On 27 October, the Bodleian Libraries hosted a community workshop at the University of Oxford focused on CORE FreshFinds and the future development of shared repository infrastructure. Repository and library colleagues from across the UK joined the workshop both in person and online. We would like to thank Ruth Mallalieu, Jason Partridge and their colleagues … Continue reading Shaping FreshFinds together: thank you to everyone at the Oxford community workshop
From AI Adoption to AI Practice: Building Governed AI in Scholarly Publishing
How can a publisher make AI useful across the organization while keeping control of confidential information, editorial decisions, and accountability?
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Will State Law Solve the Library eBook Crisis?
Libraries are increasingly facing restrictive eBook licensing terms that can make digital books more expensive, less durable, and harder to preserve than print. In this live discussion, we explore a growing state-by-state movement to establish fairer terms for library eBook contracts—and what these laws could mean for libraries, publishers, authors, and readers. Joining the conversation are Kyle K. Courtney and Juliya Ziskina of the eBook Study Group, and Deborah Schander, State Librarian of Connecticut.
This conversation was recorded on 9/29/2026. Watch the full video recording at: https://archive.org/details/will-state-law-solve-the-library-e-book-crisis
Check out all of the Future Knowledge episodes at https://archive.org/details/future-knowledge
Big Ten Open Books Project Launches Three New 100-Book Collections
From a BTAA Post: In partnership with ten Big Ten-affiliated university presses, the Big Ten Academic Alliance’s Center for Library Programs announces the expansion of the Big Ten Open Books project with the rolling publication of the next three 100-book collections: African- Asian- and Hispanic Americans, Health Disparities and Disability Culture, and Human Environmental Impact. […]
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Company News: Cambridge University Press, Johns Hopkins University Press, Princeton University Press and Cashmere are Launching Meridian, an MCP Gateway to Scholarly Content
Here’s the Full Text of Today’s Joint Announcement: Cambridge University Press, Johns Hopkins University Press and Princeton University Press today announced they are Founding Publishers of Meridian, a new University Press community initiative convened by Cashmere, its initial operator and platform provider. Meridian is a mission-driven, market-informed Model Context Protocol (MCP) gateway for scholarly content, […]
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The Context Behind the Answer
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Reference, Description, and the Provenance of AI-Generated Knowledge
Understanding the CORE Dashboard: Finding New Research with the FreshFinds Tab
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CORE FreshFinds is now live in the CORE Dashboard and available to CORE Sustaining Members. It has been shaped with repository teams through our recent pilot, and we will keep developing it with your feedback. This post is part of our Understanding the CORE Dashboard series. It walks through the FreshFinds tab: what it shows, and how to … Continue reading Understanding the CORE Dashboard: Finding New Research with the FreshFinds Tab
Company News: Oxford University Press Launches MCP Pilot; Partners Include Harvard Library, Wharton School, and University of Oxford
Here’s the Full Text of the Oxford University Press Announcement: Oxford University Press (OUP) is working with three universities to securely connect their ChatGPT Edu accounts to academic content from OUP. Running from October to December 2026, the pilot will enable students and researchers to access OUP’s trusted content directly within their AI-assisted research journeys. […]
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Guest Post — What Accessibility at Scale Actually Requires of Academic Publishers
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How can publishers move past the regulatory overview for accessibility compliance and into the production reality after sitting on decades of archived content, posts, and data.
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Rethinking Readers’ Advisory For Today’s Reading Reality (New Issue of Library Trends; Vol. 75, No. 2)
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Library Trends, Volume 75, Number 2, November 2026 Edited by: Robin Bradford and Becky Spratford Rethinking Readers’ Advisory for Today’s Reading Reality: An Introduction Robin Bradford; Becky Spratford (RA for All, Illinois) Stress Versus Libraries Avery Alexander (University of Maryland, College Park); Rebecca Reeves (University of Washington, MLIS 2025) Cultivating a Critical Disposition in Readers’ […]
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The AI Transparency Trap
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The absence of AI doesn’t guarantee trustworthy research. And neither does disclosing AI use.
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October 2026
Last Updated on October 30, 2026, 3:36 pm ET ARL Public Policy Briefing (October 2026) This month, ARL joined an amicus brief by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) in support...
