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This week’s ARL News Roundup includes these updates, as well as top news from our members and the broader research community:

©️ #FairUseWeek / #FairDealingWeek
🍿 #ARLIES Film Festival
📊 #LoveDataWeek

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ARL Weekly News Roundup (Friday, February 13, 2026)
Participate in Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week! Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week is February 23-27, 2026! This is the 13th annual celebration of the balance in copyright law, promoting further progress, and acco...
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February 13, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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New Article: "Anticipating Tomorrow: How the University of Delaware is Preparing For an AI-Driven World" by Cynthia Hudson Vitale and Annie Johnson (via C&RL News) crln.acrl.org/index.php/cr... @jhulibraries.bsky.social @udelaware.bsky.social @arl.org #ai #GenAI #libraries
February 13, 2026 at 6:58 PM
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User rights are at a turning point in the age of generative AI.

As part of #FairDealingWeek, CARL is hosting a webinar on copyright, fair dealing & GenAI with Prof. Peter K. Yu.

📅 Feb 25 | 1–2pm ET
🔗 Details and Registration: www.carl-abrc.ca/event/user-r...

#FairUseWeek #FDWorks @arl.org
February 13, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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This week's #ElertCyberavis features recent news and publications relevant to Canadian research libraries from @erudit.org @arquives.ca @universityaffairs.bsky.social @borealisdata.bsky.social @arl.org @teiconsortium.bsky.social and more!

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February 13, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Many thanks to all #ARLPI26 participants, speakers, and organizers! We hope this was a productive, innovative institute that sparked ideas and enthusiasm🔥

Safe travels!

#innovation #libraries
February 12, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Thanks to ARL President’s Institute 2026 sponsor Taylor & Francis Group for helping to make this terrific event possible!

#ARLPI26 #innovation #libraries
February 12, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Thanks to ARL President's Institute 2026 sponsor @silverchairnews.bsky.social for helping to make this singular event possible!

#ARLPI26 #innovation #libraries
February 12, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Thank you to @springernature.com for sponsoring #ARLPI26! It’s been great having you here, Robert Hilliker!

#innovation #libraries @andrewkpace.bsky.social
February 12, 2026 at 5:42 PM
🎇 Fantastic start to Day Two of #ARLPI26! Blixrud Memorial Keynote Speaker @masudk.com of @universityofleeds.bsky.social discussed “Sustaining the Spark: Building an Adaptive and Innovative Organizational Culture”

#innovation #libraries
February 12, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Sure to be an excellent session on #AI and #libraries!

@judyruttenberg.bsky.social @rluk.ac.uk
Upcoming Online Event (March 4, 2026) RLUK Digital Shift Forum: Research Library Strategy: The ARL/CNI Futurescape Experience (via @rluk.ac.uk) www.rluk.ac.uk/dsf/ #libraries @arl.org @cni-org.bsky.social @ocul-libraries.bsky.social
February 12, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Thank you to @oclc.org for sponsoring #ARLPI26! Glad you could be here, @constancem.bsky.social!

#innovation #libraries @andrewkpace.bsky.social
February 12, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Latergram from last night’s Dinn-o-vation Experience sponsored by @elsevierconnect.bsky.social—many thanks for a wonderful evening! Looking forward to Day Two of #ARLPI26!

#innovation #libraries
February 12, 2026 at 1:49 PM
We thought so too!
It was a lot of fun.
Many thanks to @leev.bsky.social of @virginiatech.bsky.social for an inspiring Blixrud Memorial Keynote on “Innovation Delusion”!

#ARLPI26 #innovation #libraries
February 12, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Many thanks to @leev.bsky.social of @virginiatech.bsky.social for an inspiring Blixrud Memorial Keynote on “Innovation Delusion”!

#ARLPI26 #innovation #libraries
February 11, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Thanks to M.J. D'Elia 16LFP Fellow, Thirdway Think, and Helen Kula 25ILP Fellow, @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social, for facilitating a fabulous Day One workshop on #innovation in #libraries at #ARLPI26!
February 11, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Thank you to @ithaka-org.bsky.social, @jstor.bsky.social, Portico, and @ithakasr.bsky.social for sponsoring registration scholarships for #ARLPI26!

Left to right: Mark McBride, Tracy Bergstrom, @andrewkpace.bsky.social
February 11, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week is February 23–27, 2026, the 13th annual celebration of balance in copyright law!

Learn how to participate: www.arl.org/blog/partici...

#FairUseWeek #FairDealingWeek #Copyright #FreeSpeech #FreeExpression #Libraries @carl-abrc.bsky.social
Participate in Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week! — Association of Research Libraries
Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week is February 23–27, 2026! This is the 13th annual celebration of the balance in copyright law, promoting further progress, and accommodating freedom of speech and expression....
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February 11, 2026 at 3:58 PM
We’re thrilled to welcome folks to Chicago for the ARL President’s Institute #ARLPI26! ARL President Melissa Just 13LFP Fellow, @usclibraries.bsky.social, will kick off the institute at noon, following lunch at 11:00.

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#innovation #libraries
February 11, 2026 at 2:53 PM
🌐 Highlights from State of the Net #SOTN2026: keynote by FCC Commissioner @agomezfcc.bsky.social; panel on age verification; and copyright salon facilitated by @nickgarcia.bsky.social, @publicknowledge.bsky.social, and Adam Eisgrau, @progresschamber.org

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February 10, 2026 at 3:53 PM
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SAVE THE DATE: Join @arl.org & Re:Create on 2/25 for a Fair Use Week congressional briefing looking at perspectives on AI and fair use from legal and policy experts. More information ➡️ www.arl.org/event/fair-u...
February 6, 2026 at 7:41 PM