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Explore the wealth of events going on this IAP with the MIT Libraries

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The IAP offerings from the MIT libraries are better than ever this year, with events ranging from book club-style discussions to workshops on data management. Highlighted event topics include “Data Management for Postdocs and Research Scientists”, “GIS Topics: Introduction to Remote Sensing,” AND SO MUCH MORE!

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University of Vermont Launches Open-Access Academic Press

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Bryn Geffert The move by UVM Press – overseen by UVM Libraries – is meant to eliminate financial hurdles and barriers to peer-reviewed research that traditional publishing and access models impose. It is indeed completely free,” said Dr. "It is indeed completely free,” said Dr. Bryn Geffert, dean of libraries at UVM. “It

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Fair use or copyright infringement? What academic researchers need to know about ChatGPT prompts

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by Anita Toh As scholarly research into and using generative AI tools like ChatGPT becomes more prevalent, it is crucial for researchers to understand the intersections of copyright, fair use, and use of generative AI in research. This evokes the question: Why doesn’t the proposed research align with fair use?

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Associate Engineering Program at Wright College (EPW) Part of the City Colleges of Chicago, Wright College is home to an engineering cohort program that has grown from nine students at its inception to 550 today. million research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). We are an affordable institution.

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Admissions Counselor on the Mission of a Liberal Arts College

Great College Advice

The Ivies, for example, all now offer computer science majors and most offer some form of engineering. You might grab a coffee with them after class to discuss your research paper. Faculty incentives are different in liberal arts college than in major research universities. You might share articles on topics of shared interest.

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First Doctoral Program at a TCU Will Contribute to Native Sovereignty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

is not just about learning, reading, or writing Navajo, it’s really preparing [its students] with tools so that they will be efficient in designing their research studies, conducting research, and finding solutions to some of the challenges that we have,” says Guy. Elmer Guy “The Ph.D. Those same students are talented, creative.

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3 Questions for a Retired Academic Librarian

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Blog: Learning Innovation In an email response to my piece “ How Do Academic Libraries Spend Their Money? ” David Lewis took me to task for not doing the necessary research to answer the questions posed. Academic libraries are going to change and if you work in them, you will need to grow and change as well.