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Library Copyright Alliance Urges Court to Preserve Fair Use
Last Updated on October 30, 2026, 3:54 pm ET The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and American Library Association (ALA)—together, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA)—joined an amicus brief in favor...
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Climate Day: A poem on constraint and creativity
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What if constraint is not the enemy of creativity, but instead can serve as a potent energy source?
Guest Post — Freed from Thinking: Protecting Scholarly Publishing from the Slow Erosion of Human Judgment
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Today's guest blogger argues that if we want scholarly publishing to be worth anything in a generation, we must acknowledge the risks we run by relying on intelligent automation.
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Why Archivists Matter: Everything You Need to Know About Their Role in Digital Preservation
Every digital file holds part of a story. If nobody records who created it, when and why, that story fades even when the file itself survives. Keeping that context alive is the daily work of the archivist, and it is the reason this profession deserves attention on World Digital Preservation Day, celebrated on November. Key […]
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Google’s Gemini Notebook Begins Offering Access to Hundreds of Open Textbooks; Materials From OpenStax, Open Textbook Library, & More
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From a Google Blog Post: Last month, we introduced Expert Intelligence, a cross-Google initiative that helps you engage with your trusted sources through Google AI products. [Clip] Students can now access hundreds of textbooks from providers in the U.S. and India including OpenStax, Open Textbook Library, and S Chand Publishing, right in Gemini Notebook at […]
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Weaving ‘Tapestries’: Introducing A New Tool for Digital Storytelling and Archiving
Between text, images, audio clips and videos, there are so many elements at your fingertips to tell a story in the digital era. A new expressive tool is now available […]
The post Weaving ‘Tapestries’: Introducing A New Tool for Digital Storytelling and Archiving first appeared on Internet Archive Blogs.
A Ledger Is Not the Whole Record
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The SEC proposes to modernize transfer-agent recordkeeping for blockchains, cloud systems, and AI. But preserving transaction data is not the same as preserving the evidence that makes it trustworthy.
Open Movements: Recognizing Challenges and Building Connections (New Book From ACRL)
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Note: The book is available for purchase in print. An open access edition is also available. From ALA: The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) announces the publication of “Open Movements: Recognizing Challenges and Building Connections,” edited by Abbey K. Elder, Shannon M. Smith, and Bryan Ricupero. This collection surfaces the work taking place […]
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Celebrating American Archives Month 2026
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Last Updated on October 29, 2026, 8:19 am ET American Archives Month is supported each October by the National Archives, the Society of American Archivists, and the Council of State...
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CORE recommits to the Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure (POSI) in 2026
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In 2022 CORE published its first self-assessment against the Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure (POSI). Much has changed since then. CORE is now an independent not-for-profit, CORE: COnecting REpositories, our software is fully open source, and the planned governance bodies we described in our POSI commitment in 2022 are now in place. As of the … Continue reading CORE recommits to the Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure (POSI) in 2026
Ask the SSP Advocacy Committee: What one change would you most like to see in terms of U.S. federal support for research following the midterms?
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Today we hear from some of SSP's Advocacy Committee members about what changes they'd like to see to US federal support for research.
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Registration for Rogue Scholar General Assembly on December 16 is open
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Registration for in-person or virtual participation at the inaugural Rogue Scholar General Assembly on December 16 in Berlin is now open.
US Register of Copyrights Intends to Recommend Renewing Text-and-Data Mining Exemption, Acknowledges License Limitations
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Last Updated on October 30, 2026, 5:34 am ET At the beginning of this Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) rulemaking cycle, Authors Alliance and the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) petitioned...
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New Journal Article: AI Resources in Higher Education: What Instructors Need and How We Deliver
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The article linked below was recently published by Frontiers of Digital Education. Title AI Resources in Higher Education: What Instructors Need and How We Deliver Authors Sevinj Iskandarov Bridgewater College Fang Yi University of Virginia Jessica Taggart University of Virginia Bethany Mickel University of Virginia Breana Bayraktar| George Mason University Dayna Henry James Madison University […]
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An Interview With Camilla Crane, Librarian-in-Residence
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As a Librarian-in-Residence in the Library of Congress’s Web Archiving Section, Camilla Crane is exploring new ways to improve access to web archives. She discusses her path to web archiving, the challenges and surprises of preserving websites, and some of the internet “rabbit holes” she’s discovered along the way. Can you tell us a little …
From Main Street to Capitol Hill, the Case for Democracy’s Library
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At a time when free speech is under attack and the public record is fragile, supporters gathered in San Francisco on October 21 to celebrate the Internet Archive’s work to […]
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From Anecdote to Evidence: How US Government Censorship is Impacting Public Health
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With the midterms approaching, read about this timely report on US government censorship of research on public health -- the first to analyze the aggregated impact
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Six Ways AI Enters the Archive, and the Evidence It Leaves Behind
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Alex Pereira de Holanda offers a useful map of AI in archival practice. The harder question is whether archives can document the systems that increasingly shape the evidence they inherit.
