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UNC-Chapel Hill Launches Statewide Study on Libraries and Generative AI in Local Communities
From UNC-Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has launched a new state-wide two-year collaborative planning and pilot study aimed at understanding how North Carolina communities are encountering generative artificial intelligence and how local libraries can support AI literacy in meaningful, locally relevant and sustainable ways. [Clip] [...]
Scholarly Publishing: Wiley Acquires Emerald For $452 Million in All-Cash Transaction
Here’s the Full Text of the Wiley News Release: Wiley today announced it has acquired Emerald Publishing Limited (“Emerald”) from Cambridge Information Group (CIG) in an all-cash transaction valued at £337 million, or USD 452 million. The acquisition expands Wiley’s journal portfolio to approximately 2,500 titles and establishes it as [...]
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Library Open Workflows: Automate Library Tasks Without Coding
Library teams often rely on IT support for even the simplest operational updates whether that’s batch-editing records, sending patron notices, or moving data between Alma, the library management solution from Ex Libris, Part of Clarivate, and campus systems. This dependence slows down progress and limits agility.
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District of Columbia e-Book Fairness Act Signed by Mayor, Defying Corporate Pressure and Private Equity Lobbying (Statement From eBook Study Group)
From the eBook Study Group: The eBook Study Group (ESG) celebrates a historic milestone for public digital access as District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser has officially signed B26-0490, the “Library E-book Pricing Fairness Amendment Act of 2025.” The legislation, which was drafted by the eBook Study Group, marks a decisive legislative victory for public […]
Roundup: Federal Research Funding Proposed Rule: Media Coverage, Statements, and Submissions
Ed. Note: Below find with links to media coverage, statements, etc. re: the Office of Management and Budget’s recently published PROPOSED Uniform Guidance Revisions. We will update this roundup on a regular basis and will focus on materials of special interest to libraries, scholarly communications, higher education, and other areas we post about on infoDOCKET. […]
Preprint: “Synthetic Sources?: Auditing Generative Search Engine Citations for Evidence of AI-Generated Sources”
The preprint linked below was recently shared on arXiv. Title Synthetic Sources?: Auditing Generative Search Engine Citations for Evidence of AI-Generated Sources Authors Mowafak Allaham Northwestern University Nicholas Diakopoulos Northwestern University Source via arXiv DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2605.23684 Abstract The growing accessibility of Large Language Models via conversational interfaces capable of responding to users’ questions by drawing […]
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New Journal Article: “Students’ Artificial Intelligence (AI) Literacy: An Exploratory Study”
Many thanks to Sage for allowing infoDOCKET to share the full text version of this article. Title Students’ Artificial Intelligence (AI) literacy: An Exploratory Study Authors Mor Deshen Ramat Gan Academic College, Israel Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel Noa Aharony Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel Source Journal of Librarianship and Information Science DOI: 10.1177/09610006261442178 […]
OpenAIRE and Alien Intelligence Announce Partnership to Bring AI Agents to the OpenAIRE Graph
From an OpenAire Post: …AI is changing how research is discovered and used. A newer generation of systems, often called agentic AI, can reason across sources, plan tasks, follow relationships between entities, and support decisions based on structured evidence. For open scholarly infrastructures, this raises a clear question: can the systems that increasingly interpret scientific […]
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Association of American Publishers (AAP) Releases StatShot Report For First Quarter, 2026: Overall Industry Was Up 0.9%; Professional & Scholarly Publishing Up 5.7%
From the Association of American Publishers (AAP): Today, the Association of American Publishers (AAP) released its StatShot report covering the first three months of 2026 reflecting reported revenue for Trade (Consumer Books), Education (combines PreK-12 Instructional Materials and Higher Education Course Materials), and Professional & Scholarly Publishing. Total revenues across all categories for the first […]
Just Released: 2026 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report | Teaching and Learning Edition
From EDUCAUSE: The 2026 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report | Teaching and Learning Edition identifies the most influential trends and early signals shaping higher education teaching and learning over the next decade. Based on the work of an expert panel using the STEEP framework, the report highlights how artificial intelligence, enrollment pressures, policy shifts, and sustainability concerns are reshaping […]
