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Monday, July 28
Top o’ the Review
A New Chapter, Continued: Teaching Civic Skills in the Everyday Spaces of Public Libraries
(Shamichael Hallman, Stacks & Strategy)
ARL Public Policy Briefing (July 2025)
(ARL: Association of Research Libraries)
Just Released: IFLA’s 2025 Professional Statement on Universal Bibliographic Control—a Strategic Vision for Reliable Metadata
(IFLA: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions)
Libraries, Journalists, and Public Interest Groups Oppose Private Control of Law
(ARL and UpCodes via TechDirt)
New Analysis Predicts Sprawling Effects of Proposed NIH Budget Cuts
(STAT)
See also: Survey Results: What 13,000 Researchers Revealed About the Fallout from US Funding Cuts (Delta Think)
Ohio State University President: Ivy League Presidents “in Survival Mode, Quite Frankly”
(The Hill)
See also:
- Video: Face the Nation Interview (YouTube)
- Ohio State President Says He Feels “No Pressure” After White House Complaints (Politico)
Upcoming Webinar: How Civic & Community Engagement Advance Student Access & Earnings (Wednesday, August 20)
(Campus Compact—more than 50 ARL institutions are members of Campus Compact)
ARL Member Libraries
Digital Literacy & Crowdsourcing: Tackling Descriptive and Algorithmic Bias Through Doing
(University of Illinois Chicago University Library via IFLA World Information Congress)
ARL member library authors
Library of Congress Agency Financial Report for FY 2024
(Library of Congress)
New and Continuing Resources and OA Investments Fiscal Year 2024–25
(CDL: California Digital Library, University of California)
University of Florida Announces Patrick Reakes as Interim Dean of George A. Smathers Libraries, Beginning July 21
(George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida)
Also from UF Libraries: Video: 100 Years of Libraries: Smathers Special Collections (YouTube)
Higher Ed
EDUCAUSE Workforce Report Shows Higher Ed Tech Leaders Are Overwhelmed
(EdScoop)
Staff and Faculty Unionizations in Higher Education, 2007–2023 (working paper)
(EdWorkingPapers, Annenberg Institute at Brown University)
Advocacy & Public Policy
ACLS, AHA, MLA Statement on District Court Stay on Cancellation of NEH Grants
(ACLS: American Council of Learned Societies, AHA: American Historical Association, and MLA: Modern Language Association)
Fair Use Gives America the Edge
(Re:Create Coalition)
With a Wave of New Bills in 2025, State Legislators Cast a Web of Control over Higher Education
(PEN America)
Scholars & Scholarship
A Shared Challenge: Evaluating AI’s Impact on Open Research Infrastructure
(COS: Center for Open Science)
Chinese Universities Want Students to Use More AI, Not Less
(MIT Technology Review)
See also: A Survey on the Current Status of AI Literacy Lectures in China’s University Libraries Under the AI-Generated Content (AIGC) Background (The Journal of Academic Librarianship)
PLOS SciComm Chats with Matthew Facciani, Author of “MISGUIDED: Where Misinformation Starts, How It Spreads, and What to Do About It”
(PLOS SciComm)
Revisiting the RLUK Digital Shift Maturity Survey: Reflections on the Use of ChatGPT 4o
(RLUK: Research Libraries UK)
Also from RLUK: RLUK Digital Shift Maturity Survey Summary Report
Curated by Gary D. Price, MLIS
Co-Founder and Editor, Library Journal’s infoDOCKET
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Tuesday, July 29
Top o’ the Review
Frontiers to Retract 122 Articles, Links Thousands in Other Publishers’ Journals to “Unethical” Network
(Retraction Watch)
Google’s AI Mode Update Adds Even More Tools for Students
(The Verge)
See also: ChatGPT Launches Study Mode to Encourage “Responsible” Academic Use (The Guardian)
New Legal Brief Against Iowa Book Ban Law Argues That It Violates Free Speech Rights of Students, Publishers, and Authors
(PEN America)
See also: Publishers, Booksellers, and Authors File Amicus Brief Challenging Unconstitutional Iowa Law (AAP: Association of American Publishers)
Odds of Winning NIH Grants Plummet as New Funding Policy and Spending Delays Bite
(Science)
Think Your Student Can Pass an AI Literacy Test? A Concerning New Study Says Otherwise
(The Debrief)
2025 Google Scholar Metrics Released
(Google Scholar Blog)
Video: AI and Copyright: What Authors and Libraries Need to Know
(ARL: Association of Research Libraries and Authors Alliance)
ARL Member Libraries
Color McGill
(McGill University Libraries)
Curating a Death and Dying Toolkit for Health Professionals
(University of Minnesota Libraries)
From Paddington to Twilight: A Curious Glimpse into the Children’s Reading Program and Juvenilia Collections at Woodruff
(Emory Libraries, Emory University)
Historic Maps, New Coordinates: Machine Learning Meets the Sanborn Maps
(University of Texas Libraries)
Introducing the Hydroponic Display
(Temple University Libraries)
Libraries Team Wins Discovery Award for Innovative Curating and Archiving Black Baltimore Project
(Sheridan Libraries & University Museums, Johns Hopkins University)
Open Pedagogy PIT STOP: Jumpstart Your Teaching with Technology
(NC State University Libraries)
Higher Ed
Trump Tightens Reins on Foreign Students in Multifront Immigration Crackdown on Universities
(The Hill)
University Revenues Increase More Than Expenditures in 2023/2024
(Statistics Canada)
Scholars & Scholarship
Failures in Impact Evaluation
(Research Evaluation)
RDA and Microsoft Release White Papers on AI and Quantum Technologies in Research
(RDA: Research Data Alliance and Microsoft with contributions by ARL and CNI)
The Barcelona Declaration Is Now on YouTube
(Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information)
The Data Citation Corpus Now Includes Data Citations from Europe PMC
(Make Data Count)
Curated by Gary D. Price, MLIS
