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New Journal Article: “Personal Data Privacy Literacy and Library Privacy Awareness and Concern Among Academic Library Employees”
The article linked below was published by The Journal of Academic Librarianship. Title Data Privacy Literacy and Library Privacy Awareness and Concern Among Academic Library Employees Authors Bryan Anderson University of North Texas Brady D. Lund University of North Texas Yara Mohammed University of North Texas Zafar Imam Khan Hamdan [...]
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Releases 2025 Annual Report
From an IFLA Post: The 2025 edition covers the first full year of our 2024–29 Strategy and is structured around its three Impact Areas as well as our work to future-proof the Federation. Overall, 2025 shows ongoing progress: stronger connections, more impactful advocacy, deeper investment in capacity and futures, and a sharper focus [...]
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What the Academic AI Impact Study Shows About Productivity, Capacity and Human Oversight in Library Workflows
Academic libraries are being asked to do more with the same, or fewer, resources. Staff capacity is stretched. Metadata backlogs persist. Course support workflows face recurring time pressure. In that environment, academic AI in libraries is no longer being explored only as a future possibility. For some libraries, it is already being used as practical operational support inside everyday workflows.
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Report: “Indiana Librarians to Get Mental Health Training”
From the Indiana Capital Chronicle: Hoosiers suffering mental health crises are visiting public libraries for help — transforming the role of librarians who act simultaneously as researchers, archivists and quasi-social workers. Mental Health America of Indiana is stepping in to train librarians in how to respond to these crises and direct patrons to reliable information on […]
ALA’s Intellectual Freedom Committee Releases “New Guidelines to Support Library Staff in Evaluating Digital Content Vendors”
Here’s the Full Text of Today’s Publication Announcement: The Intellectual Freedom Committee today announced the release of “Content Controls and Access Guidelines for Vendors,” a new guiding document designed to help library staff make informed, principled decisions when selecting third‑party digital content providers. Adopted on May 5, 2026, the guidelines equip library workers with essential tools to safeguard […]
OCLC Releases “America’s 250-Year Bookshelf” Shaped by What Libraries Collect
From OCLC: As the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary, OCLC today introduces America’s 250-Year Bookshelf, a collection of 250 nonfiction books about America—one for every year since 1776—identified through data from WorldCat, the world’s most comprehensive source of information about library collections. The list reveals which books, from among the vast number written about America over […]
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The Royal Society: Historic Weather Data Made Available to Scientists and Public, Spanning Antarctica to Greenland
From The Royal Society: An archive of over 1,600 sets of meteorological, magnetic and tidal observations taken from 1706-1915 from across the globe has been digitised for the first time. The treasure trove of historic weather data and imagery is now available for scientists across the globe to study on the Royal Society’s Science in the […]
A Look at the “Story of Crossref’s Metadata Development”
From a Crossref Post by Patricia Feeney: A significant update is nearly here. Schema 5.5 will expand contributor metadata to support multiple roles per contributor, and will introduce support for CRediT — the ANSI/NISO taxonomy for contributor roles. This means that an individual’s complete contribution to a research output can finally be described in our metadata, rather […]
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Standards: Say Hello to the Agentic Resource Discovery (ARD) Specification
From PC World: That chaotic, 1995-era state of the web is similar to where we are now with the “agentic” web. Just like users struggled to find URLs back in those days, so do AI agents struggle to find the tools they need to actually get things done online. When you ask an AI agent […]
Report: “Dozens Object to Rule Requiring Arkansas Libraries To Restrict ‘Sexually Explicit’ Materials”
From the Arkansas Advocate: Dozens of Arkansans told the Department of Education that they oppose requiring public libraries to restrict children’s access to “sexually explicit materials” in order to receive state funding. At least 62 people submitted concerns in writing by Friday about the draft rule requiring libraries to ensure patrons age 16 or younger cannot check out materials that […]
