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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
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, [...]
New Version Available: Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing
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. [...]
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Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) Libraries Launches Open Index Project to Track the Evolution of Open Knowledge
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 […]
Bridging the AI Divide: A Collaborative Framework for Critical AI Literacy in Public Libraries (Conference Poster)
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 […]
Report: Minnesota Banned Book Bans, So Why Are Books Still Being Pulled From Shelves?
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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OpenAlex Announces Launch of Trusted Journal Lists
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 […]
First-of-Its-Kind: Largest Collection of Data Reuse Indicators Now Openly Available
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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Report: Between Google Scholar and ChatGPT: How Economics and Business Students Conduct Research in 2026
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 […]
Just Released: The State of U.S. Academic Libraries: Findings From ACRL 2025 Annual Survey
Direct to Full Text Report: The State of U.S. Academic Libraries: Findings From the ACRL 2025 Annual Survey 25 pages; PDF. From an ACRL Post: This report focuses on U.S. academic libraries in fiscal year 2025 (the 2024–25 academic year). With the sunset of the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) Academic Libraries component after […]
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