Whither academic writing in the age of #AI? Sylvia Wenmackers reminds us that essays are trials in the search for better texts—their existence is a victory over the temptation not to try. Instead of giving in with LLMs, let's keep trying! www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi... #philsky #AcademicSky

I2SP Research Group Seminar (LERASS) November 28, 2:00 p.m. (Paris time) Yutong Fei – Classification of Citation Contexts Marcin Roszkowski’s presentation has been postponed to a later seminar. ZOOM link: univ-montp3-fr.zoom.us/j/9369868199...

In her new 📃, Marina DiMarco analyzes the NIH’s Sex as a Biological Variable (SABV) policy in the context of exploratory inquiry & confirmatory experimentation, arguing that it offers important reflections on pursuitworthiness judgments 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #HPbio #HPS

Or course the big bomb would be Google scholar coming in. They did just launch Scholar labs but that's deep search not deep research... But if they change their mind... aarontay.substack.com/p/scholar-la... (7)

Nick Montfort, Megawatt, 2014

The Integrative Levels Classification #ILC research group held its 1st meeting on Nov 15 in margin of ISKO conference in Porto: www.iskoi.org/ilc/meeting1.php. We shared updates and plans in a lively atmosphere. Our #KO system keeps developing! @badtaxonomist.bsky.social @davidbawden.bsky.social

Next I2SP Research Group Seminar (LERASS) November 28, 2:00 p.m. (Paris time) Yutong Fei – Classification of Citation Contexts Marcin Roszkowski – Knowledge Organization Practices in Wikidata Join via Zoom: univ-montp3-fr.zoom.us/j/9369868199... #KO

In "Walk with a Purpose," Lucy Podmore shares how her library shifted the focus from book bans from freedom. https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2025/10/06/walk-with-a-purpose/ #BannedBooksWeek #BannedBooks

Non abbiamo resistito... Grazie a Gianluca, sempre bravissimo! TUTTO QUELLO CHE DEVI SAPERE SULL'INTELLIGENZA ARTIFICIALE! Prof. LUCIANO FLORIDI passa dal BSMT!

"In Praise of #Librarians in Dangerous Times: Sarah Weinman on the Awesome Responsibility of the Seekers and Keepers of Truth" (via @lithub.com.web.brid.gy) lithub.com/in-praise-of... #libraries

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Piccolo anticipo sul Repubblica per il nuovo libro: "La differenza fondamentale - Artificial Agency: una nuova filosofia dell'intelligenza artificiale" in uscita il 4 Novembre. E ora vedo che su Amazon con il 5% di sconto, come resistere? 🤓 amzn.eu/d/gmVJMiU

The November 2025 (86.6) Issue of College & Research #Libraries (C&RL) is Now Available Online crl.acrl.org/index.php/cr...

documentation-administrative.gouv.fr : HAL au service du libre accès aux publications des ministères

🔎 @persee.fr lance une enquête pour mieux comprendre vos usages du portail et vos attentes. ⏱️ 10-15 min  📅 En ligne jusqu’au 24 octobre 🤝 Usagers réguliers comme occasionnels, votre avis compte !  👉 https://framaforms.org/enquete-sur-vos-usages-et-vos-besoins-1752683506 #ScienceOuverte #OpenAccess

Fifth keynote: Ying Huang, winner of the 2025 Junior Scholar Essay Prize of the Journal of Social Ontology, speaking on Let's Talk About The Metaphusics of Intersectionality, But Let's Take It Slow. (Rapt with attention, your correspondent regrettably forgot to take a picture.)

Final keynote: Esa Díaz-León on Social Constructionism Revisited

Google Launches "Web Guide": An Experimental AI-Organized Search Results Page blog.google/products/sea...

⚽ Euro-2025: l'Angleterre conserve sa couronne en battant l'Espagne 3 tirs au but à 1.

🚀 #AI and semantic technologies are transforming how we study and advance scientific #research! Thrilled to share our latest paper on using #LLMs to generate structured representations of research fields. arxiv.org/abs/2412.08258 #OpenScience #Ontologies #ML #NLP #KG

The July 2025 (Vol 86, No 4) Issue of C&RL (College & Research #Libraries) is Now Available Online crl.acrl.org/index.php/cr... #librarians @ala-acrl.bsky.social

🔞 Les sites pornographiques installés dans l'UE et hors de France devront à nouveau vérifier l'âge des utilisateurs : le Conseil d'Etat a indiqué avoir invalidé une décision de suspension d'un arrêté interministériel sur le sujet.

NEW Journal Article: “The Data Drill: An Opportunity for Researchers to Practice Accessing and Interpreting #Data” www.infodocket.com/2025/07/14/j... #rdm #datamanagement

🎾 Tennis: la Polonaise Iga Swiatek a infligé un 6-0, 6-0 inédit depuis 1911 en finale de Wimbledon à l'Américaine Amanda Anisimova pour s'offrir à 24 ans son premier titre sur le gazon londonien et son sixième sacre en Grand Chelem.

