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Monday, August 25
Top o’ the Review
AI Across America: Attitudes on AI Usage, Job Impact, and Federal Regulation
(CHIP50: Civic Health and Institutions Project, a 50 States Survey)
Directory of Presidents’ Alliance Resources of the Current Trump Administration
(Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration)
NotebookLM to Pull Sources from Web and Google Drive via Deep Research
(TestingCatalog)
NSF Announces Funding Opportunities to Advance AI Education, Build STEM Workforce
(NSF: US National Science Foundation)
Report of the President to the IFLA General Assembly 2025
(IFLA: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions)
Also from IFLA:
- President’s Opening Ceremony Speech, IFLA WLIC 2025
- Incoming President Closing Ceremony Speech, IFLA WLIC 2025
The Growing Demand for Data Centers in the US
(AAAS: American Association for the Advancement of Science)
See also: AI Is Booming. So Are Household Electricity Bills. (Bloomberg; archived version available)
US Justice Department Declines to Defend Grants for Hispanic-Serving Colleges, Calling Them Unconstitutional
(AP: The Associated Press)
See also: HACU Statement on DOJ Not Defending the Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) Program (HACU: Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities)
ARL Member Libraries
Announcing Library Partner Journals Newly Indexed in Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
(Columbia University Libraries)
Christina H. Gola Named UH Libraries Dean
(University of Houston (UH) Libraries)
Edition Guide: CNI Summer 2025 Pre-recorded Project Briefing Series
(University at Buffalo University Libraries and University of Tennessee, Knoxville University Libraries via CNI: Coalition for Networked Information)
Fourteenth Biennial Artists’ Book Competition Call for Entries
(University of North Texas (UNT) University Libraries)
Karen Estlund Named ARL Member Representative to CNI Steering Committee
(Colorado State University (CSU) Libraries via ARL: Association of Research Libraries and CNI: Coalition for Networked Information)
Library Director Says Hillman “Even Better Than What I Envisioned”
(University of Pittsburgh Library System)
$150,000 Mellon Grant Supports Library’s Social Media Archive Project
(University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Libraries)
The New York Public Library Announces Major Exhibition for America’s 250th Birthday
(NYPL: New York Public Library)
UC San Diego Library Preserves the Sounds and Stories of Oceania with Recordings at Risk Grant
(UC San Diego Library)
University Libraries Celebrates 100 Years of Elmore Leonard
(University of South Carolina University Libraries)
Scholars & Scholarship
GAIDeT: A Practical Taxonomy for Declaring AI Use in Research and Publishing
(Leiden Madtrics)
Hurdles to Open Access Publishing Faced by Authors: A Scoping Literature Review from 2004 to 2023
(Royal Society Open Science)
The Librarian Skillset and the Needs of Artificial Intelligence
(Cataloging & Classification Quarterly)
Curated by Gary D. Price, MLIS
Co-Founder and Editor, Library Journal’s infoDOCKET
Information Industry Analyst
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Tuesday, August 26
Top o’ the Review
Anthropic Education Report: How Educators Use Claude
(Anthropic)
Anthropic Settles Class Action from US Authors Alleging Copyright Infringement
(Reuters)
Asta: Accelerating Science Through Trustworthy Agentic AI
(Ai2: Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence)
Canaries in the Coal Mine? Six Facts about the Recent Employment Effects of Artificial Intelligence
(HAI: Stanford University Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence)
See also:
- AI Is Already Taking Jobs Away from Entry-Level Workers (Axios)
- Recent College Grads Bear Brunt of Labor Market Shifts (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis)
Cultural Freedom Demands Collective Courage: A Nation-Wide Statement of Values and Principles for the Field of Arts and Culture
(VLC: Vera List Center for Art and Politics and NCAC: National Coalition Against Censorship)
Gen Z Students More Engaged in School, Ready for the Future
(Gallup and Walton Family Foundation)
Science Philanthropy Alliance Releases 2025 Indicators Report
(Science Philanthropy Alliance)
Scientists Give Harsh Grades to Trump Administration Work Aimed at Undoing a Key Climate Finding
(AP: The Associated Press)
The Digitization of Audiovisual Assets Salvaged from the Jagger Library Fire: A Practical Overview
(IASA Journal: Journal of the International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives)
ARL Member Libraries
Boston University Introduces Common Read, a New Campus Tradition
(Boston University (BU) Libraries)
Exploring How AI Can Help Research Data Management
(UC3: University of California Curation Center, California Digital Library)
How Libraries Became “First Responders” for America’s Opportunity Gap
(NYPL: New York Public Library via Carnegie Corporation of New York)
Researchers Tackle Construction Industry Challenges with Support of New Pilot Funding
(Virginia Tech University Libraries)
The Librarian’s Personal Research Agenda
(University of Manitoba Libraries via CJAL: Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship)
ARL member library authors
UF Community Welcomes Gator Statue with Open Arms
(University of Florida (UF) George A. Smathers Libraries)
Higher Ed
Advancing Transdisciplinarity Through Library-Academic Collaboration
(Humanities & Social Sciences Communications)
Talking Points: College and University Endowments
(ACE: American Council on Education)
Also from ACE: Overview of Optional Practical Training and Current Policy Threats
Advocacy & Public Policy
Resources on Copyright and AI: Updated FAQ and Position Paper on “Lawful Access” and Fair Use
(Authors Alliance)
