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The article linked below was recently published by JASIST (Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology). Title The Future of Scholarly Blogs: Scholarly Bloggers’ Perspectives on Long-Term Preservation Authors Catharina Ochsner Berlin School of Library and Information Science, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Heinz Pampel Berlin School of Library and Information Science, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin […]
New Data: PEN America Tracks Record School Book Bans (12,000) For a Single Year; Record Number of Unique Book Titles, at 7,000, Were Banned, as New State Laws, Artificial Intelligence, and Political Pressure Drives Censorship in Schools
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From PEN America: PEN America today reported nearly 12,000 book bans in public schools nationwide during the 2025-2026 school year—the largest number in a single year. New state censorship laws accounted for much of the increase, coupled with the use of artificial intelligence to remove books en masse including popular manga series and other graphic […]
New online from Johns Hopkins University Press. Article Preprints For portal: Libraries and the Academy (Volume 26, Number 4). Documenting Professional Service as Scholarship in Academic Librarianship Author(s): Ellysa Stern Cahoy A Framework for Sustainable LibGuide Review: Lessons from a Library-Wide Initiative (Worth Noting) Author(s): Evie Cordell, Kate Lambardia, Piper Martin Three Decades of Censorship […]
From Nature: Elena Vasquez spent three months camping on the rim of Mount Nyiragongo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo back in 2019. She says the sulfur dioxide there smelt like “burnt matches mixed with rotten eggs”. Her colleague, Marcus Chen, has witnessed 11 volcanic eruptions across four continents. Vasquez and Chen’s accounts appeared […]
Mellon Foundation Releases: “Mapping the Landscape of Community-Based Archives” Report
| Archives and Special Collections, Associations and Organizations, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Funding, Interviews, Journal Articles, Libraries, News, Preservation
From the Mellon Foundation: Today, the Mellon Foundation released “Powerful but Precarious: Mapping the Landscape of Community-Based Archives,” the first national study of its kind. Produced in partnership with research firm Engage R+D, the study draws on a survey of 336 independent, community-led archives, and in-depth interviews with more than 20 practitioners across the country. […]
Report: Chinese-Owned Science Journal Created to Rival the Best
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From Nature: A new Chinese-owned journal has set its sights on rivalling the world’s oldest and most influential academic titles. Vita is one of several English-language journals that have launched in China in the past couple of years. They represent the country’s latest effort to create prestigious global journals, as part of the government’s Journal […]
From a Joint Release: The Book Industry Study Group (BISG) and BookNet Canada have released AI Use Across the North American Book Industry 2026, the second annual report examining how publishing professionals and organizations across the U.S. and Canada are using—and thinking about—AI. Drawing on 771 responses, this year’s report provides an opportunity to look […]
Report: Oxford Lets OpenAI Train Its AI Models On Historical Texts From the Bodleian Library
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From The Guardian: The University of Oxford has allowed the company behind ChatGPT to train its AI models on historical texts from its Bodleian Library, as tech companies scour academic institutions for fresh data. The Bodleian material digitised by OpenAI has been used to “populate the OpenAI training set”, according to internal documents. Oxford announced […]
National Science Foundation (NSF) Announces Launch of the Open Knowledge Network, A National Open-Data Platform Connecting More Than 40 Knowledge Graphs
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From an NSF Announcement: Built through the NSF Prototype Open Knowledge Network program and in collaboration with a broad coalition of federal partners, the network is now available for public use The U.S. National Science Foundation announced today the launch of the NSF Open Knowledge Network (NSF OKN), a national open-data infrastructure that links 43 […]
OpenAI Agent Hacking Attempt Targets University of New Mexico Digital Library
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Two reports linked below. From KOB: A research lab says an OpenAI agent targeted the University of New Mexico’s digital library in multiple hacking attempts but did not successfully breach the system. Transluce reported the attempts and said agents targeted UNM’s digital library in May 2026. They reported the activity included a direct attack and […]
