Last Updated on January 29, 2026, 6:28 pm ET
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Monday, January 26
Top o’ the Day
ARL Monitor: Public Edition (Winter 2026)
(ARL: Association of Research Libraries)
CNI Fall Meeting Videos Now Available
(CNI: Coalition for Networked Information)
Also from CNI: Archiving 2026
How Americans Are Using AI at Work, According to a New Gallup Poll
(AP: The Associated Press)
See also: AI Adoption at Work Flatlined in Q4, Says Gallup (The Register)
Inside OpenAI’s Big Play for Science
(MIT Technology Review)
See also: AI as a Scientific Collaborator (Open AI)
Latest ChatGPT Model Uses Elon Musk’s Grokipedia as Source, Tests Reveal
(The Guardian)
Longest Running Study into Open Research Practices Shows Strong Researcher Adoption, yet Recognition Gaps and Regional Variations Remain
(Digital Science, Figshare, and Springer Nature)
Research Security: Agencies Should Assess Safeguards Against Discrimination
(GAO: US Government Accountability Office)
Search Engines, AI, and the Long Fight Over Fair Use
(EFF: Electronic Frontier Foundation)
Also from EFF: Copyright Week 2026
The Math on AI Agents Doesn’t Add Up
(WIRED)
Open archived version
2026 Library Publishing Directory: Call for Entries
(LPC: Library Publishing Coalition)
Also from LPC: Save the Date: Library Publishing Showcase Week Is February 23–27, 2026
ARL Member Libraries
Aggie-Themed Group Study Rooms Launch at Shields Library
(UC Davis Library)
Durham Colored Library Begins New Chapter, with New Name, at Duke
(Duke University Libraries)
International Collaboration (VŠE Prague, UT Austin, UC Berkeley) Builds Agentic AI System for CIA FOIA Archives
(UC Berkeley Library)
King Library Renovations to Begin Fall 2026
(University of Kentucky (UK) Libraries)
Understanding the Cost of Data Sharing at WashU
(WashU Libraries, WashU: Washington University in St. Louis)
Upcoming Webinar: Beyond the Ivory Tower: The Real-World Importance of Open Access Today (Thursday January 29)
(Princeton University Library via OASPA: Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association)
Scholars & Scholarship
Open Access vs. Open Excess: DOAJ and AI Scraper Bots
(DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)
Science Is Drowning in AI Slop
(The Atlantic via MSN)
The Scholarly Communication Attitudes and Behaviors of Gen-Z Researchers: A Pathfinding Study (working paper)
(Cambridge Open Engage)
Upcoming Webinar: Digital Decluttering: For Your Mind and the Planet (Thursday, February 26)
(SLI: Sustainable Libraries Initiative)
Tuesday, January 27
Top o’ the Day
AI Class Action Litigation Update (Books): Where Things Stand in Early 2026
(Authors Alliance)
Canadian Repositories Community of Practice Repository Knowledge Mentorship Program 2026–2027
(CARL: Canadian Association of Research Libraries)
Government by AI? Trump Administration Plans to Write Regulations Using Artificial Intelligence
(ProPublica)
Report on Indirect Cost Rates and Recovery
(AAU: Association of American Universities and COGR)
Research Intelligence: An Emerging Concept
(QSS: Quantitative Science Studies)
Scientists Must Act: Five Ways You Can Stand Up to Authoritarianism Today
(UCS: Union of Concerned Scientists)
Their Value Attacked and Funding Cut, Higher Ed Fights Back
(Washington Monthly)
Trump Backs Away From DEI Case, but Advocates Survey a Grim Landscape
(The Hill)
Trust in PhD Advisor Predicts a Good Grad School Experience
(PNAS Nexus via EurekAlert)
US Education Department Moves to Overhaul Accreditation Regulations
(Higher Ed Dive)
Also from Higher Ed Dive: Five Higher Ed Lawsuits to Watch in 2026
ARL Member Libraries
Archives, Memory, and the Power of Data: A Conversation with Savannah Wood and Teri Henderson
(Johns Hopkins Sheridan Libraries via Diff, Wikimedia Foundation)
