Last Updated on October 30, 2025, 2:12 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.
Do you work for an ARL member library and have news you want us to share in our Day in Review and Weekly News Roundup? Please email your news link(s) to dir@arl.org.
Jump to: Tuesday, October 28 | Wednesday, October 29 | Thursday, October 30
Monday, October 27
Top o’ the Review
ARL PI26: Keynote Announcement—Lee Vinsel
(ARL: Association of Research Libraries)
At Futuristic Meeting, AIs Took the Lead in Producing and Reviewing All the Studies
(Science)
Copyright and Artificial Intelligence
(Library of Parliament, Canada)
Impersonation Scandals Shake Academic Publishing
(The Scientist)
Implementing Data Evaluation: A Resource Toolkit for Institutions
(Make Data Count)
ISC Position on Research Funding Transparency
(ISC: International Science Council)
Also from ISC: ISC Annual Report 2024
Shape the Future of OpenCitations: Take Our Community Survey
(OpenCitations)
Video: How AI Is Changing College: Interview with Arizona State University President Michael Crow
(Bloomberg Television YouTube channel)
ARL Member Libraries
Academic Film Archive of North America Finds a Home at Johns Hopkins
(Johns Hopkins Sheridan Libraries & University Museums)
Access Forbidden: UB Exhibition Unveils Centuries of Banned and Censored Books
(University at Buffalo (UB) Libraries)
Advancing Open and Impactful Research, One Dataset at a Time
(The University of Arizona University Libraries)
Mizzou Libraries Sign Agreement to Become Steward of Ag Statistics
(Mizzou Libraries, University of Missouri)
New Digital Collections Preserve, Examine Cornell History
(Cornell University Library)
New Faculty Publications Collection
(Brown University Library)
UofL’s Earliest Basketball Uniforms Return to Archives & Special Collections
(University of Louisville (UofL) Libraries)
When Publishers’ Fear of AI Prohibits Basic Uses
(Colorado State University (CSU) Libraries)
Also from CSU: CSU Libraries Event Discusses Generative AI’s Academic Impacts (The Rocky Mountain Collegian)
Higher Ed
Black Enrollment Is Waning at Many Elite Colleges After Affirmative Action Ban in US, AP Analysis Finds
(AP: The Associated Press)
Canada: Participation Rate of Young Adults in Education Rises Modestly over Past Decade
(Statistics Canada)
Scholars & Scholarship
Agentic AI’s Hidden Data Trail—and How to Shrink It
(IEEE Spectrum)
AI Chatbots Use Different Sources Than Google Search and Often Cite Less-Known Websites
(The Decoder)
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Tuesday, October 28
Top o’ the Review
AI and Demographic Changes
(The Budget Lab at Yale)
Alondra Nelson Is the Winner of the 2026 Miles Conrad Award
(NISO: National Information Standards Organization)
Assessing the Academic and Societal Impact of Open Access (abstract only)
(Scientometrics)
Building Trust Through Collective Action: Key Takeaways from ARL’s Fall 2025 Meeting
(ARL: Association of Research Libraries)
College Presidents Face a Civic Test: This Is How They Can Ace It
(Forbes)
Explore a New View of the SCOSS-Endorsed Infrastructures
(SCOSS: Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services)
Florida Wants to Post More College Syllabi Online. Professors Fear What’s Next.
(Politico)
OECD Science, Technology, and Innovation Outlook 2025
(OECD: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
Research Fast and Slow, in the Age of AI
(Upstream, FORCE11)
ARL Member Libraries
Building Community Ownership of Research Software
(UC Davis Library)
Cornell Boosts Digital Library Across 19-Million-Book Mark
(Cornell University Library)
Heard Libraries’ Glascock Appointed Associate University Librarian; Other Transitions Announced
(Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries, Vanderbilt University)
Trump Administration Asks the Supreme Court to Allow it to Fire Head of US Copyright Office
(Library of Congress via AP: The Associated Press)
Upcoming Webinar: CARL Inclusive Collections Series—Beyond Borders: Reframing Acquisitions for Distinctive Collections (Friday, October 31)
(Library of Congress, Penn State University Libraries, The University of British Columbia Library, and University of Saskatchewan Library via CARL: Canadian Association of Research Libraries)
Upcoming Webinar: Research, AI, and Rights with OCEAN (Friday, November 14)
(UC Berkeley Library via Authors Alliance and OCEAN: Open Copyright Education Advisory Network)
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
IFLA LGBTQ+ Matters Section: Championing Equality in Libraries Worldwide
(IFLA: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions)
Neurodivergence in Academic Libraries: A Review of Findings, Recommendations, and Remaining Gaps in Practice and Research
(JASIST: Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology)
Higher Ed
ACE, Higher Ed Groups Warn New H-1B Policies Could Undermine US Competitiveness
(ACE: American Council on Education)
Reimagining Higher Education: Young Voices, New Visions—Survey Reveals Young People’s Perspectives on Higher Education
(Sine Institute of Policy & Politics, American University)
U15 Canada CEO Robert Asselin Speaks to Standing Committee on Science and Research
(U15 Canada)
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Wednesday, October 29
