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Google’s NotebookLM Begins Rolling Out “Deep Research” Feature and Support For More File Formats Including Google Sheets and MS Word
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From a Google Blog Post: Here’s what makes NotebookLM’s Deep Research different: the report is just the beginning. You can add the report and its sources directly into your notebook. You can continue to add other sources while Deep Research runs in the background, helping you assemble a rich knowledge base on any topic without leaving […]
Journal Article: Artificial Intelligence Regulation Matures: Landscapes of the USA, European Union, and China
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The article (full text) linked below was recently published by IFLA Journal. Title Artificial Intelligence Regulation Matures: Landscapes of the USA, European Union, and China Author Leo S. Lo University of Virginia Source IFLA Journal Online First DOI: 10.1177/03400352251384915 Abstract Between 2023 and July 2025, artificial intelligence (AI) governance in the USA, European Union, and […]
The preprint linked below was recently posted on arXiv. Title “Everyone Else Does It”: The Rise of Preprinting Culture in Computing Disciplines Authors Kyrie Zhixuan Zhou University of Texas at San Antonio Justin Eric Chen University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Xiang Zheng University of Wisconsin-Madison Yaoyao Qian Northeastern University Yunpeng Xiao Emory University Kai Shu Emory […]
New OASPA Position Paper: “Embracing the Complexity of ‘100% OA’: From Percentage to Participation”
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From OASPA (Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association): Over the course of 2025, OASPA announced our ‘Next 50%’ project, then released and conducted a survey in conjunction with our project primer and ran three online workshops on the ‘different conversation’ about open access that our project primer outlined. Data and inputs from these activities (see links at […]
Elsevier Releases Findings From Global Survey of 3200 Researchers; Less Than Half Have Time to Do Research But See AI as Transformative If Given Right Tools
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From Elsevier: Elsevier today shared the results of its global Researcher of the Future survey, offering fresh insights into how researchers view the rapidly evolving research landscape. [Clip] Drawing on insights from more than 3,200 academic and corporate researchers across 113 countries, the report highlights widening regional differences in researcher attitudes, evolving views on mobility, […]
Report: “‘People Have Had to Move House’: Inside the British Library, Two Years on From Devastating Cyber Attack”
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From The Independent: Home to more than 170 million items, including the Magna Carta, the British Library is one of the largest and most impressive book collections in the world. But in October 2023, a major cyber attack plunged it into chaos, shutting down its digital systems and resulting in the leaking of staff details […]
From a Circana Release: The print book market remained steady through the third quarter, maintaining a -1% year-over-year sales change — consistent with Q2 performance. On a unit basis, the adult market accounted for 80% of the declines measured over the past three months, with adult fiction representing half of those losses (50%). The normalization […]
UPDATE: October 26, 2025 The article shared in our October 15th post (below) received some media attention today with coverage by The Decoder’s Jonathan Kemper. Title: AI Chatbots Use Different Sources Than Google Search and Often Cite Less-Known Websites The researchers compared Google’s organic search results with four generative AI search systems: Google AI Overview, […]
Roundup: Characterizing Web Search in the Age of Generative AI; Do Large Language Models Speak Scientific Workflows?; and More Preprints
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Below, find links to five preprints shared for the first time or updated in recent days and made available on arXiv . We hope one or more will be of interest to you. LibraryLens: An Interactive Tool for Exploring and Arranging Digital Bookshelves Existing digital book management platforms often fail to capture the rich spatial […]
Digital Collections: Save Our Signs Archive Containing Over 10,000 Photos of National Park Service (NPS) Interpretive Materials Launches Online
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The Save Our Sign Archive went live today. The full text of the launch announcement follows below. The Save Our Signs project (SOS), a community-driven effort to preserve National Park Service (NPS) interpretive materials before they are removed from public view, is proud to announce the launch of the Save Our Signs Archive, a collection […]
