EThOS provides access to over 650,000 metadata records of UK PhD theses. Almost 65% of these records provide links to the institutional repositories, where the full text theses can be consulted, if available. It's now back on line. www.bl.uk/stories/news...

So very true...

Happy Fourth of July. Go read John Greenleaf Whittier's poem on Barbara Frietchie. "Shoot if you must this old grey head, but spare your country's flag, she said". www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45483/...

A lot can happen in a country in 250 years. What do historians say about how the US was founded and shaped into what it is today? University presses have a few suggestions to Read UP on during this semiquincentennial year: https://bit.ly/4xQZlFq

AI search is disrupting how researchers reach publisher platforms, and traditional traffic metrics no longer tell the complete story. The publishers responding best are investing in direct, personalized author relationships rather than waiting for researchers to find them. https://bit.ly/3SF4bW6

My husband and I were living in NYC at the time this project was initially prooposed and people thought it was a silly idea back then. The Excess of the Eighties...

Postcard from the City. Angela Hao.

Come see us in Chicago later this week! We're bringing merch and a group of HathiTrust staff ready to chat. And Trusty for photo ops! ALA Connect lounge Friday, June 26, from 2:00 to 4:00 PM CT Saturday, June 27, from 1:00 to 3:00 PM CT Sunday, June 28, from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM CT

A new @stmassoc.bsky.social report examines Phase II of China’s Excellence Action Plan for STM Journals. Phase II has a clear ambition: a publishing ecosystem built in the public interest, with China’s STM journals among the world’s top tier by 2035. stm-assoc.org/new-report-p... #ScholComm #STM

Association of University Presses Issues Statement in Opposition to the White House OMB Proposed Rules for Federal Research Funding aupresses.org/news/respond...

Columbia University Press Names New Executive Director cup.columbia.edu/gita-manakta...

Honestly, even if you think you are the very model of a modern media literate soul, please read this piece encountered on Substack. Embrace the tips given. cardcatalogforlife.substack.com/p/20-small-a...

Our 2026-2027 Board of Directors will be led by Stephanie Williams of Wayne State University Press, our first African American President and the second woman of color elected to this role! Read more: https://bit.ly/4fO6hMX

"As part of the proposed, Bible-infused new lessons, second graders would...learn that the Black Robe Regiment’s cadre of Christian leaders “inspired America’s independence” and the Declaration of Independence" Nice try, but historians doubt the veracity. www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...

The New York Post must be an embarrassment to the journalistic profession. I cannot think why this NYC tabloid is still afloat.

"...an unaffiliated journal without a recognised publisher would struggle to be indexed in Web of Science or Scopus and with many of our peers, particularly those from the Global South, institutional evaluation systems make that indexing a non-negotiable requirement." blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...

Landmark German Ruling on Google and Its Use of AI the-decoder.com/landmark-ger...

In light of events surrounding 60 Minutes as a show, it is intriguing that Nick Bilton's official website scrubs all reference to his 2010 book, I Live in the Future and Here's How It Works. Bilton's viewpoint in that book suggests a possible vision for the CBS show. People bought into it. Read it.

Worth a read. We need to break down the various practices and rationales surrounding the use of AI in a particular context.

Such a dangerous thing to wander through a university press catalog when you know you have a magic discount code.

But the givens are not euphoric.

This is an excellent piece. trevordawes.wordpress.com/2026/05/28/l...

I'd missed this last week, but certainly the immediate experience will be frustration and disruption for faculty at the University of Nottingham. Publishers need to weigh how much of this need for cancellation of large packages they can weather. thetab.com/2026/05/26/u...

Jon Stroop Appointed as Princeton University Librarian www.princeton.edu/news/2026/06...

We're pleased to announce the publication of the Collaborative Collections Lifecycle Infrastructure (CCLIP) Project Recommended Practice! Many thanks Boaz Nadav-Manes, Jill Morris, and the many working group volunteers who made this possible! niso.org/press-releas...