Top o’ the Review
Advocacy and Collaboration in a Time of Global Upheaval: Insights from IFLA Regional Divisions
(IFLA: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions)
China Closing In on US as Leader in Global Science, Study Shows
(Bloomberg via The Japan Times)
Coalition Launches Historic $50 Million Initiative to Bolster Nonprofit Literary Arts
(Ford Foundation, Hawthornden Foundation, Lannan Foundation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Mellon Foundation, Poetry Foundation, and anonymous foundation)
Nominations Open for NASEM Planning Committee on New Scientific Integrity Workshop
(NASEM: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine via COSSA: Consortium of Social Science Associations)
Nominations Sought for ACRL Board of Directors
(ACRL: Association of College and Research Libraries)
Open Data Editor Recognized as Digital Public Good
(OKFN: Open Knowledge Foundation)
Open? When Site Restrictions and Clauses Undermine Open Access
(Authors Alliance)
Sam Altman Says OpenAI Will Have a “Legitimate AI Researcher” by 2028
(TechCrunch)
2026 Library Publishing Forum: Call for Proposals Open, Two Scholarships Available
(LPF: Library Publishing Forum)
What Exactly Is a Deepfake? (preprint)
(arXiv)
ARL Member Libraries
Capturing the Spark of Discovery: The Image of Research at the U
(J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah, inspired by University of Illinois Chicago and Urbana-Champaign)
CLIR Awards $3.9 Million Through Digitizing Hidden Collections: Amplifying Unheard Voices
(Several ARL member libraries via CLIR: Council on Library and Information Resources)
Lost LA: How This Contraption at UCLA Sent the First DM
(UCLA Library via PBS SoCal)
Open for Access: Impact Report 2024–2025
(University of Miami Libraries)
2025 NIH Public Access Policy Updates—Guidance from the First Three Months
(Duke University Libraries)
UT Libraries and VolBooks Partner to Save Students Money and Time
(University of Tennessee (UT) Knoxville Libraries)
Who’s Going to Save Local Newspaper Archives?
(University of Louisville (UofL) Libraries and University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries via CJR: Columbia Journalism Review)
Scholars & Scholarship
AI Produces Shallower Knowledge Than Web Search
(EurekAlert, AAAS: American Association for the Advancement of Science)
Reimagining Data Futures—Reflections on Brisbane IDW: The CODATA International Data Policy Committee
(CODATA: Committee on Data, ISC: International Science Council)
Shifting Norms in Scholarly Publications: Trends in Readability, Objectivity, Authorship, and AI Use
(arXiv)
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Thursday, October 30
Top o’ the Review
AI Use Makes Us Overestimate Our Cognitive Performance
(Aalto University)
California’s Race-Neutral Strategies Offer Blueprint for Expanding College Access
(The EDU Ledger)
CWTS Leiden Ranking 2025—More Open, More Inclusive, More Informative Research Analytics for Universities
(Leiden Madtrics)
NISO Approves Working Group to Develop Recommended Practice to Optimize Open Interoperability Around the ILS/LSP
(NISO: National Information Standards Organization)
ORCID’s New Featured Works Section Helps Researchers Shine a Spotlight on Career Highlights
(ORCID)
Pulse of the Library 2025 Report: Survey of 2,000+ Librarians Across 109 Countries, Regions
(Clarivate)
Transitioning to Openness: A Roadmap for Infrastructures that Enable Responsible Research Assessment
(OpenAIRE)
2026 EDUCAUSE Top 10: Making Connections
(EDUCAUSE Review)
Understanding Reader Perception Shifts upon Disclosure of AI Authorship (preprint)
(arXiv)
Upcoming Virtual Event: Embedding Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Principles in Research Library Spaces and Practices (Tuesday, December 2)
(RLUK Space Programme, RLUK: Research Libraries UK)
ARL Member Libraries
Academic Publishing Keeps Getting More Expensive. Some Harvard Scholars Want to Make It Free.
(Harvard Library and MIT Libraries via The Harvard Crimson)
Also from Harvard Library: Rethinking Data Discovery for Libraries and Digital Humanities
Digital Deceit Challenge: Outsmarting the Internet, One Semester at a Time
(University of Louisville (UofL) Libraries)
Historic Modern Language Association (MLA) Archive Returns to Its Roots at Hopkins
(Johns Hopkins Sheridan Libraries & University Museums)
Library Named for UMD Librarian Opens in Macedonia
(University of Maryland (UMD) University Libraries)
MSU Libraries Murray & Hong Special Collections Wins 2025 State History Award
(Michigan State University (MSU) Libraries)
New Dataverse Site Supports Data Sharing and Discovery for USC Researchers
(USC Libraries, University of Southern California (USC))
OpenEmory Launches New Repository, Making Research More Accessible for All
(Emory Libraries, Emory University)
Princeton University Library Supports TigerData’s Latest Launch
(Princeton University Library)
UF’s Smathers Library Caps Centennial Year with 5K Race
(George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida (UF), via The Independent Florida Alligator)
University Library Newsletter (Fall Quarter 2025)
(UC Santa Cruz University Library)
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