(4 Feb 2026) The National Library of Korea has decided not to accept deposits of books from an AI publisher that releases 9,000 types of books annually. It has also begun research to improve the deposit system to prevent the overflow of AI publications. In the National Assembly, a bill to amend the Library Act…
(Feb 2026) Join the National Library of Australia on the last Sunday of each month for a paw-sitive reading experience with the Story Dogs program. Trained volunteers and their accredited dogs create a nurturing environment where children can enjoy a range of stories in a relaxed environment. This unique program aims to make reading fun,…
(26 Nov 2025) The Office of Academic Resources (OAR), Chulalongkorn University, welcomes international affiliates, including library and information professionals and researchers, tO apply for atwo-month fellowship in Bangkok, Thailand. FOCLIS Areas: Digital preservation and curation Research data management Multimedia, archive, or record Management Library Service, Scholarly communication Technical support for collection Of less-dominant cultures/subcultures…
(21 Nov 2025) Sky Wave Distillery at Bicester Motion has produced a premium London Dry gin for the world-famous Oxford University library. Distillers say the gin has been inspired by the intricate ceiling carvings of the majestic Divinity School, and the rich woody aromas of the shelves and leather aromas in Duke Humfrey’s Library. Bodleian…
(14 Nov 2025) “Last month, I gave my first lightning talk at a library conference, the Iowa Library Association Annual Conference (ILA). I’ve wanted to present at a conference since I started graduate school, so this was an exciting milestone. My lightning talk was about conducting an e-journal overlap analysis, and it went smoothly—but that’s not what…
(11 Nov 2025) In the effort to remove barriers to the publishing of research and the pursuit of knowledge, university presses and libraries are natural partners. Case studies from three of our institutions—Temple University, University of Liverpool, and Brown University—describe collaborative initiatives between presses and libraries: how they came to fruition, their long-term benefits for both…
(3 Nov 2025) In the world of libraries, every dollar matters. As budgets tighten and the demand for new services and resources increases, resource allocation increasingly becomes a complex and high-stakes puzzle. This is the question that keeps administrators up at night: Which projects will deliver the greatest return on investment for our patrons, and how…
(30 Oct 2025) The post by Masud Khokhar, chief digital and information officer at the University of Leeds, highlights the challenges and transformations libraries face in adapting from traditional structured knowledge systems to the data-driven, algorithmic economy shaped by unstructured data and AI technologies like Generative AI. Libraries have been slow to adopt data science…
(29 Oct 2025) ACRL announces the publication of “Library Publishing: How to Launch, Enhance, and Sustain Your Program” edited by Jonathan Grunert, offering perspectives from diverse publishing programs, processes, and challenges that can help you scale content to meet your campus’s needs. Shifting landscapes of academic publishing, open access initiatives, transformative agreements, and questionable scholarly…
As little is known about the use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in Thailand, this article uses semi-structured interviews with twelve Chulalongkorn University members to shed light on the subject. The interviews reveal a variety of themes related to GenAI, which the article then discusses in relation to academic libraries’ services. By Lukas Tschopp*…