In the fast-moving world of AI research tools, there are many community-focused concerns that vendors should have strong opinions on and plans for, from privacy and security to sustainability and copyright. But the most misunderstood issue, in my view, is the one at the heart of it all — how AI will reshape the economics of academic research.
If science is to be both honest and healthy, we must accept that statistically non-significant results are part of reality. The SAMPL guidelines, if adopted widely by scholarly publishers and journal editors, hold a solution for authors who worry their results are not “significant.”
Today’s guest bloggers share analysis on the relationship between impact and policy during Global Goals Week 2025.
As AI becomes a major consumer of research, scholarly publishing must evolve: from PDFs for people to structured, high-quality data for machines.
A scholarly communication ecosystem that relies on voluntary support rather than charging for access to content becomes radically less capable of keeping money in the system.
AI Bots are overwhelming server capacity and impeding access to collections. How big is the problem and what solutions exist?
It’s not always easy to recognize a cyberbully, or initially realize you’re being targeted. Here, some practices to help you to grow and protect your professional networks in ways that align with your values and vision.
We are expecting the US Government’s AI Action Plan to be issued over the summer. In the meantime, we may glean some of the administration’s views by looking at recently issued information from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
Leslie McIntosh names the emerging field of forensic scientometrics.
We asked the Chefs for their thoughts on the Biden Administration’s Executive Order on “Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence.”
The beginning of the holiday season means it’s time for our annual list of our favorite books read (and other cultural creations experienced) during the year. Part 1 today.
The role of libraries and archives as streaming grows, choice declines, and the death of the red envelopes arrives.
What do you do when the building standards governing the safety of your workplace are deemed inadequate?
The copyright warning notice prescribed by the US Copyright Office misleads library patrons about their fair use rights, and must change.
Open access is public access. With the Nelson OSTP memo as a catalyst for Green-via-Gold, will we still need agency repositories?