Last Updated on June 17, 2026, 3:42 pm ET
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Monday, June 15
Top o’ the Day
A Regional College Laid Off All Its Librarians in 2024. Now It Has to Hire Them Back.
(The Chronicle of Higher Education ||| Archive.today version)
Dream Act of 2025: Summary of Key Provisions
(Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration)
Google Challenges Court Ruling of False AI-Generated Claims
(MediaPost)
It Is Trivially Easy to Use Reddit to Manipulate AI Search, Research Suggests
(404 Media)
Judge Blasts Trump’s “Censorship” of National Parks and Museums
(Courthouse News Service)
Listening to All the Music AI Is Trained on Would Take Decades
(The Atlantic ||| Archive.today version)
SAA Letter to US Senate Committee Regarding the Nomination of Bradford P. Wilson as US Archivist
(SAA: Society of American Archivists)
The World’s Internet Infrastructure Is Under Threat—Who Is Going to Protect It?
(Chatham House)
The World’s Leading Deepfake Expert No Longer Trusts His Own Eyes
(The New York Times ||| Archive.today version)
2025 Freshman Survey Shines Light on Views of Entering College Students
(ACE: American Council on Education)
Writing Science That Humans and Machines Can Read
(The Transmitter)
ARL Member Libraries
Alum Gifts First Edition of Federalist Papers to Libraries
(Dartmouth Libraries, Dartmouth College)
Bohyun Kim Named Dean of CU Boulder University Libraries
(University of Colorado (CU) Boulder Libraries via ARL)
EBLIP: Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 21, no. 2 (2026)
ARL member library authors
- A Qualitative Analysis of 54 Case Studies Finds That Financial, Infrastructure, and Skills Deficits Constrain AI Capability Across Libraries and Archives (University of Illinois Chicago)
- Listening to Change: Understanding Student Success Through Developmental Vectors and Evidence Based Qualitative Research (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign)
- Popular Reading in Academic Libraries: A Scoping Review (University of Illinois Chicago)
- Researcher User Behavior Offers Insight on the Impacts of Canceling a Big-Deal Package (University of Colorado Boulder)
- Student Preferences for Print Versus Electronic Resources in Six Technological Institutions (Simon Fraser University)
- The Role of Research in Undergraduate Studio Practice: A Qualitative Study Illustrating How Creative Research Aligns with Queer Theory and Indigenous Ways of Knowing (New York University)
From Classroom to Career: A Survey of North American Student Workers on Library and Information Science Career Preparedness
(University of Maryland Libraries via DRUM: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland)
ARL member library authors
From First-Come, First-Served to Rubric-Based Open-Access Publishing Funds: A Comparative Analysis and Survey Study
(Clemson University Libraries via The Journal of Academic Librarianship)
ARL member library authors
New Digital Exhibit Examines the Relationship Between Comic Arts and World War II Propaganda
(Mizzou Libraries, Mizzou: University of Missouri)
Ohio University Libraries Unveils Sara Gilfert Collection
(Ohio University Libraries)
Rare Emmett Till Trial Records Donated to FSU Libraries
(FSU Libraries, FSU: Florida State University)
Upcoming Hybrid Event: From text to .txt: Making Material Messes in a Sloppy World (Monday, July 6)
(Rare Book School at University of Virginia Library)
Tuesday, June 16
Top o’ the Day
AUPresses Welcomes First African American President Stephanie Williams
(AU Presses: Association of University Presses)
Also from AUPresses: Wendy Queen Receives 2026 AUPresses Constituency Award
Canada to Restrict Use of Personal Data for Custom Prices
(Bloomberg News via Financial Post)
CDT Leads Coalition Opposing the NO FAKES Act
(CDT: Center for Democracy & Technology)
Digital News Report 2026: The Most Comprehensive Study of News Consumption Worldwide
(Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford)
Dozens of Countries Are Trying to Lure US Scientists Abroad—and It’s Working
(Scientific American ||| Archive.today version)
Federal Data: Congressional Action Needed to Improve Interoperability of Award and Payment Eligibility Data
(GAO: US Government Accountability Office)
New AI Content Coalition Led by Netflix Alum Victoria Furniss Launches with Disney, Adobe, New York Times, Wiley, Cambridge University Press on Board