New Journal Article: “Exploring School Librarians’ Perceptions of Digital Books”
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The article linked below was recently published by School Library Research (SLR). Title Exploring School Librarians’ Perceptions of Digital Books Authors Etienne Vallée, Doctoral Student Department of Educational Technology, Boise State University Jesús Trespalacios, Department of Educational Technology, Boise State University Source School Library Research (SLR) Volume 29, 2026 Abstract Digital books have been available […]
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The State of Higher Education in 2026
Last week, Ithaka S+R Senior Advisor Cappy Hill and Sethuraman “Panch” Panchanathan (Arizona State University and former NSF director) took part in an online discussion hosted by Jeff Selingo about the state of higher education. Cappy speaks at length (staring at minute 39) about the economics of higher ed and what colleges and universities should […]
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A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Physical Archive
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Visitors who came to the open house at the Physical Archive in Richmond, California, on October 20 were curious. They wanted to learn about the range of items collected, the […]
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Who Keeps the Catalog of Connectors? The Coming MCP Discovery Problem
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Libraries and their vendor partners can build registries and metadata feeds that make MCP connectors for scholarly content findable, accessible, and usable.
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Digital Preservation Exit Strategy: How to Avoid Vendor Lock-In
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Digital preservation is a long-term commitment. Institutions need to ensure that their digital collections remain accessible, authentic, and usable as technologies, systems, and organizational needs evolve. But what happens when an institution needs to change its digital preservation platform or service provider? A digital preservation exit strategy defines how an institution can retrieve its digital […]
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ARL Daily Intelligence (October 26–29)
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Last Updated on October 29, 2026, 2:16 pm ET The ARL Daily Intelligence is the trusted source of news and analysis for library leaders and advocates. Released Monday through Thursday, the ARL Daily...
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AI Sandbox Series: The Embedded Catalog
This post was written by Matthew Miller, a Linked Data Applications Technical Specialist in Discovery and Preservation Services at the Library of Congress. We are excited to share this post in our ongoing series about the Library of Congress Artificial Intelligence (AI) Sandbox for staff. Posts in the series will feature details about experiments in text recognition and searchability, metadata and bibliographic record enhancement, and more. A previous post introduced the initiative’s goals and an overview of the types of experiments conducted so far.
Balancing Affordability and Access within Textbook Affordability Models
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We’re pleased to announce the publication of the first of two reports resulting from new research to analyze, pilot, and evaluate affordable course material models. This project, conducted with funding from ECMC Foundation, provides us with the opportunity to document how course affordability programs are working in practice and understand the support they need to thrive.
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Fall 2026
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Last Updated on October 26, 2026, 11:38 am ET ARL Monitor: Public Edition (Fall 2026) In the Government Affairs section of this issue, once-threatened grants to US research libraries resume...
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Company News: Springer Nature and Google DeepMind Announcing a Research Partnership to Co-Design an AI Peer Review Assistant
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From a Joint Release (Full Text): Peer reviewers play an essential role in safeguarding the quality and integrity of published research. With this in mind, Springer Nature and Google DeepMind are announcing a research partnership to co-design an AI peer review assistant to explore how technology can help create a more rewarding reviewer experience. The […]
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Guest Post — When Research Integrity Fails, the Entire System Follows
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Leadership in academia, publishing, funding, and across the supply chain must coordinate efforts to address research integrity. It is this collective responsibility that will restore and protect the credibility of research.
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Meet me at PIDFest in Leiden this week
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This week I will be traveling to Leiden in the Netherlands (26.-29. October) to attend PIDFest 2026. I will present a poster on Commonmeta, the metadata standard for scholarly metadata that I have developed over the last three years.