Co-Founder and Editor, Library Journal’s infoDOCKET
Information Industry Analyst
Librarian
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Wednesday, July 30
Top o’ the Review
Amazon to Pay New York Times at Least $20 Million a Year in AI Deal
(WSJ: The Wall Street Journal via MSN)
Announcing the 2025 US Researcher Survey
(Ithaka S+R)
Environment, Sustainability, and Libraries Section (ENSULIB) Releases New Book on Libraries Driving Education for Sustainable Development (open access edition available)
(IFLA: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions)
Generative AI Use and Management at Federal Agencies
(GAO: US Government Accountability Office)
How to Tackle Research Misconduct: Survey Finds Stark Disagreement
(Nature)
Is AI Killing Entry-Level Jobs? Here’s What We Know (paywall)
(Bloomberg)
Note: Archived version available
Joint Association Letter to NIH on Reinstating Grants
(AAMC: Association of American Medical Colleges, AAU: Association of American Universities, ACE: American Council on Education, APLU: Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, and COGR)
NSF Announces $100 Million Investment in National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes Awards to Secure American Leadership in AI
(NSF: US National Science Foundation)
Updated Guidance on Use of AI in Development and Review of Research Grant Proposals
(CIHR: Canadian Institutes of Health Research, NSERC: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, SSHRC: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and CFI: Canada Foundation for Innovation)
ARL Member Libraries
Academic Research AND (Google OR Reddit): A Librarian-Faculty Collaboration to Improve Student Source Engagement
(Kelvin Smith Library, Case Western Reserve University via Computers and Composition)
ARL member library authors
Impacting Teaching and Learning Through an Open Educational Resources Initiative
(Rutgers University Libraries via ARL)
ARL member library authors
KU Libraries Select FOLIO as New Library Services Platform (LSP)
(KU Libraries, KU: The University of Kansas)
New Grant to Explore Black Print Culture Collections
(WashU Libraries, Washington University in St. Louis)
2025 WEST Member Meeting Recap: Why WEST Now? Protecting Our Foundations in Times of Turmoil and Uncertainty
(CDL: California Digital Library, University of California)
USC Libraries Program Helps Students Uncover Lost History of LA’s Bunker Hill
(USC Libraries, USC: University of Southern California)
Higher Ed
Announcing the Student Design Fellows Report: A Student Engagement Plan for Students, by Students
(Campus Compact)
“Who’s Going to Want These Jobs?”: How the Role of College President Is Changing
(Higher Ed Dive)
Advocacy & Public Policy
Budget 2025: A Strategic Turning Point for Canadian Research and Sovereignty
(U15 Canada)
Re:Create Statement on the Transparency and Responsibility for Artificial Intelligence Networks (TRAIN) Act
(Re:Create Coalition)
Scholars & Scholarship
Understanding Learner-LLM Chatbot Interactions and the Impact of Prompting Guidelines (preprint)
(arXiv)
Curated by Gary D. Price, MLIS
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Thursday, July 31
Top o’ the Review
Boston Library Consortium Announces Launch of Digital Lending Toolkit
(BLC: Boston Library Consortium via infoDOCKET)
Brown University Reaches Deal to Restore Federal Funding, Will Pay $50 Million
(Reuters)
CARL Releases 2025 Communities of Practice Impact Survey Report
(CARL: Canadian Association of Research Libraries)
ChatGPT Chats Are Now Appearing in Google Search—Here’s How to Stop Google from Spying on Your Conversations
(TechRadar)
Judge Sides with Trump Again in Fight over Fired Copyright Office Head
(Reuters)
New DARPA-Funded Project Aims to Unravel the Brain’s Learning Secrets
(USC Viterbi School of Engineering, USC: University of Southern California)
Noticed: Sleuths Are Starting to Get Credit for Retractions
(Retraction Watch)
OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2025–2034
(OECD: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and FAO: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)
Reaffirming Trust and Integrity in Research: A Community Conversation
(ARL: Association of Research Libraries; STM: International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers; ACRL: Association of College and Research Libraries; SSP: Society for Scholarly Publishing; and AUPresses: Association of University Presses via Research Information)
Study Reveals Loneliness as Silent Health Crisis
(Diverse: Issues in Higher Education)
The Library Innovator Who Made the Card Catalog Obsolete
(Katina Magazine)
ARL Member Libraries
Does Screen Scraping ClinicalTrials.gov Work?
(NLM: National Library of Medicine)
Inaugural Summer Student Archival Research Program
(Dartmouth Libraries, Dartmouth College)
UTL @ Downsview: A Climate-Positive Future
(UTL: University of Toronto Libraries)
Also from UTL: Beyond the Glass: Discovering Canada’s History
WSU Press Authors Waived Royalties in 2024 to Support University Publisher
(Washington State University (WSU) Libraries)
Higher Ed
“Everything, Everywhere, All at Once”: How Trump Has Upended Higher Ed Finance in 2025
(Higher Ed Dive)
Surveying the AI Landscape: Emerging Patterns in Higher Education Research
(Digital Promise)
Scholars & Scholarship
Doing AI Differently: Rethinking the Foundations of AI via the Humanities
(The Alan Turing Institute)
Research Lifecycle Management: Using Analysis Reproducibility Research Software to Define Contextual Data Governance Policies
(HDSR: Harvard Data Science Review)
Curated by Gary D. Price, MLIS
Co-Founder and Editor, Library Journal’s infoDOCKET
Information Industry Analyst
Librarian
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.
