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Monday, March 17
Top o’ the Review
AI Industry Sends Wishlist to Trump: 4 Takeaways
(The Hill)
See also: Authors Alliance Comment on US AI Action Plan (Authors Alliance)
CNI Report Release: University Information Infrastructure for Researching Wicked Problems
(CNI: Coalition for Networked Information)
CRKN Welcomes the National Research Council Canada as a New Associate Member
(CRKN: Canadian Research Knowledge Network)
How Researchers Can Work Fairly with Indigenous and Local Knowledge
(Nature)
SAA Statement on Media Reports Concerning Records Destruction
(SAA: Society of American Archivists)
Under Trump, AI Scientists Are Told to Remove “Ideological Bias” from Powerful Models
(WIRED)
Upcoming Webinar: Accessibility Policy with Librarians and Representatives of the Publishing Industry (Monday, March 24)
(ARL: Association of Research Libraries and LAA: Library Accessibility Alliance)
What Happens to Libraries If the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Goes Away?
(Library Journal)
You Are Probably Wildly Underestimating How Many Americans Support DEI, New Study Shows
(Inc.)
ARL Member Libraries
After 64 Years, Book Finally Returned to UBC Library
(The University of British Columbia (UBC) Library)
Announcing SCIP’s Oral History Agreement Toolkit: Protecting Narrators and Improving Institutional Rights Administration
(SCIP: Scholarly Communication & Information Policy, UC Berkeley Library)
Empowering Research: How the University of Alberta Library Supports Open Science
(University of Alberta Library)
Summer of Writing: Supporting the Research and Publishing Needs of Academic Librarians
(University of Calgary Libraries & Cultural Resources and University of Saskatchewan Library via The Journal of Academic Librarianship)
ARL member library authors
The Difficulty of Finding External Evaluators for Librarian Tenure/Promotion Cases
(The Ohio State University Libraries via Journal of Library Administration)
ARL member library authors
UMN Libraries Publishing’s New, Free Textbook Is Helping Students and Teachers Alike
(University of Minnesota (UMN) Libraries)
Why Digital Preservation Matters: KSL Joins APTrust
(KSL: Kelvin Smith LIbrary, Case Western Reserve University)
Also from KSL: CWRU Authors Save More Than $1.1 Million in Open Access Publication Fees
Libraries—Other
Degrees of Leadership in the Academic Library
(Journal of New Librarianship)
Scholars & Scholarship
Artificial Intelligence and Communication Technologies in Academia: Faculty Perceptions and the Adoption of Generative AI
(International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education)
There’s a Good Chance Your Kid Uses AI to Cheat
(Wall Street Journal via MSN)
See also: Nearly Half of US Adults Believe LLMs are Smarter Than They Are (The Decoder)
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Information Industry Analyst
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Tuesday, March 18
Top o’ the Review
Be a Part of the 2025 DLF Forum: Submit Your Proposal Today
(DLF: Digital Library Federation)
Cambridge University Press Announces “Radical” Open Research Review Across “Broken Landscape” of Inequity
(The Bookseller)
See also: Cambridge to Conduct “Radical” Review of Open Research (Cambridge University Press)
Funding Actionable Science: Advancing Mission-Oriented Research for Sustainability
(ISC: International Science Council)
Governments Must Stop Hoarding Climate Data
(Nature)
Library Copyright Alliance Champions Fair Use Rights in Comments on US AI Action Plan
(LCA: Library Copyright Alliance via ARL: Association of Research Libraries)
Meeting the Moment at Next Wave 2025
(ITHAKA)
Metrics Sonification as a New Way to Convey Bibliometric Data
(Leiden Madtrics)
Research Reveals “Major Vulnerabilities” in Deepfake Detectors
(CSIRO: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia)
Responding to the Current Political Moment in the United States
(AUPresses: Association of University Presses)
Roundup: Statements in Response to Executive Order Impacting the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
(infoDOCKET)
ARL Member Libraries
A Benchmarking Survey of Open Access Funds at the University of California
(UC San Diego Libraries via EBLIP: Evidence Based Library and Information Practice)
ARL member library authors
DOGE Order Leads to Journal Cancellations by US Agricultural Library: “We Can’t Do Science Without These”
(NAL: National Agricultural Library via Science)
LIS Program Representatives’ Perspectives on Preparing Students for Careers in Research Data Management and Data-Related Librarianship
(University of Calgary Library and McGill University Libraries via EBLIP: Evidence Based Library and Information Practice)
ARL member library authors
NYC’s Public Libraries Urge Continued City Investment
(NYPL: New York Public Library)
Richter Library Embraces Quiet Innovation to Enhance Student Focus
(University of Miami Libraries)
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
ACLS Awards Second Cycle of Academic Society Microgrants Focused on Equity-Centered Collaboration
(ACLS: American Council of Learned Societies)
What Is Valued and What Counts: Relationality, Gender, and Science Communication in Scientific Societies
(Science Communication)
Scholars & Scholarship
ChatGPT and Academic Work: New Psychological Phenomena
(AI & Society)
Evaluating Multilingual Metadata Quality in Crossref (preprint)
(arXiv)
Four Weeks to Go! Call for Sessions, Presentations, and Posters: SciDataCon 2025, Part of International Data Week (IDW) 2025
(CODATA: Committee on Data, ISC: International Science Council)
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Co-Founder and Editor, Library Journal’s infoDOCKET
