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  20-05-2026 19:13 via nlm.nih.gov
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• Scholarly Publishing: Wiley Acquires Emerald For $452 Million in All-Cash Transaction

  02-06-2026 15:47 via infodocket.com
  
  Here’s the Full Text of the Wiley News Release:
  Wiley today announced it has acquired Emerald Publishing Limited (“Emerald”) from Cambridge Information Group (CIG) in an all-cash transaction valued at £337 million, or USD 452 million. The acquisition expands Wiley’s journal portfolio to approximately 2,500 titles and establishes it as a leader in the social sciences — particularly economics, business, and finance.
  In addition to strengthening Wiley’s sca
  
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• ALA, ARL, COSLA, EveryLibrary, SAA, ULC, and Others Call on Congress to Fund IMLS

  01-06-2026 23:15 via infodocket.com
  Via the American Library Association (ALA):
  Today, ten cultural organizations, including the American Library Association (ALA),  called on Congress to expand federal funding for the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) in its fiscal year (FY) 2027 appropriations bills, which are scheduled for markup by a House Appropriations Subcommittee later this week.
  Addressed to members of the House and Senate Appropriations Labor-Health and Human Services-Education and Related Agencie
  
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• District of Columbia e-Book Fairness Act Signed by Mayor, Defying Corporate Pressure and Private Equity Lobbying (Statement From eBook Study Group)

  01-06-2026 22:02 via infodocket.com
  
  From the eBook Study Group:
  The eBook Study Group (ESG) celebrates a historic milestone for public digital access as District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser has officially signed B26-0490, the “Library E-book Pricing Fairness Amendment Act of 2025.” The legislation, which was drafted by the eBook Study Group, marks a decisive legislative victory for public libraries, school systems, and taxpayers over restrictive digital licensing models driven by major publishing houses and private
  
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• Roundup: Federal Research Funding Proposed Rule: Media Coverage, Statements, and Submissions

  01-06-2026 14:57 via infodocket.com
  Ed. Note: Below find with links to media coverage, statements, etc. re: the Office of Management and Budget’s recently published PROPOSED Uniform Guidance Revisions.We will update this roundup on a regular basis and will focus on materials of special interest to libraries, scholarly communications, higher education, and other areas we post about on infoDOCKET.  We will also share a selection of submissions as they become available in the coming weeks.
  Last Updated: June 2, 2026; 11:25
  
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• Preprint: “Synthetic Sources?: Auditing Generative Search Engine Citations for Evidence of AI-Generated Sources”

  25-05-2026 15:43 via infodocket.com
  The preprint linked below was recently shared on arXiv.Title
  Synthetic Sources?: Auditing Generative Search Engine Citations for Evidence of AI-Generated Sources
  Authors
  Mowafak AllahamNorthwestern University
  Nicholas DiakopoulosNorthwestern University
  Source
  via arXivDOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2605.23684
  Abstract
  The growing accessibility of Large Language Models via conversational interfaces capable of responding to users’ questions by drawing on, synthesizing, and citing information from the w
  
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• New Journal Article: “Students’ Artificial Intelligence (AI) Literacy: An Exploratory Study”

  21-05-2026 14:34 via infodocket.com
  Many thanks to Sage for allowing infoDOCKET to share the full text version of this article. 
  Title
  Students’ Artificial Intelligence (AI) literacy: An Exploratory Study
  Authors
  Mor DeshenRamat Gan Academic College, IsraelBar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
  Noa AharonyBar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
  Source
  Journal of Librarianship and Information ScienceDOI: 10.1177/09610006261442178
  Abstract
  This research aims to uncover the factors that might be associated with higher
  
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• NLM Colloquia: Single-Cell Cartography of Plasticity with Yogesh Goyal, PhD

  20-05-2026 19:21 via nlm.nih.gov
  Please join us on Friday, May 29, 2026, at 11:00am ET.
  
