(9 Jul 2026) Choice – a publishing unit of the Association of College and Research Libraries – has published a report examining how academic libraries are approaching transformative agreements and open access as part of wider institutional research strategies. The report, Transformative Agreements, Open Access and Research Impact, is the latest in Choice’s series of research…
(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…
(1 Dec 2025) The Choice Outstanding Academic Titles (OAT) list for 2025 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 343 books and digital resources from 103 publishers. Bill Mickey, Choice’s editorial director,…
(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…
(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…
(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…
(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…
(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…
(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…
(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…