Last Updated on April 2, 2026, 12:49 pm ET
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Monday, March 30
Top o’ the Day
AI’s Growing Role as Scientific Peer Reviewer
(HAI: Stanford University Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence)
Americans’ AI Use Increases While Views on It Sour: 7 In 10 Think AI Will Cut Jobs, Gen Z Is Most Pessimistic
(Quinnipiac University Poll)
Call for Participants: 2026 Librarians’ Research Institute
(CARL: Canadian Association of Research Libraries)
DPC Releases Draft Carbon Footprint Toolkit for Community Comment and Testing
(DPC: Digital Preservation Coalition)
Launch of Global Consultation: Equitable Scholarly Communication for Implementation of Open Science
(UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)
Preliminary List of Project Briefings at CNI Spring 2026 Membership Meeting
(CNI: Coalition for Networked Information)
RLUK26 Conference (video playlist)
(RLUK: Research Libraries UK YouTube channel)
Sustainable Libraries Initiative Awarded Mellon Foundation Grant for Operationalizing Community Resilience
(SLI: Sustainable Libraries Initiative)
Sycophantic AI Decreases Prosocial Intentions and Promotes Dependence
(Science)
See also: AI Is Giving Bad Advice to Flatter Its Users, Says New Study on Dangers of Overly Agreeable Chatbots (AP: The Associated Press)
Who Watches More Than 900 Security Cameras at Texas State University? Students.
(Austin American-Statesman)
ARL Member Libraries
Building a Metadata for Asexual Representation in Media
(Temple University Libraries)
Closing the Gender Gap on Wikipedia: Art + Feminism Edit-a-thon
(WashU Libraries, WashU: Washington University in St. Louis)
Trevor A. Dawes Named 2026 ACRL Academic/Research Librarian of the Year
(University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press via ACRL: Association of College and Research Libraries)
UC Irvine to Host ARL Kaleidoscope Program Leadership Symposium
(University of California (UC) Irvine Libraries and ARL: Association of Research Libraries)
Advocacy & Public Policy
APLU Joins Coalition Letter on Institute of Education Sciences
(APLU: Association of Public and Land-grant Universities)
ASERL Comments on US GPO’s Draft Public Policy Statement on Preservation
(ASERL: Association of Southeastern Research Libraries)
2026 Chatbot Legislation Tracker
(FPF: Future of Privacy Forum)
US Department of Education: Opportunities Exist to Strengthen Accountability in Higher Education
(GAO: US Government Accountability Office)
Scholars & Scholarship
Tuesday, March 31
Top o’ the Day
AI Benchmarks Are Broken. Here’s What We Need Instead.
(MIT Technology Review)
ARL Champions Federal Support for Social Science Research, Infrastructure
(ARL: Association of Research Libraries)
Benjamin Franklin in the Age of AI
(The Royal Society)
Caltech Researchers Claim Radical Compression of High-Fidelity AI Models
(The Wall Street Journal via MSN)
CDT Leads Coalition Letter Urging Congress to Investigate Public Agencies’ Handling of Americans’ Personal Data
(CDT: Center for Democracy & Technology)
Democracy for All Project: The People’s Role in American Democracy
(Charles F. Kettering Foundation and Gallup)
See also: Freedom in the World 2026: The Growing Shadow of Autocracy (Freedom House)
NISO RP-24-2026, Transfer Code of Practice (Version 5.0) Published
(NISO: National Information Standards Organization)
Preserving the Ethnic Press: IAC and the MHSO Partner to Expand Access to Historical Newspapers
(IAC: Internet Archive Canada and MHSO: Multicultural Historical Society of Ontario)
Rising Repression Meets Global Resistance: Internet Shutdowns in 2025
(Access Now)
Usage of Higher Education Institutional Repositories and “Green” Open Access for Longform Publications
(The British Academy)
See also: Structured Content Analysis of Open Access Book Policies: European University and Research Funder Approaches (Science and Public Policy)
What Is the Future of Data Management Plans?
(Upstream, FORCE11)
ARL Member Libraries
Discover Our Dynamic Libraries
(NC State University Libraries)
New DPUL Exhibit: Toward Partition and Beyond
(PUL: Princeton University Library)
NYPL’s World Literature & Arts Festival Begins April 15
(NYPL: New York Public Library)
Personal Voices, Shared History: Inside UH Libraries’ New Exhibit
(University of Houston (UH) Libraries)
The Second Annual Dartmouth OSCARRs
(Dartmouth Libraries, Dartmouth College)
Also from Dartmouth: Writing Frank Rosenblatt Back into AI History
2026 ACRL Excellence in Academic Libraries Award Recipients Announced
(University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press via ACRL: Association of College and Research Libraries)
Vanderbilt’s Heard Libraries Join Biodiversity Heritage Library, Help Preserve World’s Memory of Life on Earth
(Vanderbilt University Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries)
Yale Library Is Testing an AI-Powered Connection for Deeper Searching of Library Resources
(Yale University Library)
Wednesday, April 1
Top o’ the Day
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Title II Urban Legends: Sorting Fact from Fiction About the 2024 Updates
(DLF: Digital Library Federation)
Apply for ARL Kaleidoscope Program 2026—Deadline May 13
(ARL: Association of Research Libraries)
“BLOCKADE”: Groups Using AI Content Scanners to Try to Supercharge Book Banning
(404 Media)
ChatGPT Fed His Students Easy Answers, so He Built an App to Argue with Them (archived version)
(The Washington Post via archive.today)
CSU Releases Findings of Largest, Most Comprehensive Survey on AI in Higher Education
(CSU: The California State University)
Did Marco Rubio Violate Federal Law by Overstaying His National Archivist Stint? This Senator Thinks So. (archived version)
(Boston Globe via archive.today)
Is Copyright Law the Wrong Weapon Against AI?
