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Monday, September 8
Top o’ the Review
Are Businesses Scaling Back Hiring Due to AI?
(Liberty Street Economics, Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
CNI Call for Proposals: Fall 2025 Membership Meeting
(CNI: Coalition for Networked Information)
Considerations on the Environmental Impact of AI in Science
(ISC: International Science Council)
Also from ISC: Data and AI for Science: Key Considerations
Google Admits the Open Web Is in “Rapid Decline”
(The Verge)
Introduction and Summary: Library Studies, the Informational Disciplines, and the iSchool: Some Remarks Prompted by LIS Forward
(Lorcan Dempsey)
Media Roundup + Statements: “Anthropic Agrees to Pay $1.5 Billion to Settle Lawsuit with Book Authors”
(infoDOCKET)
Our Sustainability Journey: CLOCKSS and Carbon-Footprint Tracking
(CLOCKSS)
ARL Member Libraries
Dean of Libraries John Unsworth Retires After Nine Years in the Role
(University of Virginia (UVA) Library via The Cavalier Daily)
Librarian Support of Entrepreneurs: Reflections on Information Synthesis
(Michigan State University Libraries via Journal of Business and Finance Librarianship)
ARL member library authors
Modernizing Journal Selection at the National Library of Medicine
(NLM: US National Library of Medicine)
NCDHHS and Partners Launch Juul Labs Document Database, Shine Light on Youth Vaping Epidemic
(UNC University LIbraries and NCDHHS: North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services)
Research, Promotion, and Tenure Guidelines for Academic Librarians
(McGill University Libraries and University of Saskatchewan Libraries via Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship)
ARL member library authors
Research Support for Early-Career Librarians: Creating Opportunity for Scholarship
(University of Alabama Libraries via The Reference Librarian)
ARL member library authors
September issue of College & Research Libraries (C&RL):
ARL member library authors
- Autistic Librarians in the Academic Library Hiring Process (Indiana University Libraries Bloomington, Louisiana State University Libraries)
- Can AI Become an Information Literacy Ally? A Survey of Library Instructor Perspectives on ChatGPT (Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries)
- Effectiveness of Academic Library Research Guides for Building College Students’ Information Literacy Skills: A Scoping Review (University of Arizona Libraries, University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries)
- For-Credit Library Instruction: Exploring the Experiences of Academic Librarians Serving as Instructors of Record(Penn State University Libraries)
- Librarians as Faculty Developers: Shaping Disciplinary Classroom Experiences Through Information Literacy(Ohio State University Libraries, Purdue University Libraries, University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries)
- Reframing Organizational Practices Through a Justice Lens: A Study on the Experiences of Racialized Librarians in Academic Libraries (University of British Columbia Library)
- Texas Library Workers on Censorship in the State: Implications for Practice for LGBTQIA+ Collections (Texas Tech University Libraries)
Higher Ed
In-State Tuition and Scholarships for Undocumented Students: What Institutions Should Know
(Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration)
UT Austin, Dallas Students Sue System Over New Free Speech Law (paywall)
(Austin American-Statesman)
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Scholars & Scholarship
Quick Reference Table of Current & Upcoming Federal Research Security Requirements
(COGR)
Recordings from Metascience 2025 Plenary Sessions Now Available
(RoRI: Research on Research Institute)
Upcoming Virtual Event: USRN Community Conversation Series: Session 2 (Thursday, September 11)
(US Repository Network)
Vampire Articles, Another Type of Science That Will Not Die (preprint)
(PsyArXiv Preprints)
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Tuesday, September 9
Top o’ the Review
Anthropic Judge Blasts $1.5 Billion AI Copyright Settlement
(Bloomberg Law)
See also: Authors Claim Apple Intelligence May Be Trained with Pirated Books (AppleInsider)
ARL Joins EFF, ALA, Re:Create in Supreme Court Amicus Brief Warning Expansion of Copyright Liability Could Threaten Internet Access
(ARL: Association of Research Libraries, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), American Library Association (ALA), and Re:Create)
