(14 Dec 2022) The University of Sydney and the University of Melbourne libraries are working together to increase the use of their unique special collections and archives by extending access to people who cannot attend campus by using practices established in recent years. This project is linked to an international initiative to increase access to…
(15 Dec 2022) Clarivate Plc, a global leader in providing trusted information and insights to accelerate the pace of innovation, the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), and the Higher Education Press of China today released their sixth annual collaborative report – Engineering Fronts 2022. The report, which was launched at a joint forum in Beijing, has identified…
(9 Dec 2022) As part of ARL’s Research Library Impact Framework initiative, a team from the University of Pittsburgh Library System addressed how special collections support teaching, learning, and research. This project developed a toolkit that allows measurement of impact of engagement with primary sources. The University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) initially worked with University of California, Irvine (UCI)…
(23 Dec 2022) In this article, Aster Zhao from HKUST Library shares her experiments with ChatGPT, the recently released AI chatbot which attracted over a million users in less than a month. She asked 4 questions: Can AI write scholarly articles Writing literature review Paraphrasing Grammar and typo checking See how ChatGPT responded and…
(14 Dec 2022) A new report released today provides insights into the complex and evolving global Open Access landscape — and with a particular focus on China. The report is a product of a collaboration between STM Association and the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) focused on the bilateral sharing of ideas and best…
The Stanford Center for Research on Foundation Models (CRFM) and MosaicML announce the release of PubMed GPT, a purpose-built AI model trained to interpret biomedical language. (15 Dec 2022) Large language models (LLMs) offer amazing capabilities for general-purpose natural language generation, image generation, speech synthesis, and multi-modal combinations of these applications. But is there more…