IMPACT: Research Library Summit 2028 Member Advisory Team Confirmed

Planning for the 2028 IMPACT Research Library Summit is underway, and we are excited to share the roster for the inaugural IMPACT Member Advisory Team. The Member Advisory Team is charged with advising and assisting ARL staff with the programming of the summit. Meet the IMPACT Member Advisory Team. » 

ARL Monitor (Summer 2026) 

The Monitor, a quarterly newsletter by ARL’s Marcel LaFlamme, provides intelligence and insight on the research environment. This issue covers US federal funding guidelines, Canada’s national AI strategy, technologies of trust for research and information use, and more. Read & share the ARL Monitor. » 

Brad Warren Named Dean of Libraries and University Librarian for Virginia Commonwealth University

Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) has appointed Brad Warren dean of VCU Libraries and university librarian, effective September 14 pending ratification by the VCU Board of Visitors. Brad is currently the the inaugural dean of libraries at Augusta University in Georgia. Learn more about Brad & this news. » 

A Breath of Liberté Enters the Archives and Special Collections »

(uOttawa Library, University of Ottawa) 

At Harvard’s Schlesinger Library, Recipes for Koala and Sheep’s Head Mould Tell a Complex American Tale »

(Harvard Library via The Boston Globe ||| Archive.today version) 

AUC Woodruff Library Partners with the John and Lilian Miles Lewis Foundation to Preserve the Congressional Papers of John R. Lewis »

(Atlanta University Center (AUC) Robert W. Woodruff Library) 
Also from AUC: Woodruff Library Becomes Custodian of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. Historical Collection

Library of Congress Program Honors Accessible Libraries in Georgia & Massachusetts »

(Library of Congress) 

New Endowment to Provide Support and Recognition for the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction »

(UGA Press, UGA Libraries, UGA: University of Georgia) 

NYU Receives Major Grant to Preserve Local Journalism »

(NYU Libraries, NYU: New York University) 

UCSB Library Collects Home Photos to Preserve Early History of Old Spanish Days »

(UC Santa Barbara Library via Noozhawk)
Also from UC Santa Barbara: Preserving Historic Aerial Photos to Improve Public Health 

Information Shock: How AI Demands an Evolution of Information Science »

(SocArXiv)

Opinion: Want to Fight Back Against Big Tech? Start Here. »

(The New York Times ||| Archive.today version)

Patricia Hswe and Michael Vandenburg Named At-Large CNI Steering Committee Members »

(CNI: Coalition for Networked Information)

Proposed Trump Administration “Guidance” Alarms Researchers, Scholarly Publishers »

(Publishing Perspectives)
See also: Community Peer Review for Resistance and Resilience (Upstream)

Spotlight on Speech Codes 2026: The State of Free Speech on US Campuses »

(FIRE: Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression)

Talent in Motion: Interstate Migration of College-Educated Workers »

(Strada Institute for the Future of Work)

The Adaptive University: Why Adaptive Capacity Is Higher Education’s Next Great Challenge »

(Forbes)

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