Topic: Research practices
Upcoming Event
February 11, 2025
Charting the Way Upward
Preliminary Findings in AI Services and Adoption in Higher Education
In the Summer of 2023, Ithaka S+R launched a research and consulting project, “Making AI Generative for Higher Education” that assists 18 higher education institutions in identifying ways and areas generative AI (GAI) is poised to revolutionize educational practices, yet these areas are not receiving sufficient attention from our institution or the higher education sector at large. This panel discussion, part of NISO Plus Baltimore 2025, aims to explore the preliminary findings of our ongoing project, which investigates…
Past Event
November 15, 2024
Innovation and Shared Infrastructure in Artificial Intelligence Applications
At the 2024 CONCERT Conference, Roger Schonfeld will give a keynote speech on innovation and shared infrastructure in GenAI applications, sharing insights from Ithaka S+R research. The session will take place on November 15 at 9:30-10:30am. Visit the website to learn more.
Past Event
November 19, 2024
AI and The University Mission
Teaching, Learning, and Research
Ithaka S+R’s Dylan Ruediger will speak at the Notre Dame AI Forum in a session focusing on “AI and The University Mission: Teaching, Learning, and Research.” The session will take place on November 19 at 3:15pm – 4:00pm. Learn more and see the full conference schedule.
Research Report
October 30, 2024
A Third Transformation?
Generative AI and Scholarly Publishing
For this report, we interviewed leaders in stakeholder communities about the potential impact of generative AI on scholarly publishing . The consensus among the individuals with whom we spoke is that generative AI will enable efficiency gains across the publication process. Writing, reviewing, editing, and discovery will all become easier and faster. Both scholarly publishing and scientific discovery in turn will likely accelerate. From that shared premise, two distinct categories of change emerged from our interviews. In the first and…
Blog Post
October 17, 2024
How is Generative AI Being Used in Biomedical Research?
A New Report Shares Findings from a Survey of Academic Researchers
When ChatGPT was released in November 2022, it prompted an ongoing national conversation about the role of generative AI across all sectors of intellectual labor. Within the academy, that conversation has focused primarily on generative AI’s impact on instruction, with relatively little attention being given to its role in scholarly research. The field of biomedical research in particular has provided some of the most promising use cases for generative AI, as well as being a site for potentially significant harm…
Research Report
October 17, 2024
Adoption of Generative AI by Academic Biomedical Researchers
Preface Biomedical research has been at the forefront of generative AI-enhanced research. Generative AI’s contributions to drug development and protein design are among the most widely celebrated concrete examples of its transformative potential. Biomedicine has also been at the forefront of developing customized, domain-specific large language models (LLMs). It is also a field in which any accelerating effects enabled by generative AI would have immediate impacts on the health of individuals, and for the same reason, where errors created by generative…
Past Event
October 29, 2024
The Early Impacts of Generative AI on Biomedical Research
Findings from an International Survey
Join us for an in-depth discussion on the use of generative AI to advance biomedical research. We’ll share key findings from an international survey of biomedical researchers commissioned by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and conducted by Ithaka S+R, including detailed information about the specific tasks that biomedical researchers are performing with generative AI, and how often they are doing so. We’ll also consider where the field may be heading and observations about how to maximize the value of this exciting…
Upcoming Event
March 20, 2025
AI and Science: The Big Picture
We are just at the beginning of the artificial intelligence revolution. How will AI change the practice of science? What will this mean for how research is communicated? At the 2025 National Academy of Sciences Journal Summit on March 20 at 9am-10:15am ET, Ithaka S+R’s Roger Schonfeld will join Columbia University Executive Vice President for Research Jeannette Wing in a discussion of the current state and future of AI and science.
Blog Post
September 11, 2024
From Drawing to Doing
The Implementation of Cross-Campus Research Data Services Solutions
In February 2023, Ithaka S+R launched Building Campus Strategies for Coordinated Data Support, a project designed to help universities create viable strategies for delivering and sustaining research data service across campus. Following workshops to conceptualize new approaches or solutions to service delivery, cohort teams revisited some of the design thinking activities on their own campuses and honed in on a tangible idea or solution to implement.
Past Event
August 21, 2024
Navigating Teaching and Research in the Age of Generative AI
Highlights from Ithaka S+R’s Product Tracker and Instructor Survey
Ithaka S+R’s Claire Baytas will present on “Navigating Teaching and Research in the Age of Generative AI” at the Society for Scholarly Publishing’s Community of Interest group on AI in Scholarly Publishing. The session will share highlights from Ithaka S+R’s GenAI Product Tracker and insights from the 2024 national survey of college instructors and their usage of generative AI.
