Last Updated on March 4, 2026, 3:05 pm ET
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Monday, March 2
Top o’ the Day
AI Challenges Core Assumptions in Education
(HAI: Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI)
Celebrating 50+ Years of Fair Use: ARL and Re:Create Host Congressional Briefing on AI and Fair Use
(ARL: Association of Research Libraries and Re:Create Coalition)
Developing Inclusive Collections: A Self-Paced Guide on Reflective Practice
(RLUK: Research Libraries UK)
How Research Libraries Celebrated the 13th Annual Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week!
(ARL: Association of Research Libraries and CARL: Canadian Association of Research Libraries)
Introducing FAIR Station: Connecting Fieldwork, Data, and Research Outputs
(UC3: University of California Curation Center)
Politics and the Positioning of Academic Libraries
(The Journal of Academic Librarianship)
Reimagining the Institute of Education Sciences
(Institute of Education Sciences, US Department of Education)
Things Fall Apart: Lessons from a Defunded Data Repository
(Data Science Journal)
Understanding Usage and Engagement in AI-Powered Scientific Research Tools: The Asta Interaction Dataset
(infoDOCKET)
Upcoming Event: USRN March Community Conversation: Persistent Identifier Usage in Community Repositories (Monday, March 30)
(USRN: US Repositories Network)
ARL Member Libraries
AI Powers Research into Film’s Past
(UNC University Library, UNC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with Library of Congress)
CRL Board of Directors 2027–29 Nominations Invited
(CRL: Center for Research Libraries)
Explore the Stories of the Unquiet Library
(University of Toronto Libraries)
It Takes a Community: Building Meaningful Learning Experiences for UIC Students
(UIC University Library, UIC: University of Illinois Chicago)
KU Libraries’ Work Towards Improved Service Platform Continues Ahead of June Launch
(KU Libraries, KU: The University of Kansas)
Libraries Collaborate on Mass Book Digitization Pilot Project
(UC Davis Library, Cornell University Library, Ohio State University Libraries, University of Michigan Library, and Rutgers University Libraries)
Memorial: Robin Nelson Downes, 1932–2025
(University of Houston Libraries via ARL: Association of Research Libraries)
Student-Led Campus Town Hall on Gen AI in Academia Covered in University Senate Council Report
(University of Pittsburgh Library System)
The Immigration History Research Center Archives (IHRCA) at 60 Shows How Immigration Shapes Society
(University of Minnesota Libraries)
UCSB Library Launches “AI In Action” Speaker Series
(UC Santa Barbara Library)
Tuesday, March 3
Top o’ the Day
AI Biases Can Influence People’s Perception of History
(PNAS Nexus via EurekAlert)
Bradford P. Wilson Nominated by the White House for Archivist of the United States
(James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions, Princeton University)
Call for Submissions: GovInfo Days Spring 2026
(Internet Archive Canada)
Can We Create a Clear Understanding of What Agentic AI Is and Does?
(OECD: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
Educators “Climatize” Their Classes to Prepare Students for Work and Life on a Warming Planet
(The Hechinger Report)
Gen AI for Complex Questions, Search for Critical Facts
(NN/G: Nielsen Norman Group)
GPO’s Responses to Depository Library Council (DLC) Recommendations
(GPO: US Government Publishing Office)
Also from GPO: Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) 2025 Biennial Survey Data Now Available
Hey ChatGPT, Write Me a Fictional Paper: These LLMs Are Willing to Commit Academic Fraud
(Nature)
IDCC26 Conference Materials—20th International Digital Curation Conference
(Digital Curation Centre via Zenodo)
The US DOJ Has Been Taking Down Epstein Files. Here’s What Remains.
(CBS News)
Webinar Video: AI Pulse Session I: The Kickoff
(LIBER Europe YouTube channel)
See also: LIBER Launches a Webinar Series on Artificial Intelligence: AI Pulse
ARL Member Libraries
Boston University Libraries Officially Home to Nikki Giovanni’s Papers
(Boston University Libraries)
Clemson Libraries to Host Empirical Librarians Conference in May
(Clemson University Libraries)
Georgetown Libraries Have All My Love: A Guide for Hoyas
(Georgetown University Library)
Hey Research Teams, Want Some New Skills—on Your Schedule?
(NC State University Libraries)
We Demand! A Legacy of Activism in America
(Syracuse University Libraries)
Higher Ed
AI and the Future of Academic Peer Review (updated preprint)
(arXiv)
EdArXiv: A Preprint Server for the Education Research Community
(OSF Preprints)
New Higher Education Accountability Rules and Early Education: What We Know So Far
(New America)
The Role of Faculty in the University of the Future
(EDUCAUSE Review)
Wednesday, March 4
Top o’ the Day
ACRL 2027 Call for Proposals
(ACRL: Association of College & Research Libraries)
Brown University Researchers Launch AI Legislation Tracking and Analysis Portal
(Brown University)
Consensus and Fragmentation in Academic Publication Preferences (preprint)
(arXiv)
Incorporating Environmental Perspectives into AI Literacy
(Ithaka S+R)
Japan Adopts France’s Open Science Monitor Model
(French Ministry of Higher Education and Research)
On the Same Page? Experts Are Mostly, but Not Always, Aligned About Disinformation in Times of Generative AI
(Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) Misinformation Review)
See also: AI Translations Are Adding “Hallucinations” to Wikipedia Articles (404 Media)
The BBC Tech Journalist Who Achieved Hot Dog Eating Glory—by Hacking AI
(Scientific American)
The Global Map of Science According to EU Funding
(Leiden Madtrics)
Upcoming Webinar: Addressing Misinformation, Polarization, and Distrust with ASTC’s Global Trends Committee (Monday, March 9)
(ASTC: Association of Science and Technology Centers)
ARL Member Libraries
A Match Met, a Fellowship Forever
(UNC University Library, UNC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Preserving Parkside: University Archives Bring Neighborhood History Online
(University at Buffalo University Library)
Preserving US Indigenous Government Websites: From Directory to Digital Archive
(Library of Congress)
Purdue Archives to Digitize Gilbreth Film and Audio Recordings
(Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies)
Reflective Practice for Slow Librarianship (book chapter)
(Dartmouth Libraries, Dartmouth College)
ARL member library authors
Also from Dartmouth: From Cuneiform to Kindle: A Dartmouth Course in Book History
UC Davis Library Emerges as Campus “Third Place”
(UC Davis Library via IHE: Inside Higher Ed)
Virginia Tech Publishing & Press Partnership Earns National Library of Medicine’s Top Honor
(US National Library of Medicine and Virginia Tech University Libraries)
Higher Ed
After the Buzz Cut: Rebuilding the Nation’s Education Data Agency
(Lumina Foundation)
ASU President Michael Crow Pushes AI as Education Equalizer
(Axios Phoenix)
Scholars & Scholarship
Highlights from the 2026 ROR Annual Community Meeting
(ROR: Research Organization Registry)
Upcoming Online Conference: The Future of Open Data (Wednesday, March 11)
(OKFN: Open Knowledge Foundation)
Curated by Gary D. Price, MLIS
Co-Founder and Editor, Library Journal’s infoDOCKET
Information Industry Analyst
Librarian
http://infoDOCKET.com
@infodocket
About the Association of Research Libraries
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