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New @leidenmadtrics.bsky.social blog post on what the US withdrawal from @unesco.org could mean for #OpenScience
November 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Congratulations @lindsonmars.bsky.social !

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#TulaneLibraries
Lindsay Cronk, Dean of Tulane Libraries, Appointed to the Louisiana State Library Board of Commissioners | TU Libraries
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November 7, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Thank you @recreatecoalition.bsky.social !
recreatecoalition.bsky.social Re:Create Coalition @recreatecoalition.bsky.social · 4d
#FairUseFriday 👏Re:Create member @arl.org just released an addendum to its Code of Best Practices in Fair Use: the law has improved to enable library services for people with disabilities. Learn more about fair use and fair information access for all! www.arl.org/news/updated...
November 7, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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New proposal/paper & demo notebook from @coar-repositories.bsky.social (#COAR): Can Semantic #Multilingual Search Improve the #Accessibility of #Research Outputs Across Languages?

COAR wants your feedback by Dec. 19!

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#OpenAccess #OA #a11y #Repositories
Can Semantic Multilingual Search Improve the Accessibility of Research Outputs Across Languages? A COAR Proposal
Today, COAR is published a paper presenting a very promising new approach for multilingual discovery, called multilingual semantic search. We want your opinion! Scholarly knowledge is created and s…
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November 6, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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New from @mcgill.ca Libraries: McGill’s “In Flanders Fields” manuscripts honored by the Canadian Commission for @unesco.org

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#SpecialCollections #Archives #ResearchLibraries
McGill’s In Flanders Fields manuscripts honoured by the Canadian Commission for UNESCO - McGill Reporter
One of Osler Library’s four copies is in author John McCrae’s own hand and includes a textual variant; two others predate the poem’s publication
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November 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Happy World Digital Preservation Day 2025 #WDPD2025 ! Follow @dpc-chat.digipres.club.ap.brid.gy for many more blogs and vlogs celebrating the day.

#libraries #archives #preservation
dpc-chat.digipres.club.ap.brid.gy Digital Preservation Coalition @dpc-chat.digipres.club.ap.brid.gy · 6d
It's HERE... World Digital Preservation Day 2025!! We are excited to kick off #wdpd2025 with our traditional opening blog from #dpc Executive Director William Kilbride, writing from the #ipres2025 conference in Aotearoa New Zealand - one of the first places in […]

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November 6, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Report from a LIBER Europe Workshop—Unlocking Libraries’ Potential: Monitoring Open Science Through Initiatives, Methods, and Tools: https://libereurope.eu/article/unlocking-libraries-potential-monitoring-open-science-through-initiatives-methods-and-tools/
#Libraries #OpenScience #Assessment #APCs
Unlocking Libraries’ Potential: Monitoring Open Science through Initiatives, Methods, and Tools - LIBER Europe
LIBER (Ligue des Bibliothèques Européennes de Recherche – Association of European Research Libraries) is the voice of Europe’s research library community.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Our friends at the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) are accepting applications for a part-time visiting program officer position focused on #AI and its implications for #ResearchLibraries. Apply by November 28.

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#Opportunities
Call for Expressions of Interest – CARL Visiting Program Officer for AI and Library Strategies - Canadian Association of Research Libraries
November 4, 2025 – The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) is the national voice of Canada’s twenty-nine largest university libraries and three federal institutions. A bilingual not-for-...
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November 5, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Congrats to the @datarescueproject.org!
#DataRescue
datarescueproject.org Data Rescue Project #DataRescue @datarescueproject.org · 7d
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has generously awarded us funding to secure our own storage. This critical processing space will be instrumental in ensuring that large datasets can be temporarily stored, curated, and described.

Thank you, MacArthur Foundation, for your support!
Data Rescue Projects receives support from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to support data rescue efforts
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Since launching in February 2025, the Data Rescue Project has grown substantially. At this point, the DRP has enabled the rescue of more than 1,000 datasets from US Federal…
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November 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Calling all #MLIS students & recent grads interested in innovating in #libraries! This Friday, Nov 7, is the deadline to apply for the Julia C. Blixrud Scholarship of US$1,000 + registration to attend the ARL President’s Institute (#PI26) in Chicago on “Unlocking #Innovation”: https://bit.ly/JCB25
Apply for Blixrud Scholarship to Attend ARL President’s Institute—Deadline Friday, November 7 — Association of Research Libraries
The Julia C. Blixrud Scholarship supports the attendance of one MLIS student or recent graduate at the annual President’s Institute. The next award recipient will receive a scholarship of US$1,000...
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November 4, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Here's the latest installment of my newsletter for @arl.org, which aims to provide library leaders with intelligence and insight on the research environment. You can also subscribe if you'd like future issues to show up in your inbox.

