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Monday, May 19
Top o’ the Review
AI Is More Persuasive Than People in Online Debates
(Nature)
Carla Hayden Made the Library of Congress More Inclusive. Then She Was Fired for It.
(ARL and Library of Congress via Capital B)
See also:
- Donald Trump’s Library of Congress Fight Is Really About the Separation of Powers (AP: The Associated Press)
- The Library of Congress Has Always Been a Battleground for American Culture Wars (Politico)
College Newspapers Under Pressure as Immigration Fears Silence Sources
(The Washington Post via MSN)
See also: Leaders of Free Speech and Press Freedom Groups Call for More Robust Response to Trump’s Assault on First Amendment Freedoms (Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University and others)
Copyright Claims Board Is “Ineffective and Costly,” Watchdog Groups Say
(ARL, Re:Create Coalition, and others via TorrentFreak)
Exclusive: NIH Grant Rejections Have More Than Doubled amid Trump Chaos
(Nature)
See also: Some Scientists Are Getting Their NIH Research Dollars Back (STAT)
FCC Commissioner Blasts Trump Administration Censorship Policies
(CyberScoop)
Join Session TOMORROW on Seamless, Efficient Resource Allocation with Data Management Plans (Tuesday, May 20)
(ARL and California Digital Library)
Libraries and Library Studies
(LorcanDempsey.net)
Now Live: CNI Spring 2025 Pre-recorded Project Briefing Series
(CNI: Coalition for Networked Information)
We Don’t Have Any Reserves
(Los Angeles Review of Books)
ARL Member Libraries
Baltimore Reciprocal Borrowing Pilot
(Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries)
Faculty Opinion of Subject Librarians Survey
(Brigham Young University (BYU) Library via The Journal of Academic Librarianship)
ARL member library authors
Katina Magazine Announces Editorial Leadership Updates
(University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries via Charleston Hub)
Preservation in Motion: Moving the Library’s Card Catalog
(Library of Congress)
Reel History, Real Access: A Historic Partnership Restores the Past for the Future
(UCLA Library)
Tracking Government Information
(University of Minnesota Libraries and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Libraries via Data Rescue Project)
Higher Ed
Colleges to Use Summer Break to Regroup After Rough Start with Trump
(The Hill)
EDUCAUSE QuickPoll Results: AI-Related Procurement
(EDUCAUSE Review)
Scholars & Scholarship
AI Is Changing How We Work—Is It Time to Change How We Credit AI’s Involvement?
(IBM Research)
Metadata Gone Wrong—What to Fix and Why It Matters Workshop Update
(CHORUS)
Partnering for Preservation: Recent Webinars on Shared Print
(HathiTrust)
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Tuesday, May 20
Top o’ the Review
AI and Our Energy Future
(MIT Technology Review)
Copyright Office on Fair Use and AI
(Re:Create Coalition)
See also:
- The Copyright Office Just Told Congress to Leave AI to the Courts (Re:Create)
- The US Copyright Office’s Draft Report on AI Training Errs on Fair Use (EFF: Electronic Frontier Foundation)
IATUL Annual Conference 2025—Call for Submissions Now Open
(IATUL: International Association of University Libraries)
NIH Director Faces Pointed Questions at First Staff Town Hall
(Science)
NSF Plan to Slash “Indirect” Science Funding: Will It Stick?
(Nature)
Obstacles to Dataset Citation Using Bibliographic Management Software
(Data Science Journal)
2026 International Digital Curation Conference, February 16–18, Zagreb, Croatia
(Digital Curation Centre via CNI: Coalition for Networked Information)
We Are Not Okay
(EDUCAUSE Review)
Younger Men in the US Among the Loneliest in West
(Gallup)
ARL Member Libraries
Aggie Experts Now Open to the Public: Showcases UC Davis Research, Facilitates Connection
(UC Davis Library)
ASERL Honors Dr. Carla Hayden, Librarian of Congress
(Library of Congress via ASERL: Association of Southeastern Research Libraries)
Inside Higher Ed Features USC Librarian’s Digital Misinformation Course
(USC Libraries, University of Southern California)
Research and the Libraries, including a message from University Librarian María R. Estorino
(UNC University Libraries, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Also from UNC Libraries: Librarian Partnership Improves Pharmacy Research
Libraries—Other
AHA Statement on Military Libraries, Censorship, and History
(AHA: American Historical Association)
Advocacy & Public Policy
CDT Opposes Federal Preemption of State AI Laws
(CDT: Center for Democracy & Technology)
House Reconciliation Bill Targets Higher Education with Deep Cuts and Tax Hikes
(ACE: American Council on Education)
Scholars & Scholarship
Artificial Intelligence to Support Metadata Workflows: An OCLC Research Library Partnership (RLP) Working Group
(Hanging Together, OCLC)
AUPresses Publishes 2024–2025 Annual Report
(AUPresses: Association of University Presses)
Falling Dollar, Rising Prices: Effects on APCs
(Delta Think)
One in Four Jobs at Risk of Being Transformed by GenAI, New ILO–NASK Global Index Shows
(ILO: International Labour Organization and NASK: National Research Institute of Poland)
