Last Updated on January 8, 2026, 8:34 am ET
Day in Review highlights news and other stories of interest to the research library community in the US and Canada.
Released Monday through Thursday, Day in Review is curated by Gary D. Price, co-founder and editor of Library Journal’s infoDOCKET, and edited and produced by Kaylyn Groves, ARL director of Member Communications.
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Monday, December 15
Top o’ the Review
A Boost for Digital Access in Libraries: The Importance of Training on Ebooks
(KR21: Knowledge Rights 21)
AI Slop Is Spurring Record Requests for Imaginary Journals
(Scientific American)
Announcing New Leadership for Ithaka S+R
(Ithaka S+R)
Coming in January: Public Domain Day 2026
(HathiTrust)
Disinformation Undermines Our Right to Science
(The Equation, Union of Concerned Scientists)
Fast-Tracking H.R. 6028 Can Threaten Copyright Deposit & the Public Interest
(ARL: Association of Research Libraries and ALA: American Library Association via LCA: Library Copyright Alliance)
See also:
- ARL Public Policy Briefing, December 2025 (ARL and CARL: Canadian Association of Research Libraries)
- Re:Create Statement on Opposition to House Introduction of H.R. 6028 (ARL and others via Re:Create)
- What Is Happening with the Register of Copyrights? (Authors Alliance)
Last Day to Register! 2026 ARL President’s Institute—Unlock Innovation
(ARL)
More Than Half of Researchers Now Use AI for Peer Review—Often Against Guidance
(Nature)
NIH’s Proposed Caps on Open-Access Publishing Fees Roil Scientific Community
(Science)
NSF Announces New Initiative to Launch and Scale a New Generation of Transformative Independent Research Organizations to Advance Breakthrough Science
(NSF: US National Science Foundation)
US Librarians Tackle “Manufactured Crisis” of Book Bans to Protect LGBTQ+ Rights
(The Guardian)
ARL Member Libraries
BookReconciler: An Open-Source Tool for Metadata Enrichment and Work-Level Clustering (preprint)
(Library of Congress via arXiv)
ARL member library authors
Elizabeth Call Named Head of Eberly Family Special Collections Library
(Penn State University Libraries)
Federal GIS Data Saved and Archived
(Brown University Library via Data Rescue Project)
ARL member library authors
See also: Preserving Born-Digital Government Information: What Librarians Can Do (UC Berkeley Library and UC San Diego Library via UC Libraries HathiTrust Help Center)
ARL member library authors
“Just Do It”: Using Questions to Create Professional Development Opportunities
(McGill University Libraries via C&RL News)
ARL member library authors
ITAL: Information Technology and Libraries 44, no. 4 (Dec. 2025)
ARL member library authors
- AI-Infused Discovery Environments: Information Retrieval Boon or Overpromised Hype? (Washington State University Libraries)
- From Availability to Access: How Students Perceive and Navigate Access to Online Information Resources (New York University Libraries and University of Florida Libraries)
- Letter from the Editors (University of Michigan Library)
- Measuring the Impact of Digital Collections: Digital Content Reuse Assessment Framework Toolkit (Duke University Libraries, University of Houston Libraries, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign University Library, Michigan State University Libraries)
Safeguarding the Collection: Library Staff Have Digitized Thousands of Rare Recordings
(Yale University Library)
The Promise of Public Access: A Recent History
(University at Buffalo University Libraries via Science and Public Policy)
ARL member library authors
Tulane University Libraries Unveils New Website as Part of Strategic Visual Identity Overhaul
(Tulane University Libraries)
UCLA Film & Television Archive, Celebrating 60 Years, Launches New Website
(UCLA Library)
UD Library, Museums and Press Impact Report 2024–2025
(University of Delaware (UD) Library, Museums and Press)
UK Libraries Celebrates $1 Million Fundraising Milestone for Dr. Terry L. Birdwhistell Distinguished Professorship
(University of Kentucky (UK) Libraries)
Scholars & Scholarship
Adoption of Artificial Intelligence in Academic Libraries: A Systematic Review of Current Practices, Challenges, and Research Opportunities
(The Journal of Academic Librarianship)
Towards an Inclusive Open Science: Examining EDI and Public Participation in Policy Documents Across Europe and the Americas
(Royal Society Open Science)
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
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is a nonprofit membership organization of research libraries and archives in major public and private universities, federal government agencies, and large public institutions in Canada and the US. ARL champions research libraries and archives, develops visionary leaders, and shapes policy for the equitable advancement of knowledge.
