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From ASERL: Today, the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL) published a resolution honoring the career of Dr. Carla Hayden, the 14th Librarian of Congress.  The resolution notes her impressive contributions to improving public access to the Library’s vast collections and championing lifelong learning and civic engagement.  ASERL had the privilege of hosting Dr. Hayden […]

From the International Labour Organization (ILO): A new joint study from the International Labour Organization (ILO) and Poland’s National Research Institute (NASK) finds that 1 in 4 jobs worldwide is potentially exposed to generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) — but that transformation, not replacement, is the most likely outcome. The report, launched on 20 May, and […]

From the American Historical Association (Full Text): The American Historical Association has released a statement condemning “the removal of 381 books, including acclaimed historical works and widely used primary sources, from the United States Naval Academy’s Nimitz Library” as well as “what appears to be the expansion of this censorship policy to the full universe […]

From a Data Rescue Project Post: The goal of the Tracking Gov Info Project is to compile a comprehensive list of government websites, documents, articles, reports, etc. that have been removed or modified by the current administration. Anyone who encounters a missing resource can enter it using our submission form. Entries can be viewed publicly on the […]

From The Wall Street Journal: An advanced LLM might fail at complex multiplication, for example, while the cheapest, oldest model can ace the test if it has a calculator tool. But there is another hurdle: Agents will need permission to access apps, APIs and websites if they are ever going to call an Uber or […]

The article linked below was recently published by The Journal of Academic Librarianship. Title What We Need Now: Leadership Skills, Strategies, and Competencies in Today’s Academic Libraries Authors Laura Wiegand McBrayer University of North Carolina Wilmington Source The Journal of Academic Librarianship Volume 51, Issue 4, July 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103068 Abstract To remain effective, academic library […]

From Politico: In this well-to-do enclave [Huntington Beach, CA] known equally for its nickname of “Surf City” and its far-right politics, progressive activists and book lovers have joined forces behind a pair of charter amendments that would wrest control of the local public library system away from a MAGA-aligned city council playing an increasingly active […]

The article linked below was recently published by the Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology (JASIST). Title Assessing The Societal Influence Of Academic Research with ChatGPT: Impact Case Study Evaluations Authors Kayvan KoushaUniversity of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, UK Mike ThelwallUniversity of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK Source Journal of the Association for Information Science and […]

From a Recently Published Article From PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America) by Carolyn Beans: Historians today can perform computational tasks as they dig for insights—using, for example, computational models to reveal how often two words appear together in texts, launching network analyses to link individuals who […]