College & Research Libraries News (January 2026)
ARL member library authors
- Junior Achievement: A Perfect Service Opportunity for Business Librarians (The University of Utah J. Willard Marriott Library)
- Outdated Notion? Teaching Plagiarism as Theft (The Ohio State University Libraries)
- Outdated Notion? Teaching Scholarly Articles as the Gold Standard (The University of New Mexico University Libraries)
- The Missing Path: Data Librarianship at Mid-Career (University of Illinois Chicago University Library and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign University Library)
Commemorating the Challenger Tragedy at 40 Years
(FSU Libraries, FSU: Florida State University)
Here’s the Latest on the Status of LSU’s New Library, Plus the Expected Completion Date
(LSU Libraries, LSU: Louisiana State University via LSU Reveille)
Journal Offers Publishing Platform for SUNY Teaching Research
(University at Buffalo University Libraries)
Morgridge Hall Opens Door to New Library Space on UW–Madison Campus
(University of Wisconsin (UW)–Madison Libraries)
Scholars & Scholarship
Author Once, Publish Everywhere: Portable Metadata Authoring with the CEDAR Embeddable Editor
(Data Science Journal)
Campus, Collections, and the Student: A Spatial Ontology of the University Library
(Studies in Higher Education)
Dataverse Community Meeting 2026 Opens Call for Papers
(RDA: Research Data Alliance)
Repository Renewal Project: A Case Study from White Rose Libraries
(Insights: The UKSG journal)
Wednesday, January 28
Top o’ the Day
Anthropic CEO Warns Tech Titans Not to Dismiss the Public’s AI Concerns: “You’re Going to Get a Mob Coming for You”
(Business Insider via MSN)
See also: Video: What Congress Should Do About AI, According to Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei (Axios YouTube channel)
ARL Annual Report Highlights Community Resilience in 2025
(ARL: Association of Research Libraries)
Author Kurt Vonnegut’s Estate Files Lawsuit to Challenge Utah Book Ban Law
(Morning Edition, NPR)
Beyond the Hype: Oxford & Berlin Study Uncovers Four Faces of ChatGPTt’s Early Adopters
(Oxford Internet Institute)
Canadians See Universities as Community Anchors in a Changing Economy, New Polling Says
(Universities Canada)
Claiming Contested Values: How Fairness, Stability and Freedom Can Help Us Build Demand for Transformative, Structural Change
(FrameWorks Institute)
Global Reporting Standard for AI Disclosure in Research: First Consultation Is Open
(STM: The International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers)
How Gen Z Uses Gen AI—and Why It Worries Them
(HBR: Harvard Business Review)
See also: AI Use by Individuals Surges Across the OECD as Adoption by Firms Continues to Expand (OECD: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
Inside an AI Start-Up’s Plan to Scan and Dispose of Millions of Books
(The Washington Post via MSN)
LIBER Appoints Alexander Hasgall as Executive Director
(LIBER: Association of European Research Libraries)
Wikipedia Is Needed Now More Than Ever, 25 Years On
(Nature)
ARL Member Libraries
Designing with Empathy: A Student Prototype Created in the Knowledge Lab
(Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies)
Marquand Library Reopens in Princeton’s New Art Museum Complex
(Princeton University Library)
Advocacy & Public Policy
College Enrollment Patterns After SFFA v. Harvard (preprint)
(EdWorkingPapers)
Reps. Cleaver, Brown, and Foushee Introduce Prison Libraries Act to Reduce Recidivism and Expand Educational Opportunities for Incarcerated Americans
(US Representatives Emanuel Cleaver II (D-MO), Shontel Brown (D-OH), and Valerie Foushee (D-NC))
See also: ALA Welcomes Prison Libraries Act (ALA: American Library Association)
Responses to NSF FY 2026–30 Strategic Plan
- APLU Feedback on NSF FY 2026–2030 Strategic Plan (APLU: Association of Public and Land-grant Universities)