Information Industry Analyst
Librarian
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Wednesday, March 19
Top o’ the Review
Art Created Autonomously by AI Cannot Be Copyrighted, Federal Appeals Court Rules
(NBC News)
Columbia Chapter of American Association of University Professors (AAUP) Urges University to Reject Trump’s Demands
(IHE: Inside Higher Ed)
IFLA Calls for Reversal of Cuts to Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), Archives, Restrictions on Freedom of Research in United States
(IFLA: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions)
See also: ACRL Opposes Elimination of IMLS (ACRL: Association of College & Research Libraries)
Nature Index: Energy
(Nature)
Now Open for Public Comment: NISO’s Draft Revision of Transfer Code of Practice to Ensure Continuing Access to Journals When Titles Transfer from One Publisher to Another
(NISO: National Information Standards Organization)
ORCID: Still Persistent, Still Independent
(ORCID)
Perspectives on the Importance of Best Practices to Incentivize Data Sharing and Data Recognition
(Make Data Count)
Projects That Went Online in 2024–25
(Endangered Archives Blog, The British Library)
See also:
- British Library Gets Japanese Backing for £1.1 Billion Expansion (Arts Professional)
- The 2023 Rhysida Ransomware Attack on the British Library: Prioritization, Expertise, and Funding Issues (ITAL: Information Technology and Libraries)
ARL Member Libraries
#TheMoment a BC Man Returned a Library Book 64 Years Late
(The University of British Columbia (UBC) Library via CBC)
Making an Open Information Literacy Textbook: A Case Study in OER Collaborations Among Four Oklahoma Academic Librarians
(University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Libraries via Journal of New Librarianship)
ARL member library authors
New Collection Release: Pre-1901 Legal Documents of New Spain/Mexico
(Library of Congress)
Teaching and Learning with Technology (TLT) Upgrades Maker Commons with Cutting-Edge 3D Printers
(Penn State University Libraries)
University Libraries Plans Migration to New Cataloging and Discovery Systems, Alma and Primo
(The Ohio State University Libraries)
Upcoming Webinar: Working Collectively to Open Up Access to Books: Wayfinders #5 (Tuesday, March 25)
(University of Michigan Press, University of Michigan Library via OASPA: Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association)
Vanderbilt Peabody Library’s New Reflection Room Promotes Meditation and Mindfulness
(Vanderbilt University Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries)
Higher Ed
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
How HBCUs and Businesses Can Inspire the Next Generation of Data Scientists
(University Business)
Scholars & Scholarship
Making Your Repository (More) Accessible
(JLSC: Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication)
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Information Industry Analyst
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Thursday, March 20
Top o’ the Review
Copyright, Privacy, and Public Access in News Archives: A Proof of Concept on The Boston Globe Photograph Morgue
(AI & SOCIETY)
Highlights from SXSW EDU 2025
(Ithaka S+R)
Keith E. Sonderling Sworn in as Acting Director of Institute of Museum and Library Services
(IMLS: US Institute of Museum and Library Services)
Now Open: Nominations for Program Steering and New Member Welcome Committees
(HathiTrust)
OpenAI Scientists’ Efforts to Make an AI Lie and Cheat Less Backfired Spectacularly
(Futurism)
The New Zealand Thesis Project: Connecting a Nation’s Dissertations Using Wikidata
(JLSC: Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication)
The Threats to Higher Education: A Call to Action
(UCS: Union of Concerned Scientists)
Upcoming CARL Bibliometrics and Research Impact Community of Practice Call—OpenAlex for Research Analytics (Thursday, April 10)
(CARL: Canadian Association of Research Libraries)
ARL Member Libraries
Announcing the Transregional Middle Easts Book Series by The University of Utah
(The University of Utah J. Willard Marriott Library)
Clements Acquires Vast Collection of Industrial Engineering History
(University of Michigan William L. Clements Library)
Digitize Your Old Home Movies, Photos at the Wildcats Memory Lab
(The University of Arizona University Libraries)
Libraries Facilitating Knowledge Creation Through Podcasting: Exploring Podcasts as a Form of Scholarship (snippets only)
(Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies via The Journal of Academic Librarianship)
ARL member library authors
UC San Diego Library Annual Impact Report: 2023–2024
(UC San Diego Library)
ULS Acquires the Archive of MacArthur “Genius” Grant Winner and Pitt Trustee Emeritus Bill Strickland
(University of Pittsburgh Library System (ULS))
Higher Ed
Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Women in Canadian University Leadership
(University Affairs)
Charitable Giving to American Higher Education Rises, Confidence Endures
(CASE: Council for Advancement and Support of Education)
International Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education: An Explorative Study of Students’ Intention to Use ChatGPT Across the Nordic Countries and the USA
(Education and Information Technologies)
Switching Schools: Effects of College Transfers
(EdWorkingPapers, Annenberg Institute at Brown University)
Advocacy & Public Policy
Federal R&D Obligations Declined 2.1% in FY 2023; Estimated to Increase in FY 2024
(NSF: US National Science Foundation)
Scholars & Scholarship
PIDs and the Discoverability of Relevant Research Data
(Dryad)
Curated by Gary D. Price, MLIS
Co-Founder and Editor, Library Journal’s infoDOCKET
Information Industry Analyst
Librarian
