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New Report From Ithaka S+R: Making AI Generative for Higher Education: Adoption and Challenges Among Instructors and Researchers
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The report linked below was published today by Ithaka S+R. Title Making AI Generative for Higher Education: Adoption and Challenges Among Instructors and Researchers Authors Claire Baytas Ithaka S+R Dylan Ruediger Ithaka S+R Source Ithaka S+R May 1, 2025 DOI: 10.18665/sr.322677 From the Report Introduction Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has been a buzz word across […]
Macmillan Publishers CEO Jon Yaged Discusses Book Bans, Libraries, IMLS, and Other Topics During MSNBC Interview
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From MSNBC: As part of an Executive Order signed in mid-March, the Trump Administration ordered several governmental entities be stripped down. One of them is called the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The IMLS is a tiny, independent federal agency with just about 70 employees. It provides funding for public libraries in every single […]
Report: “A Treasure Trove of Education Reports and Studies [ERIC] is Under Threat”
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From The Hechinger Report by Jill Barshay: ERIC stands for Education Resources Information Center and it is a curated online public library of 2.1 million educational documents that is funded and managed by the U.S. Education Department. The collection dates back to the 1960s and used to be circulated to libraries through microfiche. [Clip] This critical […]
Journal Article: The State of Cost Sharing And Collaborative Collection Development at AACSB-Accredited Universities
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The full text article linked below was recently published by The Journal of Academic Librarianship. Title The State of Cost Sharing And Collaborative Collection Development at AACSB-Accredited Universities Authors Benjamin Hall University of Southern California Elizabeth Price James Madison University Tim Tully San Diego State University Source The Journal of Academic Librarianship Volume 51, Issue […]
Report: “Mississippi Libraries Ordered to Delete Academic Research in Response to State Laws”
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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 […]
Report: “US Authorities Closing Canadian Access to Historic Library That Straddles Quebec-Vermont Border”
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From CTV: A small town in southern Quebec says American authorities have decided to close the Canadian access to an historic library that sits on the border between the two countries. Inside the Haskell Free Library and Opera House there is a worn strip of black tape on the floor marking the U.S. and […]
Op/Ed: When Funding Feeds Starvation
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Ed. Note: infoDOCKET would like to thank Sandi Caldrone for contributing the op/ed shared below. When Funding Feeds Starvation by Sandi Caldrone Assistant Professor, University Library Research Data Librarian University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign caldron2@illinois.edu In a misguided quest for efficiency, the NIH recently announced it was limiting indirect costs to 15 percent of grant award funds. […]
openRxiv Launch to Sustain and Expand Preprint Sharing in Life and Health Sciences USA
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From a News Release: openRxiv has officially launched as an independent nonprofit to oversee bioRxiv and medRxiv, the world’s leading preprint servers for life and health sciences. openRxiv ensures that researchers worldwide can continue to share discoveries rapidly and openly. With a researcher-led governance model, openRxiv strengthens the foundation of preprint sharing, empowering scientists to […]
From SCONUL (Society of College, National and University Libraries): SCONUL has launched the results of its first Library Technology Survey. This provides a comprehensive analysis of the technology landscape for academic and research libraries covering 26 library technology functional spaces. It provides detailed profiles of the products and services used in those spaces, as well […]
Towards Next-Gen Citation Indexes: The Groundbreaking Release of OpenAIRE ScholeXplorer API 3.0!; U-M Academics Say Rising Costs of Journal Subscriptions Are Hurting Scholarly Research; & More Headlines
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AI Anthropic’s New ‘Hybrid Reasoning’ AI Model Is Its Smartest Yet (via The Verge) Perplexity Teases a Web Browser Called Comet (via TechCruch) The Public Interest Corpus: An Update and Opportunities For Co-Development (via Authors Alliance) Internet Archive Who’s Funding the Wayback Machine? Saving Information Under Threat (via Inside Philanthropy) Lyrasis Lyrasis Partners with the […]
