My last piece of writing for 2025. "If the constant challenge of staying in sync leads researchers to fixate on its accomplishment, then libraries can offer paths back to the wonder of discovery." www.arl.org/blog/reperto...

Read our December #PublicPolicyBriefing, by @katherinejk.bsky.social and @kdmccolgan.bsky.social! www.arl.org/our-prioriti... #AI #copyright #IMLS @carl-abrc.bsky.social @recreatecoalition.bsky.social @archive.org @wipo.int

Today’s the last day to register to join your colleagues at #ARLPI26! Unlock #Innovation with keynote speaker @leev.bsky.social associate professor of science, technology, and society at @virginiatech.bsky.social www.arl.org/news/last-da... #libraries

🚨Re:Create @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social @arl.org @cdt.org @ccianet.bsky.social @eff.org @publicknowledge.bsky.social & @sparcopen.bsky.social sent a letter to the House Admin Committee urging careful consideration of HR 6028 which would separate the U.S. Copyright Office from the Library of Congress

If you're at the #CNIfall25 meeting in DC today, don't miss this lightning round about #AI at 5:30pm in Regency A! @cni-org.bsky.social

Ht @arl.org day in review: www.arl.org/day-in-review/

New Online: Interview with Coalition For Networked Information (CNI) Executive Director Kate Zwaard er.educause.edu/podcasts/the... #libraries #infotech #scholcomm #leadership @cni-org.bsky.social @educause.bsky.social

Learn more about #copyright & #AI from @katherinejk.bsky.social & @marjblu.bsky.social today at 3:45pm EST at the @cni-org.bsky.social meeting (Regency A)! #CNIfall25 www.cni.org/events/membe...

5 Days Left to Register for #ARLPI26! Join us at the 2026 ARL President’s Institute February 11–12 in Chicago! Become a champion of sustainable #innovation in research #libraries. www.arl.org/news/5-days-...

Revisiting the Library Copyright Alliance Statement on #AI and #Copyright (via @arl.org) www.arl.org/blog/revisit... #libraries

Our latest #ARLviews blog post by @katherinejk.bsky.social & @marjblu.bsky.social revisits the #LibraryCopyrightAlliance (LCA) statement on #AI & #copyright. LCA's founding members—ARL & @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social—represent 300,000+ info pros and thousands of #libraries www.arl.org/blog/revisit...

The 4th in our series of #ARLImpactReports highlights CreateFSU, the FSU-branded instance of Reclaim Hosting’s web-hosting service launched by Florida State University Libraries to provide faculty, staff, and students with a platform to showcase #DigitalScholarship projects bit.ly/FSUimpact

Today is #HumanRightsDay! Free webinar @ noon EST hosted by @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social International Relations Committee’s UN Sustainable Development Goals Subcommittee: "Libraries as Builders of Peace: Fostering Understanding through Access, Dialogue, and Knowledge" www.arl.org/news/human-r...

New from @penamerica.bsky.social & @bardcollege.bsky.social : Kronika, a new digital platform designed to safeguard journalism globally and ensure that the historical record cannot be obliterated by #censorship pen.org/press-releas... #FreeSpeech #FreeExpression #FreePress

New special issue of The Political Librarian from @everylibrary.bsky.social : “Weaponized Politics and Dismantled Policies: Defending Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in America's Libraries and Cultural Institutions” www.everylibraryinstitute.org/everylibrary... #DEI #libraries

Thanks to @aupresses.bsky.social & all the press directors & staff we worked with to support OA books & the work of presses. And of course, thanks to my incredible team at NEH who led these OA efforts, particularly @perrycollins.bsky.social, @halperta.bsky.social, & @bethanyfarrell.bsky.social.

We’re thrilled to announce that Christine Thuy Minh Nguyen has been awarded the Julia C. Blixrud Scholarship to attend the 2026 ARL President’s Institute #ARLPI26. Christine is an #MLIS student at #UIUCischool and a graduate assistant in the #UIUClibrary www.arl.org/news/christi...

Don’t miss out on #ARLPI26! Grow your ability to drive #innovation and shape the future of research #libraries. Join us at the 2026 ARL President’s Institute (PI26) February 11–12 in Chicago and become a champion of sustainable innovation in research libraries! www.arl.org/news/avoid-f...

Thrilled to be a part of #OurFutureMemory !

Last chance to register for our FREE 30-minute Flash Session today, Tue Dec 2, to get a sneak preview of the innovative thinking you can expect at the ARL President’s Institute in February #PI26 View this 45-second video for a peek at the flash session: youtu.be/HfypWFaAKxM?... #innovation

Report: A New Paradigm for #Librarianship: A Review of Library Associations’ Work and #AI From 2019 Until the Present" repository.ifla.org/items/fba772... #libraries @ifla.org

This week's #ElertCyberavis features recent news and publications relevant to Canadian research libraries from @arl.org @wearelyrasis.bsky.social @coar-repositories.bsky.social @unesco.org @internetarchiveca.bsky.social @fmdocs.bsky.social and more! mailchi.mp/26e6e355c7ee...