Revisiting my 2020 predictions about scholarly discovery: Why AI search tools don't need their own citation indexes
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I thought the next big scholarly discovery service would be a citation index. I was wrong.
The Archive Before the Algorithm
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Two million government reports, an AI ambition, and a federal safety net that covers about a decade.
Guest Post — Improving OpenAlex Data: Why Publishers Should Help Authors Improve the Scholarly Record
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Today's guest post is a call to action in support of OpenAlex and its role in author disambiguation.
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ARL Libraries Celebrate Open Access Week 2026
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Last Updated on October 23, 2026, 12:06 pm ET Open Access Week is an opportunity for the academic and research community to continue to learn about the benefits of open...
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New Report From Tow-Knight Center: “The Three-Layer Cake: Public-Interest Information in an Al-Intermediated Age”; Libraries, Archives, Scholarly Publishers, and Other Groups Mentioned
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From the Tow-Knight Center For Journalism (CUNY): As artificial intelligence reshapes how people find and consume news, a new report from the Tow-Knight Center for Journalism Futures at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY examines what it will take to ensure the public has access to reliable, relevant information. The Three-Layer Cake: […]
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Preserving More Than the Web: Building an Archive of Online Resources for Preservation and Conservation
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In this interview, Jon Sweitzer-Lamme explains how web archiving is supporting the work of conservators and preservation scientists at the Library. He describes the process of creating the Preservation and Conservation Web Archive, what it preserves and why, the challenges of expanding the collection internationally, and how the archive can help future researchers understand the history of the field.
Infra Finder nears 200 infrastructures, revealing new insights into the evolving open infrastructure ecosystem
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A major expansion of IOI’s Infra Finder, including 59 new entries, is providing a deeper view of how open infrastructure is evolving — and the pressures that could shape its future.
Guest Post — All this AI Signal and Noise: What Deserves Action Now
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Amidst the onslaught of industry and global changes, opportunities, and advancements, which signals deserve action now, which are context, and which are weather?
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New Version Available: Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing
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From a Joint Announcement: The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), the Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association (OASPA), and the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) are scholarly organisations that have worked together to identify principles of transparency and best practice for scholarly journals. This is the fifth version […]
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The Question Comes Home
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Back in the United States, thinking about Stockholm, Korea, and the archive beyond its own front door
Five Key Lessons from the Fall 2026 Meeting of the Association of Research Libraries
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Last Updated on October 21, 2026, 10:06 am ET A prodigious 205 people convened for the 189th Meeting of the Association of Research Libraries in early October in Alexandria, Virginia....
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Guest Post — Defining Our Future: Reassessing What, How, and Why We Publish
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Today, the co-chairs of the 2027 SSP Annual Meeting discuss the theme and the importance of gathering to discuss what, how, and why we publish.
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The Internet Archive at 30: A Conversation with Brewster Kahle
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As the Internet Archive turns 30, founder Brewster Kahle looks back at the origins of the Archive and considers the future of libraries, digital preservation, and access to knowledge. In this wide-ranging conversation, Kahle explores how libraries can work together to preserve our digital culture, build collections that remain accessible, and make use of new technologies—including AI—without giving up their role as stewards of knowledge. Joining Kahle in conversation is Stephen Wyber of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA).
This conversation was originally recorded by IFLA as part of its Futures Club series on September 15, 2026. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChQunGkIO9E
Check out all of the Future Knowledge episodes at https://archive.org/details/future-knowledge
Become Part of the Legacy of Abolitionist and Educator, Myrtilla Miner
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The Library of Congress and the By the People volunteer transcription program invite you to celebrate the life and legacy of Myrtilla Miner. Click through to learn more about how you can improve the visibility of Miner’s story and the women she educated by transcribing her papers with By the People.
