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Monday, June 2
Top o’ the Review
Note: Day in Review will be on hiatus next week, Monday–Thursday, June 9–12, returning on Monday, June 16.
A Review of Research on Strategies Higher Education Can Engage to Repair Democracy
(Stavros Niarchos Foundation, SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins)
AAAS CEO Statement on Proposed FY 2026 Federal Science Budgets
(AAAS: American Association for the Advancement of Science)
See also: Federal Funding Cuts Devastate Academic Public Health Programs (Diverse: Issues in Higher Education)
As Trump Administration Escalates Visa Crackdowns, Higher Ed Community Pushes Back
(ACE: American Council on Education)
Exclusive: US Veterans Agency Orders Scientists Not to Publish in Journals Without Clearance
(The Guardian)
Gender Equality in Research Publishing Is a Responsibility for Everyone
(Nature)
How AI Chatbots Keep You Chatting
(TechCrunch)
How Far Will AI Go to Defend Its Own Survival?
(NBC News)
Red States Tell Colleges: Race and Gender Classes Are Out, Civics In
(The Washington Post)
Teachers Are Not OK
(404 Media)
Upcoming Webinar: Celebrating Refugees in Higher Education (Thursday, June 12)
(Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration)
ARL Member Libraries
Generative AI and Libraries: Applications and Ethics, Part I (14 Articles)
(University at Albany Libraries, New York University Libraries, and University of New Mexico Libraries via Library Trends)
ARL member library authors
IFLA Academic and Research Libraries (ARL) “Hot Topics” Session @ IFLA WLIC 2025 in Astana, Kazakhstan
(University at Buffalo Libraries via IFLA: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions)
Library Staff Reveal Secrets of the Harold B. Lee Library
(Brigham Young University (BYU) Library via The Daily Universe)
Proof of Concept Grants to Propel Emerging Research
(Virginia Tech University Libraries)
Science Libraries Today: An Update on ARL Institutions
(Emory University Libraries via ISTL: Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship)
ARL member library authors
UC Libraries Transition Regional Facilities to Systemwide Service Centers
(UC Riverside Library)
Upcoming Webinar: An Introduction to the Technical Reports Collection (Thursday, June 12)
(Library of Congress)
Video: Jacob Nadal (CRL): Presidential Address, CRL Annual Meeting, May 21, 2025
(CRL: Center for Research Libraries)
Scholars & Scholarship
DORA’s 12th Anniversary: Introducing a Practical Guide to Implementing Responsible Research Assessment
(DORA: Declaration on Research Assessment)
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Tuesday, June 3
Top o’ the Review
AI, Bot Farms, and Innocent Indie Victims: How Music Streaming Became a Hotbed of Fraud and Fakery
(The Guardian)
CLIR and Bibliothèques national de France Announce MOU to Share Collections on the Digital Library of the Middle East (DLME)
(CLIR: Council on Library and Information Resources)
Colleges Slightly Less Diverse as They Seek Ways to Adapt After 2023 US Supreme Court Ruling on Considering Race in Admissions
(CBS News via University Business)
How Good Are AI Agents at Real Research? Inside the Deep Research Bench Report
(Unite.AI)
Information Inequality Can Be a Matter of Life or Death
(Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation)
Making the Case for Multilingual Scholarly Communication
(The Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science)
See also: Machine Translation in Scholarly Publishing: A Scoping Review
Open Infrastructures in Conflict Zones: A Case Study of DOAJ and Ukrainian Journals
(Insights: The UKSG Journal)
Opinion: AI Killed the Math Brain
(The New York Times)
2025 Gender Report: Women Lead for Learning
(Global Education Monitoring Report, UNESCO)
ARL Member Libraries
Charting the Course: A Forum on Collective Action Strategy
(CRL: Center for Research Libraries)
Figshare & the Generalist Repository Ecosystem Initiative: Supporting Research Transparency and Reproducibility
(NLM: US National Library of Medicine via Figshare)
June 2025 Issue of College & Research Libraries News (7 articles)
(Emory University Libraries, Penn State University Libraries, Princeton University Library, UNC Chapel Hill University Libraries, University of Delaware Libraries, University of Kentucky Libraries, Washington State University Libraries via College & Research Libraries News)
ARL member library authors
Landmark Research Project Sheds New Light on the Future of Digital Books
(UC Davis Library)
Shannon Oltmann, PhD, Named Associate Dean of School of Information Sciences
(Wayne State University Library System)
Using AI to Preserve and Share Cultural Heritage
(University of Miami Libraries)
View Rare Historic Film of 1925 Juneteenth Celebration on Yale Library Digital Collections
(Yale University Library)
Advocacy & Public Policy
In FY 2023, Federal Science and Engineering Support for Higher Education Totaled $49 Billion; Federal R&D to Nonprofits Totaled $12 Billion
(NCSES: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, NSF: US National Science Foundation)
Webinar Video: Establishing Core Principles for Copyright and Libraries
(IFLA: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions YouTube channel)
Scholars & Scholarship
Introducing the OECD AI Capability Indicators
(OECD: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
Curated by Gary D. Price, MLIS
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Wednesday, June 4
Top o’ the Review
