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TechCrunch: “Librarians are Hosting Viral ‘Avoiding AI’ Workshops For People Who are Fed Up With Big Tech”
From TechCrunch: [Charlie] Bailey [a librarian in South Philadelphia, PA] stands at the front of a library classroom that’s outfitted for children – the focal point is the vibrant rug he’s standing on, which reminds us that M is for “moon” and Z is for “zebra.” But the 20-odd adults [...]
New Journal Article: “Personal Data Privacy Literacy and Library Privacy Awareness and Concern Among Academic Library Employees”
The article linked below was published by The Journal of Academic Librarianship. Title Data Privacy Literacy and Library Privacy Awareness and Concern Among Academic Library Employees Authors Bryan Anderson University of North Texas Brady D. Lund University of North Texas Yara Mohammed University of North Texas Zafar Imam Khan Hamdan [...]
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What the Academic AI Impact Study Shows About Productivity, Capacity and Human Oversight in Library Workflows
Academic libraries are being asked to do more with the same, or fewer, resources. Staff capacity is stretched. Metadata backlogs persist. Course support workflows face recurring time pressure. In that environment, academic AI in libraries is no longer being explored only as a future possibility. For some libraries, it is already being used as practical operational support inside everyday workflows.
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Journal Article: “Understanding Generative AI-Mediated User Engagement with Academic Library Resources”
The article linked below is a preprint (accepted manuscript) of a paper that will be published in the May 2027 issue of College & Research Libraries. Title Understanding Generative AI-Mediated User Engagement with Academic Library Resources Authors Hae Min Kim Drexel University Stacy Stanislaw Drexel University Source via arXiv Forthcoming: College & Research Libraries DOI: […]
Report: “Indiana Librarians to Get Mental Health Training”
From the Indiana Capital Chronicle: Hoosiers suffering mental health crises are visiting public libraries for help — transforming the role of librarians who act simultaneously as researchers, archivists and quasi-social workers. Mental Health America of Indiana is stepping in to train librarians in how to respond to these crises and direct patrons to reliable information on […]
ALA’s Intellectual Freedom Committee Releases “New Guidelines to Support Library Staff in Evaluating Digital Content Vendors”
Here’s the Full Text of Today’s Publication Announcement: The Intellectual Freedom Committee today announced the release of “Content Controls and Access Guidelines for Vendors,” a new guiding document designed to help library staff make informed, principled decisions when selecting third‑party digital content providers. Adopted on May 5, 2026, the guidelines equip library workers with essential tools to safeguard […]
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OCLC Releases “America’s 250-Year Bookshelf” Shaped by What Libraries Collect
From OCLC: As the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary, OCLC today introduces America’s 250-Year Bookshelf, a collection of 250 nonfiction books about America—one for every year since 1776—identified through data from WorldCat, the world’s most comprehensive source of information about library collections. The list reveals which books, from among the vast number written about America over […]
The Royal Society: Historic Weather Data Made Available to Scientists and Public, Spanning Antarctica to Greenland
From The Royal Society: An archive of over 1,600 sets of meteorological, magnetic and tidal observations taken from 1706-1915 from across the globe has been digitised for the first time. The treasure trove of historic weather data and imagery is now available for scientists across the globe to study on the Royal Society’s Science in the […]
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A Look at the “Story of Crossref’s Metadata Development”
From a Crossref Post by Patricia Feeney: A significant update is nearly here. Schema 5.5 will expand contributor metadata to support multiple roles per contributor, and will introduce support for CRediT — the ANSI/NISO taxonomy for contributor roles. This means that an individual’s complete contribution to a research output can finally be described in our metadata, rather […]
Standards: Say Hello to the Agentic Resource Discovery (ARD) Specification
From PC World: That chaotic, 1995-era state of the web is similar to where we are now with the “agentic” web. Just like users struggled to find URLs back in those days, so do AI agents struggle to find the tools they need to actually get things done online. When you ask an AI agent […]