(Deadline)
See also: Statement from Cambridge University Press
The Trust Agenda: A Framework for Advancing Public Trust in Higher Education
(AAC&U: American Association of Colleges and Universities)
Trump to Shift More Programs out of US Education Department in Latest Move to Shutter Agency
(Politico)
Yale Researchers Propose “Copyleft” Rules for Generative AI
(Yale University)
ARL Member Libraries
ITAL: Information Technology and Libraries 45, no. 2 (2026)
ARL member library authors
- From Inherited Systems to Strategic Decisions (Indiana University)
- Generative AI Meets Cataloging Practice (University of California, Irvine and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
- Improving Database Discovery and Understandability by Identifying and Reducing A–Z List Jargon (University of Arizona)
Steenbock Library First Floor to Reopen Mid-July, with a Modern Look and New STEM Commons
(University of Wisconsin–Madison Libraries)
The NYC Neighborhood Passport: Explore Culture, Collect Stamps
(NYPL: New York Public Library via New York City Tourism + Conventions)
Higher Ed
APLU FY 2027 Appropriations Priorities Through US House and Senate Marks
(APLU: Association of Public and Land-grant Universities)
On DACA Anniversary, Higher Education Renews Push for Congressional Action on Dreamers
(Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration)
The Current State of Play: AI in Higher Education and the Road Ahead
(EDUCAUSE Review)
Scholars & Scholarship
Characteristics of ChatGPT Use by University Students in African Countries
(Humanities and Social Sciences Communications)
ChatGPT and Higher Education in Latin America: Measuring Perceived Academic Skills (Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics)
New Findings on Building Resilience of Data Repositories During Crisis
(ESIP: Earth Science Information Partners)
Rome Conference Charts the Road Ahead for Open Science under the European Research Area Act
(KR21: Knowledge Rights 21)
Wednesday, June 17
Top o’ the Day
Americans and AI 2026: Chatbots, Smart Devices, and Views on Impact
(Pew Research Center)
Build for Everyone: A Framework for LGBTQ Representation and Safety in AI
(GLAAD)
Canada Joins International Effort to Shape Responsible AI Standards
(SCC: Standards Council of Canada)
Highlights from the UC Open Summit 2026
(UC Berkeley Institute for Data Science)
Most of the Renaissance Has Never Been Read. Source Library Is Opening It.
(Internet Archive Europe)
2026 State of the Digital Decade Report Shows Progress but Urges Closing Structural Gaps to Reach 2030 Goals
(European Commission)
Workplace AI Use: A Profile of Sociodemographic and Job Characteristics, September 2024 to July 2025
(Statistics Canada)
ARL Member Libraries
APTrust Sponsors New Digital Preservation Award for Maintenance and Resilience
(APTrust: Academic Preservation Trust, University of Virginia Library)
Mary Ann Mavrinac Named Winner of the 2026 FIMS Alumni Award of Excellence
(University of Rochester Libraries and Western University Libraries)
New Digital Collection: Special Collections Print Materials
(University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press)
Nobody’s Perfect: Hanke Gallery Exhibition of 500 Years of Printed Mistakes Has Far-Reaching Appeal
(Yale Library, Yale University)
Proceedings of the Annual Conference of CAIS 2026
(Many ARL member libraries via CAIS: Canadian Association for Information Science)
ARL member library authors
Higher Ed
A Handful of Elite Universities Have Dominated China’s Basic Science Funding for Decades
(SCCEI: Stanford Center on China’s Economy and Institutions)
AAUP Higher Ed Summit and Biennial Meeting Wrap-Up
(AAUP: American Association of University Professors)
Scholars & Scholarship
FORCE11 Turns 15!
(FORCE11)
Mapping National and Institutional Research That Targets Sustainable Development Goals Using OpenAlex Data
(Scientometrics)
The Surprising Power of Warmth in AI Negotiations
(MIT Sloan School of Management)
Try Our First openRxiv Labs Experiment: A New Interactive Reading Experience with Curvenote Reader
(OpenRxiv)
Curated by Gary D. Price, MLIS
Co-Founder and Editor, Library Journal’s infoDOCKET
Information Industry Analyst
Librarian
http://infoDOCKET.com
@infodocket
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