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Monday, April 28
Top o’ the Review
Campus Communities Rally Around International Students Threatened by ICE
(The Hill)
Emerging from a Collective Silence, Universities Organize to Fight Trump
(The New York Times)
Getty Images and Ancestry Partner to Digitally Preserve Historic Archives of HBCUs
(Getty Images)
Global Perspectives on Librarianship from lorraine j. haricombe
(ARL: Association of Research Libraries)
Also from ARL:
- Libraries Bring People and Information Together to Change the World: Steve Mandeville-Gamble on His Career and the Profession
- Parting Thoughts from Harriette Hemmasi
- The John Pollitz Story: Turning Pages & Changing Lives
Global Race to Lure US Researchers Intensifies as Trump Slashes Science Funding
(Bloomberg via MSN)
New Database Tracks Canceled NSF Research Grants
(The University Daily Kansan)
Publishers Enter the Book Banning Battle: Interview with Jon Yaged, CEO of Macmillan Publishers
(MSNBC)
The Hottest AI Job of 2023 Is Already Obsolete
(The Wall Street Journal)
Webinar Recording and Resources: Understanding Policy Impacts on Refugee and Displaced Students
(Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration)
ARL Member Libraries
Aviary: Hosting, Preserving, and Promoting Your Podcasts
(University of Alberta Library)
Future Business Leaders Drive Social Innovation in Costa Rica
(York University Libraries)
Leveraging Data Citations to Respond to Libraries’ Data Evaluation Needs
(Northwestern University Libraries and University of Colorado Boulder Libraries via Make Data Count)
NBC News Highlights Lisa Ben, Pioneer of Lesbian Publishing
(USC Libraries, University of Southern California)
NU Libraries, Data Rescue Project Host Training to Preserve Disappearing Federal Data
(Northwestern University (NU) Libraries via The Daily Northwestern)
The Growing Zine Scene of Charlottesville
(University of Virginia Library via The Cavalier Daily)
What’s Library Engagement? Ask Our Fellow
(Indiana University Libraries Bloomington)
Higher Ed
ACLS Introduces New Strategic Framework
(ACLS: American Council of Learned Societies)
Costly Withdrawals Reduce Future College-Going for Low-Income Students: Evidence from Return of Title IV Funds
(EdWorkingPapers, Annenberg Institute at Brown University)
Scholars & Scholarship
Enhancing DOI Accessibility for All Users
(Crossref)
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Tuesday, April 29
Top o’ the Review
Agency by Agency, Federal Data Collection Is Being Dismantled
(Undark)
AJC, USC Shoah Foundation Partner to Document and Map Global Antisemitism
(AJC: American Jewish Committee and USC Shoah Foundation)
ARLIES Film Festival Awards to Be Live Streamed Tomorrow 11:50 a.m.–Noon Central Time!
(ARL: Association of Research Libraries)
Experiment Using AI-Generated Posts on Reddit Draws Fire for Ethics Concerns
(Retraction Watch)
NotebookLM Audio Overviews Are Now Available in Over 50 Languages
(Google Labs)
The Classified Catalog Launches to Track Secrecy News: Trump Administration Is Eroding Information Environment in Ways US Has Never Seen
(FPF: Freedom of the Press Foundation)
The Unraveling of Library Support: Navigating the IMLS Grant Terminations
(Boston Library Consortium)
Why Wouldn’t You Want This Job? You Can Change People’s Lives: Judy Russell Reflects on Her Career and the Profession
(ARL: Association of Research Libraries)
Will US Science Survive Trump 2.0?
(Nature)
ARL Member Libraries
AI Licensing, Open Access, and Scholarly Publishing: An Interview with Charles Watkinson, Director of the University of Michigan Press
(University of Michigan (U-M) Library via Authors Alliance)
Also from U-M Library: Search Query and Relevance Analysis
Exhibit Marks 250th Anniversary of Jane Austen’s Birth
(Dartmouth Libraries, Dartmouth College)
Also from Dartmouth: “Plate to Print” Dishes Up a Cookbook Exhibit on Community, Women, and Domesticity (The Dartmouth)
Improving Machine-Readable Text for Newspapers in Chronicling America
(Library of Congress)
Kristina Rose Named Dean of NYU Libraries
(NYU Libraries, New York University, via ARL)
Mapping Library Impact: Highlights from the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Storytelling Workshop at Canada’s OLA Super Conference
(ARL, McMaster University Libraries, University at Buffalo Libraries, University of Calgary Libraries, University of Pittsburgh Library System, and York University Libraries via IFLA: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions)
Stack Redesign Improves Browsing
(University at Buffalo Libraries)
Advocacy & Public Policy
Re:Create Opposes the Passage of the Take It Down Act
(Re:Create Coalition)
Realizing Potential, Supporting Users: IFLA Statement on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence
(IFLA: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions)
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
New Panel of Experts to Tackle Gender Gap in Science Leadership
(ISC: International Science Council)
Higher Ed
America’s Humanities Councils Get a Lifeline
(The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation)
See also: Mellon Foundation Announces $15 Million for Humanities Councils (paywalled) (The New York Times)
How Institutions Are Supporting Community-Engaged Scholarship: Takeaways from Compact25
(Ithaka S+R)
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Wednesday, April 30
Top o’ the Review
Accessibility Metadata Display Guide for Digital Publications 2.0 Released
(Inclusive Publishing)
Announcing a Study: Assessing the Impact of Federal Funding in Promoting Digital Equity
(CITP: Center for Information Technology Policy, Princeton University)
ARLIES Film Festival 2025 Winners Selected by ARL Membership
(ARL: Association of Research Libraries)
First Amendment Doesn’t Just Protect Human Speech, Chatbot Maker Argues
(Ars Technica)
Johns Hopkins University Self-Funds Some Research in Wake of Federal Cuts
(Higher Ed Dive)
NARA Reminds Agency Leaders of Records Retention Responsibilities
(Federal News Network)
Open Repositories Are Being Profoundly Impacted by AI Bots and Other Crawlers: Results of a COAR Survey
(COAR: Confederation of Open Access Repositories)
Our New AI Strategy Puts Wikipedia’s Humans First
(Diff, Wikimedia Foundation)
Also from Wikimedia: Takeaways from the Wikimedia Foundation’s Form 990 for Fiscal Year 2023–2024
Upcoming Event—Taking Stock: Real-Time Reflections on the Public Data and Evidence Ecosystem (Tuesday, May 6)
(APDU: Association of Public Data Users)
US R&D and Innovation in a Global Context: The 2025 Data Update
(AAAS: American Association for the Advancement of Science)
What’s Your Wish for the United States at 250?
