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Ed. Note: We will update this report with additional media coverage and statements as they become available.  From Politico: President Donald Trump fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden Thursday, according to a library spokesperson and an email obtained by POLITICO. “Carla, On behalf of President Donald J. Trump, I am writing to inform you that […]

From Project Muse (Full Text of Announcement): Project MUSE, a division of Johns Hopkins University Press, in collaboration with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, announces today a new landmark in the Museum’s longstanding Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, 1933–1945 (ECG) series: ECG volumes I-IV are now fully searchable, open access digital publications freely available to everyone around the world. […]

AI AI Models Embrace Human-Like Reasoning (via IEEE Spectrum) New Chip Uses AI to Shrink Large Language Models’ Energy Footprint by 50% (via Oregon State University) CLOCKSS Understanding CLOCKSS: A Commitment to Preserving Content Safely and Securely (via CLOCKSS) Data Management Semantic Annotation of Data Management Plans: A Systematic Review (via Data Science Journal) Wikipedia […]

Here’s the Full Text of Today’s News Release: Wiley and Perplexity today announced a new partnership that will integrate Wiley’s authoritative content into Perplexity’s generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) search capabilities for educators and students. With the agreement, Wiley becomes Perplexity’s first education partner, creating new pathways for educational institutions to interact with trusted scholarly resources through […]

From Brown University: Scholars estimate that between 1492 and the 1900s, at least 2.5 million Indigenous people in the Americas were taken from their communities and forced into enslavement and servitude. Just like the transatlantic slave trade, the phenomenon shaped United States history — yet few schoolchildren learn about it today. That could change with […]

Alabama Alabama Library Showdown: Book Battles and Power Struggles Set Stage For Explosive Meeting (via AL.com) California California Libraries Spared, For Now, From Trump Cuts (via SF Chronicle) Connecticut Federal Agency Reinstates CT State Library Grant After Pulling Funds (via CT Mirror) Ohio Ohio Libraries Win Big Tuesday (via Ohio Capital Journal)

The article linked below was published today by PLOS Climate. Title The Role of Science in the Climate Change Discussions on Reddit Authors Paolo Cornale  ISI Foundation, Turin, Italy Michele Tizzani ISI Foundation, Turin, Italy Fabio Ciulla ISI Foundation, Turin, Italy Kyriaki Kalimeri ISI Foundation, Turin, Italy Elisa Omodei Department of Network and Data Science, […]

From Public Knowledge: Today, Public Knowledge joined 16 other public interest, consumer rights, and library groups in a letter urging Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson to protect consumers in the digital marketplace by establishing clear ground rules for digital ownership and sales of goods. The groups argue that “ownership must mean something in the digital […]

The article linked below was recently published by College & Research Libraries (C&RL). Title Making the Connection: An Examination of Institutional Repositories and Scholarly Communication Crosslinking Practices Authors Emily Kilcer Harvard Library Lauren Puzier University at Albany Carol Anne Germain University at Albany Source College & Research Libraries  Vol 86, No 3 (2025) DOI: 10.5860/crl.86.3.449 […]