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The preprint linked below was recently shared on arXiv. Title Ads in AI Chatbots? An Analysis of How Large Language Models Navigate Conflicts of Interest Authors Addison J. Wu Princeton University Ryan Liu Princeton University Shuyue Stella Li University of Washington Yulia Tsvetkov University of Washington Thomas L. Griffiths Princeton University Source via arXiv DOI: […]
American Library Association (ALA) Announces Recipients of the I Love My Librarian Award For 2026
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From the American Library Association: The American Library Association (ALA) is thrilled to announce this year’s 10 recipients of the coveted I Love My Librarian Award. Serving communities across the nation, the 2026 honorees are exceptional librarians from academic, public, and school libraries who were nominated by community members for their expertise, dedication, and profound impact […]
404 Media: “‘BLOCKADE’: The Right is Using AI Content Scanners to Try to Supercharge Book Banning”
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From 404 Media (by Claire Woodcock): Conservative parents’ advocacy groups have been experimenting with using commercially available artificial intelligence tools to help them flag more books they’ve deemed pornographic to be removed from public schools and libraries. Even though LLMs are notoriously error-prone, and the books in question aren’t pornographic, these groups continue to explore […]
Video: RLUK 2026 Keynote by Dr. Carla Hayden
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From RLUK (via YouTube): Dr Carla Hayden in conversation with Jane Harvell, Director of Library Culture and Heritage and University Librarian at the University of Sussex and RLUK Chair. Carla Hayden was sworn in as the 14th Librarian of Congress on September 14, 2016. Dr. Hayden, the first woman and the first African American to […]
The preprint linked below was recently shared on arXiv. Title How are AI Agents Used? Evidence From 177,000 MCP Tools Author Merlin Stein UK AI Security Institute, University of Oxford Source via arXiv DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2603.23802 Abstract Today’s AI agents are built on large language models (LLMs) equipped with tools to access and modify external environments, […]
New Resource: “ORION Dashboard: Bringing Open Research Data Within Reach”
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From a Leiden Madtrics Post by Juan Pablo Bascur Cifuentes The ORION dashboard enables easy exploration of CWTS OpenAlex data on BigQuery, letting users analyse institutions, funders, and research topics via interactive visualisations and reproducible SQL queries without any coding skills required. [Clip] What the dashboard does The current version centres on two types of […]
The article linked below was recently published by Quantitative Science Studies. Title Evaluating Open Access Advantages for Citations and Altmetrics (2011-21): A Dynamic and Evolving Relationship Open Access Authors Mike Taylor University of Wolverhampton Source Quantitative Science Studies 1–60. DOI: 10.1162/QSS.a.470 Abstract Differences between the impacts of Open Access (OA) and non-OA research have been observed […]
New Issue (Vol. 21 No.1) of Evidence Based Library and Information Practice (EBLIP) is Now Available Online
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Vol. 21 No. 1 (2026) of Evidence Based Library and Information Practice) EBLIP was published today. Editorial Publishing Assessment Projects as Research Ann Medaillea [HTML] [PDF] Research Articles Developing an OPEN Framework for Asking EBLIP Questions in Open Education Emilia C. Bell, Adrian Stagg [HTML] [PDF] Engagement Practices of Canadian Academic Libraries for the Advancement of Student […]
A New Issue (Vol. 45 No. 1; 2026) of Information Technology and Libraries (ITAL) is Now Available Online
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Here’s the Complete Table of Contents + Links to Articles Editorials Letter from the Editors Kenneth J. Varnum; Joanna DiPasquale [PDF] From the Field Librarian Leadership in the Age of AI Jeremiah Rood [PDF] ITAL & Refusal as Instruction: Equipping Patrons to Resist AI, Data Brokers, Big Tech, & More Hannah Cyrus [PDF] Articles Navigating […]
Journal Article: “Studying with GenAI: Student Views on the Opportunities and Risks of GenAI in Higher Education”
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The article linked to below was published today by Education and Information Technologies (Springer). Title Studying with GenAI: Student Views on the Opportunities and Risks of GenAI in Higher Education Authors Elida Cena, Aideen McParland, Wilhelmiina Toivo, Blinne Dalton, Megan Mundy, Patrick A. O’Connor, Ashley E. Robertson, Maxine Swingler, Paul Wilson & Connie Duncan Source […]
