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Texas: Llano County Looks at New Book Purchases For Library System Since 2022 (via @Daily Trib) www.dailytrib.com/2026/01/12/l... #books #libraries #publiclibraries #lawsuits
January 13, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Texas: Llano County Looks at New Book Purchases For Library System Since 2022 (via @Daily Trib) www.dailytrib.com/2026/01/12/l... #books #libraries #publiclibraries #lawsuits
The Tuesday Jan. 13, 2026 Issue of Association of Research #Libraries (ARL) Day Intelligence is Now Available Online www.arl.org/daily-intell...
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January 13, 2026 at 8:39 PM
The Tuesday Jan. 13, 2026 Issue of Association of Research #Libraries (ARL) Day Intelligence is Now Available Online www.arl.org/daily-intell...
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@arl.org
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News From the #UK: "Britain Seeks 'Reset' in #Copyright Battle Between #AI and #Creators" www.reuters.com/business/med... (via @reuters.com)
January 13, 2026 at 6:46 PM
News From the #UK: "Britain Seeks 'Reset' in #Copyright Battle Between #AI and #Creators" www.reuters.com/business/med... (via @reuters.com)
New Journal Article: "Ten Years of a ‘Quiet Culture War’: Where Does It Stand Now?"by Rick Anderson www.infodocket.com/2026/01/13/j... #scholcomm #libraries #publishing #oa
January 13, 2026 at 5:37 PM
New Journal Article: "Ten Years of a ‘Quiet Culture War’: Where Does It Stand Now?"by Rick Anderson www.infodocket.com/2026/01/13/j... #scholcomm #libraries #publishing #oa
Report: "The Long Now of the Web: Inside the Internet Archive’s Fight Against Forgetting" (via @hackernoon.com) hackernoon.com/the-long-now... #archives #webarchives @archive.org
January 13, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Report: "The Long Now of the Web: Inside the Internet Archive’s Fight Against Forgetting" (via @hackernoon.com) hackernoon.com/the-long-now... #archives #webarchives @archive.org
New #Data: U.S. Patent Applications Decrease Dramatically One Year After Reaching Record High, Falling 9%; 2025 U.S. Patent Grants Also Down (via #IFI Patent Claims) www.ificlaims.com/news/u-s-pat... @digitalscientists.bsky.social #patents
January 13, 2026 at 3:52 PM
New #Data: U.S. Patent Applications Decrease Dramatically One Year After Reaching Record High, Falling 9%; 2025 U.S. Patent Grants Also Down (via #IFI Patent Claims) www.ificlaims.com/news/u-s-pat... @digitalscientists.bsky.social #patents
Canadian Association of Research #Libraries (CARL) Appoints Michael Vandenburg as Executive Director www.carl-abrc.ca/news/carl-ap... #libraries #librarians #leadership @carl-abrc.bsky.social
January 13, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Canadian Association of Research #Libraries (CARL) Appoints Michael Vandenburg as Executive Director www.carl-abrc.ca/news/carl-ap... #libraries #librarians #leadership @carl-abrc.bsky.social
Company News: Wiley Appoints Armughan Rafat as Chief #AI and #Data Services Officer (via
@wiley.com) johnwiley2020news.q4web.com/press-releas... #scholcomm #publishers
@wiley.com) johnwiley2020news.q4web.com/press-releas... #scholcomm #publishers
January 13, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Company News: Wiley Appoints Armughan Rafat as Chief #AI and #Data Services Officer (via
@wiley.com) johnwiley2020news.q4web.com/press-releas... #scholcomm #publishers
@wiley.com) johnwiley2020news.q4web.com/press-releas... #scholcomm #publishers
ICYMI Proposed Legislation Would Prohibit Book Banning In New Mexico Public #Libraries (via @sourcenm.com) sourcenm.com/2026/01/07/p... #books #reading #bookbans
Proposed legislation would prohibit book banning in New Mexico public libraries • Source New Mexico
A New Mexico lawmaker is reintroducing a bill to ban book banning at public libraries, backed by librarians and authors
sourcenm.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:46 PM
ICYMI Proposed Legislation Would Prohibit Book Banning In New Mexico Public #Libraries (via @sourcenm.com) sourcenm.com/2026/01/07/p... #books #reading #bookbans
A "Nu" Way to Measure Researcher #Impact (via @eurekalert.bsky.social www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
Full Text Article: academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar... (via @pnasnexus.org) #scholcomm #libraries #research #citationindex
Full Text Article: academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar... (via @pnasnexus.org) #scholcomm #libraries #research #citationindex
January 13, 2026 at 2:12 PM
A "Nu" Way to Measure Researcher #Impact (via @eurekalert.bsky.social www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
Full Text Article: academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar... (via @pnasnexus.org) #scholcomm #libraries #research #citationindex
Full Text Article: academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar... (via @pnasnexus.org) #scholcomm #libraries #research #citationindex
New Report From @stmassoc.bsky.social: Safeguarding Scholarly Communication: Publisher Practices to Uphold Research Integrity s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/stm.offloadm...
