(22 Sept 2025) In this issue: Reflections from World Library and Information Congress by First-Time Attendee Southeast Asia’s Library Community Unites at CONSAL XIX in Kuala Lumpur The Chula-Global Library Visiting Fellowship Program: A Contribution to AI Literacy in Southeast Asia The Power of a Library: How Jhuwani’s Lifeline Transformed a Village Across Generations Learning…
(8 Oct 2025) CAS has announced the introduction of science-smart agentic AI designed to enhance research workflows and accelerate scientific discovery. The new capabilities integrate intelligent agents trained on scientific content into CAS BioFinder® and CAS SciFinder®, enabling automation of complex research workflows. These agents allow scientists to ask direct questions and obtain reliable, evidence-backed responses grounded in…
(30 Sep 2025) Manipulating figures with tools like Photoshop tends to leave telltale signs such as random straight lines and duplications. ‘With AI-generated images, those hallmarks are gone,’ says image integrity consultant Mike Rossner. Some attempts at sneaking AI-generated images into papers – for example an illustration of a rat with giant testicles – are almost laughably…
(29 Sept 2025) Bristol University Press (BUP) today announces the launch of the Global Social Challenges Development Fund, a new initiative designed to democratise access to academic publishing and empower marginalised voices across the globe. The fund will support Global South scholars and Early Career Researchers (ECRs) through equitable publication initiatives, including English-language editing, multilingual publishing,…
(8 Oct 2025) EBSCO Information Services has released the 2026 Serials Price Projection Report, providing essential insights into the financial landscape for scholarly publications. Designed to support libraries and publishers during the renewal season, the report forecasts average publisher price increases in the range of three and a half to five and a half percent, before…
(1 Oct 2025) Developed in collaboration with senior library leaders and representatives from the Society of College, National, and University Libraries (SCONUL), Research Libraries UK (RLUK), and the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP), the digital transformation library lens offers a library focused perspective on our established framework for digital transformation in higher education. It highlights…
(2 Oct 2025) A new university rankings system in South Korea – its first ever national rankings – is strongly weighted towards internationalization to provide objective information to foreign students looking to study in the country. The Korea Times, the nation’s oldest English-language daily, released its first K-universities Global Excellence Rankings on 24 September.…
(30 Sep 2025) Several universities have given up using software to detect the use of Artificial Intelligence in student work. Massey University made the decision recently, and Auckland and Victoria University also did not use it. For Massey, it followed a decision to stop using automated systems to monitor for cheating in online exams after a major…
(24 Sept 2025) As Business Development Manager, you will play an essential role in building IFLA’s Business Development Capacity by identifying and securing strategically aligned funding, while leveraging existing strengths. You will support IFLA’s sustainability by ensuring diversified, long-term financial resilience. The role Leads in building on existing work around project pipelines, broading the range…
(12 Sept 2025) Perplexity AI is the latest artificial intelligence company to be hit with a lawsuit by copyright holders alleging infringement after Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster accused it of misusing their content in its “answer engine” for internet searches. The reference companies alleged, opens new tab in New York federal court on Wednesday that Perplexity unlawfully…