(14 Oct 2026) Students in economics and business studies today draw on a wide range of information environments when searching for academic literature. Google Scholar, library catalogues and generative AI are part of their everyday research routines. But what role do traditional subject-specific databases still play? And how well do students manage to find information, assess…
(10 Sep 2026) We have updated our author and editor guidelines on the responsible, appropriate, and transparent use of AI, including a policy outlining what AI use should be disclosed when preparing manuscripts for our journals. In a recent global survey of more than 2,600 researchers, nearly three-quarters (74%) of respondents revealed they were unclear what AI…
(2 Jul 2026) The National Library of Malaysia (PNM) has launched the Preliminary National Reading Index (IMK) 2026 study to assess Malaysians’ reading habits and provide a foundation for future policies and strategies aimed at strengthening the country’s reading culture. PNM Research Division’s Assistant Director, Dr Norsharyna Shafawi, said the study is designed to develop…
(27 May 2026) For most of the history of scholarly publishing, the definition of “end user” was stable enough that no one thought to question it. The user was a researcher, a student, a clinician, a librarian: a human being who navigated a platform, read content, and formed their own judgments. Everything downstream of that assumption,…
(21 May 2026) Much of the public conversation about AI in education centers on the risk that students will use it to avoid reading, outsource thinking or produce work detached from sources. Those concerns point to a related question: what changes when AI is designed to operate within scholarly content rather than around it? A…
(24 Sept 2025) How are people actually using ChatGPT? Drawing on a dataset of more than 1 million conversations between users and ChatGPT, this report gives us a panoramic view into the sorts of prompts people put forward to generative AI. Much of the discussion around AI literacy has hinged on possible or presumed usages of AI in…
Despite strong interest in using artificial intelligence to make research faster, easier and more accessible, researchers say they need more support to navigate its possibilities. (4 Feb 2025) Using artificial intelligence (AI) tools for processes such as preparing manuscripts, writing grant applications and peer review will become widely accepted within the next two years, suggests…
(13 Feb 2023) OpenAthens just published the findings from an important study into the challenges students and researchers face when they search for resources online. The hope is that this report and its recommendations will give librarians, publishers, network providers, utility companies and national governments impetus to work together to support the research journey better. OpenAthens commissioned…
(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…
(10 Oct 2022) The NLB’s 2021 National Reading Habits Study showed that 95 per cent of adults last year consumed reading materials such as the news, online articles and books in their spare time more than once a week – up from 88 per cent in 2018. Teenagers, too, seemed to be reading more for…