Celebrating 50+ Years of Fair Use:
ARL and Re:Create Host Congressional Briefing on AI and Fair Use

On the occasion of the 13th annual Fair Use Week, ARL and Re:Create teamed up to host a panel of legal and policy experts from libraries and civil society—moderated by Re:Create Executive Director Brandon Butler—to showcase how communities of libraries, researchers and authors of all stripes, journalists, and creators rely on fair use. Read four takeaways from this event. » 

Nicole Kong Named Associate Vice Provost and Dean of Purdue Libraries and School of Information Studies

Purdue University has appointed Nicole Kong ILP25 Fellow as associate vice provost and dean of Purdue Libraries and School of Information Studies, effective March 16, 2026. Nicole has served as associate dean for research since 2021 after joining the Purdue faculty in 2012. Learn more about Nicole Kong and this appointment. » 

AI Powers Research into Film’s Past »

(UNC University Library, UNC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with Library of Congress) 
Also from UNC: A Match Met, a Fellowship Forever 

Clemson Libraries to Host Empirical Librarians Conference in May  »

(Clemson University Libraries) 

Explore the Stories of the Unquiet Library »

(University of Toronto Libraries) 

Hey Research Teams, Want Some New Skills—on Your Schedule? »

(NC State University Libraries) 

Reflective Practice for Slow Librarianship (book chapter) »

(Dartmouth Libraries, Dartmouth College)
 ARL member library authors 

Also from Dartmouth: From Cuneiform to Kindle: A Dartmouth Course in Book History

UC Davis Library Emerges as Campus “Third Place”  »

(UC Davis Library via IHE: Inside Higher Ed)

UCSB Library Launches “AI In Action” Speaker Series »

(UC Santa Barbara Library) 

Educators “Climatize” Their Classes to Prepare Students for Work and Life on a Warming Planet »

(The Hechinger Report)

The US DOJ Has Been Taking Down Epstein Files. Here’s What Remains. »

(CBS News)

Trump Nominates Bradford P. Wilson as Archivist »

(The Last Campaign via Substack)

Upcoming Webinar: Addressing Misinformation, Polarization, and Distrust with ASTC’s Global Trends Committee (Monday, March 9)  »

(ASTC: Association of Science and Technology Centers)

Video: Research Library Strategy for Imagined Futures: The ARL/CNI Futurescape AI Experience  »

(ARL, CNI, and Western University Libraries via RLUK: Research Libraries UK)

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