- COS Response to NSF Strategic Plan for FY2026–2030 (COS: Center for Open Science)
- STM Response to NSF Strategic Plan (STM: The International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers)
Shaping Europe’s Research Future: OPERAS Calls for a Sovereign and Equitable ERA Act
(OPERAS)
US Government Has Lost More Than 10,000 STEM PhDs Since Trump Took Office
(Science)
Scholars & Scholarship
AI Chatbots Are Infiltrating Social-Science Surveys—and Getting Better at Avoiding Detection
(Nature)
Also from Nature: A Benchmark of Expert-Level Academic Questions to Assess AI Capabilities
Help Us Better Understand Repository Resilience: An Introduction to the Repository Crisis Scorecards Project
(Tessera Strategies via Data Rescue Project)
Thursday, January 29
Top o’ the Day
Adopting AI That Serves the Needs and Values of Universities
(EUA: European University Association)
See also:
- Five Common Myths About AI in Higher Education and What Our Research Actually Found (WCET: WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies, WICHE: Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education)
- When AI Meets Data: The Promise and the Pressure of Bringing AI into Higher Education Systems (EDUCAUSE Review)
ARL Public Policy Briefing (January 2026)
(ARL: Association of Research Libraries with CARL: Canadian Association of Research Libraries)
Minneapolis Is Now Ground Zero for Our Democracy
(Wesleyan University)
National Park Signs Related to Native Americans, Climate Change to Be Removed
(The Washington Post via MSN)
News Publishers Limit Internet Archive Access Due to AI Scraping Concerns
(Nieman Lab)
No View vs. AI Overviews: Google Announces an Opt-Out Policy
(PublishingInsider, MediaPost)
North Carolina Students Decry Removal of Campus Voting Sites as Age Discrimination
(Courthouse News Service)
The Forgotten Fundamentals: An Arts and Sciences Assessment of American College Students
(ACTA: American Council of Trustees and Alumni and College Pulse)
Trump Has Sued Universities for Billions. Here’s What the Strategy Tells Us.
(NPR)
UNC System Moves to Define Academic Freedom
(NC Newsline)
ARL Member Libraries
Coffee Legends Create a World-Class Collection at the UC Davis Library
(UC Davis Library)
Discover Women’s Health Research Gets a Redesign
(NLM: US National Library of Medicine)
FSU Libraries Debut “Add to the Archive at Strozier,” Inviting Students to Shape the University’s Historical Record
(FSU Libraries, FSU: Florida State University)
Library Names 25 Films to the National Film Registry for Preservation
(LC: Library of Congress)
Rutgers and York to Host ARL Leadership and Transformation Cohorts in 2027
(Rutgers University Libraries and York University Libraries via ARL)
Student-Inspired Textbook Lending Program Marks 10 Years of Opening the Doors to Learning
(Emory University Libraries)
U of T Library Helps Preserve Ukrainian Voices as War Rages On: “If It Was There, It Would Be Destroyed”
(University of Toronto (U of T) Libraries via Toronto Star)
Open archived version ||| Video
Writers, Photographers, Explorers Are Among the Subjects of Nine New Collections Now Open to Researchers
(Yale University Library)
Scholars & Scholarship
Here’s How Often Researchers Disclose Use of AI in Their Papers
(MedPage Today)
How Multilingual Is Scholarly Communication? Mapping the Global Distribution of Languages in Publications and Citations
(JASIST: Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology)
See also: ArXiv Says Submissions Must Be in English: Are AI Translators Up for the Job? (Nature)
Innovations in Responsible Research Assessment: Highlights from the DORA US Event
(DORA: Declaration on Research Assessment)
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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