertaining to scholarly impact and communication, as a member of the Open Partnerships & Services department. This position focuses on building and supporting partnerships for research engagement with campus colleagues.

https://uta.peopleadmin.com/postings/21376

Copyright Flexibilities: Mapping and Comparative Assessment of EU and National Sources

This report illustrates and analyses the results of the research activities conducted in the framework of reCreating Europe’s Task 2.1. From January 2020 to June 2022, the task performed an unprecedented, two-layer, comparative, EU and cross-national mapping and assessment of sources impacting on copyright flexibilities and access to culture, focusing on (a) statutes, court decisions, governmental policies, practices and schemes in the field of copyright law, DSM, and broader cultural policies, and (b) private ordering sources, such as standardized license agreements (EULAs) and terms of use from online platforms, selected to represent a wide array of cultural and creative goods and services.

https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4325376

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"National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource Task Force Releases Final Report"

Today, the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) Task Force released its final report, a roadmap for standing up a national research infrastructure that would broaden access to the resources essential to artificial intelligence (AI) research and development.

While AI research and development (R&D) in the United States is advancing rapidly, opportunities to pursue cutting-edge AI research and new AI applications are often inaccessible to researchers beyond those at well-resourced companies, organizations, and academic institutions. A NAIRR would change that by providing AI researchers and students with significantly expanded access to computational resources, high-quality data, educational tools, and user support—fueling greater innovation and advancing AI that serves the public good.

https://cutt.ly/l9vL9BY

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Digital Scholarship Specialists at Princeton University

Princeton University Library seeks two curious and innovative Digital Scholarship Specialists (DSS) to support its growing digital scholarship program. Reporting to the Assistant Director of Digital & Open Scholarship, the DSS will collaborate closely with library colleagues within the Research Data & Open Scholarship department to train, support, and collaborate with Princeton researchers on emerging digital research and interactive scholarship.

https://cutt.ly/o9k4MAF

"An Iterative and Interdisciplinary Categorisation Process towards FAIRer Digital Resources for Sensitive Life-Sciences Data"

For life science infrastructures, sensitive data generate an additional layer of complexity. Cross-domain categorisation and discovery of digital resources related to sensitive data presents major interoperability challenges. To support this FAIRification process, a toolbox demonstrator aiming at support for discovery of digital objects related to sensitive data (e.g., regulations, guidelines, best practice, tools) has been developed. The toolbox is based upon a categorisation system developed and harmonised across a cluster of 6 life science research infrastructures. Three different versions were built, tested by subsequent pilot studies, finally leading to a system with 7 main categories (sensitive data type, resource type, research field, data type, stage in data sharing life cycle, geographical scope, specific topics). 109 resources attached with the tags in pilot study 3 were used as the initial content for the toolbox demonstrator, a software tool allowing searching of digital objects linked to sensitive data with filtering based upon the categorisation system. Important next steps are a broad evaluation of the usability and user-friendliness of the toolbox, extension to more resources, broader adoption by different life-science communities, and a long-term vision for maintenance and sustainability.

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-25278-z

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Metadata Librarian (Digital Projects) at University of Missouri-Kansas City

The Metadata Librarian leads in all metadata aspects for projects, repository configurations, and digital project grants, providing input, training, documentation, and feedback, as appropriate. This position is a 12-month, non-tenure track, ranked benefit-eligible faculty librarian appointment, fully remote or hybrid eligible, has supervisory responsibilities, and reports to the Head of Digital Projects, a department within the Division of Special Collections and Archives.

https://cutt.ly/q9k4sYR

New Tools Validate Compliance with OA Funder’s Rules : "Confused by Open-Access Policies? These Tools Can Help"

Funding-agency policies mandating that scientific papers and data are made publicly available have helped to drive the adoption of preprints, open-access publishing and data repositories. But agencies often struggle to measure how closely grant recipients comply with the funding policies. Awardees, and the institutes that employ them, can struggle to ensure they are following the rules. Now, digital tools are cropping up to help both sides of the funding equation stick to the regulations.