Internet Archive Honors Poynter and IRE for Preserving Local News Online
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As newsrooms across the United States close, years of reporting are at risk of disappearing. Stories documenting local elections, holding public officials accountable, investigating community problems and recording everyday life […]
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From Searchable to Non-Searchable: Generative AI and Information Diversity in Online Information Seeking (Updated Preprint)
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The paper linked below was recently updated (v.2) and shared on arXiv. Title From Searchable to Non-Searchable: Generative AI and Information Diversity in Online Information Seeking Authors Yulin Yu Northwestern University Yizhou Li University of Michigan Tzu-Sheng Kuo Carnegie Mellon University Kentaro Toyama University of Michigan Siddharth Suri Microsoft Research Scott Counts Microsoft Research Source […]
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From Content to Trusted Knowledge: Reflections on Frankfurt Book Fair 2026
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Thoughts on the Frankfurt Book Fair 2026: how do we turn trusted content into useful knowledge — and help people act on it?
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Share your research integrity experiences with Crossref and STM
As we approach the end of 2026, research integrity remains a critical focus for the scholarly publishing ecosystem: fast technological advancements are constantly pushing the boundaries of integrity, impacting how everyone in this space interacts with the scholarly record.
To better support our members in protecting the integrity of the scholarly record (ISR) in the face of these changes and challenges, we established an ISR advisory group, we’re planning to roll out our new Member Practices, talked to subject matter experts, tested integrity tools, and now, we want to fully understand the impact of research integrity issues on our membership.
We’re launching a new survey for all our members, in partnership with STM, to help us identify the key integrity challenges our community is facing. The questions touch on types of issues our members are seeing, and practicalities of their impact on our members’ workflows and processes. Your participation will help us identify key integrity challenges, and guide the next steps in the ISR program, including potential collaborations with STM and their integrity solutions.
Here’s what you need to know about the survey:
- Survey links have been sent to each member’s primary contact: check your email inbox, where you’ll find an email from us with a link to participate (if not, please contact us!)
- The survey should be completed by the person in your organisation that is the key expert on research integrity – whether it’s the recipient or another colleague;
- The survey will be open until the 15th of November;
- For a better experience, we recommend filling out the survey using a computer instead of a mobile device.
Research integrity is a complex topic, and within our vast membership, we are aware that it manifests differently across diverse subject areas, organisation size, and geography.
The only way to deeply understand these differences and nuances is through active member participation: the more you share with us, the better we will be able to understand your specific needs and explore how we can support them.
Towards the end of the year, we plan to follow up and share our learnings from the survey, so that the community can learn from our findings. We will also share these learnings as part of STM’s Research Integrity Day, on the 9th of December. Until then, we hope you’ll be able to share your research integrity experiences and challenges with us, and support us in protecting the foundations of the scholarly record.
If you have any questions about the survey, or would like to share more feedback, please contact me directly, or email our feedback inbox. We look forward to seeing your responses soon!
Annual Celebration 2026: Street Fair to Showcase Internet Archive’s Projects and Allies
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Every year, the Internet Archive throws a party at our headquarters, celebrating a different facet of our ongoing preservation work. The theme for 2026 is “Democracy’s Library: Tools for Participation” […]
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ARL Daily Intelligence (October 19–22)
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Last Updated on October 22, 2026, 5:21 pm ET The ARL Daily Intelligence is the trusted source of news and analysis for library leaders and advocates. Released Monday through Thursday, the ARL Daily...
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Transparency Has a Shelf Life
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AI standards tell us what should be disclosed. Records management asks what must survive.
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) Libraries Launches Open Index Project to Track the Evolution of Open Knowledge
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From a CMU Libraries Announcement: Carnegie Mellon University Libraries has launched the Open Index Project, a new initiative designed to make the evolution of open knowledge easier to discover and understand. Over the last few decades, open access publishing, open data, open source and other open practices have changed how knowledge moves from discovery to […]
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Bridging the AI Divide: A Collaborative Framework for Critical AI Literacy in Public Libraries (Conference Poster)
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The poster linked below was presented at the IFLA World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) 2026. Title Bridging the AI Divide: A Collaborative Framework for Critical AI literacy in Public Libraries Authors Minseo Kim UNC SDIS Shelby Kruger UNC SDIS Abstract As Generative AI transforms the information landscape, public libraries play a pivotal role in […]
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What content categories are used in science blogs?
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The science blog archive Rogue Scholar has now archived more than 55 thousand science blog posts with full-text content and rich metadata and published over the last 20 years. Time to have a closer look at what kind of scholarly content is published.