Release: stm-assoc.org/new-report-d... #publishing #publishers #scholcomm #libraries
Release: stm-assoc.org/new-report-d... #publishing #publishers #scholcomm #libraries
January 13, 2026 at 1:42 PM
New Report From @stmassoc.bsky.social: Safeguarding Scholarly Communication: Publisher Practices to Uphold Research Integrity s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/stm.offloadm...
Release: stm-assoc.org/new-report-d... #publishing #publishers #scholcomm #libraries
Release: stm-assoc.org/new-report-d... #publishing #publishers #scholcomm #libraries
Anthropic's New Cowork Feature Brings Claude Code's Agent Capabilities to People Who Don't Write Code (via @thedecoder.bsky.social) the-decoder.com/anthropics-n... #AI #GenAI #LLMs
January 13, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Anthropic's New Cowork Feature Brings Claude Code's Agent Capabilities to People Who Don't Write Code (via @thedecoder.bsky.social) the-decoder.com/anthropics-n... #AI #GenAI #LLMs
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New Journal Article: "Generative #AI in Higher Education: A Bibliometric Review of Emerging #Trends, Power Dynamics, and Global Research" www.infodocket.com/2026/01/10/n... #Landscapes #GenAI #highered
January 10, 2026 at 3:44 PM
New Journal Article: "Generative #AI in Higher Education: A Bibliometric Review of Emerging #Trends, Power Dynamics, and Global Research" www.infodocket.com/2026/01/10/n... #Landscapes #GenAI #highered
NEW: Latest OASPA #Data Shows Dramatic Growth in #OA Articles From Past Decades is Plateauing (via @OASPA) www.oaspa.org/news/latest-... #publishing #scholcomm #libraries
January 12, 2026 at 9:52 PM
NEW: Latest OASPA #Data Shows Dramatic Growth in #OA Articles From Past Decades is Plateauing (via @OASPA) www.oaspa.org/news/latest-... #publishing #scholcomm #libraries
The Archive of Tom Verlaine, Frontman of Television, Has Been Acquired by the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (via #NewYorkPublicLibrary) www.nypl.org/press/archiv... #libraries #music #musicians #archives
January 12, 2026 at 9:25 PM
The Archive of Tom Verlaine, Frontman of Television, Has Been Acquired by the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (via #NewYorkPublicLibrary) www.nypl.org/press/archiv... #libraries #music #musicians #archives
EveryLibrary Institute Joins the “Our Future Memory” Coalition www.everylibraryinstitute.org/joining_our_... @archive.org @everylibrary.bsky.social
January 12, 2026 at 9:10 PM
EveryLibrary Institute Joins the “Our Future Memory” Coalition www.everylibraryinstitute.org/joining_our_... @archive.org @everylibrary.bsky.social
National Library of Korea Opens 30 Million National Bibliography Records to the Public www.infodocket.com/2026/01/12/n... #libraries #opendata #lodlam
January 12, 2026 at 8:06 PM
National Library of Korea Opens 30 Million National Bibliography Records to the Public www.infodocket.com/2026/01/12/n... #libraries #opendata #lodlam
From @theguardian.com: #Publishers Fear #AI Search Summaries and #Chatbots Mean 'End Of Traffic Era' www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...
January 12, 2026 at 7:19 PM
From @theguardian.com: #Publishers Fear #AI Search Summaries and #Chatbots Mean 'End Of Traffic Era' www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...