See also: AI Poses a Bigger Threat to Women’s Work, Than Men’s, Says Report (Reuters)
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Wednesday, May 21
Top o’ the Review
AI Linked to Explosion of Low-Quality Biomedical Research Papers
(Nature)
See also: Low-Quality Papers Are Surging by Exploiting Public Data Sets and AI (Science)
Data Commons Can Save Open AI
(The New Stack)
Speech-Related Conditions on Federal Funding in the University Context
(Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University)
Steps Campuses Can Take to Support Detained or Deported Students
(Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration)
Student Perceptions of AI 2025
(Jisc)
The Academic Humanities Today: Findings from a New National Survey
(American Academy of Arts & Sciences)
Two New Reports from Congressional Research Service:
- Federal Research Security Policies: Background and Issues for Congress
- Universities and Indirect Costs for Federally Funded Research
U15 Canada Announces New CEO Robert Asselin
(U15 Canada)
ARL Member Libraries
At 103, Former UVA Librarian Revisits a Transformed Main Library
(University of Virginia (UVA) Library)
Author Q&A: BU Libraries Michael Fernandez on Streaming Video Collection Development and Management
(BU: Boston University Libraries)
Boston Public Library Announces $1 Million Grant from LEGO Group
(Boston Public Library)
Brown University Digital Publications Named Finalist for Prestigious EPIC Award
(Brown University Library)
Introducing Open Science in Higher Education Settings: A Case Example from a College of Allied Health Sciences (preprint)
(University of Cincinnati Libraries via OSF Preprints)
Seed Library: Growing a Legacy of Community
(University of Michigan Library)
“There Are Secrets to Unlock”
(Harvard Library via Harvard Gazette)
Higher Ed
A Shift in Accessibility: What’s Behind the Decline in College Support Use?
(Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario)
New Report from CUPA-HR Explores Changes in Faculty Size, Pay, and Tenure Status Over the Past 20 Years
(CUPA-HR: College and University Professional Association for Human Resources)
Advocacy & Public Policy
The ISC at the 2025 STI Forum: Elevating Science in Global Policy Discussions
(ISC: International Science Council)
Scholars & Scholarship
Can a Better ID System for Authors, Reviewers, and Editors Reduce Fraud? STM Thinks So.
(Retraction Watch)
Inside a Scientific Paper Mill
(Science)
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Thursday, May 22
Top o’ the Review
ACLS Announces Finalists for 2025 ACLS Open Access Book Prizes and Arcadia Open Access Publishing Awards
(ACLS: American Council of Learned Societies)
AI, Authorship, and the Public Interest—Project Update and Call for Grant Proposals
(Authors Alliance)
ARL Public Policy Briefing (May 2025)
(ARL: Association of Research Libraries and CARL: Canadian Association of Research Libraries)
Latest Video Release: CNI Spring 2025 Membership Meeting
(CNI: Coalition for Networked Information)
Plan S: Annual Review 2024
(cOAlition S)
Rethinking Literary Creativity in the Digital Age: A Comparative Study of Human Versus AI Playwriting
(HSSC: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications)
Also from HSSC: Enhancing College Students’ Creativity Through Virtual Reality Technology: A Systematic Literature Review
The Top Attributes New College Graduates Are Looking for in a Job
(NACE: National Association of Colleges and Employers)
2025 Community Week: Call for Proposals
(HathiTrust)
Unveiling the 2025 State of Open Infrastructure Report
(IOI: Invest in Open Infrastructure)
Video: RLUK Digital Shift Forum: Environmental Sustainability—British Library
(RLUK: Research Libraries UK YouTube channel)
ARL Member Libraries
Campus Perspectives: Key Takeaways from the UT Libraries 2024 Survey
(University of Texas (UT) Libraries)
DigitalNC Preserves Information from Across the State
(UNC University Libraries, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Libraries—Other
Most Books Pulled from Naval Academy Library Are Back on the Shelves in Latest DEI Turn
(AP: The Associated Press)
Higher Ed
Current Term Enrollment Estimates (Spring 2025)
(National Student Clearinghouse Research Center)
Advocacy & Public Policy
Rebalancing the Equation: New KR21 Report Highlights Route to Library-Led E-lending
(KR21: Knowledge Rights 21)
Scholars & Scholarship
AI Data Security: Best Practices for Securing Data Used to Train & Operate AI Systems
(CISA: US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency)
LIBER Action Plan on Improving Access and Reuse of Research Results
(LIBER: Association of European Research Libraries)
Maturity Model for Organizational Research Data Management Services
(Data Science Journal)
OASPA’s “Next 50%” Project: Your Voice Matters at a Critical Moment for Open Access
(OASPA: Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association)
Why AI Literacy Is Now a Core Competency in Education
(World Economic Forum)
Curated by Gary D. Price, MLIS
Co-Founder and Editor, Library Journal’s infoDOCKET
Information Industry Analyst
Librarian
