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Scholars and Scholarship


  • Research Library Collections and AI

    Research Library Collections and AI

    This post is an extended version of a recent lightning talk I gave as part of a private workshop hosted by Alliance for Responsible Data Collection (ARDC). The TL;DR: libraries...

  • ARL Champions Federal Support for Social Science Research, Infrastructure

    ARL Champions Federal Support for Social Science Research, Infrastructure

    A record number of advocates from 24 US states met with members of Congress during the Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA) annual Social Science Advocacy Day on March 24....

  • Repertoires: How Researchers Struggle to Stay in Sync

    Repertoires: How Researchers Struggle to Stay in Sync

    The last few working days of a very long year are an apt moment to reflect on how we experience time within the research enterprise. A recent book by science...

  • Futurescape Libraries AI Workshop: Ottawa

    The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) and the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL), together with University of Ottawa, Library and Archives Canada, and Carleton University, are pleased to...

  • Repertoires: How Social Science Theory Gets Made and Remade

    Repertoires: How Social Science Theory Gets Made and Remade

    In 2008, technologist Chris Anderson famously predicted the end of theory, as massively abundant data reduced the need for researchers to develop and test explanatory models. “Who knows why people...

  • New Institutional Collaborations at the MAP Pilot Workshop

    New Institutional Collaborations at the MAP Pilot Workshop

    Representatives from the Machine Actionable Plans (MAP) pilot institutions and other institutions interested in the implementation of machine-actionable data management plans (maDMPs) gathered on September 15 and 16 in Washington,...

  • MAP Pilot Key Recommendations

    Use the following guides for different stakeholders at your institution. “A guide for researchers,” August 2025 “A guide for libraries,” August 2025 “A guide for IT and information security departments,”...

  • DMP Notification for Efficiency and Coordination

    Machine Actionable Plans (MAP) Pilot, “DMP Notification for Efficiency and Coordination: University of California, Riverside Case Study,” August 2025, https://doi.org/10.29242/casestudy.mapucriverside2025.

  • Futurescape Libraries AI Workshop: Philadelphia

    ARL/CNI’s Futurescape Libraries AI Workshop features practical reusable activities and templates research libraries can use to plan for consequences, challenges, and opportunities vis-à-vis AI futures. The workshops engage participants collaboratively to...

  • Futurescape Libraries AI Toolkit

    Futurescape Libraries AI Toolkit

    View the Futurescape Libraries AI Toolkit Workshops page for information about those events and to register. Table of Contents Foreword Futurescape Libraries: A Toolkit for Library Leaders Navigating the Future...


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