Last Updated on January 22, 2026, 1:13 pm ET
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Tuesday, January 20
Top o’ the Day
Beyond MAGA: A Profile of the Trump Coalition
(More in Common US)
CAUL Releases 2026–28 Strategic Plan: Enabling Open Knowledge and Serving the Public Good
(CAUL: Council of Australasian University Librarians)
Final Funding Bill for NIH Pushes Back Against Trump Cuts
(Science)
See also: US Senate Passes Bill to Boost Federal Science Spending After White House Sought Major Cuts (Reuters)
LIBER Architecture Group Seminar, Dublin, Ireland, May 2026, “Shaping the Next Generation of Library Buildings”—Registration Open
(LIBER: Association of European Research Libraries and Technological University Dublin)
NVIDIA Contacted Anna’s Archive to Secure Access to Millions of Pirated Books
(TorrentFreak)
See also: Judge Orders Anna’s Archive to Delete Scraped WorldCat Data; No One Thinks It Will Comply (Ars Technica)
Publishers “Unite with Authors” to Join Google AI Copyright Lawsuit
(The Bookseller)
Stronger Together: Celebrating 70 Years of Advancing Research Libraries in the Southeast
(ASERL: Association of Southeastern Research Libraries)
The Mirage of AI Deregulation
(Science)
Trump 2.0’s Impact on Higher Ed: The First Year in 8 Numbers
(Higher Ed Dive)
See also: How Trump Made Life Difficult for International Students and Wisconsin (The New York Times) ||| open archived version
US Science After a Year of Trump
(Nature)
Also from Nature:
- “Every Aspect of My Work Life Has Changed”—Scientists Reflect on a Year of Trump
- “Shattered”: US Scientists Speak Out About How Trump Policies Disrupted Their Careers
ARL Member Libraries
Anne Jarvis to Retire After a Decade as University Librarian
(Princeton University Library)
ATG Interviews María R. Estorino
(UNC University Libraries, The University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill via ATG: Against the Grain)
“Both Feet In”: WSU Press Thrives through Library Support after 2024 Move
(Washington State University (WSU) Libraries)
Also from WSU: Libraries’ New Synth Lab Opens with Reception Jan. 22
Libraries Creating Equal Opportunities for Student Learning
(McMaster University Libraries)
Lisa O’Hara: Librarianship Is All About the People
(University of Manitoba Libraries via ARL)
New Program for Community Groups: Partner with McGill Libraries to Digitize Your Heritage Collections
(McGill University Libraries)
Also from McGill: Keeping McGill’s Digital Collections Running Smoothly: A Libraries IT-Services Collab
Higher Ed
Court Grants Preliminary Injunction in COE Lawsuit, Finds US Department of Education Failed to Follow the Law
(COE: Council for Opportunity In Education)
INFO Launches New Info Leader Doctorate
(INFO: College of Information, University of Maryland)
When Data Disappears: The Impact of Cancelled Federal Studies on Student Financial Aid Research
(The Pell Institute)
Scholars & Scholarship
Extracting Books from Production Language Models (preprint)
(arXiv)
LLMs in Peer Review—How Publishing Policies Must Advance
(JAMA Network Open)
Mitigating the Impact of AI Bots: COAR Launches “Dealing With Bots” Website for Repository Managers
(COAR: Confederation of Open Access Repositories)
RDA Virtual Plenary Meeting (VP26) Final Program Now Available
(RDA: Research Data Alliance)
Wednesday, January 21
Top o’ the Day
ACE Survey: Federal Policy Uncertainty Weighs Heavily on Higher Education Leaders
(ACE: American Council on Education)
ARL Joins ACE, 21 Other Organizations in Amicus Brief Supporting Harvard in President and Fellows of Harvard College v. US Department of Homeland Security
(ARL: Association of Research Libraries with ACE and others)
How Congress Can Improve Accessibility and Digital Access
(ARL)
How R&D Infrastructure for Postsecondary Education Could Unlock New Advances
(Digital Promise)
National Survey: 95% of College Faculty Fear Student Overreliance on AI and Diminished Critical Thinking Among Learners Who Use Generative AI Tools
(AAC&U: American Association of Colleges and Universities and Elon University’s Imagining the Digital Future Center)
See also: AI Literacy Frameworks for Higher Education: Faculty Guidance for Teaching Students (Every Learner Everywhere)
Protecting Tuition Equity: A Playbook for State Coalitions and Higher Education
(Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration)
Signal & Trust: Navigating AI’s Transformation of News and Public Information, no. 1 (January 2026)
(Aspen Digital)
Support for Infrastructures Selected in the Framework of the 6th Call for Funding by Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services (SCOSS)
(French Ministry of Higher Education and Research)
University Presidents’ Mission to India Will Deepen Research Collaboration and Support Trade and Economic Agenda