https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-00175-1

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Associate Dean for Data, Digital Strategies, and Scholarly Communication at University of Massachusetts Amherst

This position will provide leadership and management to re-envision data services and current workflows and build on the strong foundation already established to support technology services, emerging scholarship, and engagement in the research enterprise. The Associate Dean will oversee Data Services; the Digital Scholarship Center (DSC), which includes the Digital Media Lab (DML); Library Technology Services (LTS), which includes the Libraries’ technology infrastructure; and Scholarly Communication, which includes the Institutional Repository as well as support for Open Scholarship and Open Educational Resources.

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"Faculty Perceptions of Open Access Publishing: Investigating Faculty Publishing Habits to Evaluate Library Collection Alignment"

Introduction: This investigation, originally conceived as a method for informing Albertsons Library on creative solutions to the collections budget shortfall, sought to determine an institution’s faculty perceptions of publishing and/or using open access (OA) materials, as well as to identify future mechanisms that would shift perceptions of OA publishing to a more favorable light, thereby fostering adoption of OA materials in faculty research and teaching. Methods: The study used an anonymous electronic survey of 468 faculty members, with a response rate of nearly 34%. Results and Discussion: Respondents indicated a mixed set of adoption, with equal distribution in willingness to engage with OA journals and publications. Quality of OA publications, combined with concerns for tenure and promotion, holds faculty back from utilizing OA journals and publications in their own research and in the classroom. Conclusion: The data collected through the course of this perceptions survey provide important insight into the perceptions of faculty at this point in time, laying the groundwork for future surveys to evaluate growth in engagement with OA publishing. Though the data provided do not immediately alleviate collections budget constraints at Albertsons Library, the survey contributed to a more holistic understanding of faculty publishing behavior in OA journals.

https://doi.org/10.31274/jlsc.13216

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Head, Digitization and Preservation at Texas State University

The Head of Digitization and Preservation is responsible for leading the creation, implementation, and ongoing policies, procedures, and workflows to collectively preserve the born-digital and digitized collections of the Texas State University Libraries. The person in this position will oversee operations of the Digitization Lab, provide strategic planning to expand digitization services, and operationalize processes for new media format digitization and the development of a robust digital preservation workflow. This position will collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to align and expand digitization and preservation efforts of the University Libraries that increase access to research and digital scholarship.

https://jobs.hr.txstate.edu/postings/40824

"Model(s) of the Future? Overlay Journals as an Overlooked and Emerging Trend in Scholarly Communication"

Overlay journals, a potentially overlooked model of scholarly communication, have seen a resurgence due to the increasing number of preprint repositories and preprints on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) related topics. Overlay journals at various stages of maturity were examined for unique characteristics, including whether the authors submitted their article to the journal, whether the peer reviews of the article were published by the overlay journal, and whether the overlay journals took advantage of opportunities for increased discovery. As librarians and researchers seek new, futuristic models for publishing, overlay journals are emerging as an important contribution to scholarly communication.

https://doi.org/10.5206/cjils-rcsib.v45i2.14730

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Scholars Lab Librarian at The University of Texas at Austin

The Scholars Lab will be a PCL-based campus-wide resource that provides infrastructure, UT Libraries subject librarian and domain-situated expertise, and opportunities for learning, consultation, collaboration, and research presentation to enhance multidisciplinary research and digital scholarship. It is scheduled to open on the entry level of the Perry-Castaneda Library in Fall 2023. This newly created position will be instrumental in designing, launching, and offering services in the Scholars Lab. The Scholars Lab space will be under construction when this position begins, and the Scholars Lab Librarian will take an active role in shaping the service plan. After the opening, the Scholars Lab Librarian will support the goals of the Scholars Lab initiative by offering consultation and instruction, promoting and advertising Scholars Lab services, and providing a venue for other UT Libraries departments and experts to teach. The Scholars Lab Librarian will serve as the public point of contact for Scholars Lab spaces, developing and supporting campus partnerships, as well as maintaining room calendars and assessing space use.