ARL Seeks Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
(ARL: Association of Research Libraries)
Call for Proposals Reminder: CNI Project Briefing Series Summer 2025
(CNI: Coalition for Networked Information)
G7 Science Academies Issue Joint Statement
(The Royal Society)
Introducing “Future Knowledge”: A New Podcast from Internet Archive and Authors Alliance
(Authors Alliance and Internet Archive)
Introducing the 2025–2030 NIH Strategic Plan for Data Science: What Researchers Need to Know
(NIH: US National Institutes of Health)
New Research Report on Data Lifeboat
(Flickr Foundation)
$900,000 Grant to Retraction Watch’s Parent Organization Will Fund Forensic Analysis of Articles That Affect Human Health
(Retraction Watch)
See also: Science-Integrity Project Will Root Out Bad Medical Papers “and Tell Everyone” (Nature)
Some College, No Credential Student Outcomes: 2025 Report for the Nation and the States
(National Student Clearinghouse Research Center)
Video: The State of the Science Address 2025
(National Academy of Sciences)
See also: A Plan to Preserve US Science Leadership (Politico)
ARL Member Libraries
AI’s Role in Health, Unanswered Ethical Questions Take Center Stage at Triangle AI Summit
(ARL and Duke University Libraries via The Duke Chronicle)
Also from The Duke Chronicle: New Provost’s Initiative Aims to Coordinate Discussions on AI Use, Introduces DukeGPT, Unlimited ChatGPT-4o
Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2024
(Library of Congress)
Memorial: Susan Shafer (Dieckmann) Brynteson, 1936–2025
(University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press via ARL)
See also: In Memoriam: Susan Brynteson (UDaily)
Paying APCs: 8 Years of an Open Access Fund
(University of Kansas Libraries via JLSC: Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication)
Representing Researchers in the Library Linked Data Environment: A Case Study of ORCID Users at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville
(University of Tennessee Knoxville (UTK) Libraries via JLSC: Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication)
Also from UTK Libraries: UT Press Publishes “Report Card Nation: The Inside Story of Education Reform Under George W. Bush”
Welcome to the 2025 OCUL Governance Group Appointments
(McMaster University, Queen’s University, University of Guelph, University of Ottawa, University of Toronto, University of Waterloo, York University via OCUL: Ontario Council of University Libraries)
Higher Ed
Broken Promises: How the New FAFSA Failed Mixed-Status Families and the Counselors Who Serve Them
(Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration)
Florida Higher Ed Board Stuns UF, Blocks Santa Ono from Becoming President
(Gainesville Sun)
Scholars & Scholarship
Infrastructure Is a Collective Responsibility—Lessons from Scholarly Publishing and Metadata
(LSE Impact Blog, LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science)
Insights and Inspirations from the 2023 Excellence Award Winners
(NDSA: National Digital Stewardship Alliance)
Student Perspectives on the Benefits and Risks of AI in Education (preprint)
(arXiv)
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Thursday, June 5
Top o’ the Review
“Another Blow”: How Trump’s Latest Travel Ban Could Harm Research
(Nature)
See also: The EU Sets Out Its International Digital Strategy (European Commission)
As Feds Resume Student Loan Collections, States Try to Catch Borrowers Before They Sink
(Stateline)
Columbia Fails to Meet Accreditation Standards, Department of Education Says
(Columbia Spectator)
Do You Remember The Human Genome Project? I’m Not Sure The Trump Administration Wants You To
(STAT)
EPA Removes Information About Its HBCU and Minority Serving Institutions Advisory Council
(EDGI: ENvironmental Data & Governance Initiative)
Privacy Commissioner of Canada’s Annual Report Underscores Need to Prioritize Privacy in an Increasingly Data-Driven World
(Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada)
Trump Issues Proclamation Banning International Students at Harvard from Entering US
(The Harvard Crimson)
Upcoming Virtual Event: Shared Futures: The AI Forum (Friday, June 13)
(Aspen Institute/Aspen Digital)
Von der Leyen: Europe Will Be “Home of Scientific Freedom”
(Research Professional News)
See also: Video of event
ARL Member Libraries
Can a Machine Be Considered an Author? And Other AI Copyright Issues in the Courts
(Penn Libraries)
CARL Welcomes New Members to the Board of Directors
(University of Calgary via CARL: Canadian Association of Research Libraries)
Record Entries in 2025 Library Video Contest
(Indiana University Bloomington)
Higher Ed
More Teens Lean Toward Alternative Postsecondary Options
(K–12 Dive)
Advocacy & Public Policy
Regulating Artificial Intelligence: US and International Approaches and Considerations for Congress
(CRS: Congressional Research Service)
Unveiled: New US Anti-Piracy Bill “ACPA” Proposes Alternative Site-Blocking Path
(TorrentFreak)
Scholars & Scholarship
COMET in Action: Pilots, Progress, and What Comes Next
(COMET: Collaborative Metadata Enrichment Taskforce)
Two Decades, Same Story? Insights and Future Directions in Long-Tail Data Curation
(International Journal of Digital Curation)
US RAiD Pilot: Initial Stakeholders Set the Stage
(Lyrasis)
What’s Next for AI and Math
(MIT Technology Review)
Whose Name Comes Up? Auditing LLM-Based Scholar Recommendations (preprint)
(arXIv)
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Co-Founder and Editor, Library Journal’s infoDOCKET
Information Industry Analyst
Librarian