Also from ARL:
- Linh Nguyen Named ARL Director, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- New Recommendations Tool Available from Machine Actionable Plans (MAP) Pilot
Education at a Glance 2025: OECD Indicators
(OECD: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
Also from OECD: Educational Attainment at an All-Time High but Barriers to Access and Low Completion Rates Must Be Addressed, Says OECD
High School Students’ Reading, Math Scores Hit New Low
(Newsweek)
How Much Will Cuts to NSF Funding Affect the Future of Scholarly Publishing
(Delta Think)
In a Trump Era, Black Students Flock to HBCUs, “Where Their History Isn’t Being Erased” Says Spelman College President
(The Guardian)
New CourtListener LibGuide: Free Legal Research Tools for Librarians, Researchers & Educators
(FLP: Free Law Project)
NotebookLM Adds Six New Features, Including Flashcards, Quizzes, New Report Types, Content from OpenStax
(The Keyword, Google)
See also:
- Claude Can Now Create and Edit Files (Anthropic)
- Microsoft to Use AI from Anthropic in Shift from OpenAI, the Information Reports (Reuters)
2026 College Free-Speech Rankings: America’s Colleges Get an “F” for Poor Free-Speech Climate
(FIRE: Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression)
Wyden, Democratic Colleagues Press Trump Administration Decision to Raise Student Loan Payments for Low-Income Americans
(US Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR))
ARL Member Libraries
Better Than a Google Search? Effectiveness of Generative AI Chatbots as Information-Seeking Tools in Law, Health Sciences, and Library and Information Sciences (preprint)
(Queen’s University Library via SSRN)
ARL member library authors
Celebrating 100 Years of UBC at Point Grey: UBC Library Launches Pop-Up Centennial Exhibition
(The University of British Columbia (UBC) Library)
CRL Announces Leadership Restructuring to Advance Member Priorities
(CRL: Center for Research Libraries)
Mathematical Sciences Library (MATH) Partially Reopens with Refresh, New Testing Room
(Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies)
Stern Center Awarded NEH Grant to Create a Unique Online Database of Early Modern English Ephemera
(Johns Hopkins Sheridan Libraries)
UCLA Film & Television Archive Presents Fall 2025 Lineup
(UCLA Library)
University Libraries Archivist Involved in New Standards for Indigenous Knowledge in Archival Collections
(University of Colorado (CU) Boulder University Libraries)
Also from CU Boulder: The History of CU Boulder’s Red Sunflower Was Nearly Discarded. Now It’s a Successful Libraries Program.
Scholars & Scholarship
Attitudes and Perceptions of Biomedical Journal Editors in Chief Toward Use of AI Chatbots in Scholarly Publishing: A Cross-Sectional Survey
(Research Integrity and Peer Review)
Breaking Language Barriers in Science Through Semantic Multilingual Search
(COAR: Confederation of Open Access Repositories)
Paper2Agent: Reimagining Research Papers as Interactive and Reliable AI Agents (preprint)
(arXiv)
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Wednesday, September 10
Top o’ the Review
AI and the Commons: A Reading List
(CC: Creative Commons)
Appeals Court Rules Trump Doesn’t Have the Authority to Fire Copyright Office Director
(AP: The Associated Press)
See also: Court Temporarily Stops Trump-Vance Administration’s Unlawful Attempted Takeover of the Library of Congress (Democracy Forward)
CDC Infectious Disease Data Project Shelved
(MedPage Today)
Evaluating Resource Sharing Software
(BLC: Boston Library Consortium)
How Education Impacted Income and Earnings from 2004 to 2024
(United States Census Bureau)
See also: State of Higher Education in California Research (Gallup)
Podcast Episode: Building and Preserving the Library of Everything—Internet Archive as a Tool of Freedom
(EFF: Electronic Frontier Foundation)
Revealed: Apple Is Teaching Its AI to Adapt to the Trump Era
(Politico)
Students at Four DC Universities Protest Trump’s Police Takeover
(The Washington Post)
Upcoming Webinar: Proposed Rule to End Duration of Status: Implications, How to Respond, and What Comes Next (Tuesday, September 16)
(Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration)
ARL Member Libraries
All Things Open Conference Proceedings via Journal of Open Educational Resources in Higher Education (JOERHE)
ARL member library authors
- Assessing Open Access Publishing Activities to Inform Open Publishing Services at a Large R1 Institution (University of Houston Libraries)
