(10 Jun 2026) Seoul is turning its open-air libraries into hybrid reading rooms, turning a QR code into a gateway to thousands of e-books under a new pilot program launched with Korean e-commerce company Yes24. The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Wednesday it has partnered with Yes24 to introduce a location-based e-book service called “Crema Club…
(26 Jun 2026) Japanese Emperor Naruhito and King Philippe visited the KU Leuven University Library on Wednesday afternoon as part of the Japanese imperial couple’s state visit to Belgium, marking 160 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries. The visit to the University Library highlighted the historical links between Japan and KU Leuven.…
(26 Jun 2026) Choice is pleased to announce a new email-based micro-course on AI for academic libraries. Building on last year’s popular eight-module series, “AI Literacy Essentials for Academic Libraries”, this new offering was developed by Choice’s LibTech Insights team, once again with support from Clarivate, a global leader in transformative intelligence. Three new modules will…
(24 Jun 2026) SCOAP3 has released the results of its 2026 Open Science Elements evaluation, marking the second assessment conducted under Phase 4 of the initiative. The annual evaluation measures how participating publishers perform across a range of open science practices, including integration of persistent identifiers such as ORCiD and ROR, metadata quality, availability of data and…
(26 Jun 2026) UNESCO has introduced the Open Science Platform, a digital tool designed to promote open access to its scientific knowledge and research outputs while tracking global progress on open science. The launch took place during UN Open Source Week 2026, held from June 22 to 26 in New York. Developed in collaboration with the…
(16 Jun 2026) On March 24, 2026, in response to a lawsuit by seventeen academics, a German Court ruled that a mandatory article manuscript deposit requirement imposed by the German State of Baden-Württemberg on researchers working or affiliated with educational institutions within the state was void ab initio. The plaintiffs had alleged that the deposit requirement infringed their…
(15 Jun 2026) This study evaluates the performance of four generative AI models—ChatGPT, DeepSeek, Gemini, and Copilot—in generating descriptive metadata for bibliographic resources. Models were tested on a small, diverse set of resources using four prompt types: a basic prompt, a basic prompt with an example, a detailed prompt referencing Resource Description and Access (RDA)…
(24 Jun 2026) CAUL has released its inaugural Annual Impact Report, highlighting how member libraries are collaborating across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand to advance open scholarship and research infrastructure. The report outlines key work on open access and open science (including policy advocacy, sector‑wide agreements, and shared infrastructure), as well as projects to strengthen…
(Jun 2026) Scholarly communication is at a crossroads. The pressures bearing down on the global knowledge commons are converging at once. Scholarly infrastructure has become dangerously concentrated in the hands of a small number of commercial publishers and foreign-controlled platforms, leaving institutions and nations exposed to disruptions they cannot control. At the same time, the integrity…
(23 Jun 2026) Springer Nature today announced that it is divesting its consumer media businesses – Scientific American in the United States and Spektrum der Wissenschaft in Germany. The strategic transaction will see Springer Nature focus on its core global publishing business in research, health and education while supporting the long-term development of these brands. …