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  20-05-2026 19:13 via nlm.nih.gov
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• OpenAIRE and Alien Intelligence Announce Partnership to Bring AI Agents to the OpenAIRE Graph

  20-05-2026 13:40 via infodocket.com
  From an OpenAire Post:…AI is changing how research is discovered and used. A newer generation of systems, often called agentic AI, can reason across sources, plan tasks, follow relationships between entities, and support decisions based on structured evidence. For open scholarly infrastructures, this raises a clear question: can the systems that increasingly interpret scientific knowledge be grounded in open, transparent, community-governed sources rather than in opaque content of unknown
  
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• Association of American Publishers (AAP) Releases StatShot Report For First Quarter, 2026: Overall Industry Was Up 0.9%; Professional & Scholarly Publishing Up 5.7%

  18-05-2026 17:57 via infodocket.com
  From the Association of American Publishers (AAP): Today, the Association of American Publishers (AAP) released its StatShot report covering the first three months of 2026 reflecting reported revenue for Trade (Consumer Books), Education (combines PreK-12 Instructional Materials and Higher Education Course Materials), and Professional & Scholarly Publishing.
  Total revenues across all categories for the first quarter of the year were up 0.9% as compared to the first three months of 2025,
  
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• Just Released: 2026 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report | Teaching and Learning Edition

  18-05-2026 15:44 via infodocket.com
  From EDUCAUSE:The 2026 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report | Teaching and Learning Edition identifies the most influential trends and early signals shaping higher education teaching and learning over the next decade.
  Based on the work of an expert panel using the STEEP framework, the report highlights how artificial intelligence, enrollment pressures, policy shifts, and sustainability concerns are reshaping instructional practice and institutional strategy.
  Report ResourcesFull Text Report46 pages
  
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• New From Ithaka S+R: US Library Survey 2025: Under Pressure

  14-05-2026 16:36 via infodocket.com
  US Library Survey 2025: Under Pressure was published today (May 14, 2026) by Ithaka S+R.
  The report was written by Ellen Carroll, Tracy Bergstrom, and Ioana G. Hulbert,
  From the Executive Summary:
  Key Findings
  Leaders are operating under sustained financial and staffing constraints. Mirroring previous cycles, the majority of respondents cite a lack of financial resources as the primary constraint on their ability to make changes in their libraries. Anticipated cancellations of journal
  
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• Preservation: Library of Congress Adds 25 Recordings to the National Recording Registry; Selections Include Sounds by Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, The Go-Go’s, Vince Gill, Ray Charles, Chaka Kahn, Weezer, and Reba McEntire

  14-05-2026 12:35 via infodocket.com
  From the Library of Congress:Taylor Swift’s transformative pop album “1989,” Beyoncé’s standout “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It),” The Go-Go’s debut album “Beauty and the Beat,” Vince Gill’s signature “Go Rest High On That Mountain,” Weezer’s self-titled debut “Weezer (The Blue Album),” Chaka Khan’s crossover hit “I Feel for You,” and Broadway’s original cast album of “
  
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• New Report From EveryLibrary Institute: “Library Patron Privacy in the Age of Artificial Intelligence”

  12-05-2026 20:08 via infodocket.com
  From EveryLibrary Institute:As libraries across the United States rapidly adopt artificial intelligence tools and digital services, longstanding assumptions about patron confidentiality are being tested in new and urgent ways. “Library Patron Privacy in the Age of Artificial Intelligence” is an analysis examining how existing state library privacy laws intersect with emerging AI technologies, third-party data practices, and the realities of modern digital library services.
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• New Journal Article: “Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Information Seeking: A Comparative Exploration of AI Chatbots, Search Engines, and Library Resources as Information Sources Among University Students”

  12-05-2026 14:54 via infodocket.com
  Ed. Note: Many thanks to Sage for removing the paywall and allowing infoDOCKET to share the full text of this article. 
  The article linked below was recently published by the Journal of Librarianship and Information Science.
  Title
  Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Information Seeking: A Comparative Exploration of AI Chatbots, Search Engines, And Library Resources As Information Sources Among University Students
  Authors
  Brady D. LundUniversity of North Texas
  Zoe Abbie TeelUniversity of North
  
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• Ontario: “Breaking Down the Ottawa Public Library’s Rebrand and Its Numbers”