- Extracting, Evaluating, and Enhancing Metadata for Institutional Researchers in Wikidata (Oklahoma State University Libraries)
- Maintaining an Open Mind: Sustaining Open-Source Digital Collections (University of Louisville Libraries)
Celebrating the Life and Archive of Gay Publishing Pioneer Michael Denneny
(Brown University Library)
Harvard Library Shares the Public Domain: Unlocking Centuries of Knowledge for AI and Research
(Harvard Library)
Library Launches Japan Studies Librarianship Practicum
(University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Hamilton Library)
New Additions to the Merle Greene Robertson Digital Collection of Maya Rubbings
(Tulane University Libraries)
New Map Collection Illustrates Centuries of Change and Endurance
(University of Michigan Library)
The New York Public Library Acquires the CameraPlanet Archive, Historic 1,200 Hours of September 11 Video
(NYPL: New York Public Library)
Higher Ed
Tuition in Canada: Modest Increases and Widening Gaps, 2025/2026
(Statistics Canada)
What Students Really Think About Their Digital Experience in Higher Education
(Jisc)
Scholars & Scholarship
Open Science as Confused: Contradictory and Conflicting Discourses in Open Science Guidance to Researchers (preprint)
(MetaArXiv Preprints)
The Case for Using Small Language Models (SLMs)
(Harvard Business Review)
Thinking Big, Starting Small: Insights from a Summit on AI Adoption in Higher Education
(EDUCAUSE Review)
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Thursday, September 11
Top o’ the Review
ACLS Announces Winners of 2025 ACLS Open Access Book Prizes and Arcadia Open Access Publishing Awards
(ACLS: American Council of Learned Societies and Arcadia)
AI-Generated Medical Data Can Sidestep Usual Ethics Review, Universities Say
(Nature)
Center for Open Science and African Reproducibility Network Partner to Advance Open Scholarship Practices in Local Contexts
(COS: Center for Open Science and AREN: African Reproducibility Network)
College Students’ Reports of Depression, Anxiety, Suicidal Thoughts Continue to Decrease
(University of Michigan)
Cutting $350 Million in Federal Grants to Hispanic-Serving Institutions Erases Decades of Progress and Hurts Millions of Students
(HACU: Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities)
See also: US Department of Education press release
Perceived Importance of College Hits New Low
(Gallup)
Proposed Budget for US Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Passes Appropriations Committees
(PW: Publishers Weekly)
ARL Member Libraries
A New Way to Stay Connected: University Libraries Launch Student Newsletter
(University of Louisville Libraries)
Survey on Library IT Governance
(University of Washington University Libraries and Yale University Library via CNI: Coalition for Networked Information)
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) Presents: 60 Years of the UCLA Film & Television Archive
(UCLA Library)
Upcoming Virtual Meetings: Coming to a Library Near You—AI, Cameras, Metadata (Wednesday & Thursday, September 17 & 18)
(CRL: Center for Research Libraries)
Upcoming Webinar: Building Accessible LibGuides: A Panel on Policies, Workflows, and the ADA Update (Thursday, October 23)
(University of Michigan Library and University of Minnesota Libraries via LAA: Library Accessibility Alliance)
Webinar Recording: Accessible Content from the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled
(Library of Congress via FDLP: Federal Depository Library Program, GPO: US Government Publishing Office)
What If Your Prescription Was to Read a Short Story?
(NC State University Libraries)
Scholars & Scholarship
AI Tool Detects LLM-Generated Text in Research Papers and Peer Reviews
(Nature)
See also: AI for Scientific Integrity: Detecting Ethical Breaches, Errors, and Misconduct in Manuscripts (Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence)
Global AI Governance Law and Policy: Canada
(IAPP)
Machine-Actionability and Evolvability in Data Stewardship Planning: Framework, Implementation, and Case Study
(Data Science Journal)
The More You Automate, the Less You See: Hidden Pitfalls of AI Scientist Systems (preprint)
(arXiv)
Curated by Gary D. Price, MLIS
Co-Founder and Editor, Library Journal’s infoDOCKET
Information Industry Analyst
Librarian
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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.
