July 25, 2025 by Gary Price
The article linked below was recently published IFLA Journal. Title Generative Artificial Intelligence and University Libraries in Latin America Authors Humberto Martínez-CamachoUniversidad Panamericana, Mexico César Saavedra-AlamillaUNAM, MexicoJosmel Pacheco-MendozaUNAM, Mexico Juan D Machin-MastromatteoUniversidad Científica del SUR, Lima, Peru Source IFLA Journal (2025) DOI: 10.1177/03400352251348246 Abstract This article explores the use of generative artificial intelligence in Latin […]
May 21, 2025 by Gary Price
The article linked below was recently published by The Journal of Academic Librarianship. Title Supporting Early Career Academic Librarians: A Scoping Review of Research Literature on Early Career Professional Development Initiatives Authors Sally Smith Clemson University Lindsey Baird University of Alabama at Birmingham Karen Burton Clemson University Amanda McLeod Clemson University Shelby Carroll Clemson University […]
April 9, 2025 by Gary Price
From Mississippi Today: A state commission scrubbed academic research from a database used by Mississippi libraries and public schools — a move made to comply with recent state laws changing what content can be offered in libraries. The Mississippi Library Commission ordered the deletion of two research collections that might violate state law, a March […]
April 4, 2025 by Gary Price
From the California Digital Library (CDL): Following the University of California Ebook Usability Common Knowledge Group’s (EUCKG) analysis of 3 publisher platforms (Cambridge, Elsevier, and Wiley) and the publication of an initial report, the EUCKG received feedback to evaluate ebook aggregators to see how they perform against similar usability criteria. The criteria focuses on users’ […]
March 5, 2025 by Gary Price
AI AI Literacy in K-12 and Higher Education in the Wake of Generative AI: An Integrative Review (preprint) (via arxiv) Google is Adding More AI Overviews and a New ‘AI Mode’ to Search (via The Verge) Digitization Utrecht University Library Digitizes Earliest Printed Books (via UU) EBSCO / New York Public Library All-Inclusive Digital Search […]
January 8, 2025 by Gary Price
California Los Angeles Public Library Director John Szabo is Library Journal’s 2025 Librarian of the Year (via LJ) Connecticut E-Book Licensing Bill Filed in Connecticut General Assembly (Senate) HathiTrust Unlock the Past: Public Domain Day 2025 Idaho Boise Library Board Wrestles with Application of ‘Library Protection Act’ (via IdahoNews.com) Libraries Research Librarian is #20 on […]
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December 4, 2024 by Gary Price
AI Training AI through Human Interactions Instead of Datasets (via Pratt School Engineering/Duke University) EBSCO Findings from EBSCO’s Natural Language Search Beta (via EBSCO Post) OCLC OCLC Publishes Research On Art Library Collaborations in Art Libraries Journal Tennessee Knox County Schools Receive List of Books To Ban From Libraries Under State Law (via WVLT)
November 11, 2024 by Gary Price
From the American Library Association (ALA): Lindsay Cronk, Dean of Libraries, Tulane University, New Orleans; Andrea Jamison, Assistant Professor of School Librarianship, Illinois State University; and Maria McCauley, Director of Libraries, Cambridge Public Library, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Cronk currently serves as a member of Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures. She’s a member of the Core 5 Year […]
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October 17, 2024 by Gary Price
AI Scientific Papers That Mention AI Get a Citation Boost (Nature) EBSCO EBSCO Information Services Launches Mosaic, by GOBI Library Solutions Freedom House Internet Freedom in the Americas Declined in 2024 (via FH) ||| Full Text Report: Freedom on the Net 2024: The Struggle for Trust Online, Google NotebookLM Now Allows Users to Customize Audio […]
October 8, 2024 by Gary Price
AI OpenAI Announces Content Deal with Hearst, Including Content from Cosmopolitan, Esquire and the San Francisco Chronicle EBSCO EBSCO Information Services Launches Inspec with Full Text Research Solutions Research Solutions and Karger Publishers Collaborate to Enrich Journal Content with Scite Smart Citations OCLC Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Library Joins OCLC’s Worldshare Management Services Community Systematic […]