#Libraries: Searching for Library Design Inspiration Across the Pond (via @nyulibraries.bsky.social) www.nyu.edu/about/news-p... #librarydesign

California Digital Library (CDL) Shares Details About the Upgraded Version of the Online Archive of #California (#OAC) (via @caldiglib.bsky.social) cdlib.org/cdlinfo/2025... #libraries #archives #history

NYU #Libraries Completes Multi-Year Project to Digitize "Daily Worker" and "Daily World" Negatives Collection (via @nyulibraries.bsky.social) guides.nyu.edu/blog/NYU-Lib... #digitization #photographs #digitalcollections #newspapers

Still deciding if you want to join us for the 2026 ARL President’s Institute #PI26 in Chicago? Join M.J. D'Elia, founder of Thirdway Think & PI26 co-facilitator, for a FREE 30-minute Flash Session & get a sneak preview of PI26. Tue Dec 2 3:00pm EST youtu.be/HfypWFaAKxM #innovation #libraries

New from Authors Alliance: An Interview w/Kate McCready (BTAA) and Charles Watkinson (UM) re Big Ten Open Books Program www.authorsalliance.org/2025/11/20/b... #ScholComm #Libraries #OpenBooks #OpenAccess #OA @authorsalliance.bsky.social @uofmpress.bsky.social @bigtenacademic.bsky.social

Our latest #ARLImpactReport highlights work done at @ualberta.bsky.social to collaboratively honor #IndigenousDataSovereignty bit.ly/ARLImpactAlb... #DecolonizingResearch #EthicalResearch @calloftheloon.bsky.social @runningmancan.bsky.social @daskey.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy

New Report from @cca-reports.ca : The State of #Science, #Technology, and #Innovation in #Canada 2025 www.cca-reports.ca/reports/the-...

AI + Google Scholar: Say Hello to Google Scholar Labs!
www.infodocket.com/2025/11/18/a... #scholcomm #libraries #LLMs #GoogleScholar

Research Paper (preprint): "GRIN Transfer: A Production-Ready Tool For #Libraries to Retrieve Digital Copies From Google #Books" (via arXiv) arxiv.org/abs/2511.11447 #GoogleBooks @harvardlil.bsky.social

Visual art has been a rich playing field for fair use, and this #fairusefriday we celebrate that impact. Artists who want to flex their rights should check out the CAA Code of Best Practices: www.collegeart.org/pdf/fair-use...

Still deciding if you want to join us for the 2026 ARL President’s Institute #PI26 in Chicago? Join M.J. D'Elia, founder of Thirdway Think & PI26 co-facilitator, for a FREE 30-minute Flash Session & get a sneak preview of PI26. Tue Dec 2 at 3:00pm EST bit.ly/PI26flash #innovation #libraries

Center for Research Libraries (CRL) Goes Live on TIND #ILS for Print #Archives Preservation Registry (PAPR) blog.tind.io/press/center...

Big Ten Open Books #Publishers #TeamUP to Unlock Vital Subject Collections https://press.umich.edu/Blog/2025/11/Big-Ten-Open-Books-Publishers-TeamUP-to-Unlock-Vital-Subject-Collections Big Ten Academic Alliance University of Michigan Press Association of University Presses

University of Pittsburgh Library System: Pitt’s #Archives and #SpecialCollections Preserve Pittsburgh’s History https://pittnews.com/article/199098/news/pitts-archives-and-special-collections-preserve-pittsburghs-history/#Archives#SpecialCollections#libraries #preservation

New @leidenmadtrics.bsky.social blog post on what the US withdrawal from @unesco.org could mean for #OpenScience

Congratulations @lindsonmars.bsky.social ! library.tulane.edu/news/lindsay... #TulaneLibraries

Thank you @recreatecoalition.bsky.social !

New proposal/paper & demo notebook from @coar-repositories.bsky.social (#COAR): Can Semantic #Multilingual Search Improve the #Accessibility of #Research Outputs Across Languages? COAR wants your feedback by Dec. 19! coar-repositories.org/news-updates... #OpenAccess #OA #a11y #Repositories

New from @mcgill.ca Libraries: McGill’s “In Flanders Fields” manuscripts honored by the Canadian Commission for @unesco.org reporter.mcgill.ca/mcgills-in-f... #SpecialCollections #Archives #ResearchLibraries

Happy World Digital Preservation Day 2025 #WDPD2025 ! Follow @dpc-chat.digipres.club.ap.brid.gy for many more blogs and vlogs celebrating the day. #libraries #archives #preservation

Report from a LIBER Europe Workshop—Unlocking Libraries’ Potential: Monitoring Open Science Through Initiatives, Methods, and Tools: https://libereurope.eu/article/unlocking-libraries-potential-monitoring-open-science-through-initiatives-methods-and-tools/ #Libraries #OpenScience #Assessment #APCs

Our friends at the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) are accepting applications for a part-time visiting program officer position focused on #AI and its implications for #ResearchLibraries. Apply by November 28. www.carl-abrc.ca/news/call-fo... #Opportunities

Congrats to the @datarescueproject.org! #DataRescue

Calling all #MLIS students & recent grads interested in innovating in #libraries! This Friday, Nov 7, is the deadline to apply for the Julia C. Blixrud Scholarship of US$1,000 + registration to attend the ARL President’s Institute (#PI26) in Chicago on “Unlocking #Innovation”: https://bit.ly/JCB25

Here's the latest installment of my newsletter for @arl.org, which aims to provide library leaders with intelligence and insight on the research environment. You can also subscribe if you'd like future issues to show up in your inbox. www.arl.org/our-prioriti...

Katrina Rouan Appointed Director of the Walter P. Reuther Library, #Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University https://sis.wayne.edu/news/katrina-rouan-appointed-director-of-the-walter-p-reuther-library-67573#Archives #libraries

University of Oklahoma Dean of University #Libraries Denise Stephens Discusses Library Modernization and Improvements https://www.oudaily.com/news/ou-university-library-bizzell-modernization-improvements/article_cf163c37-4ddb-4259-91bd-31c8c0fd17c5.html