November 4, 2025 by Gary Price
From Elsevier: Elsevier today shared the results of its global Researcher of the Future survey, offering fresh insights into how researchers view the rapidly evolving research landscape. [Clip] Drawing on insights from more than 3,200 academic and corporate researchers across 113 countries, the report highlights widening regional differences in researcher attitudes, evolving views on mobility, […]
August 23, 2025 by Gary Price
The article (full text) linked below was recently published by Cataloging & Classification Quarterly. Title The Librarian Skillset and the Needs of Artificial Intelligence Authors Corey A. Harper Elsevier Discovery Lab Paul Groth University of Amsterdam Source Cataloging & Classification Quarterly DOI: 10.1080/01639374.2025.2539787 Abstract New roles in AI are emerging throughout Industry, Academia, and Government. […]
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 […]
July 24, 2025 by Gary Price
From Reuters: British business information group RELX said on Thursday demand for its generative AI tools from lawyers and scientists boosted half-year profit by 9%, and it was confident on further growth as new products launch and its conference business thrives. [Clip] Demand for its new generative AI tools has helped sustain growth more recently, and […]
May 1, 2025 by Gary Price
From a Scholarly Kitchen Guest Post by: Katherine Klosek, Association of Research Libraries Simon Holt, Elsevier Katherine McColgan, Canadian Association of Research Libraries Judith C. Russell, University of Florida According to the Accessible Books Consortium, less than 10% of published works globally include features that allow them to be used by people with perceptual disabilities. That […]
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’ […]
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March 12, 2025 by Gary Price
From an Elsevier Release: Elsevier today launches ScienceDirect AI, a cutting-edge generative AI tool for researchers. It is designed to transform the way researchers work by enabling them to instantly extract, summarize and compare trusted insights from millions of full-text articles and book chapters on ScienceDirect, the world’s largest platform for trusted, peer-reviewed research. Researchers […]
March 4, 2025 by Gary Price
AI AI Skills and Capabilities in Canada (via OECD) Opera Browser Unveils AI Agent That Handles Online Tasks For You (via TNW) OpenAI Launches NextGenAI Consortium to Advance Research and Education with AI; Founding Partners Include Caltech, MIT, University of Michigan, and the Boston Public Library Policy Paper: Intellectual Property Issues in Artificial Intelligence Trained […]
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January 9, 2025 by Gary Price
AI AI and the Struggle for Control Over Research (via Inside Higher Ed) Meta Knew It Used Pirated Books to Train AI, Authors Say (via Reuters) The Publisher of the Journal “Nature” is Emailing Authors of Scientific Papers, Offering to Sell Them AI Summaries of Their Own Work (via Futurism) Authors Alliance Artificial Intelligence, Authorship, […]
January 6, 2025 by Gary Price
Alabama Library Battles Heat Up in Spanish Fort, Athens as New Year Begins (via APR) Data Announcing Make Data Count and HELIOS Open Collaboration: ‘Implementing data evaluation at institutions’ Working Group National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Trump Promises to Replace National Archivist After the Agency’s Role In Documents Case Against Him (via AP) NDSA […]