Journal Article: "Artificial Intelligence Policies in Bioethics and #Health #Humanities: A Comparative Analysis of #Publishers and #Journals" bmcmedethics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... #scholcomm #AI

OpenCitations Launches New Website! (via @opencitations.bsky.social) opencitations.hypotheses.org/3918 #openscience #scholcomm #libraries

And you believed that shelf mark ordering was an issue of the past... #KO

Métadonnées : sommes-nous déjà tous fichés ? youtu.be/DNKpou9EhaQ?...

« Gagner ensemble la guerre de l’information » : les 34 recommandations choc de la mission d’information de l’Assemblée nationale sur l’opérationnalisation de la nouvelle fonction stratégique influence - Un thread :

Was excited to read this, but using AI hype terminology IS taking a position, & it's the wrong one the author on AI processing: "I’ll use “understand” and similar terms throughout this guide but take no position in the larger debate" the laziness is nauseating katinamagazine.org/content/arti...

Dopo venti mesi di bombardamenti Rafah è sparita. Rasa al suolo. E non è l’unica città distrutta dall’esercito israeliano. L'articolo di Haaretz: intern.az/1Nrm

New Preprint: "Comparison of Elicit #AI and Traditional Literature Searching in Systematic Reviews using Four Case Studies" www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1... #SystematicReviews

🇫🇷 Le décret annoncé par le gouvernement pour étendre l'interdiction de fumer aux abribus, parcs et jardins publics, plages ainsi qu'aux abords des bibliothèques, piscines ou écoles est paru samedi matin au Journal officiel, avec application dès dimanche.

L'uomo che ci ha insegnato a scrivere: il mio contributo in ricordo di Eugenio Gatto www.iskoi.org/doc/gatto/gn...

NEW Research Paper: “The Evolution Of Scientific #Writing: An Analysis of 20 Million Abstracts Over 70 Years in #Health and #Medical #Science” www.infodocket.com/2025/06/08/j... #scholcomm

Hands on knowledge graphs at the #TOThTraining2025! We learn how to create these type of #KOSs from text, with the use of LLMs to generate code containing entities, relationships and proprerties 🧐

Conference Paper: “Research on Artificial Intelligence in #Libraries” (via ACM Digital Library) www.infodocket.com/2025/06/01/c... #AI

Generative #AI and #Libraries: Applications and Ethics, Part I (Recent Issue of Library Trends; 14 Articles) www.infodocket.com/2025/05/31/g... #GenAI #LLMs #GPTs

Workshop Paper: "Citation Parsing and Analysis with Language Models" arxiv.org/abs/2505.15948 #scholcomm #journals #AI

Research Article (Preprint): “Student Perspectives on the Benefits and Risks of #AI in #Education” www.infodocket.com/2025/05/09/r...

Domani a Milano e online: "Biblioteche digitali e #IIIF. Caratteristiche, innovazioni e applicazioni" di Fabio Cusimano (Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana) tinyurl.com/25mxyy24

NEW Journal Article: “A Survey of Knowledge Organization Systems of #Research Fields: Resources and Challenges” www.infodocket.com/2025/05/04/j... #libraries

Research Article (Preprint): #Metadata Augmentation Using #NLP, Machine Learning and AI-Chatbots: A Comparison www.infodocket.com/2025/04/25/r... #libraries #chatbots #machinelearning @cmulibraries.bsky.social

Hi everyone, I am excited to share our large-scale survey study with 800+ researchers, which reveals researchers’ usage and perceptions of LLMs as research tools, and how the usage and perceptions differ based on demographics. See results in comments! 🔗 Arxiv link: arxiv.org/abs/2411.05025

UPDATED POST: Accessing Archived Material From #ERIC ( #Education Information Resource Center ) via the Internet Archive & via ERICA! www.infodocket.com/2025/04/23/a... #libraries #data @datarescueproject.org

Washington Post: “Wikipedia’s Nonprofit Status Questioned by D.C. U.S. Attorney” www.infodocket.com/2025/04/25/w... #Wikipedia #Wikimedia

NEW Journal Article: “Ukrainian Public #Libraries During the Russia-Ukraine War: Supporting Individuals, Communities, and the Nation” www.infodocket.com/2025/04/22/j...

Philosophers: spread the word!! Full-time research postdoc, 3 year job in St Andrews-Arché within the Leverhulme-funded WIKI project: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/... Apply by clicking the link above, *check* the Further Particulars attachment there for details. Deadline: May 2.

Les résultats du projet #ALLERGIDOC communiqués par posters au Congrès Francophone D’Allergologie (#CFA2025) 🧐

En route pour le #CFA2025 à Paris pour présenter aux collègues allergologues les résultats de deux études du projet #ALLERGIDOC.