Last Updated on April 9, 2026, 3:09 pm ET
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Monday, April 6
Top o’ the Day
AI’s Fluency in Other Languages Hides a Western Worldview That Can Mislead Users
(The Conversation)
Building Human Resilience for the Age of AI
(Imagining the Digital Future Center, Elon University)
By Linking National Scholarly Infrastructures We Can Better Understand the Impact of Global Research
(LSE Impact, LSE: The London School of Economics and Political Science)
Digital Scholar to Serve as the New Organizational Home for RightsStatements.org
(Digital Scholar)
Offering Scientists Cash to Spot Errors in Published Papers Doesn’t Work
(Science)
Pursuing Transparency: How Research Performing Organizations in Germany Collect Data on Publication Costs
(MetaROR: MetaResearch Open Review)
SAA Statement on US Department of Justice (DOJ) Opinion on Presidential Records Act
(SAA: Society of American Archivists)
What to Know About OpenAI’s Ideas for a World with “Superintelligence”
(The Wall Street Journal via MSN)
See also: Industrial Policy for the Intelligence Age: Ideas to Keep People First (OpenAI)
White House FY 2027 Budget Proposal Repeats Threats to Eliminate IMLS
(ALA: American Library Association)
ARL Member Libraries
After the Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s Shutdown, UMD Libraries Keeps Its History Alive
(University of Maryland (UMD) Libraries)
How the University of Iowa Helped Discover the Mysterious Author Behind the Nancy Drew Books
(University of Iowa University Libraries via KCRG)
Joining Forces: Introducing the Statement of Shared Practice on AI and Archives
(University of Virginia (coordinator), Duke University, Florida State University, Northwestern University, Oklahoma State University, Rice University, Tulane University, University of Florida, University of Rochester, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Washington University in St. Louis, Wayne State University)
Libraries Support National Canadiana Initiative
(University of Waterloo Libraries)
Nebraska Center Celebrates 20 Years of Transforming Humanities Research
(University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries)
Recent Symposium Explores AI in Research (video)
(Rutgers University Libraries)
Higher Ed
A Degree of Choice: Educational Decision-Making After College
(EdWorkingPapers)
IAU Advances Global Collaboration for Equitable Higher Education at the Global Education Coalition Meeting 2026
(IAU: International Association of Universities)
Scholars & Scholarship
As a “Book Scientist” I Work with Microscopes, Imaging Technologies, and AI to Preserve Ancient Texts
(The Conversation)
Rethinking AI Data: From Scraping to Sustainable and Ethical Data Sharing
(OECD.AI)
Teaching AI Interactively: A Case Study in Higher Education
(arXiv)
Tuesday, April 7
Top o’ the Day
AHA Files Lawsuit to Defend the Presidential Records Act
(AHA: American Historical Association)
AI’s Impact on the Job Market Is Starting to Show Up in the Data
(Axios)
COPPUL Joins the Global Movement to Protect Digital Rights for Memory Institutions
(Internet Archive Canada and COPPUL: Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries)
How Often Does the Public Use AI for Humanities Tasks?
(American Academy of Arts and Sciences)
Open Access Charges—When “On Trend” Still Means Higher Spend
(Delta Think)
Preservation of Government Information
(FGI: Free Government Information)
Tamika Barnes Wins 2027–28 ALA Presidency
(ALA: American Library Association)
See also: 2026 ACRL Election Results (ACRL: Association of College & Research Libraries)
The Copyright Act in the Age of AI
(Politico)
The Quest to Build a Better AI Tutor
(The Hechinger Report)
See also: Colleges Ramp Up Offerings to Teach Students to Be AI Ethicists (Higher Ed Dive)
Trump Administration Withdraws Appeal, Securing Historic Victory for Libraries and IMLS
(ALA: American Library Association)
2026 CRKN Virtual Conference Program and Keynote Now Available
(CRKN: Canadian Research Knowledge Network)
ARL Member Libraries
Hamilton Library Impact Report 2024–25
(University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Hamilton Library)
Libraries in the Classroom: The History of Recorded Information
(University of Washington (UW) University Libraries)
Preserving Heidelberg Street: Wayne State Archives a Piece of Detroit’s History
(Wayne State University Library System)
Steve Smith Reappointed for Another Five-Year Term as Dean of Libraries
(The University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK) University Libraries)
Higher Ed
The Federal “Harboring” Law and the GSA Proposal: What Institutions Should Know
(Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration)
These Blind Students Say Their College Blocked Their Education. A New Rule Could Help.
(All Things Considered, NPR)
Who Gets the $50 Million Trump Insisted Brown University Give to Workforce Development Programs? (archived version)
(The Boston Globe via archive.today)
Scholars & Scholarship
The Spiraling Cost of Making AI
(The Wall Street Journal via MSN)
Ways to Get Involved in RDA P27: Submissions Now Open
(RDA: Research Data Alliance)
Wednesday, April 8
Top o’ the Day
Congress Wants to Put the Law Behind a Paywall. Again.
