MORE 'ACADEMIC-LIBRARIES' POSTS
From Times Higher Education (THE): Plans to ensure that at least seven copies of every scholarly book are kept across UK libraries will help enrich research resources and safeguard rare texts rather than push institutions to downsize their collections, librarians have insisted. [Clip] To address these worries over space and the disposal of potentially valuable […]
Center for Research Libraries (CRL) Goes Live on TIND ILS for Print Archives Preservation Registry (PAPR)
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From a TIND Release: The Center for Research Libraries (CRL) has launched its new Print Archives Preservation Registry (PAPR) on the TIND ILS platform, completing the second of three TIND systems now in production at CRL. The new PAPR serves as a modern, hosted data lake, replacing CRL’s locally built infrastructure with a scalable environment for […]
From The NY Times: In March, President Trump issued an executive order dismantling the Institute of Museum and Library Services, which has provided around $270 million a year to public and academic libraries to help pay for services such as summer reading programs, broadband internet access, lending between libraries, staff training and access to national […]
Clarivate Releases Pulse of the Library 2025 Report
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From Clarivate: Clarivate today released the Pulse of the Library 2025 report. The report examines how libraries globally are adapting to fast-moving opportunities and challenges such as AI adoption, open science and geopolitical pressures. The findings reveal a steady rise in artificial intelligence (AI) adoption, with 67% of libraries exploring or implementing AI tools, an […]
Free Speech Needs Free Libraries: A Joint Statement of PALCI, CARLI and Orbis Cascade Alliance
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New Today. Here’s the Full Text of a Release and Joint Statement (via PALCI): The following statement was developed through a collaboration of library consortium executive directors across the United States in response to growing threats to academic freedom and freedom of inquiry experienced by library users in many states. Our goal is to affirm […]
ACRL Releases AI Competencies for Academic Library Workers
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ACRL (Association of College & Research Libraries) recently published AI Competencies for Academic Library Workers. Leo Lo, former ACRL President and Dean of Libraries at the University of Virginia, posted on LinkedIn about the publication and with his permission we are sharing it below. Thanks Leo! From Leo Lo (via LinkedIn): I’m especially proud to […]
From Kate Worlock at Outsell: Calling all US-based academic librarians! Outsell is running a very short survey (5 questions max!) to identify trends in next year’s academic library budgets. If you can spend 5 minutes to complete it that would be great – a summary of results will go up on LinkedIn before the end […]
The article linked below was recently published by Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research. Title Accessibility in Collection Development in Academic Libraries in Manitoba, Nova Scotia, and Ontario Authors Agnieszka Hayes Acadia University Joseph Hayes Acadia University Source Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research Vol. […]
From Emanuel Maiberg, 404 Media: The Trump administration’s tariff regime and the elimination of fee exemptions for items under $800 is limiting resource sharing between university libraries, trapping some books in foreign countries, and reversing long-held standards in academic cooperation. “There are libraries that have our books that we’ve lent to them before all of […]
The preprint article (accepted manuscript version) linked below is scheduled for publication in the the April 2026 issue of portal: Libraries and the Academy. Title Electronic Book Acquisition Strategies in Academic Libraries: A Review of the Literature Authors Rachel E. Scott Illinois State University Michael A. Arthur University of Alabama Source via ISU ReD: Research […]