  11-05-2026 14:53 via infodocket.com
  From the Ottawa Citizen:
  Amidst a decline in physical book rentals and in-person visits to its 33 branches, the Ottawa Public Library is doubling down on a rebrand. One that positions it as a “third space” for clients.
  In its 2025 end-of-year report, the Ottawa Public Library (OPL) said the last year was spent laying the groundwork to approve and move forward with its new brand, which was officially unveiled in January this year.
  This move is meant to go “beyond visua
  
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• Report From Dagstuhl Seminar 25381: Open Scholarly Information Systems: Status Quo, Challenges, Opportunities

  11-05-2026 13:37 via infodocket.com
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  Title
  Open Scholarly Information Systems: Status Quo, Challenges, Opportunities
  Authors
  Hannah Bast, Guillaume Cabanac, Paolo Manghi, Jian Wu, and Marcel R. Ackermann
  Source
  Dagstuhl SeminarDOI: 10.4230/DagRep.15.9.38
  Abstract
  Over the past 30 years, a rich ecosystem of scholarly information systems has developed that openly provide their services to the scientific community. These systems include aggregators of bibliographic metadata (e.g., DBLP, OpenCitations, OpenAIRE Graph, OpenAl
  
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• Report: “One in 277 PubMed-Indexed Papers In 2026 Shows Fabricated References, Says Analysis”

  08-05-2026 01:37 via infodocket.com
  From Retraction Watch:
  Fabricated citations in the biomedical literature have increased 12-fold in two years, according to an audit of nearly 2.5 million papers published as a letter to The Lancet today.
  The analysis of articles indexed in PubMed found that about one in 277 papers published in the first seven weeks of 2026 referenced a paper that didn’t exist. That was a jump from 2025’s rate of one in 458 and 2023’s one in 2,828. The researchers, led by&nbs
  
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• The Guardian: “‘Things Were Going Dark Left and Right’: The Race to Save US Government Datasets Before They’re Deleted”

  07-05-2026 14:15 via infodocket.com
  From The Guardian:
  André is part of a group of “data rescuers” who’ve banded together during Trump’s second term. They’ve been quietly racing to save hundreds of critical government datasets before they’re no longer available. Now known as the Data Rescue Project, it’s a grassroots network of more than 800 people around the world who spend up to 40 hours a week painstakingly archiving the US government’s digital footprint in their spare
  
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• Johns Hopkins University Press and BioOne Announce Landmark Nonprofit Integration

  05-05-2026 14:28 via infodocket.com
  Here’s the Full Text of Today’s Integration Announcement:
  Johns Hopkins University Press (Hopkins Press) and BioOne today announced their merger, in a bold move designed to enhance community impact, expand future opportunities, and transform how they engage with researchers.
  BioOne’s flagship aggregation of bioscience research journals, BioOne Complete, as well as their eBook collections, will continue as discrete and independent products within Hopkins Press. The union promise
  
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• EBSCO Information Services Appoints Allen Powell as Chief Executive Officer

  04-05-2026 16:26 via infodocket.com
  Here’s the Full Text of Today’s Announcement From EBSCO:Allen Powell (Image Source: EBSCO)
  EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) announced the appointment of Allen Powell as Chief Executive Officer. Powell brings extensive experience across the organization and a strong understanding of the company’s customers, products and long-term strategy.
  Powell has served EBSCO in senior leadership roles for more than three decades. Most recently, he served as Interim Chief Ex
  
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• Just Announced: “The Cost of Knowledge” is the Theme For International Open Access Week 2026

  04-05-2026 15:57 via infodocket.com
  From a SPARC Announcement:We create and share knowledge in order to advance human understanding and the common good. We recognize that accessing and sharing knowledge is a human right. Yet, the costs to access and share knowledge continue to increase, often dramatically. Why? Who benefits?
  Increasing consolidation and commercial control over all aspects of knowledge comes at a cost. This year’s theme challenges us to consider the financial, human, and environmental costs of creating, shari
  
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• “Digital Preservation Policies in University Libraries: A Content Analysis” (Honors Theses)

  03-05-2026 16:14 via infodocket.com
  The honors theses linked below was recently made available by the University of Southern Mississippi.
  Title
  Digital Preservation Policies in University Libraries: A Content Analysis (Honors Theses)
  Author
  Ramsey McManus
  Source
  via Aquila Digital Community  (University of Southern Mississippi)May 2026
  Abstract
  In an increasingly digital world, libraries continue to expand their digital collections. As these collections grow, librarians must work to ensure that these digital materials remain
  
