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Roundup: Top 15 Librarians in Pop Culture; There’s a Good Chance Your Kid Uses AI to Cheat; & More Headlines
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AI Artificial Intelligence and Communication Technologies in Academia: Faculty Perceptions and the Adoption of Generative AI (via International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education) There’s a Good Chance Your Kid Uses AI to Cheat (via WSJ/MSN) Digital Libraries Now Available: Proceedings From JCDL ’24: 24th ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries Hong Kong Future […]
American Library Association (ALA) Statement on White House Assault on the Institute of Museum and Library Services
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Latest UPDATE (March 17): “What Happens to Libraries If IMLS Goes Away?” (by Hallie Rich, Library Journal) On Friday night, March 14, President Trump issued an Executive Order that called for the elimination of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and six other agencies. In FY24, the IMLS budget was $294.8 million, of […]
New From CNI: “Meeting the Climate Emergency: University Information Infrastructure for Researching Wicked Problems” (Final Report)
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From a Coalition For Networked Information Post by Cliff Lynch: Today, we release inaugural CNI Senior Scholar Donald J. Waters’s final report: Meeting the Climate Emergency: University Information Infrastructure for Researching Wicked Problems. Written with extensive community input, the report explores how research universities can tackle complex societal challenges, particularly climate change, a “wicked” problem involving […]
Arkansas State Library Board Approves Proposal Aimed at Keeping It; Meanwhile, Lawmaker Introduces Language in Appropriation Bill to Prohibit Funds to ALA-Affiliated Libraries
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From the Arkansas Advocate: The Arkansas State Library Board approved a motion to create “non-binding policies to protect children” in the state’s public libraries at a special meeting conducted via videoconference Thursday afternoon. Lupe Peña de Martinez of Mabelvale, the board member who proposed the motion, said she spoke “at length” with Republican state Sen. […]
Journal Article: “Promoting AI Literacy Through U.S. Academic Libraries: An Analysis Of LibGuides From ARL and Oberlin Group Libraries Using the EDUCAUSE AI Literacy Framework”
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The article linked below was recently published by Information Research (IR). Title Promoting AI Literacy Through U.S. Academic Libraries: An Analysis Of LibGuides From ARL and Oberlin Group Libraries Using the EDUCAUSE AI Literacy Framework Authors Ko Chun Ru National Taiwan Normal University Rong Tang Simmons University Source Information Research Vol. 30 No. iConf (2025) […]
New Findings: “Tracking the AI Evolution in Research Libraries: Findings from ARL’s Third AI Quick Poll”
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From an Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Post by Leo Lo (U. of New Mexico) & Cynthia Hudson-Vitale (Johns Hopkins University): The third and latest poll in this ongoing series, conducted in January 2025, provides insights from 40 ARL library deans and directors about how their institutions are integrating and responding to AI technologies. This […]
Wayne State School of Information Sciences’ MLIS Degree Receives Continued ALA Accreditation
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From Wayne St. University: The Wayne State University School of Information Sciences (SIS) has been granted renewed accreditation from the Committee on Accreditation of the American Library Association (ALA). The school’s master of library and information science (MLIS) degree has been accredited continuously by the ALA since 1967, with the most recent continuing accreditation granted […]
ARL: IMLS Public Access Policy Guidance Explained
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From an Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Post by Shawna Taylor and Marcel LaFlamme: The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has released its Public Access Policy Guidance, and while it follows the same requirements as all agencies, it may look a bit different from some of the large-scale scientific research agencies. IMLS’s implementation is […]
From Upstream (Force11) Post by Adam Buttrick: The Collaborative Metadata Enrichment Taskforce (COMET) has released a Community Call to Action, inviting organizations and individuals to contribute resources (funding, expertise, metadata, and infrastructure) to support the first phase of a community-driven infrastructure for making persistent identifier (PID) metadata better and more complete. An informational webinar will be […]
OpenAI Launches NextGenAI Consortium to Advance Research and Education with AI; Scopus Data Crosses the 100 Million Item Threshold; & More Headlines
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AI AI Skills and Capabilities in Canada (via OECD) Opera Browser Unveils AI Agent That Handles Online Tasks For You (via TNW) OpenAI Launches NextGenAI Consortium to Advance Research and Education with AI; Founding Partners Include Caltech, MIT, University of Michigan, and the Boston Public Library Policy Paper: Intellectual Property Issues in Artificial Intelligence Trained […]
