April 17, 2026 by Gary Price
From the University of Virginia Library: On April 17, 2026, the Library and the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences announced the creation of the AI Literacy and Action Lab, a program meant to consider the complexities of AI in higher education head-on. With four pilot projects launching in spring and summer 2026, and […]
March 16, 2026 by Gary Price
The article linked to below was published today by Education and Information Technologies (Springer). Title Studying with GenAI: Student Views on the Opportunities and Risks of GenAI in Higher Education Authors Elida Cena, Aideen McParland, Wilhelmiina Toivo, Blinne Dalton, Megan Mundy, Patrick A. O’Connor, Ashley E. Robertson, Maxine Swingler, Paul Wilson & Connie Duncan Source […]
February 23, 2026 by Gary Price
The research paper (preprint) linked below was recently shared on arXiv. Title Everyone’s Using It, But No One is Allowed to Talk About It: College Students’ Experiences Navigating the Higher Education Environment in a Generative AI World Authors Yue Fu Information School, University of Washington Yifan Lin Information School, University of Washington Jessica Wang Information […]
January 30, 2026 by Gary Price
From the Canadian Urban Libraries Council: On January 30, 2026 CULC/CBUC released a first-of-its-kind National Social Impact Study on urban public libraries in Canada, exploring the role public libraries play in community life and social wellbeing by drawing on data and lived experience from more than 18,000 respondents across 26 Canadian urban public library systems. […]
January 27, 2026 by Gary Price
The article linked below was recently published by Quantitative Science Studies. Title Research Intelligence: an Emerging Concept Authors Rik Iping Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS), Leiden University, The Netherlands Tung Tung Chan Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherland Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS), Leiden […]
January 26, 2026 by Gary Price
The working paper linked below was recently shared on Cambridge Open Engage. Title The Scholarly Communication Attitudes And Behaviours of Gen – Z Researchers: A Pathfinding Study Authors David NicholasCIBER Research David ClarkCIBER Research Abdullah Abrizah,Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Jorge RevezUniversity of Lisbon Blanca Rodríguez-Bravo,Universidad de Leon, Leon, Spain Marzena Swigon,Uniwersytet Warminsko-Mazurski, Olsztyn, Poland […]
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December 2, 2025 by Gary Price
From Chalkbeat Colorado: A former middle school administrator in the Elizabeth School District filed a lawsuit Sunday against the rural Colorado district, alleging that she was fired after she objected to the removal of 19 titles from school libraries last year. LeEllen Condry, who served as dean of students at Elizabeth Middle School, said she […]
November 20, 2025 by Gary Price
Dave Hansen, Executive Director of the Authors Alliance, interviews Kate McCready (BTAA) and Charles Watkinson (University of Michigan Press) about the Big Ten Open Books Program that launched in 2023 and released a their second collection in August. From the Interview: Authors Alliance has had a longstanding interest in helping authors see their older books […]
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November 15, 2025 by Gary Price
The article (full text) linked below was recently published by Information Research. Title Archive Workers’ Information Needs and How Their Expert Knowledge Influences Information Searching and Collection Curation: An Interview Study Authors Nils Pharo Oslo Metropolitan University Pia BorlundOslo Oslo Metropolitan University Ying-Hsang Liu Uppsala University, Sweden Source Information Research an International Electronic Journal 30(3), […]
November 7, 2025 by Gary Price
The preprint linked below was recently posted on arXiv. Title “Everyone Else Does It”: The Rise of Preprinting Culture in Computing Disciplines Authors Kyrie Zhixuan Zhou University of Texas at San Antonio Justin Eric Chen University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Xiang Zheng University of Wisconsin-Madison Yaoyao Qian Northeastern University Yunpeng Xiao Emory University Kai Shu Emory […]