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• Digital Preservation Policies in University Libraries: A Content Analysis (Honors Theses)

  03-05-2026 16:14 via infodocket.com
  The honors theses linked below was recently made available by the University of Southern Mississippi.
  Title
  Digital Preservation Policies in University Libraries: A Content Analysis (Honors Theses)
  Author
  Ramsey McManus
  Source
  via Aquila Digital Community  (University of Southern Mississippi)May 2026
  Abstract
  In an increasingly digital world, libraries continue to expand their digital collections. As these collections grow, librarians must work to ensure that these digital materials remain
  
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• Journal Article: “User Perspectives on LINK: A Generative AI Chatbot for Academic Libraries”

  02-05-2026 22:38 via infodocket.com
  The article linked below was recently published by The Journal of Academic Librarianship.
  Title
  User Perspectives on LINK: A Generative AI Chatbot for Academic Libraries
  Authors
  Evan FruehaufUniversity of South Florida
  LeEtta SchmidtUniversity of South Florida
  Amanda BoczarUniversity of South Florida
  Source
  The Journal of Academic LibrarianshipVolume 52, Issue 4, July 2026DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2026.103255
  Abstract
  This article presents a case study on the development, phased testing, and user ev
  
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• Journal Article: Publications Produced and Services Offered by Library Publishing Programs in the United States and Canada: A Data-Driven Analysis

  01-05-2026 21:47 via infodocket.com
  The article linked below was published today by the Journal of Librarianship andScholarly Communication.
  Title
  Publications Produced and Services Offered by Library Publishing Programs in the United States and Canada: A Data-Driven Analysis
  Authors
  Johanna MeetzThe Ohio State University
  Jeff Story|Intel Corporation
  Source
  Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication14(1), eP20194 (2026)
  DOI: 10.31274/jlsc.20194 
  Abstract
  Introduction: Using the Library Publishing Coalition’s (
  
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• “Harnessing the Data Renaissance for Scientific Discovery” (Video Recording of Closing Plenary; Coalition For Networked Information (CNI) Spring 2026 Membership Meeting)

  01-05-2026 20:49 via infodocket.com
  Here’s the video recording of the closing plenary talk (recorded at the Spring 2026 CNI Membership Meeting in Salt Lake City) by Manish Parashar, Executive Director, Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute; Inaugural Chief AI Officer; Presidential Professor, University of Utah.
  Manish is introduced by  Kate Zwaard, CNI Executive Director
  The current data renaissance, accelerated by advances in artificial intelligence, is reshaping the landscape of research, scholarship, and in
  
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• “Libraries Leading Campus AI: Claiming Our Seat at the Table”(Video Recording of Opening Plenary, CNI Spring 2026 Membership Meeting)

  01-05-2026 20:34 via infodocket.com
  Here’s a video recording of Rebekah Cummings (Director of Digital Matters and Head of Open Scholarship and Data Services, University of Utah J. Willard Marriott Library) opening plenary talk recorded at the Spring 2026 CNI Membership Meeting in Salt Lake City.
  Rebekah is introduced by  Kate Zwaard, CNI Executive DirectorArtificial intelligence (AI) has already transformed how people search, read, write, learn, and share information—the very terrain libraries have stewarded for g
  
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• “Libraries Leading Campus AI: Claiming Our Seat at the Table” (Video Recording of Opening Plenary; Coalition For Networked Information (CNI) Spring 2026 Membership Meeting)

  01-05-2026 20:34 via infodocket.com
  Here’s the video recording of the opening plenary talk (recorded at the Spring 2026 CNI Membership Meeting in Salt Lake City) by Rebekah Cummings, Director of Digital Matters and Head of Open Scholarship and Data Services, University of Utah J. Willard Marriott Library.
  Rebekah is introduced by  Kate Zwaard, CNI Executive Director
  Artificial intelligence (AI) has already transformed how people search, read, write, learn, and share information—the very terrain libraries have
  
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