Blog Post
July 18, 2024
Defining Undergraduate Research Across Disciplines
Takeaways from ConnectUR
Identified as a high-impact practice by the American Association of Colleges and Universities in 2008, undergraduate research, scholarship, or creative activity is known to be especially transformative for underrepresented students, who are likely to face more barriers to participation. While most scholarship and funding of undergraduate research experiences is centered on the sciences, universities are making efforts to provide equivalent experiences for undergraduates in the arts, humanities, and social sciences—especially in the first two years of undergraduate study.
Past Event
October 15, 2024
AI Readiness
STM Conference 2024
At the STM Conference 2024 on “Advancing Trusted Research in the AI Era” in Frankfurt, Ithaka S+R’s Roger Schonfeld will facilitate a panel on AI readiness. The panel is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, October 15 at 2:45pm. Learn more about the conference and see the full schedule.
Past Event
June 12, 2024
AI and Open Research
At the 2024 CZI Open Science Meeting, Ithaka S+R’s Dylan Ruediger participated in a panel discussion on “AI and Open Research,” alongside Kristi Holmes, Milton Pividori, and Kristie Whitaker.
Blog Post
May 21, 2024
Research Study on E-Book Publishing
Announcing a New Project from Ithaka S+R
The landscape of scholarly monograph publishing has become increasingly complex, with some business models straddling digital and print realms and others guided by the principles of open access. While the transition towards e-books has prompted numerous publishers to establish proprietary platforms for hosting their content, distribution and aggregation services remain pivotal within this ecosystem.
Blog Post
May 14, 2024
Drawing New Directions for Research Data Services
In response to universities’ strategic need to provide effective data support services to researchers, Ithaka S+R launched the Building Campus Strategies for Coordinated Data Support project in February 2023. In the first two phases of the project, participants conducted an inventory of data services on their campus and interviewed researchers about their research data services support needs. Spring 2024 marked the beginning of phase three during which participants will implement innovative strategies to assist researchers in navigating support services…
Past Event
April 29, 2024
Generative AI and the Information Economy
At the University of Calgary’s Libraries and Cultural Resources Staff Development day on April 29, Ithaka S+R’s Dylan Ruediger will give a keynote talk on Generative AI and the Information Economy and join a panel discussion on the use of AI in higher education, alongside Mohammad Keyhani, Paul Pival, and Soroush Sabbaghan. Learn more about the panel and the full schedule of events.
Blog Post
April 24, 2024
AI Chatbots in Education
A Comparative Analysis at Bryant University
A recent survey conducted at Bryant University reveals an interesting trend: while students and faculty are increasingly adopting AI chatbots, staff members seem to lag behind. This guest blog post delves into the possible reasons behind this disparity using the 77 faculty, 111 staff, and 224 student responses collected between November 2023 and February 2024.
Blog Post
April 23, 2024
Generative AI and Scholarly Publishing
Announcing a New Research Project
Over the past several years, Ithaka S+R has conducted several major studies on the scholarly publishing landscape during a time of rapid technological change. There is no better example of how rapid and radical this pace is than generative AI tools, which have moved from the margins to a focal point of scholarly publishing in little more than one year. Last spring, we conducted interviews with publishers, librarians, advocates, analysts, funders, and policymakers as the horizons of possibility and risk…
Blog Post
March 20, 2024
The Library of Congress Research Experience Survey Is Open
Ithaka S+R is honored to be partnering with the Library of Congress on a research study to better understand the experiences of people who use the library's collections and resources to conduct research. This mixed methods project includes an online survey followed by interviews of selected researchers. The findings from this study will be used to help inform the Library of Congress’ strategy for supporting the researchers that utilize the library’s collections and resources.
Blog Post
March 14, 2024
An Emerging Framework for Data Services for Indigenous Data
As part of our ongoing project, Building Campus Strategies for Coordinated Data Support, we completed a national inventory of research data services offered at higher education institutions across the US and Canada. While conducting the inventory, we observed an uneven approach to the topic of Indigenous research data sovereignty and governance at libraries and other units involved in research support and facilitation. Some schools provided robust information about the imperative for Indigenous groups and scholars to have control over…