(Universities Canada)
Upcoming Webinar: The Day Federal Data Went Dark (Thursday, January 29)
(DRP: Data Rescue Project)
ARL Member Libraries
Archivists Near Milestone on Processing Papers of Former US Senator Paul Sarbanes
(Sheridan Libraries, JHU: Johns Hopkins University)
Associate Vice Provost and University Librarian Lisa Macklin to Retire from Emory
(Emory University Libraries)
Also from Emory: Emory Libraries Cancel Elsevier Journals Due to Rising Journal Costs
Boston Public Library Unveils “Revolutionary Ideas: Boston250”
(BPL: Boston Public Library)
Design Diary: The Smathers Centennial
(George A. Smathers Libraries, UF: University of Florida)
How Higher Ed Can Adjust to the AI-Answer Economy
(University of Virginia (UVA) Library via Inside Higher Ed)
ARL member library authors
How Two Canadian Organizations Created a National Model for Diamond Open Access
(University of Saskatchewan Library via Katina)
ARL member library authors
Introducing the Renovated College of Education, Criminal Justice and Human Services (CECH) Library Reading Room
(University of Cincinnati (UC) Libraries)
Also from UC: Explaining Academic Librarianship to 3rd and 4th Graders
Upcoming Virtual Event: USRN Community Conversation (Monday, January 26)
(UVA: University of Virginia and VCU: Virginia Commonwealth University via USRN: US Repository Network)
Scholars & Scholarship
Biomedical and Life Science Articles by Female Researchers Spend Longer Under Review
(PLOS Biology)
Women See AI as Riskier Than Men Do
(PNAS Nexus via EurekaAlert)
Thursday, January 22
Top o’ the Day
Campus Speech and Academic Freedom: A Guide for Difficult Times (podcast)
(Speech Matters Podcast, University of California National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement)
EAST Quarterly Update Webinar Recording—January 2026
(EAST: Eastern Academic Scholars’ Trust)
Making Scholarly Images More Accessible: STM’s Draft Taxonomy Now Open for Feedback
(STM: International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers)
Over 100 Fake Citations Slip Through Peer Review at Top AI Conference
(The Decoder)
See also: Wikipedia Volunteers Spent Years Cataloging AI Tells. Now There’s a Plugin to Avoid Them. (Ars Technica)
PKP Founder John Willinsky Appointed to the Order of Canada
(PKP: Public Knowledge Project)
The Women Saving America’s Climate Data
(Time)
Understanding Postsecondary Students’ Perspectives on Basic Needs Insecurity
(Ithaka S+R)
Also from Ithaka S+R: Digital Literacy Strategies to Prepare Incarcerated Students for Education and Work
Who Owns the Knowledge? Copyright, GenAI, and the Future of Academic Publishing (preprint, v2)
(arXiv)
ARL Member Libraries
Archives West at 20 Years: Sustainability Through Community
(Washington State University Libraries via Collaborative Librarianship)
ARL member library authors
College & Research Libraries 87, no. 1 (January 2026)
ARL member library authors
- Book Review: Training Library Instructors, Vol. 1 and 2 (Arizona State University Library)
- Interventions for Reducing, Preventing, or Overcoming Librarian Burnout: A Scoping Review (Duke University Libraries)
- Publication Patterns of US Academic Librarians and Libraries, 2018–2022, with Comparison to Previous Studies (University of Illinois Chicago University Library)
- Search Data Privacy in Academic Libraries: Qualitative Perspectives of Members of Marginalized Group (VCU Libraries, VCU: Virginia Commonwealth University)
- The State of Funding for Curriculum Materials Centers and Collections (University of Pittsburgh Library System)
HathiTrust Members Elect New Board Members
(University of Calgary Libraries and University of Washington Libraries via HathiTrust)
How One Book Brings a Campus and Community Together Every Year
(UC Santa Barbara Library)
How to Describe a Massacre? A Collaborative Metadata Justice Project
(Oklahoma State University and University of Oklahoma via Collaborative Librarianship)
ARL member library authors
LC Video Series “American Stories: A Reading Road Trip” on PBS Books Explores Literary Heritage of US
(LC: Library of Congress)
Member Engagement Group Forms to Help Newcomers
(Duke University, Penn State, and University of Washington via HathiTrust)
SU Press Launches Read New York Challenge
(Syracuse University (SU) Libraries)
2024–2025 Library Impact Report
(UNC University Libraries, The University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill)
Who Were CU Law’s First Black Students? A Librarian Is On a Quest to Find Out
(University of Colorado (CU) Boulder Law Library via CPR: Colorado Public Radio)
Scholars & Scholarship
Two New Resources from the Scholaris Expert Groups
(CARL: Canadian Association of Research Libraries)
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