(Made By Us via Medium)
See also: Learn more about Made By Us
ARL Member Libraries
Daniel P. O’Mahony Appointed Associate University Librarian for Resource Sharing
(Brown University Library)
Exploring Inclusivity: A Diversity Audit of Life Science Library Exhibits
(University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign University Library via The Journal of Academic Librarianship)
ARL member library authors
New Guidance for Sharing Research Data
(Duke University Libraries)
The Enrico Caruso Jr. Collection: A New Opera Archive at UCSB
(UC Santa Barbara Library)
Tulane Receives $5 Million to Create the Doris Z. Stone Latin American Library and Research Center
(Tulane University Libraries)
Higher Ed
2025 EDUCAUSE Teaching and Learning Workforce in Higher Education
(EDUCAUSE)
Also from EDUCAUSE: Putting People First: Human-Centered Approaches to Large-Scale Digital Transformations (EDUCAUSE Review)
University Students’ Self-Assessment of Data Literacy: A Validation Study
(PLOS One)
Scholars & Scholarship
A Survey of Knowledge Organization Systems of Research Fields: Resources and Challenges
(Quantitative Science Studies)
ScholCommLab Signs Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information
(ScholCommLab)
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Thursday, May 1
Top o’ the Review
A Map of Anti-DEI Efforts on College Campuses Across the US
(EdTrust)
See also: A Crackdown on Diversity Programs Is Reshaping College Graduation Ceremonies (AP: The Associated Press)
Action Over Dialogue: The Case for Prioritizing Local Civic Engagement
(Trust for Civic Life and Stavros Niarchos Foundation Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University)
Call for Participants—FLOURISH: BPOC Academic Library Leadership Program
(CARL: Canadian Association of Research Libraries)
COPE Statement on External Influence on Editorial Decisions
(COPE: Committee on Publication Ethics)
Education Department Announces Reforms to College Accreditation Process
(The Hill)
See also: Statement from US Department of Education
- Getty Adds Deaccessioned Objects to Online Collection Pages (Getty)
- The Getty’s Provenance Index Makes More than 12 Million Records Publicly Available (ARTnews)
Guest Post—How Libraries and Scholarly Publishers Can Work Together Toward Born-Accessible Publishing
(ARL, CARL, Elsevier, and University of Florida Libraries via The Scholarly Kitchen)
Video and Written Testimony: Biomedical Research: Keeping America’s Edge in Innovation
(US Senate Committee on Appropriations)
See also: NIH Under Siege (Science)
ARL Member Libraries
A Cure for All Maladies: The Charles T. Ambrose, MD, Collection
(UK Libraries, University of Kentucky)
How Streaming Changed the Movie Experience: A New Era of Storytelling
(Indiana University Libraries Bloomington)
Kirk Franklin, “King” of Urban Gospel Music, Joins the Greats in Oral History Collection
(Yale University Library)
New Library Liaison Services Program Starts End of Spring Semester
(The University of Arizona University Libraries)
Upcoming Hybrid Event: “Creativity, Connection, and Health”: Loneliness Expert Jeremy Nobel MD in Conversation with BPL President David Leonard (Thursday, May 8)
(BPL: Boston Public Library)
Higher Ed
Education Pays, 2024
(US Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Scholars & Scholarship
A Bibliometric Insight into Immersive Technologies for Cultural Heritage Preservation
(npj Heritage Science)
AI and Jisc’s Leadership Survey 2025
(Jisc)
Generalization Bias in Large Language Model Summarization of Scientific Research
(Royal Society Open Science)
Also from Royal Society Open Science: Publication Bias Is Bad for Science if Not Necessarily Scientists
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