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Research Paper (preprint): Everyone’s Using It, But No One is Allowed to Talk About It: College Students’ Experiences Navigating the Higher Education Environment in a Generative AI World
The research paper (preprint) linked below was recently shared on arXiv. Title Everyone’s Using It, But No One is Allowed to Talk About It: College Students’ Experiences Navigating the Higher Education Environment in a Generative AI World Authors Yue Fu Information School, University of Washington Yifan Lin Information School, University [...]
Journal Article: Data as a New Research Publication Type: What Could Be The Role Of Research Libraries as Service Providers?
The article linked below was recently published by LIBER Quarterly. Title Data as a New Research Publication Type: What Could Be The Role Of Research Libraries as Service Providers? Authors Mari Elisa Kuusniemi University of Helsinki Susanna Nykyri Tampere University Source LIBER Quarterly Vol. 36 No. 1 (2026) DOI: 10.53377/lq.19415 [...]
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Reveal Your Library’s Hidden Collection
In today’s rapidly evolving academic landscape, libraries face the dual challenge of meeting diverse research needs while managing constrained budgets. The recent report from Clarivate, “Current trends in academic library holdings: The evolution towards aggregated content,” offers a timely and data-driven perspective on how libraries are responding to these pressures.
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Project Results From COMET: “Unlocking Author-Affiliation Metadata For All of arXiv”
From a COMET Blog Post: The COMET team is pleased to share results from an exciting line of work we have recently completed, focused on unlocking author-affiliation metadata from preprints. Specifically, we have trained a small, open-weight large language model (LLM) that achieves state-of-the-art performance on author-affiliation extraction for arXiv works. With this approach, we […]
Legislation Roundup: Iowa Bill Advanced Monday Would Remove Library Exemptions From Obscenity Restrictions; Controversial Library Book Policy Bill Clears First Reading in Wyoming House
Iowa Iowa Bill Advanced Monday Would Remove Library Exemptions From Obscenity Restrictions (via The Gazette) Exemptions from restrictions on obscene materials would be lifted from Iowa public libraries under legislation advanced by state lawmakers Monday. The bill, Senate File 2119, would repeal a section of Iowa code that provides exemptions from restrictions on obscene materials that […]
New Issue of Library Trends (74.3): Data Literacy: Navigating the Shift from Hype to Reality
Here’s the table of contents for the latest issue of Library Trends (Volume 74, Number 3, February 2026). The issue is titled, “Data Literacy: Navigating the Shift from Hype to Reality” and was edited by Ben B. Chiewphasa. From the Introduction: The 74 (3) issue of Library Trends examines the intersection of technological hype and practical reality […]
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International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Releases Marrakesh Monitoring Report 2026
From the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA): 128 countries are now signed up to the marrakesh treaty, which removes unnecessary copyright barriers to the creation of and access to books and other materials in accessible formats for people with print disabilities. but how far have they aligned their national laws with the […]
Report: Alabama Senate Approves Bill Allowing Firings Of Library Board Members
Media Roundup Alabama Library Board Members Can Be Removed Without Cause Under Senate-Approved Bill (via AL.com) The Alabama State Senate on Tuesday passed a bill allowing local officials to remove library board members without cause. The bill was approved with 26 ayes, four nays and one abstention after discussion from Democrats who opposed the bill. […]
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Preprint Roundup: Campus AI vs. Commercial AI; The Impact of LLMs on Online News Consumption and Production; Semantic Search at LinkedIn; & More
Here are several new or revised preprints posted on arXiv that might be of interest. An Analysis of the Effects Of Open Science Indicators on Citations in the French Open Science Monitor Authorship Drift: How Self-Efficacy and Trust Evolve During LLM-Assisted Writing Campus AI vs. Commercial AI: Comparing How Students and Employees Perceive their University’s […]
Scholarly Publishing: Silverchair Launches Discovery Bridge MCP (Model Context Protocol)
From a Silverchair Announcement: Silverchair, the leading independent technology partner for scholarly publishers, announced the launch of the Discovery Bridge, leveraging Model Context Protocol (MCP) to connect end-users to scholarly content directly through AI assistants while maintaining institutional access controls and opening new licensing opportunities. [Clip] The Discovery Bridge integrates with existing AI assistants including […]
