Last Updated on October 16, 2025, 2:55 pm ET
Day in Review highlights news and other stories of interest to the research library community in the US and Canada. Released Monday through Thursday, Day in Review is curated by Gary D. Price, co-founder and editor of Library Journal’s infoDOCKET, and edited and produced by Kaylyn Groves, ARL director of Member Communications.
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Tuesday, October 14
Top o’ the Review
AI in Libraries—Take This Brief Anonymous Survey
(Centre for Digital Scholarship, Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Apple Sued Over Use of Copyrighted Books to Train Apple Intelligence
(Reuters)
Arkansas Wants to Jail Librarians. The First Amendment Won’t Allow It.
(FIRE: Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression)
On Facts Concerning Scientific Research: Responding to the Crisis of Legitimacy of Science (Nature)
Reddit in Scholarly Reception: A Bibliometric Assessment of the Front Page of the Internet
(Quality & Quantity)
Rescuing Knowledge Trapped on Old Floppy Disks
(BBC)
Trump Administration Intensifies Suppression of Climate Information
(EDGI: Environmental Data and Governance Initiative)
Types of AI and Their Use in Science
(ISC: International Science Council)
Also from ISC: New Primers Examine AI Use, Environmental Impacts, and Data in Science
Will Libraries Survive AI?
(ARL: Association of Research Libraries via LJ: Library Journal)
ARL Member Libraries
ARL Board of Directors 2026 Elected by ARL Membership
(12 member libraries via ARL)
Carrie Cooper Named Dean of FSU University Libraries
(Florida State University (FSU) University Libraries via ARL)
Clemson University to Become 126th Member of ARL on January 1
(Clemson University Libraries via ARL)
Embedding Preservability in New Forms of Scholarship
(NYU Division of Libraries and University of Michigan Library via DPC: Digital Preservation Coalition)
ARL member library authors
Honoring a Visionary: UC San Diego Library Endowment Established in Memory of Naomi Broering
(UC San Diego Library)
IUB Open Education Resources (OER) Programs Save Students Over $2 Million
(Indiana University Libraries, IUB: Indiana University Bloomington)
KU Libraries Enable Once-in-a-Generation Expansion in Digital Access to Primary Sources (University of Kansas (KU) Libraries)
Libraries Pilot Expands Access to No-Cost Course Materials, Saving Huskers Millions
(University of Nebraska–Lincoln (UNL) University Libraries)
Libraries to Host Film, Q&A to Highlight Black Librarians’ Impact on Literacy
(Penn State University Libraries)
New Dean of Libraries Leo Lo Discusses Role of AI in Education
(University of Virginia (UVA) Library via The Cavalier Daily)
Save Our Signs Archive Containing Over 10,000 Photos of US National Park Service Interpretive Materials Launches Online
(University of Minnesota Libraries via infoDOCKET)
The University of Maryland Libraries Are Certified Sustainable
(University of Maryland Libraries)
There’s a Massive Ivy League Library Warehouse Across Route 1
(Columbia University Library, Harvard Library, New York Public Library, Princeton University Library, and Yale University Library via Princeton Alumni Weekly)
University Librarian Barbara Rockenbach Shares Plans in Interview with Yale Alumni Association
(Yale University Library)
University of Manitoba Plans to Replace Deteriorating Library
(University of Manitoba Libraries via Global News)
UT Press Releases “Howdy! The Minnie Pearl Story”
(University of Tennessee (UT) Knoxville Libraries)
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Wednesday, October 15
Top o’ the Review
A Higher Education Compact in Action
(Campus Compact)
ASERL Publishes 2025 Annual Report, “Stronger Together”
(ASERL: Association of Southeastern Research Libraries)
How People Around the World View AI
(Pew Research Center)
Humanity AI Commits $500 Million to Build a People-Centered Future for AI
(MacArthur Foundation)
Postsecondary Data Coalition Shares Five Ways US Department of Education Can Improve Proposed Admissions Data Collection
(IHEP: Institute for Higher Education Policy)
Pupils Fear AI Is Eroding Their Ability to Study, Research Finds
(The Guardian)
See also report discussed in The Guardian: Teaching the AI-Native Generation: Empowering Schools in the Age of AI (OUP: Oxford University Press)
US Department of Energy Consolidates Office of Science Advisory Committees
(FYI: Science Policy News)
Wikimedia Foundation Signs the Open Heritage Statement: A Global Call for Unrestricted Access to Cultural Heritage in the Digital Age
(Wikimedia Foundation)
ARL Member Libraries
College & Research Libraries (C&RL) News 86, no. 9
