Participate in Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week!

Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week is February 23–27, 2026! This is the 13th annual celebration of the balance in copyright law, promoting further progress, and accommodating freedom of speech and expression that fair use and fair dealing represent. Let us know what your library is planning and learn about more ways to engage. » 

Call for Entries from ARL Members—ARLIES 2026 Film Festival

The 11th Annual ARLIES Film Festival is accepting submissions from ARL member libraries through April 1—no joke! 🤣 The ARLIES (pronounced R-LEEZ) is juried by ARL member representatives and culminates in a showing of selected original videos by member libraries. Learn how to submit an entry and/or host a live watch party. » 

ARL Libraries Love Data Week

During Love Data Week, the international celebration of data focuses on building and engaging community around good data practice. ARL member libraries are enthusiastic supporters of Love Data Week. See the numerous events, blog posts, and other resources hosted by them this week. » 

Community Digitization Partnerships Launched to Support Quebec Communities »

(McGill University Libraries) 

KU Libraries Sprints Week Produces Research, Teaching Results »

(KU Libraries, KU: The University of Kansas) 

University Libraries Leverage Local Bookstore Expertise to Build Community-Centered Collections »

(University of Colorado Boulder University Libraries) 

Upcoming Online Seminar: Research Library Strategy for Imagined Futures: The ARL/CNI Futurescape AI Experience (Wednesday, March 4) »

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

Video: Beyond the Ivory Tower: The Real-World Importance of Open Access Today »

(Princeton University Library via OASPA: Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association) 

Video: The Link Between News Overload and News Avoidance »

(University of Florida (UF) Libraries YouTube channel) 
Also from UF: News Literacy Week Instagram highlight

“What Makes It Matter”: Oral History Project Captures Heart and Resilience of UC Berkeley’s Libraries »

(UC Berkeley Library) 

Internet Archive Adds Searchable Access to Archived Pages from CIA World Factbook »

(Internet Archive via infoDOCKET)

New Report Urges Broader Definition of “Open Research” to Include Arts, Humanities, and Social Science Practices »

(University of Cambridge Libraries and Archives) 

PEN America Names Summer Lopez and Clarisse Rosaz Shariyf Co-Chief Executive Officers »

(PEN America)
See also: PEN America Names New Leadership After Gaza Fallout (The New York Times)

Podcast: Universities and Democracies »

(The Brian Lehrer Show, WNYC)

User (Non-)Compliance with Age Verification: Preliminary Evidence from a Deceptive Web Experiment »

(CyLab Security and Privacy Institute, CMU: Carnegie Mellon University)

See also:

• CyLab’s Sarah Scheffler Discusses New Research on Age Verification Technologies at FTC Workshop (CMU CyLab)
• Video: Age Verification Workshop (FTC: US Federal Trade Commission)

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