Profiles Archives
The Rise of “AI Agents; Dr. Timnit Gebru Named 2025 Miles Conrad Awardee; & More Headlines
AI One Chatbot Safety Benchmark to Test Them All (via IEEE Spectrum) The Rise of “AI Agents”: What They Are and How to Manage the Risks (via World Economic Forum) Center For Research Libraries (via CRL) Interview: Introducing Jacob Nadal, CRL’s New President (via CRL) Digital Humanities Other Stories to Tell: Recovery Scholarship and the […]
A New Research Initiative From the Harvard Law School Library: The Institutional Data Initiative (IDI) Launches Today
From the Launch Announcement: Today we’re launching the Institutional Data Initiative (IDI), a research initiative at the Harvard Law School Library. IDI is dedicated to supporting our peers as they steward humanity’s knowledge and seek to provide the broadest access to it in the age of AI, just as they’ve done for so much media […]
New From the Library of Congress: U.S. Elections Web Archive Data Resources Available; Reflections on Collection Development: One Year at CLOCKSS and Looking Ahead to 2025; & More Headlines
AI ChatGPT Now Understands Real-Time Video, Seven Months After OpenAI First Demoed It (via TC) Google Gemini Now Summarizes Entire Folders in Google Drive (via 9to5 Google) Google’s New Project Astra Could Be Generative AI’s Killer App (via Tech Review) & Google Reveals Gemini 2, AI Agents, and a Prototype Personal Assistant (via WIRED) Interview: […]
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Libraries: Anchoring The Future of Software Preservation (Interview with Julien Roche, President of Liber)
From Software Heritage: Imagine the Tower of Babel, but instead of chaos and confusion, it stands as a symbol of collaboration and understanding. This seemingly paradoxical image perfectly encapsulates the mission of the Ligue des Bibliothèques Européennes de Recherche (Liber). The association brings together over 400 national, specialized, and university libraries from 40 countries. In […]
Clarivate Releases Highly Cited Researchers 2024 List; Altmetric Now Tracks Clinical Impact of Research; & More Headlines
AI AI Companies Are Trying to Get MIT Press Books (via 404 Media) Could Artificial Intelligence Help Catalog Thousands of Digital Library Books? An Interview with Abigail Potter and Caroline Saccucci (via Library of Congress) Altmetric Altmetric Now Tracks Clinical Impact of Research Clarivate Clarivate Releases Highly Cited Researchers 2024 List ||| Direct to the […]
New Report: Trusted Identity in Academic Publishing (via STM); Search Engines in an AI Era: The False Promise of Factual and Verifiable Source-Cited Responses; & More Headlines
AI JSTOR Expanding Beta Access to AI-Powered Interactive Research Tool Search Engines in an AI Era: The False Promise of Factual and Verifiable Source-Cited Responses (preprint; via arXiv) Chief Officers of State Library Agencies (COSLA) COSLA Elects New Board Members For 2025 Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) An Update on the Future of Our […]
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Arizona State University (ASU) Library Publishes New Report on Inclusive Print Collections Design
Direct to Full Text Report: Enhancing an Academic Library Renovation Project with Creative Open Stack Print Collections Services From ASU News: In a time when many academic libraries worldwide are reducing their print collections, how can a library creatively use its collections to engage the university community? A new report, “Enhancing an Academic Library Renovation Project […]
2024 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report: Cybersecurity and Privacy Edition is Now Available Online
From EDUCAUSE: This report profiles the trends and key technologies and practices shaping the future of cybersecurity and privacy, and envisions a number of scenarios for that future. It is based on the perspectives and expertise of a global panel of leaders from across the higher education landscape. These are, in many ways, tumultuous times. […]
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Interview: ALA President Cindy Hohl Discusses Book Bans on NPR’s All Things Considered
From National Public Radio (NPR): The American Library Association’s president, Cindy Hohl, is at the forefront of the fight against book censorship — a fight the ALA and other First Amendment groups have been losing. [Clip] From the Interview: [Andrew] LIMBONG [NPR}: The push to remove books, particularly books dealing with LGBTQ issues or race […]
Colorado Library Fired Employee For Speaking Out About Cancellation of Pride Event, Lawsuit Alleges; Utah: Book Bans Cost Utah Taxpayers Thousands Of Dollars. Here’s How Much Two School Districts Spent; & More Headlines
Book Bans Video: Turning the Page on Book Bans (via Pen America, via YT) Indiana County Approves $4.2M In Bonds For Library Renovations While Weighing Impact on Taxes (via South Bend Tribune) California In Depth: LA County Libraries (Interview with Skye Patrick) (via Fox LA) San José State Launches the College of Information, Data and […]