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Corrupting LLMs Through Weird Generalizations
Fascinating research: Weird Generalization and Inductive Backdoors: New Ways to Corrupt LLMs. AbstractLLMs are useful because they generalize so well. But can you have too much of a good thing? We show that a small amount of finetuning in narrow…
Fascinating research: Weird Generalization and Inductive Backdoors: New Ways to Corrupt LLMs. AbstractLLMs are useful because they generalize so well. But can you have too much of a good thing? We show that a small amount of finetuning in narrow…
Corrupting LLMs Through Weird Generalizations
Fascinating research: Weird Generalization and Inductive Backdoors: New Ways to Corrupt LLMs. AbstractLLMs are useful because they generalize so well. But can you have too much of a good thing? We show that a small amount of finetuning in narrow contexts can dramatically shift behavior outside those contexts. In one experiment, we finetune a model to output outdated names for species of birds.
www.schneier.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Corrupting LLMs Through Weird Generalizations
Fascinating research: Weird Generalization and Inductive Backdoors: New Ways to Corrupt LLMs. AbstractLLMs are useful because they generalize so well. But can you have too much of a good thing? We show that a small amount of finetuning in narrow…
Fascinating research: Weird Generalization and Inductive Backdoors: New Ways to Corrupt LLMs. AbstractLLMs are useful because they generalize so well. But can you have too much of a good thing? We show that a small amount of finetuning in narrow…
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1️⃣ Google search traffic has gone down by 33% globally (-33%) on 2,500 sites tracked by Chartbeat that we include in the report.
Traffic from Google Discover, which is key in markets with strong Android penetration, is also down by 21% globally.
Traffic from Google Discover, which is key in markets with strong Android penetration, is also down by 21% globally.
January 12, 2026 at 7:55 AM
1️⃣ Google search traffic has gone down by 33% globally (-33%) on 2,500 sites tracked by Chartbeat that we include in the report.
Traffic from Google Discover, which is key in markets with strong Android penetration, is also down by 21% globally.
Traffic from Google Discover, which is key in markets with strong Android penetration, is also down by 21% globally.
New Journal Article: "University #Journals in the Global Academic #Publishing Landscape: Mapping Over 19,000 Diverse Titles Based On Ulrichsweb #Data" (via #Scientometrics)
link.springer.com/article/10.1... #scholcomm #libraries
link.springer.com/article/10.1... #scholcomm #libraries
January 12, 2026 at 6:28 PM
New Journal Article: "University #Journals in the Global Academic #Publishing Landscape: Mapping Over 19,000 Diverse Titles Based On Ulrichsweb #Data" (via #Scientometrics)
link.springer.com/article/10.1... #scholcomm #libraries
link.springer.com/article/10.1... #scholcomm #libraries
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New From #Research #Data Alliance (RDA): Glọbal Community Priorities for Agentic #Al in Research Community Consultation Results www.infodocket.com/2026/01/08/n... #LLMs #libraries #researchers @researchdataall.bsky.social
January 8, 2026 at 6:30 PM
New From #Research #Data Alliance (RDA): Glọbal Community Priorities for Agentic #Al in Research Community Consultation Results www.infodocket.com/2026/01/08/n... #LLMs #libraries #researchers @researchdataall.bsky.social
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Most of my last 2–3 years can be summed up by this post. The belief that information retrieval is going through a fundamental shakeup, librarians really need to study the nuts & bolts of IR to be helpful guides to our users. But sometimes I think I might be leading people on a quixotic quest (1)
[blogged] “We’re Good at Search”… Just Not the Kind That the AI era Demands - a Provocation aarontay.substack.com/p/were-good-...
“We’re Good at Search”… Just Not the Kind That the AI era Demands - a Provocation
I might be exaggerating slightly, but if you look at the few new evaluation matrices for AI-powered search circulating, “relevancy” is often just one of several categories, evaluated in a highly subje...
aarontay.substack.com
January 12, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Most of my last 2–3 years can be summed up by this post. The belief that information retrieval is going through a fundamental shakeup, librarians really need to study the nuts & bolts of IR to be helpful guides to our users. But sometimes I think I might be leading people on a quixotic quest (1)
New From @openaire.bsky.social: "Building a Sustainable Commons: Why Community Governance is the Bedrock of Open Scholarly Infrastructure" www.openaire.eu/community/bl... (via @openaire.bsky.social) #scholcomm #libraries #openinfrastructure @barcelonadori.bsky.social
January 12, 2026 at 4:47 PM
New From @openaire.bsky.social: "Building a Sustainable Commons: Why Community Governance is the Bedrock of Open Scholarly Infrastructure" www.openaire.eu/community/bl... (via @openaire.bsky.social) #scholcomm #libraries #openinfrastructure @barcelonadori.bsky.social