Company News: Introducing Elicit Research Agent and BioDecisionBench (via @elicit.com) elicit.com/blog/introdu... #AI #AgenticAI

AI-Generated Stories Rated Better Quality Than Human-Written Ones, Study Finds (via @theguardian.com) www.theguardian.com/technology/2... #AI #GenAI #shortstories

As Federal Agencies Delete Public Records, New Toolkit Helps #Journalists Find Criminal Legal #Data Before It Disappears (via @ccrjustice.org; @justjournalism.bsky.social) ccrjustice.org/home/press-c... #researchtools #publicrecords #legaldata #usgov

Information Provision for #Economics and Business #Research: Between #AI Agents, Open Data and New Roles for #Libraries (via @ZBW Media-Talk; @zbw-leibniz.bsky.social) www.zbw-mediatalk.eu/2026/08/info... #AgenticAI #researchdata #opendata

CLIR Receives $5 Million Grant to Launch Fifth Cycle of Digitizing Hidden Collections: Amplifying Unheard Voices www.clir.org/2026/08/clir... #libraries #funding #preservation #specialcollections @clirnews.bsky.social @mellon.org

CLIR Receives $5 Million Grant to Launch Fifth Cycle of Digitizing Hidden Collections: Amplifying Unheard Voices

August 4, 2026, Alexandria, VA – The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) has received a $5 million grant from the Mellon Foundation to launch the fifth cycle of its Digitizing Hidden C...

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The #ARLDailyIntelligence brings you today’s essential news & analysis for library leaders & advocates! www.arl.org/daily-intell... #Research #Libraries #Archives #SpecColls #HigherEd #AI #Humanities #Misinfo #OA #ScholComm #Advocacy #PublicPolicy @infodocket.bsky.social

ARL Daily Intelligence (August 3–6) — Association of Research Libraries

The ARL Daily Intelligence is the trusted source of news and analysis for library leaders and advocates. Released Monday through Thursday, the ARL Daily Intelligence is curated by Gary D. Price, co-fo...

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ICYMI Report From the UK: "The Role of the Public #Library in Combating #Misinformation and #Disinformation: a Review and Action Plan" (via @artscouncilengland.bsky.social) www.artscouncil.org.uk/research-and... #libraries #publiclibraries

Partnership for Academic Library #Collaboration and #Innovation (PALCI) Releases Guide to #Interoperability and Library System Selection www.infodocket.com/2026/08/04/p... #libraries #librarysystems #PALCI

Partnership for Academic Library Collaboration and Innovation (PALCI) Releases Guide to Interoperability and Library System Selection - Library Journal infoDOCKET

From PALCI: The Partnership for Academic Library Collaboration and Innovation (PALCI) has published the PALCI Guide to Interoperability and System Selection, a resource to help academic and research l...

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US Government Publishing Office (GPO) Launches New Annual Reports Collection on #GovInfo www.infodocket.com/2026/08/04/u... #annualreports #govdocs #GPO

"Community Peer Review for Resistance and Resilience" (by Chris Marcum & Daniela Saderi via @upstreamblog.bsky.social; @force11.bsky.social) upstream.force11.org/community-pe... @arl.org #peerreview #scholcomm #publishing

With Funding From @schmidtsciences.bsky.social Open Alex Plans to "Make Research #Software a First-Class Part of the Open Scholarly Graph" blog.openalex.org/linking-the-... #researchsoftware #openscience #openscholarship #OpenAlex

“Values and Viability, Principles and Practice: A Survey of Journal #Editors’ Decision-Making Factors” (New Journal Article; via JLSC) www.infodocket.com/2026/08/04/j... #scholcomm #journals #publishing

Company News: Digital Science Launches Papers #AI: An AI-Native #Researcher Workspace For Writing, #Data and #Code www.digital-science.com/press-releas... #GenAI @digital-science.com

Powering Trust: Tracking and Preserving #Government #Data References in the News Media (IFLA 2026 Conference Paper) repository.ifla.org/rest/api/cor... #media #newsmedia #governmentdata #preservation #libraries #LLMs #AI #GenAI @ifla.org @ualbertalibrary.bsky.social

Conference Poster: #AI and #Cataloging: What Do We Know, 4 Years In: A Review of Empirical Research (via ISU ReD: Research and eData; Presented at ALA Annual Conference 2026) ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/cgi/viewcont... #libraries #metadata

Scientific Knowledge Discovery in the Age of Large Language Models (preprint via arXiv) arxiv.org/abs/2607.26670 #AI #GenAI #LLMs

"Personal Data Privacy Literacy and Library Privacy Awareness and Concern Among Academic Library Employees" (New Journal Article; via TJAL) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #libraries #academiclibraries #dataprivacy #privacy

Trump Wants to Overhaul the Smithsonian. Volunteers Are Fighting to Preserve It. (via @bostonglobe.com) www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/02/n...

'A Waste of Time for All of Us': Caught in the Crossfire of the Peer-Review Wars (via @nature.com) www.nature.com/immersive/d4... #scholcomm #peerreview

This New A.I. #Chatbot Hunts Nazi-Looted #Art (via #ArtNet) news.artnet.com/art-world/ai... Direct to ec2-18-222-187-17.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com:8501 #GenAI #AI #chatbots

Video: CEO of #AI firm Hugging Face Appears on CBS News Face the Nation to Discuss 'Very Weird And Unprecedented' Hack By OpenAI's Model" www.cbsnews.com/video/ceo-of...

ICYMI $2 Million Crime Novel Deal Collapses Amid Questions Over #AI Use www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j... #publishing #books #AI #GenAI

#Massachusetts Lawmakers Send Governor Healey Bill “That Establishes #Guidelines For How #Schools and Public #Libraries Make Decisions About the Availability and Appropriateness of #Books” www.infodocket.com/2026/08/01/m... #publiclibraries #schoollibraries #legislation

The Research Data Services Landscape: How Do You Start and Where Does Your Library Fit In? (New Video; via #NNLM) www.youtube.com/watch?v=eB36... #researchdata #libraries

New: HathiTrust’s Collection Team Embraces a New Era (Video Recording (via @hathitrust.bsky.social) www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BfL... #digitalcollections #libraries #books #digipres

Siobahn Day Grady Wants Everyone to Be AI Literate: The Professor Launched The First #AI Research Institute at an #HBCU spectrum.ieee.org/siobahn-day-... #AILiteracy #GenAI

Company News: Springer Nature Publishes Fifth Open Access Report (via @springernature.com) Report stories.springernature.com/oa-report-20... Release group.springernature.com/gp/group/med... #openaccess #oa #publishers #publishing #scholcomm

Patricia Hswe and Michael Vandenburg Named At-Large CNI Steering Committee Members (via @cni-org.bsky.social) news.cni.org/archive/hswe... #scholcomm #infotech #libraries

Arkansas: Federal Judge Rules That Library Book 'Obscenity' Law Can Be Enforced, Reversing Previous Decision infodocket.com/2026/07/30/a... #libraries #books #legal

Law Library of Congress Publishes New Report on the #Legal Obligations and Liability of Producers of Large Language Models Blog Post blogs.loc.gov/law/2026/07/... Full Text Report www.loc.gov/resource/llg... #GenAI #AI #LLMs