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Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Releases Salary Survey 2024 Reports Data
| Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Reports
From ARL: The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published the ARL Annual Salary Survey 2024, which analyzes salary data for professional staff working in 123 of the 125 ARL member libraries during 2024. Data are reported for 11,256 professional staff from 118 university ARL libraries in Canada and the United States and for 2,040 professional […]
CARL (Canadian Association of Research Libraries) and CFLA (Canadian Federation of Library Associations) Release New Guide on the Canadian Copyright Act for Accessible Content
| Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Associations and Organizations, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Publishing
From a Joint Announcement: The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) and the Canadian Federation of Library Associations (CFLA) are pleased to announce the release of Accessible Content: A Guide to the Canadian Copyright Act on Searching for Accessible Formats and Producing and Distributing Alternate Formats. This guide provides a clear, practical overview of the laws […]
Preprint: “How Much are LLMs Changing the Language of Academic Papers After ChatGPT? A Multi-Database and Full Text Analysis”
| Associations and Organizations, Journal Articles, News, Open Access, Publishing
The research paper (preprint) linked below was recently shared on arXiv. Title How Much are LLMs Changing the Language of Academic Papers After ChatGPT? A Multi-Database and Full Text Analysis Authors Kayvan Kousha University of Wolverhampton Mike Thelwall University of Sheffield Source via arXiv DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2509.09596 Abstract This study investigates how Large Language Models (LLMs) […]
Library of Congress Announces 2025 Literacy Awards
| Associations and Organizations, Awards, Libraries, News, Podcasts, Public Libraries
From the Library of Congress (Full Text of Announcement: Twenty-four organizations working to expand literacy and promote reading were awarded the 2025 Library of Congress Literacy Awards this morning on International Literacy Day. The Literacy Awards program, sponsored by David M. Rubenstein since 2013, and by the Kislak Family Foundation since 2023, honors promising initiatives […]
Media Roundup + Statements: “Anthropic Agrees to Pay $1.5 Billion to Settle Lawsuit With Book Authors”
| Associations and Organizations, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Data Files, Libraries, News, Roundup
Primary Document: Settlement Agreement (39 pages; PDF) (via CourtListener) From The NY Times: In a landmark settlement, Anthropic, a leading artificial intelligence company, has agreed to pay $1.5 billion to a group of authors and publishers after a judge ruled it had illegally downloaded and stored millions of copyrighted books. The settlement is largest payout […]
University of California Curation Center (UC3): Exploring How AI Can Help Research Data Management
| Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Management and Leadership, News
From a UC3 Post: At UC3, several of our latest initiatives involve integrating AI tools, with a particular focus on improving metadata and assisting researchers with creating best practice DMPs. [Clip] One key application of AI we are exploring is enhancing the quality and scale of our metadata curation activities, including those for the Research […]
Journal Article: The Librarian Skillset and the Needs of Artificial Intelligence
| Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Elsevier, Journal Articles, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Patrons and Users
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. […]
Special Libraries Association (SLA) and the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) Members Vote in Favor of Merger
| Associations and Organizations, Libraries, News, Special Libraries
Here’s the Full Text of the Announcement (via SLA; 8/21): The Special Libraries Association (SLA) and the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) today announced that their members have cleared the way for the organizations to merge. SLA members voted overwhelmingly to accept the dissolution plan proposed by their Board of Directors. Separately, ASIS&T […]
After 17 Years Project Information Literacy (PIL) is Coming to An End, Archive of All PIL Output Now Available
| Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Funding, Interviews, News, Open Access, Patrons and Users, Reports
Ed. Note: The email letter below was shared with infoDOCKET yesterday and is posted with the permission of its author, Project Information Literacy (PIL) Founder and Executive Director, Dr. Alison Head. We would like to thank Alison and the PIL team for their many contributions during the past 17 years and for leaving us with […]
From Nature: PsyArXiv is just one of the many preprint servers — and journals — that are grappling with suspicious submissions. Some papers bear the fingerprints of paper mills, which are services that produce scientific papers on demand. Others show evidence of content written by AI systems, such as fake references, which can be a sign of an AI […]