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Fall 2025 — Association of Research Libraries
Subscribe to the email version of the ARL Monitor. ARL Monitor: Public Edition (Fall 2025) In the Government Affairs section of this issue, research funding on either side of the 49th parallel gets...
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November 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Katrina Rouan Appointed Director of the Walter P. Reuther Library, #Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University

https://sis.wayne.edu/news/katrina-rouan-appointed-director-of-the-walter-p-reuther-library-67573

#libraries
Katrina Rouan appointed director of the Walter P. Reuther, Library Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs
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November 4, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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University of Oklahoma Dean of University #Libraries Denise Stephens Discusses Library Modernization and Improvements

https://www.oudaily.com/news/ou-university-library-bizzell-modernization-improvements/article_cf163c37-4ddb-4259-91bd-31c8c0fd17c5.html
OU Dean of University Libraries discusses library modernization, improvements
OU’s historical libraries are constantly adapting themselves to modern times. Through consistent maintenance of the building and updating its resources, University Libraries creates a more accessible environment for students, according
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November 4, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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There's just a few more days to submit your proposal for the winter edition ❄️ of the CNI Project Briefing Series. Submissions should focus on a digital information project, recent reports, or updates on projects, programs, or organizations that may have reported at CNI in the past. 🗓️Deadline: Nov 7
Submit a Proposal
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November 3, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Here's a look at just some of what's in today's ARL Day in Review!

Click for the complete issue and to subscribe to the newsletter:
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#libraries #ARLDayInReview #ARLDiR
screenshot of top 10 items in Nov 3 Day in Review
November 3, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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We’ve published an addendum to the Code of #BestPractices in #FairUse for Academic & Research #Libraries, with updated guidance on making copies of library materials for people with disabilities! bit.ly/CodeAdd25 @recreatecoalition.bsky.social @au-comm-studies.bsky.social @pijip.bsky.social #a11y
Updated Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries Now Available — Association of Research Libraries
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published an addendum (pages 30–31) to the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries (2012), providing updated guidance...
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November 3, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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New: Fall '25 #ARLMonitor, a quarterly newsletter edited by @marcellaflamme.bsky.social that provides intelligence & insight on the research environment. This issue covers research funding in the US & Canada, China's K visa, Natalie Meyers on int'l AI policy & practice, and more bit.ly/MonitorF25
Fall 2025 — Association of Research Libraries
Subscribe to the email version of the ARL Monitor. ARL Monitor: Public Edition (Fall 2025) In the Government Affairs section of this issue, research funding on either side of the 49th parallel gets...
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November 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Nov 8, join writers Lisa Baird, Myna Wallin, and Teresa Mason Pierre in Waterloo as they discuss how poetry can help make sense of uncertain times. Moderated by @sadiqademeijer.bsky.social
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November 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Happy #FairUseFriday and Halloween! 🎃
recreatecoalition.bsky.social Re:Create Coalition @recreatecoalition.bsky.social · 11d
Happy #Fairusefriday & Happy Halloween! Did you know that fair use allows trick-or-treaters to create parody costumes, like a zombie Wonder Woman or a parody of Progressive’s Flo as “Slo from Depressive,” and even take inspiration from Spider-Man to make a homemade costume?
October 31, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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News from University of Pittsburgh Library System: Hillman Library at Earned #LEED Platinum Certification

https://www.pittwire.pitt.edu/accolades-honors/2025/10/30/hillman-library-leed-platinum-sustainable-building

#libraries #buildings
Hillman Library earned LEED Platinum certification
With the highest possible rank bestowed by the U.S. Green Building Council rating system, the library becomes Pitt’s 19th building to earn LEED certification since 2005.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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In Search of Better Search: Does #AI Improve, or Misdirect, Search Engines and Their Results? (via Communications of the Association for Computing Machinery)

https://cacm.acm.org/news/in-search-of-better-search/

#GPTs #LLMs #WebSearch
In Search of Better Search – Communications of the ACM
Membership in ACM includes a subscription to Communications of the ACM (CACM), the computing industry's most trusted source for staying connected to the world of advanced computing.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Canada: #Funding to Strengthen National Capacity In #Metaresearch

https://sshrc-crsh.canada.ca/en/news/2025/funding-to-strengthen-national-capacity-in-metaresearch.aspx

SSHRC | CRSH
October 30, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Here's a look at just some of what's in today's ARL Day in Review!

Click for the complete issue and to subscribe to the newsletter: #section-oct30ion-oct30" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://www.arl.org/day-in-review/day-in-review-october-27-30/#section-oct30

#libraries #ARLDayInReview #ARLDiR
October 30, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Google Updates #NotebookLM with 8x Larger Context Window, 6x Longer Conversation Memory, & More
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October 30, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Scientists Need a Positive Vision for #AI (via IEEE Spectrum)

https://spectrum.ieee.org/responsible-ai
Scientists Need a Positive Vision for AI
Scientists have a unique role in guiding AI's future. Learn how they can steer it towards ethical and equitable outcomes.
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October 29, 2025 at 6:45 PM