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"A Framework for Improving the Accessibility of Research Papers on arXiv.org"

The research content hosted by arXiv is not fully accessible to everyone due to disabilities and other barriers. This matters because a significant proportion of people have reading and visual disabilities, it is important to our community that arXiv is as open as possible, and if science is to advance, we need wide and diverse participation. In addition, we have mandates to become accessible, and accessible content benefits everyone. In this paper, we will describe the accessibility problems with research, review current mitigations (and explain why they aren’t sufficient), and share the results of our user research with scientists and accessibility experts. Finally, we will present arXiv’s proposed next step towards more open science: offering HTML alongside existing PDF and TeX formats. An accessible HTML version of this paper is also available at https://info.arxiv.org/about/accessibility_research_report.html

https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.07286

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AUL, Digital Scholarship & Research at Texas State University

Texas State University Libraries seeks an innovative and experienced leader to join our leadership team and provide vision and strategic leadership for research data services, digital scholarship, digital web services, and university archives. Reporting to the Associate Vice President and University Librarian, the Associate University Librarian for Digital Scholarship & Research is responsible for overseeing and coordinating the development and implementation of digital scholarship initiatives, open scholarly communications practices, and new models for research engagement. The AUL leads a cross-functional team in the application and use of digital and networked research tools to create, disseminate, and preserve new knowledge. The position collaborates with campus partners to provide leadership within University Libraries regarding all aspects of the research life cycle, including, creation, preservation, outreach and dissemination of research scholarly outputs.

https://jobs.hr.txstate.edu/postings/41275

AI May Pass MBE Component of the Bar Exam in Near Future: "GPT Takes the Bar Exam"

Nearly all jurisdictions in the United States require a professional license exam, commonly referred to as —the Bar Exam,— as a precondition for law practice. To even sit for the exam, most jurisdictions require that an applicant completes at least seven years of post-secondary education, including three years at an accredited law school. In addition, most test-takers also undergo weeks to months of further, exam-specific preparation. Despite this significant investment of time and capital, approximately one in five test-takers still score under the rate required to pass the exam on their first try. In the face of a complex task that requires such depth of knowledge, what, then, should we expect of the state of the art in —AI?— In this research, we document our experimental evaluation of the performance of OpenAI’s —text-davinci-003— model, often-referred to as GPT-3.5, on the multistate multiple choice (MBE) section of the exam. While we find no benefit in fine-tuning over GPT-3.5’s zero-shot performance at the scale of our training data, we do find that hyperparameter optimization and prompt engineering positively impacted GPT-3.5’s zero-shot performance. For best prompt and parameters, GPT-3.5 achieves a headline correct rate of 50.3% on a complete NCBE MBE practice exam, significantly in excess of the 25% baseline guessing rate, and performs at a passing rate for both Evidence and Torts. GPT-3.5’s ranking of responses is also highly-correlated with correctness; its top two and top three choices are correct 71% and 88% of the time, respectively, indicating very strong non-entailment performance. While our ability to interpret these results is limited by nascent scientific understanding of LLMs and the proprietary nature of GPT, we believe that these results strongly suggest that an LLM will pass the MBE component of the Bar Exam in the near future.

https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.14402

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Digital Scholarship Senior Administrator at University of Southampton

As a Digital Scholarship Senior Administrator, you will be working within a small team, providing outstanding service to staff, students and Southampton’s wider community using the Library’s digital collections and responding to queries about digital resource creation, format shift, copyright and intellectual property. You will also contribute to the management of equipment available to users in the digitisation lab, work independently to solve a range of problems and supervise routine activities, ensuring adherence to processes and quality standards.

https://jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=2152523KX