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• Roundup: A Selection of New or Recently Updated Reports by the Congressional Research Service (CRS)

  04-08-2024 23:44 via infodocket.com
  The reports listed below are a small selection of new or recently updated reports (July 15-August 1) by by the Congressional Research Service (CRS).Access to Motor Vehicle Software and Data
  Global Women’s Issues: Background and Selected U.S. Efforts
  Immigration: Grounds of Inadmissibility
  IT Outage from CrowdStrike’s Update: Impacts to Certain Public Safety Systems and Considerations for Congress
  Presidential Transitions: A Brief Summary of the Presidential Transition Act
  Removal to
  
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• Report: “Wiley, OUP Confirm AI Partnerships”

  04-08-2024 21:11 via infodocket.com
  From Book + Publishing:In the UK, the Bookseller reports that academic publishers Wiley and Oxford University Press (OUP) have confirmed artificial intelligence (AI) partnerships, following the recent news that Taylor & Francis has sold access to its authors’ research as part of an AI partnership with Microsoft.
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  Meanwhile, Cambridge University Press (CUP) has said it is talking to authors about opt-ins along with “fair remuneration” befo
  
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• Journal Article: “Academic Librarians with Disabilities: A Literature Review”

  04-08-2024 17:25 via infodocket.com
  The journal article linked below (full text) was recently published by The Southeastern Librarian. 
  Title
  Academic Librarians with Disabilities: A Literature Review
  Authors
  Bridgette L. WhittUniversity of Tennessee at Martin
  SourceThe Southeastern LibarianVol. 72  Iss. 2 (2024)Abstract
  Libraries’ discussion of disabilities is normally focused on the patrons who are served and not the employees who work within the walls of the institution. The population of adults with disabilitie
  
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• Report: “It’s Official: These 13 Books are Now Banned From All Public Schools in Utah”

  04-08-2024 16:00 via infodocket.com
  From The Salt Lake Tribune:
  The Utah state school board on Friday ordered the removal of 13 book titles from every public school in the state, in accordance with a new law passed earlier this year.
  The list’s publication comes only weeks before the new school year will begin. Six of the 13 titles were written by the same fantasy romance author, Sarah J. Maas.
  Districts and charter schools must now dispose of the following titles, according to the Utah State Board of Education, marking a hi
  
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