aserl-collection-strategy Mailing List: Re: Scite.ai, Consensus, and Other Tools

[Glascock, Julie (julie.glascock]

Hi Chris,

 

Like others, we started Scite a couple of years ago. Since we licensed it, they became part of Research Solutions, Inc. We have the yearlong Consensus trial that they were offering to academics back in the fall and are gathering feedback. We just had an excellent session with Sean Rife about new features in Scite, but there are still some big publisher holdouts. To your point, publishers are creating their own products, Scopus.ai, making it harder to have a single product. We are trying to keep track of what is out there and what is unique about each.

 

Julie

 

 

Julie Glascock Associate University Librarian for Collections, Jean & Alexander Heard Libraries Vanderbilt University 615-343-5879 | julie.glascock [at] vanderbilt.edu 110 21st Avenue South, Suite 700 Baker Bldg Nashville, TN 37203

 

 

 

 

From: aserl-collection-strategy <aserl-collection-strategy-bounces+julie.glascock=vanderbilt.edu [at] aserl-lists.org> On Behalf Of Palazzolo, Christopher
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Subject: [aserl-collection-strategy] Scite.ai, Consensus, and Other Tools

 

Please pardon duplication!

 

Good morning.

 

Here at Emory Libraries, we are starting and expediting a process to establish a policy re: AI product promotion and/or acquisition. As I am sure many of you have experienced, vendors are offering quite a few options (most for additional purchase) for such products. Two vendors in particular have been relatively persistent—Scite.ai and Consensus. Note that Emory has not yet signed on to a university-wide academic AI tool such as ChatGPT or Microsoft Copilot Academic, but is currently exploring such alternatives. Supposedly, a new AI policy is to be unveiled in December. In any case, I am curious if anyone on these lists has a site license to either Scite.ai and/or Consensus and if so, who is paying, who negotiated the license, etc.

 

Thanks for any and all information you’re able to share!

 

Chris

 

 

 

Chris Palazzolo, PhD

Director of Collections and Open Strategies

Woodruff Library

Librarian for Economics, Political Science, and French and Italian

Emory University

540 Asbury Circle NE

Atlanta, GA 30322

cpalazz [at] emory.edu

404-727-0143