AI Search fails at citation, study finds
(13 Mar 2025) One of the recent trends in generative artificial intelligence has been AI search. Nearly every major AI company has launched some version of an AI search engine, often…
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Wiley releases AI guidelines for authors
(13 Mar 2025) Wiley released a set of guidelines on the responsible and effective use of artificial intelligence (AI) in authorship this week at the London Book Fair. In the new…
UK Publishing boosts the UK’s international reputation
(10 Mar 2025) As publishers, authors and book lovers gather in London this week for The London Book Fair (11-13 March) new research from the Publishers Association shows that UK books,…
IFLA Asia and Oceania Regional Newsletter, March 2025 is now available
(12 Mar 2025) In this issue, Libraries and Sustainability: United Arab Emirates in 30th CDNLAO 2024 Making Preparations for CONSAL XIX Asia at the forefront of library innovation UniFiji…
Japan: Document 72 hours at Kanazawa Library
(4 Mar 2025) A public library in Kanazawa resembles a sublime theater and offers more than 1.1 million books. For three days, NHK asked people what books piqued their interest…
National Library of Australia is hiring Assistant Director-General, Collection Branch
(28 Feb 2025) The National Library of Australia (the Library) is seeking a talented individual to fill the integral ongoing role of Assistant Director-General, Collection (SES Band 1). As…
Cambodia: PM advocates for nationwide mobile libraries to promote reading
(12 Mar 2025) Prime Minister Hun Manet has called on local authorities to set up mobile libraries to promote reading across Cambodia. Speaking at the graduation ceremony of Vanda…
Indonesia: National Library collaborate with Ministry of Education, Science and Technology in providing integrated journals and KKN literacy
(13 Mar 2025) The National Library of the Republic of Indonesia and the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology signed a memorandum of understanding. National Library together with Ministry of…
‘Omg, did PubMed go dark?’ Blackout stokes fears about database’s future
A brief outage has focused attention on scientists’ reliance on the US-government-funded website. (4 Mar 2025) A temporary outage of the US-government-funded PubMed database of biomedical literature over the…
CAUL is hiring Data Analyst
(28 Feb 2025) The Council of Australasian University Librarians (CAUL) is seeking a Data Analyst to increase our analytics capacity, drive evidence-based decision-making, inform negotiations, and communicate impact. In this…
Australian National University is hiring Information Resources Coordinator
(3 Mar 2025) Are you an energetic person who thrives on providing quality service to library users? Do you have an understanding of electronic resource management processes in a library environment?…
RMIT University is hiring Senior Librarian, Monographs and Digital Collections
(4 Mar 2025) About the role: As Senior Librarian, Monographs and Digital Collections, you will be responsible for acquisition and access of mainly non-subscription resources, and textbooks in print and…
Flinders University is hiring Library Coordinator, Research Engagement
(11 Mar 2025) About the Role: Working closely with the Library Coordinator (Education Engagement), The Library Coordinator (Researcher Engagement) will oversee the services of the library for researchers and Higher…
Protecting library websites from AI bot traffic
(26 Feb 2025) This month on Choice’s The Authority File podcast, Bill Mickey chats with Rosalyn Metz, Chief Technology Officer for Libraries and Museum at Emory University, about a frustrating new issue. …
Google is adding more AI Overviews and a new ‘AI Mode’ to Search
(6 Mar 2025) The AI-ification of Google Search continues to accelerate: the company announced on Wednesday that it will start showing AI Overviews for even more kinds of queries, and that…
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