US Department of Education, Federal Partners Issue Guidance to Help Colleges and Universities Mitigate Foreign Threats to Research
(US Department of Education)
Scholars & Scholarship
Advancing Responsible Research Assessment Through Data Evaluation
(Make Data Count and DORA: Declaration on Research Assessment)
My Response to the NIH Request for Information on Proposed APC Caps
(Upstream, FORCE11)
Curated by Gary D. Price, MLIS
Co-Founder and Editor, Library Journal’s infoDOCKET
Information Industry Analyst
Librarian
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Wednesday, August 27
Top o’ the Review
AAU Board Endorses Financial Accountability in Research (FAIR) Model for Covering Real Costs of Research
(AAU: Association of American Universities)
ChatGPT Is Stealing Readers from Wikipedia
(Columbia Business School)
Educational Censorship in the United States Poses Serious Human Rights Threat, Warn PEN America and PEN International
(PEN America and PEN International)
Gen Z Students More Engaged in School, Ready for the Future
(Gallup and Walton Family Foundation)
How to Stop AI Agents Going Rogue
(BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation)
Lack of Local News Tied to Government Secrecy, New Report Says
(Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications at Northwestern University)
Shaping Responsible AI: Four New Recommendations from the Artificial Intelligence and Data Visitation (AIDV) Working Group
(RDA: Research Data Alliance)
We Asked, You Answered: How Your Feedback Shapes CC Signals
(CC: Creative Commons)
ARL Member Libraries
Geraldine Brooks to Receive 2025 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction
(Library of Congress)
History of Medicine Collection Adds McKinley Autopsy Archive to Digital Holdings
(University at Buffalo (UB) University Libraries)
Libraries’ Receives George W. Hamilton Collection of Books on Printing and Typography
(Syracuse University Libraries)
New Map Collection Illustrates Centuries of Change and Endurance
(University of Michigan Library)
NYU Libraries Awarded National Grant to Preserve Pioneering Computer-Animated Films by A. Michael Noll
(NYU Libraries, NYU: New York University)
Peer Review of Open Educational Resource Textbooks
(UK Libraries, UK: University of Kentucky via The Southeastern Librarian)
ARL member library authors
Share All About It: Facilitating Partnership-Centered Newspaper Digitization Projects
(University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign University LIbrary via IFLA: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions)
ARL member library authors
UGA Libraries Seeking Donations to Provide Digital Restoration of 1980s Footage from Athens Music Scene
(University of Georgia (UGA) Libraries)
Scholars & Scholarship
Democratizing Funding Evaluation Can Slash the Time It Takes to Deliver a Final Decision by Over 50 Percent
(RoRI: Research on Research Institute)
How Students and Teachers Worldwide Are Adapting to AI
(USC Center for Generative AI and Society via EdArXiv Preprints)
See also: Generative AI and Libraries: Applications and Ethics, Part II (Library Trends)
Peer Reviewers Like Papers That Cite Them
(C&EN: Chemical & Engineering News)
We Tested Which AI Gave the Best Answers Without Making Stuff Up. One Beat ChatGPT.
(The Washington Post via MSN)
See also: Why AI Models Are Bad at Verifying Photos (Columbia Journalism Review)
Curated by Gary D. Price, MLIS
Co-Founder and Editor, Library Journal’s infoDOCKET
Information Industry Analyst
Librarian
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Thursday, August 28
Top o’ the Review
AI Tool Labels More Than 1,000 Journals for “Questionable,” Possibly Shady Practices
(Science)
How Retrainable Are AI-Exposed Workers?
(Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
NSF Expanding National AI Infrastructure with New Data Systems and Resources
(NSF: US National Science Foundation)
Protocols and Power: Policy Brief
(AI Disclosures Project, SSRC: Social Science Research Council)
The Decline in Reading for Pleasure over 20 Years of the American Time Use Survey
(iScience)
The Top 100 Gen AI Consumer Apps (5th ed.)
(a16z: Andreessen Horowitz)
Time to Stop the Undermining of Library Rights: IFLA Statement on Contract Override
(IFLA: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions)
Unpaywall Improvements: More Gold, Better Green
(OurResearch)
ARL Member Libraries
EdTech Sandbox to Open at Dana Porter Library
(University of Waterloo Libraries)
Estate Gift Elevates 2SLGBTQQIA+ Initiatives on Campus
(University of Saskatchewan University Library)
Libraries Marking Five Milestones with Pages to Paths Celebration
(University of Nebraska–Lincoln University Libraries)
The Bias Is Inside Us: Supporting AI Literacy and Fighting Algorithmic Bias
(University at Buffalo (UB) University Libraries via Library Trends)
ARL member library authors
Undergraduate Library to Close in Spring 2026 for Renovations and Updates to Academic Offerings
(UNC University Libraries via The Daily Tar Heel)
Also from UNC University Libraries: Undergraduate Library Renovation
Zine Your Research: The Podcast Series
(Tulane University Libraries)
Higher Ed
A Strategic Framework for AI in Colleges and Universities
(Jisc)
Access to Four-Year Colleges That Effectively Serve Low-Income Students Is Uneven Across US, New Study Finds
(AERA: American Educational Research Association)
Six Higher Education Trends to Watch for in the 2025–26 Academic Year
(Higher Ed Dive)
Scholars & Scholarship
New Sources of Inaccuracy? A Conceptual Framework for Studying AI Hallucinations
(Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) Misinformation Review)
The Value of RDA for National Persistent Identifier (PID) Strategies—White Paper
(RDA: Research Data Alliance)
Curated by Gary D. Price, MLIS
Co-Founder and Editor, Library Journal’s infoDOCKET
Information Industry Analyst
Librarian
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