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Choice and Clarivate announce AI literacy micro-course for academic librarians

PublishersJune 26, 2025

(24 Jun 2025) Choice is pleased to announce a free eight-week, newsletter-based course supported by Clarivate and developed by Choice editors, in collaboration with libraries and librarians. The new micro-course titled “Generative AI Literacy Essentials for Academic Librarians” brings together Choice’s tech vertical, LibTech Insights and global transformative intelligence leader Clarivate. The eight modules, written by…

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Choice announces the Outstanding Academic Titles of 2024

Research SupportDecember 9, 2024

(3 Dec 2024) Every December Choice publishes its list of Outstanding Academic Titles. This prestigious list reflects the best in scholarly titles, both print and digital, reviewed by Choice during the previous year and brings with it the extraordinary recognition of the academic library community. The list is quite selective, containing approximately ten percent of some 5,000…

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Evaluating generative AI resources: Choice’s tips on how to evaluate AI tools

AI, ToolsNovember 19, 2024

(13 Nov 2024) Choice has a mission to help collection development librarians in higher education choose the best titles for their collections. Students and library vendors are pushing AI adoption in higher education, but there are very few resources that help librarians and scholars separate the wheat from the chaff. In this blog post, key…

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Choice announces the Outstanding Academic Titles of 2023

Research SupportDecember 25, 2023

(1 Dec 2023) The Choice Outstanding Academic Titles (OAT) list for 2023 has been announced. This prestigious list, released today, reflects the best scholarly titles reviewed by Choice during the previous calendar year, as chosen by the editors. This year’s list features 499 books from 109 publishers. As in previous years, Choice editors will present…

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New Choice survey shows shift in academic library digital collections toward popular fiction and nonfiction

eBooksDecember 8, 2022

(7 Dec 2022) As academic libraries pivot to meet the needs of a digital-first student population, many libraries are shifting their digital collections to include more popular fiction and nonfiction digital materials. To better understand ebook collection development in academic libraries, Choice, a publishing unit of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), published “The…

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New Choice report studies academic collection management, reveals shifts to ebooks

eBooksJanuary 27, 2021

(21 Jan 2021) As digital books become more essential in colleges and universities due to the COVID-19 pandemic, academic librarians are adopting the ebook format at a vastly accelerated rate. To better understand ebook collection development in academic libraries, Choice, a publishing unit of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), conducted a research study to…

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Choice announces the Outstanding Academic Titles of 2020

Research SupportDecember 14, 2020

(1 Dec 2020) The Choice Outstanding Academic Titles (OAT) list for 2020 has been announced. This prestigious list, released on December 1, reflects the best scholarly titles reviewed by Choice during the previous calendar year, as chosen by the editors. This year’s list features 531 books and digital resources from 123 publishers. Despite the challenges presented…

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Choice publishes white paper exploring the changes ebooks have brought to collection development in academic libraries

eBooksSeptember 22, 2020

(17 Sept 2020) Choice has announced the publication of the seventh in a series of white papers designed to provide actionable intelligence around topics of importance to the academic library community. The paper, “Ebook Collection Development in Academic Libraries: Examining Preference, Management and Purchasing Patterns,” aims to provide libraries with practical information and ideas for refining…

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Choice publishes white paper exploring academic library support for changing research workflows

Research SupportJuly 16, 2020

(15 Jul 2020) Choice announces the publication of the sixth in a series of white papers designed to provide actionable intelligence around topics of importance to the academic library community. Despite the fact that the paper, “Supporting Scholarly Research: Current & New Opportunities for Academic Libraries,” was researched and written during the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic, this…

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New white paper examines changes to research data services in academic libraries in North America

Data, Research SupportDecember 30, 2019

(12 Dec 2019) Choice today announced the publication of the fifth in a series of white papers designed to provide actionable intelligence around topics of importance to the academic library community. This paper, “Research Data Services in Academic Libraries: Where are We Today?”, offers a unique opportunity to revisit and re-examine findings from a 2012 ACRL…

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