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The article linked below was recently published by The Journal of Academic Librarianship. Title User Perspectives on LINK: A Generative AI Chatbot for Academic Libraries Authors Evan Fruehauf University of South Florida LeEtta Schmidt University of South Florida Amanda Boczar University of South Florida Source The Journal of Academic Librarianship Volume 52, Issue 4, July […]
Journal Article: Publications Produced and Services Offered by Library Publishing Programs in the United States and Canada: A Data-Driven Analysis
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The article linked below was published today by the Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication. Title Publications Produced and Services Offered by Library Publishing Programs in the United States and Canada: A Data-Driven Analysis Authors Johanna Meetz The Ohio State University Jeff Story| Intel Corporation Source Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication 14(1), eP20194 (2026) […]
Here’s the video recording of the closing plenary talk (recorded at the Spring 2026 CNI Membership Meeting in Salt Lake City) by Manish Parashar, Executive Director, Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute; Inaugural Chief AI Officer; Presidential Professor, University of Utah. Manish is introduced by Kate Zwaard, CNI Executive Director The current data renaissance, accelerated by advances […]
Here’s the video recording of the opening plenary talk (recorded at the Spring 2026 CNI Membership Meeting in Salt Lake City) by Rebekah Cummings, Director of Digital Matters and Head of Open Scholarship and Data Services, University of Utah J. Willard Marriott Library. Rebekah is introduced by Kate Zwaard, CNI Executive Director Artificial intelligence (AI) has […]
College and Research Libraries Vol. 87, No. 3 (May 2026) Table of Contents Download Full Issue (PDF) | Source Articles Publish or Perish? A Content Analysis of Scholarship Criteria in R1 Academic Libraries’ Promotion and Tenure Documentation [PDF] [HTML] Teresa Schultz, Emily E. Boss, Elena Azadbakht Not Just Monetary: Arts and Humanities Scholars’ Perspectives on the Costs of […]
New Report: AI Use Across the North American Book Industry
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From BookNet Canada and BISG: In the book industry, while some organizations have openly embraced AI, others have completely rejected it. Some are sitting on the sidelines, wondering if this is worth their time and attention, resources which are scarce and very valuable in an industry with thin margins such as this one In the […]
The preprint linked below will be presented at the 64th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL). Title Your Students Don’t Use LLMs Like You Wish They Did Authors Sebastian Kobler, Matthew Clemson, Angela Sun, Jonathan K. Kummerfeld Affiliation: The University of Sydney (All Authors) Source via arxiv DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2604.23486 Abstract Educational NLP […]
From The Charlotte Observer: Advocates are warning the Trump administration’s proposed federal budget could leave libraries in North Carolina without longstanding funding that pays for services across the state. [Clip] “These dollars fund a lot of essential services, whether we talk about digital skills training for all North Carolinians or online professional development for library […]
Report: Illinois Bill Would Stop Publishers From Charging Libraries More Than Public For E-Books and Audiobooks
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From the Chicago Tribune: “More and more taxpayer-funded library budgets are being eaten up by this licensing at unreasonably high prices,” [Monica] Harris [executive director of the Reaching Across Illinois Library System] said. “The hold list gets longer and longer for the constituents who are trying to, you know, use these materials and many libraries […]
Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Publishes “The State of U.S. Academic Libraries: Findings From the ACRL 2024 Annual Survey”
| Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Libraries, News
From ACRL: This report focuses on U.S. academic libraries in fiscal year 2024 (the 2023–24 academic year). For the first time this year, the results are weighted to be representative of all U.S. academic libraries, unless otherwise noted. Key findings include: Staff: The average full-time equivalent (FTE) library staff is 36.2 and the median is 15.7. […]