Congratulations! www.oclc.org/en/news/anno...

“Nonfiction publishing is uniquely vulnerable to AI because the industry has long neglected to do anything to ensure the books it publishes are factually accurate.” nymag.com/intelligence...

Publishing and library professionals should probably read this, if only to become familiar with the concept of Model Context Protocol. Worth the while if you don't want to fall behind. scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/05/27/t...

Interesting thread. I had some sense of the rationale but not all of it.

Today, the AAUP Yale Chapter releases our report on The State of Academic Freedom at Yale. Uncertain that university leaders will protect academic freedom when tested, Yale faculty are managing risk alone and making changes that narrow what Yale teaches, researches, and communicates to the world.

ICYMI: Scholarly Publishing Costs Under Scrutiny by Trump Administration www.aip.org/fyi/scholarl...

The National Academies Now in Administration's Cross-Hairs www.aip.org/fyi/republic...

How are academic #libraries evaluating new approaches to ebook acquisition? Watch a recent @libraryjournal.bsky.social#librarieswebinar on demand to hear librarians, publishers, and JSTOR discuss how Publisher Collections are being used in practice. Register to watch: https://bit.ly/3P9qeTw

#USA: In 1973, copies of Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five were burned by a North Dakota school. Over 50 years later, the novel is once again under attack through book bans. We spoke to his daughter Nanette Vonnegut about taking on the State of Utah⬇️ www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/05/kurt...

Our director Dean J. Smith spoke with WUNC's "Due South" about our Centennial: buff.ly/5HGdcdN

"When Perplexity draws from EBSCOhost to answer a research question or complete a multi-step task, users can trace the response back to the underlying research paper." about.ebsco.com/news-center/...

This is a friendly reminder that we’re seeking input on how institutions monitor the impact of research outputs. Take our citation & impact reporting survey: form.typeform.com/to/G3Vrf7vi

ICYMI: Allen Powell Appointed as New CEO of EBSCO Information Services about.ebsco.com/news-center/...

Tired of spending hours analyzing usage data? There’s a better way. The OpenAthens Reporting API helps: - Understand users - Improve retention - Make budget decisions - Save time Less time on data = more time supporting users. Learn more & speak to your account manager today bit.ly/439jGHB

Nothing says springtime quite like Gothic novels...

BISG Names New Executive Director www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Interesting Report: What is AI Reading? May 2026 media.muckrack.com/documents/Wh...

BREAKING: Federal Judge Rules to Restore National Endowment for the Humanities Funding In Historic Case This afternoon's ruling declared that the mass termination of more than 1,400 grants by the NEH was “unlawful, unconstitutional, ultra vires, and without legal effect.” https://bit.ly/4wmbFg8

NYT story 🎁 Proud & grateful for @historians.org and the collective. @acls1919.bsky.social's Joy Connolly: "Today’s decision is a step toward honoring the will of Congress and our mission as a nation—to... know ourselves and build a better future on that knowledge.." www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/a...

Evidently the folks in the Vatican don't recognize when it's proper to pump their arms in the air and sing "Buh, buh, buh". But I am still charmed. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XFR...

Interesting read

Announcing the 2024 DataWorks! Prize Winners In early 2024, ODSS partnered with the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) to launch the second annual DataWorks! Prize to highlight examples of innovative data sharing and reuse. datascience.nih.gov/dataworks/da...

The site is an experiment to have AI agents “freely discuss science and see where that will lead us”. #AI #science doi.org/10.1038/d415...

A Framework for Books and AI in the Public Interest Two years ago, Dave Hansen, the Executive Director of Authors Alliance, and I wrote “Books Are Big AI's Achilles' Heel,” a piece on how the leading AI companies… https://ift.tt/4S8DzeJ

Clarivate Introduces Nexus Connect/ (I rarely say this about corporate press releases, but in this instance, make sure you read all of the description of the product.) clarivate.com/news/clariva...