ARL member library authors
- Contingent Librarianship and Precarity: Rethinking Library Practices as Managers and Leaders (University of Washington University Libraries)
- Got Ballot? Encouraging Civic Engagement of Academic Library Users Through a Participatory Display (University of Washington University Libraries)
- Making the Invisible Visible: Teaching Students About the Hidden Environmental Costs of Digital Activities (Hamilton Library, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa)
- Start at the End: Strategies for Actionable Assessment Results (Colorado State University Libraries)
Designing Content for Impact: A Content Strategy Approach for Libraries & Beyond
(Harvard Library via Weave)
From the Dean—Introducing the Li Lu Law Library
(Columbia University Law Library)
UBC Library Digitizes William Shakespeare’s Second Folio
(The University of British Columbia (UBC) Library)
UW–Madison Libraries Opens the Michael A. West Graduate Room
(University of Wisconsin (UW)–Madison Libraries)
Video Recordings from Designing Libraries XII
(University of Rochester River Campus Libraries via YouTube)
With Roles as Civic Hubs, Libraries Turn Over a New Page
(Boston Public Library via Bloomberg)
Scholars & Scholarship
Enhancing Repository Integration with Crossref
(Crossref)
Evaluating AI Coding Tools from a Developer’s Perspective
(OCUL: Ontario Council of University Libraries)
Exploring How AI Can Help Research Data Management
(UC3: University of California Curation Center, CDL: California Digital Library, UCOP: University of California Office of the President)
Financing Models for Sustainable Data Reuse Infrastructure
(Data Science Journal)
Holes in the Web
(Aeon)
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Thursday, October 16
Top o’ the Review
Academic Publishing at “Critical Juncture,” Will “Break Without Change,” Cambridge University Press (CUP) Warns
(The Bookseller)
Higher Ed Groups Blast Trump Plan to Expand Applicant Data Collection
(Higher Ed Dive)
Nearly One Third of Americans Believe at Least One of September’s Top False Claims About President Trump, Charlie Kirk Assassination
(NewsGuard’s Reality Check)
PI26: Meet the Facilitators—Thirdway Think
(ARL: Association of Research Libraries)
Reimagining Higher Education Together: The CoGen Big Ideas Challenge
(CoGenerate via ARL)
The Library’s New Entryway: An Interface That Combines the Advantages of the Traditional Index with the Power of LLMs
(Humane Ingenuity)
Upcoming Free Webinar—Strategic Climate Communication: Insights and Tools for Effective Strategies (Thursday, October 23)
(SLI: Sustainable Libraries Initiative and YPCCC: Yale Program on Climate Change Communication)
ARL Member Libraries
Carolina’s History Comes to Life on Instagram
(UNC University Libraries, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Library Dean Hilary Seo Will Retire in July
(Iowa State University Library)
More Than Books: Supporting Your Mental Health at the Library
(University of Alberta Library)
Silent Reading Study Breaks: Make Time for Pleasure Reading
(University of Virginia (UVA) Library)
Strengthening Research Support: Scholarly Communication Training for Liaison Librarians (paywall)
(The University of Alabama University Libraries via The Reference Librarian)
ARL member library authors
Higher Ed
Liberal Arts Leaders Converge to Flip the Script on AI
(University Business)
Measuring American Attitudes Towards Higher Education
(American Higher Education Barometer)
Modernizing Academic Reward Systems for an Open and Engaged Future
(Aspen Institute)
The Major Payoff: Evaluating Earnings and Employment Outcomes Across Bachelor’s Degrees
(Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce)
See also:
- Colleges Are Fighting to Prove Their Return on Investment (AP: The Associated Press)
- New Report: Vast Majority of Recent Public College Graduates See Return on College Investment Within 10 Years (Strada Education Foundation)
Advocacy & Public Policy
IHEP Leads Coalition of 50 Organizations and Researchers in Comments on US Institute of Education Sciences (IES) Redesign
(IHEP: Institute for Higher Education Policy)
See also: Comments to US Department of Education on How IES Can Modernize (ACE: American Council on Education)
Sony Submits Brief in Cox v. Sony
(Re:Create)
Scholars & Scholarship
Crossref as a Source of Open Bibliographic Metadata for Preprints
(Leiden Madtrics)
Is Misinformation More Open? A Study of robots.txt Gatekeeping on the Web (preprint)
(arXiv)
Open Research Beacon Launches New Platform
(ORFG: Open Research Funders Group)
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