(Harvard Magazine)
Large-Scale Collaboration Releases New Findings on Research Credibility
(COS: Center for Open Science)
Publishing Reform and Research Assessment Reform Must Move Together
(ISC: International Science Council)
See also: Help Shape DORA’s Next Strategic Plan (DORA: Declaration on Research Assessment)
US Government Requests for Social Media User Data Are Soaring (archived version)
(Bloomberg via archive.today)
ARL Member Libraries
College & Research Libraries News (April 2026)
ARL member library authors
- Evidence to Action: Communicating for Meaningful Change (Colorado State University Libraries)
- Introverts and Library Instruction: Challenges and Strategies (Boston University Libraries)
- The Framework’s Next Chapter: An Interview with ACRL’s Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education Review and Revision Task Force Leaders Sara Miller and Leslie Ross (Michigan State University Libraries and Tulane University Libraries)
Creating Poetry and Community: Women Writers in UMN Libraries’ Archives
(University of Minnesota (UMN) Libraries)
“It Makes Me So Happy That Our Contribution Can Impact USC’s Nursing Program”: Zeigler Fund Provides Resources for Midwifery Students
(University of South Carolina University Libraries)
Larry P. Alford Receives Ontario College and University Library Association (OCULA) Lifetime Achievement Award
(University of Toronto Libraries)
Too Good to Be True? IU Acquires Legendary Magic Collection
(Indiana University (IU) Libraries Bloomington)
Higher Ed
A Critical Mapping of Community Engaged Learning (CEL) in Canadian Public Universities
(CJHE: Canadian Journal of Higher Education)
Also from CJHE: Charting the Course: Strategic Planning for Knowledge Mobilization in Research-Intensive Universities
Higher Ed Groups Urge US General Services Administration (GSA) to Rescind Anti-DEI Certification Proposal
(Higher Ed Dive)
New Study Warns That 40% of Americans—Including Nearly Two-Thirds of Pell Grant Recipients—Cannot Qualify for a Traditional Private Student Loan
(Protect Borrowers and The Century Foundation)
Scholars & Scholarship
A Decade of Digital Competency: Emerging Themes and Trends
(Royal Society Open Science)
An Experiential Approach to AI Literacy (preprint)
(arXiv)
Also from arXiv: Rethinking AI Literacy Education in Higher Education: Bridging Risk Perception and Responsible Adoption (preprint)
Thursday, April 2
Top o’ the Day
A New Membership Model for a More Equitable DataCite
(DataCite)
AI Is Routine for College Students, Despite Campus Limits
(Gallup)
Also from Gallup: College Students Weigh AI’s Impact on Majors and Careers
ARL Public Policy Briefing (March 2026)
(ARL: Association of Research Libraries)
As Pro Codes Act Is Reintroduced, Opponents Warn of Threats to Standards Development System
(IPWatchdog)
Exploring Sustainability of Open Research Infrastructures
(Barcelona Declaration Working Group Sustaining Infrastructures)
See also: Sovereign Data Commons and Public Data Infrastructure (Open Future)
Free Information Disrupts Even Bayesian Crowds
(PNAS: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America)
New White Paper on Institutional Copyright Policies and Article Versions
(Authors Alliance and SPARC)
Rethinking Aging on College Campuses
(IHE: Inside Higher Ed)
Revisions to Statistical Policy Directive No. 15: Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity (updated April 1, 2026)
(CRS: Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress)
Also from CRS: Availability of Federal Data: Policy Considerations for Disclosure, Preservation, and Governance
USU and APLU Examine and Elevate Promising Practices at Urban-Serving Universities
(USU: Coalition of Urban Serving Universities and APLU: Association of Public and Land-grant Universities)
ARL Member Libraries
A New Environment for License Negotiations: 40% of Recent Articles in the Top Publishers’ Subscription/Hybrid Journals Are Freely Available Online
(Southern Illinois University Carbondale Library Affairs via The Journal of Academic Librarianship)
ARL member library authors
A Taste of Appalachia Serves Up History on Every Plate (video)
(University Libraries at Virginia Tech)
Celebrating 75 Years of the MD Anderson Library
(University of Houston Libraries)
College Library Offers Resources to Support the Holistic Student Experience
(University of Wisconsin–Madison Libraries)
CWRU Libraries Acquire Cleveland International Film Festival Archive
(Kelvin Smith Library, CWRU: Case Western Reserve University)
Also from CWRU: Connecting Centuries: Student Research on Ancient Roman Coins
Grand Opening & Welcome Event: Creative Technologies Lab and Makerspace
(University at Albany University Libraries)
Libraries Announces Spring 2026 Orange Innovation Fund Winners
(Syracuse University Libraries)
Libraries Expands Esports Program with Lenovo Support—Naming Arena and Lab Vaults the Program to the Top of the Leaderboard
(NC State University Libraries)
Using Centuries-Old Data to Advance Antarctic Ice Melt Research
(Dartmouth Libraries, Dartmouth College)
Why Slop Matters
(Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies via ACM AI Letters)
ARL member library authors
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