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New Report From EveryLibrary Institute: “Library Patron Privacy in the Age of Artificial Intelligence”
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 […]
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”
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 […]
Report: Illinois Bill Would Stop Publishers From Charging Libraries More Than Public For E-Books and Audiobooks
From the Chicago Tribune: “More and more taxpayer-funded library budgets are being eaten up by this licensing at unreasonably high prices,” [Monica] Harris [executive director of the Reaching Across Illinois Library System] said. “The hold list gets longer and longer for the constituents who are trying to, you know, use these materials and many libraries […]
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Funding: Light at the End of Tunnel For Connecticut Libraries Program May Come. It Costs $140,000
From the Hartford Courant: A proposed 20% cut in a state program that lets library patrons check out books from public libraries beyond their own town or city has been restored by the General Assembly’s Appropriations Committee, an official of the Connecticut State Library said Monday. Dawn La Valle, the director of the Division of Library Development, […]
Research Paper (preprint): “Ads in AI Chatbots? An Analysis of How Large Language Models Navigate Conflicts of Interest”
The preprint linked below was recently shared on arXiv. Title Ads in AI Chatbots? An Analysis of How Large Language Models Navigate Conflicts of Interest Authors Addison J. Wu Princeton University Ryan Liu Princeton University Shuyue Stella Li University of Washington Yulia Tsvetkov University of Washington Thomas L. Griffiths Princeton University Source via arXiv DOI: […]
American Library Association (ALA) Announces Recipients of the I Love My Librarian Award For 2026
From the American Library Association: The American Library Association (ALA) is thrilled to announce this year’s 10 recipients of the coveted I Love My Librarian Award. Serving communities across the nation, the 2026 honorees are exceptional librarians from academic, public, and school libraries who were nominated by community members for their expertise, dedication, and profound impact […]
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Most College Students Use AI, Even as Institutions Lag on Clear Policies (AI in Higher Education Widespread Use, Unclear Rules Report From Lumina Foundation-Gallup)
From Lumina Foundation-Gallup Artificial intelligence has become a routine part of college life, even as many institutions struggle to set clear rules for its use. New research from Lumina Foundation and Gallup finds that a majority of college students now use AI tools such as ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot and Google Gemini for their coursework at […]
Tennessee: Rutherford County Library Board Fires Director After She Refuses to Relocate 132 Children’s Books
From WTVF: The Rutherford County Library Board voted in an 8-3 decision to fire library director Dr. Luanne James. The controversy began when James refused to comply with a board order to relocate 132 children’s books to the adult section of the library. The board recently deemed the books inappropriate, citing LGBTQ+ themes, female empowerment, […]
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New Resource: “ORION Dashboard: Bringing Open Research Data Within Reach”
From a Leiden Madtrics Post by Juan Pablo Bascur Cifuentes The ORION dashboard enables easy exploration of CWTS OpenAlex data on BigQuery, letting users analyse institutions, funders, and research topics via interactive visualisations and reproducible SQL queries without any coding skills required. [Clip] What the dashboard does The current version centres on two types of […]
A New Issue (Vol. 45 No. 1; 2026) of Information Technology and Libraries (ITAL) is Now Available Online
Here’s the Complete Table of Contents + Links to Articles Editorials Letter from the Editors Kenneth J. Varnum; Joanna DiPasquale [PDF] From the Field Librarian Leadership in the Age of AI Jeremiah Rood [PDF] ITAL & Refusal as Instruction: Equipping Patrons to Resist AI, Data Brokers, Big Tech, & More Hannah Cyrus [PDF] Articles Navigating […]