Guest Post — Whose Knowledge, Whose Terms? Governing Open Research in MENA, One Year On
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On October 19 and 20, 2026, the Forum for Open Research in MENA (Middle East and North Africa; FORM) will hold its 5th Annual Forum entirely online. This year's theme of resilience reflects the operating conditions facing many member organizations.
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Report: Minnesota Banned Book Bans, So Why Are Books Still Being Pulled From Shelves?
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From The Star Tribune: Two Minnesota schools have been among the national leaders in library book bans the past two years, despite a law here that first banned book bans in 2024. So, if it’s illegal, how did these books get pulled from shelves? The law lacks teeth, legal experts say, because it doesn’t lay […]
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Supporting Researchers in a Time of Change
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As 2027 approaches, senior leaders are facing another year of uncertainty across the research enterprise. Steep declines in applications and admissions of international graduate students portend both short- and long-term gaps in the talent pipeline. Ongoing volatility regarding the terms and conditions of federal grants create budgetary landmines, while concerns about research integrity and public […]
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Context-dependent leadership: what the Brazilian case reveals about international collaboration indicators
A country's role in global science is often assessed using indicators such as the proportion of articles involving international collaboration, the frequency of these collaborations, and the number of international partners. These indicators are useful, but they do not answer important questions: Who leads these collaborations? What is their impact? And which scientific agendas do they address? …Read More →
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Guest Post — From an Accidental Title List to a Connected Supply Chain: My Years with KBART
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Today's guest post reflects on how implementation, multilingual discovery, and cross-industry collaboration turned a metadata file into a map of the scholarly information supply chain.
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ARL Libraries Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month 2026
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Last Updated on October 15, 2026, 5:41 pm ET Join us in honoring Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15–October 15). Below is a roundup of blog posts, events, exhibits, and other...
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Anywhere Adventures in Southeast Wyoming
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The following is a guest post by the 2025-2026 Innovator in Residence, Vivian Li. As part of her work with the Library, Vivian hosted a series of community outreach events. Read on to learn about her time in Southeast Wyoming, one of the locations in Anywhere Adventures, Vivian’s mobile-first website which brings local history to …
OpenAlex Announces Launch of Trusted Journal Lists
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From an OpenAlex Post: Trust in science is under more pressure than it has been in a long time. Paper mills, hijacked journals, citation rings and a flood of machine-written manuscripts mean that “is this a real journal?” is now a question every reader, reviewer, funder and university has to ask. And the tools for […]
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First-of-Its-Kind: Largest Collection of Data Reuse Indicators Now Openly Available
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From Make Data Count: Make Data Count and Digital Science have released a first-of-its-kind open, contextualized collection of linkages between research articles and the datasets they cite or reuse. This effort builds on Make Data Count’s decade-long endeavors to make all connections between data and papers publicly accessible, with Digital Science contributing their expertise and […]
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Guest Post – The Evolution of Eras: Agentic Discovery Makes Way for Agentic Consumption
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Today's guest post takes a deeper view into how researchers are currently engaging with AI and scholarly research, positing that we're now seeing a shift from agentic discovery to consumption.
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Celebrating 2026 Internet Archive Artist in Residence: Christopher Burch
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Written by VITA HEWITT “Echoes of Absence and Mythos: The Un-Archivists of Shitocracy” comes straight from the hands of artist Christopher Burch and opens on October 17 at Incline Gallery. […]
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When the State Asks the Machine
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A dispatch from Stockholm: Linda Lindström, generative AI, and the public’s right to see how government works
Report: Between Google Scholar and ChatGPT: How Economics and Business Students Conduct Research in 2026
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From ZBW (Leibniz Information Centre for Economics) MediaTalk: Students in economics and business studies today draw on a wide range of information environments when searching for academic literature. Google Scholar, library catalogues and generative AI are part of their everyday research routines. But what role do traditional subject-specific databases still play? And how well do […]
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Building the Hero Award: The Story Behind Taekyeom Lee’s 3D-Printed Model of the Internet Archive
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Taekyeom Lee is an educator, designer, maker, and researcher. The associate professor of graphic design at Indiana University Bloomington is not only committed to teaching his students, Lee believes in […]
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Guest Post – Artificial Intelligence in Scholarly Publishing: Are We Moving Faster Than the Evidence?
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Today's guest blogger reflects on why the next phase of AI adoption needs more evaluation, collaboration, and human judgment.
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