(ARL: Association of Research Libraries via TechDirt)
“Everyone Now Kind of Sounds the Same”: How AI Is Changing College Classes (archived version)
(CNN via archive.today)
From Substack and Facebook to Cafés and Libraries, Residents Get Information from Many Places—but Rarely Local News Outlets, Says New Report
(Charlottesville Inclusive Media, Charlottesville Area Community Foundation, and Listening Post Collective via Charlottesville Tomorrow)
Gen AI So White: Racial Biases in AI Imagery Across the United States and China
(Science Communication)
Helping the Research Community Quickly and Easily Understand NIH Funding Policies, Processes, and Activities
(NIH: US National Institutes of Health)
What’s Inside the US Education Department’s Draft Proposals to Overhaul Accreditation?
(Higher Ed Dive)
Where Do Americans Get Health Information, and What Do They Trust?
(Pew Research Center)
Will Wired Belts Become the New Rust Belts? AI and the Emerging Geography of American Job Risk
(Digital Planet, The Fletcher School, Tufts University)
With Book Bans on the Rise, Pressley Introduces Bill to Fight Back, Promote Inclusive Literature
(US Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA))
ARL Member Libraries
Fondren Library Marks 59th Anniversary of Federal Depository Program
(Rice University Fondren Library)
Get to Know ASERL President Leslie Sharp: Leadership, Preservation, and Building Institutional Culture
(Georgia Tech Library via ASERL: Association of Southeastern Research Libraries)
International Partners Launch OA Forward to Strengthen Open Access Negotiations and Advance Open Scholarly Communication
(University of California Libraries via OA Forward)
James Murray Howard University of Virginia Historic Buildings and Grounds Collection
(University of Virginia (UVA) Library)
Library Partnership with New Academic Program Strengthens Student Learning
(McMaster University Libraries)
New Collections Feature Caribbean and Chicano Cultures, Dance in New Haven, and Born-Digital Boswell
(Yale University Library)
Thundering Hooves! Dash Through Racing History in the Daily Racing Form Archive
(UK Libraries, UK: University of Kentucky)
Higher Ed
Addressing Academia’s Pretendian Problem
(University Affairs)
Lumina Foundation Invests Over $3.5 Million to Simplify College Admissions and Expand Student Access
(Lumina Foundation)
Understanding the Changing Terms of US–Sino Research Collaboration: Introducing a New Policy Tracker
(Ithaka S+R)
Thursday, April 9
Top o’ the Day
ALA and AFSCME Prevail in Fight to Protect Libraries and Museums Nationwide
(ALA: American Library Association and AFSCME: American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees)
Neglect Has a Price Tag Too: Budgeting for Permanence
(AP Trust: Academic Preservation Trust)
Perspectives on Academic Publishers: Evidence from a 2025 Study of Academic Library Professionals
(Ithaka S+R)
Repertoires: How the Public Humanities Contend with Climate Change
(ARL: Association of Research Libraries)
SAA Statement on Changes Being Made at National Parks and Monuments
(SAA: Society of American Archivists)
Transparency Hub Reveals What You Really Agreed to Online
(Harvard Law School)
2025 1L Class Was Largest in Recent Years, but First-Gen College Grad Representation Declines Again
(LSAC: Law School Admission Council)
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Delays Publishing Report Showing COVID Vaccine Benefits
(The Washington Post via MSN)
US Department of Justice (DOJ) Wants to Scrap Watergate-Era Rule That Makes Presidential Records Public
(The Intercept)
Your Chatbot’s Memory of You Can Shape the Information You See
(CJR: Columbia Journalism Review)
ARL Member Libraries
Dr. Dale Askey Appointed University Librarian
(UBC Library, UBC: The University of British Columbia)
Flashback to a Time When Government Reports Were Works of Art (archived version)
(Northwestern University Libraries via Chicago Tribune via archive.today)
Librarians on the Front Line: University Libraries Address Book Bans, Censorship
(Stony Brook University Libraries)
Saving Local News Also Means Saving the Archives
(Howard University Founders Library and Mizzou Libraries, University of Missouri via Poynter)
The Storied Past of American Libraries
(Penn Libraries, University of Pennsylvania)
Tulane Libraries Joins Coalition Setting Standards for AI Access to Archival Material
(Tulane University Libraries and University of Virginia Library via The Tulane Hullabaloo)
Higher Ed
Despite Record $130.7 Billion in Public Higher Education Appropriations, 2025 Sees First Per-Student Funding Decrease Since 2012
(SHEEO: State Higher Education Executive Officers Association)
STEM: Additional Data Needed on Graduate Researcher and Postdoctoral Scholar Compensation
(GAO: US Government Accountability Office)
Scholars & Scholarship
Adopting a United Front Against Paper Mills
(Research Information)
Data Privacy and Foundation Models: Can We Have Both?
(HAI: Stanford University Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence)
Curated by Gary D. Price, MLIS
Co-Founder and Editor, Library Journal’s infoDOCKET
Information Industry Analyst
Librarian
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