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(1 Sep 2026) As the first cohort to complete the program in JGR: Biogeosciences, we wanted to share our experiences in the hope that more AGU journal editorial boards will…
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AI policies are repeating every mistake of plagiarism policies
(28 Aug 2026) For most of the noughties, plagiarism policies rested on three assumptions: that copying was a moral failure rather than a developmental one; that one standard of “acceptable help”…
China launches largest-ever academic misconduct crackdown after ‘Student Geng’ scrutiny
(3 Sep 2026) Four Chinese academics who lost posts at leading universities after a high-profile blogger flagged their research for misconduct have come under official investigation by China’s leading funder of…
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(3 Sep 2026) There are two ways to learn about a topic: from deep inside, and from the outside. When it comes to learning about the scholarly communications industry, there…
Louis Vuitton renovates Seoul store into a library
(10 Sep 2026) The facade of Louis Vuitton’s Seoul Dosan store now reads as a row of books stacked upright, their covers worked over with monogram detailing. Visitors enter through…
National Library of Korea hosts “2026 Librarians’ Meeting”
(11 Sep 2026) The National Library of Korea held the “2026 Librarians’ Meeting” at the Daegu Grand Hotel from September 10 to 11, 2026. This year, the event was attended…
New movement to get Singaporeans to read 15 minutes a day through tracking platform, virtual rewards
(7 Sep 2026) A new five-year national movement is encouraging Singaporeans to pick up a book for at least 15 minutes a day as part of efforts to strengthen the country’s…
Come for the reads, stay for the vibes: 15 of the cutest bookshops in Australia
(11 Sep 2026) Every bookworm knows that reading books and buying books are two separate hobbies. Sometimes, all you want to do is curl up at home with a weighty…
New Zealand: Government slammed over job cuts at National Library
(7 Sep 2026) Leading historians have slammed the Government’s proposed axing of nearly 50 staff positions at the state repositories of books, papers, and memory, the National Library and Archives NZ.…
First zero-carbon library in Laos is opened
(2 Sep 2026) Laos’ first zero-carbon library opened at Luang Prabang Peace Secondary School on August 29. Built with support from Zhejiang Electric Power Corporation, the facility integrates solar power, energy…
Japan library that welcomes conversations a hit with locals
(7 Sep 2026) Just 17 months after opening, a municipal library in this west Japan city has become a popular gathering place for residents by challenging the long-standing expectation of…
Antibody data manipulation extends to thousands of images across 15 suppliers
(3 Sep 2026) After identifying antibody validation data manipulation in Thermo Fisher Scientific’s catalogue in May, the science sleuths and researchers behind the finding have now uncovered doctored validation data on a much…
Clarivate launches Web of Science DeepR for integrated full‑text and AI research
(11 Sep 2026) Clarivate has announced Web of Science DeepR, a set of capabilities designed to integrate full‑text content from ProQuest and other sources with the Web of Science research discovery environment. The initiative…
OUP study disclosing AI use in academic research
(10 Sep 2026) We have updated our author and editor guidelines on the responsible, appropriate, and transparent use of AI, including a policy outlining what AI use should be disclosed when…
IEEE introduces AI Assistant grounded in peer‑reviewed content
(11 Sep 2026) IEEE has announced the launch of the IEEE Xplore AI Research Suite™, an assistant designed to analyze and reason over the full text of millions of peer‑reviewed IEEE publications. Unlike systems that…
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