(25 Aug 2025) I apologize for being so far behind on my current Ruth’s Rankings article on Impact, but every morning’s news brings more discouraging postings from my government on its involvement in education and research. It makes rankings seem trivial and it makes my colleagues and I feel helpless. By the time I finished…
(8 Aug 2025) An analysis of article views in Taylor & Francis medical journals has revealed that ‘extenders’ can significantly increase readership. Plain language summaries of publications and clinical trial protocols with extenders attracted 144% more views than those without these supplemental resources. Extenders, a term used in medical publishing for digital tools that present…
(24 Jul 2025) The Internet Archive has been designated a federal depository library by U.S. Senator Alex Padilla, in recognition of its digital-first approach to providing public access to federal government publications. The designation was confirmed in a letter to the U.S. Government Publishing Office. The Archive holds both physical and digital collections and is…
(13 Aug 2025) The report considers the areas of alignment and disconnect between the library and publisher communities on academic monograph publishing. While the two communities have come together on a variety of important initiatives, including new models for open access publications, they are facing different challenges and do not necessarily share the same priorities. University…
(12 Aug 2025) arXiv’s 2024 Annual Report is now available online! arXiv began publishing annual reports in 2020 to give our community a summary of arXiv’s initiatives, accomplishments, and financial activities each year. We also use our annual report as an opportunity to thank our members, sponsors, affiliates, individual donors, and arXiv enthusiasts. You can…
As more libraries relocate to malls for greater accessibility, some patrons mourn the loss of quiet sanctuaries. (24 Jul 2025) Currently, 13 of NLB’s 28 public libraries are in malls, while a handful are housed in integrated complexes such as community centers. Once the relocations are complete, the conserved Queenstown library and the Bishan…
(11 Aug 2025) In the presence of a tightly rolled, yellowed scroll in the State Library of Victoria, it is hard not to feel a bit awe-struck. Inside a glass cabinet in the centre of the library sits the oldest known mass-printed text in the world, the Hyakumantō Darani. The finger-length item is a…
(15 Aug 2025) Singapore Management University (SMU) Libraries invites you to join our next online Masterclass. Are your AI, Information and Digital Literacies (AID) Programmes Pedagogically Sound? Designed for Instruction Librarians and librarians involved in teaching, this Masterclass led by Rajen offers a practical and insightful journey into his instructional design experiences. Participants will explore key…
(14 Aug 2025) You still have time to submit your ideas to present at the first-ever Charleston Conference Asia, taking place January 26–28, 2026 in vibrant Bangkok, Thailand! What Makes a Strong Proposal? At Charleston Conference Asia, however, we encourage a collaborative and cross-sector approach. However, we understand that many academic presentations in…
(4 Aug 2025) Librarians are all looking for ways to prepare for how generative artificial intelligence (GAI) might change our jobs and our users’ research habits. However, the number of new GAI tools can be overwhelming. Happily, ITHAKA, the nonprofit behind JSTOR, has put together a GAI “Product Tracker.” It lists tools that are either widely used…