ARL Annual Report Highlights Community Resilience in 2025

2025 tested research libraries in ways both familiar and newly unsettling. Through it all, ARL supported its members as they continued their daily work supporting research communities, maneuvering users around misinformation and disinformation, pushing against the polarization and politicization of academic research, and navigating the rapid technological changes driven by AI. If there is a single word that captures 2025 for ARL and its members, it is resilience. View and download our annual report. » 

ARL Monitor: Public Edition (Winter 2026) 

The ARL Monitor, a quarterly newsletter edited by Marcel LaFlamme with a column by Natalie Meyers, provides intelligence and insight on the research environment. The Winter 2026 issue covers science funding, research integrity, responsible AI, and more. Read and subscribe to the ARL Monitor. » 

ARL Public Policy Briefing (January 2026)

The ARL Public Policy Briefing, a monthly newsletter by Katherine Klosek with contributions by Katherine McColgan, highlights developments in ARL’s public policy priorities and details on advocacy conducted by ARL and CARL. This issue covers the US AI Action Plan, NIH reimbursement rate cap, IMLS funding, Bill C-15 in Canada, and more. Read and subscribe to the ARL Public Policy Briefing. » 

Rutgers and York to Host ARL Leadership and Transformation Cohorts in 2027

ARL is pleased to announce the hosts for the Intensive Learning Program (ILP) and Leadership & Career Development Program (LCDP) site visits for 2027. York University Libraries will host both the 2026 LCDP Fellows and 2027 ILP Fellows, and Rutgers University Libraries will host the 2026 LCDP Fellows. Learn more about these programs and why Rutgers & York are excited to host site visits. » 

Coffee Legends Create a World-Class Collection at the UC Davis Library »

(UC Davis Library) 

Designing with Empathy: A Student Prototype Created in the Knowledge Lab »

(Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies) 

Durham Colored Library Starts New Chapter with New Name at Duke »

(Duke University Libraries) 

International Collaboration (VŠE Prague, UT Austin, UC Berkeley) Builds Agentic AI System for CIA FOIA Archives »

(UC Berkeley Library) 

Library Names 25 Films to National Film Registry for Preservation »

(LC: Library of Congress) 

U of T Library Helps Preserve Ukrainian Voices as War Rages On: “If It Was There, It Would Be Destroyed” »

(University of Toronto (U of T) Libraries via Toronto Star)
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Understanding the Cost of Data Sharing at WashU  »

(WashU Libraries, WashU: Washington University in St. Louis) 

Claiming Contested Values: How Fairness, Stability and Freedom Can Help Us Build Demand for Transformative, Structural Change »

(FrameWorks Institute)

Minneapolis Is Now Ground Zero for Our Democracy »

(Wesleyan University)

Their Value Attacked and Funding Cut, Higher Ed Fights Back »

(Washington Monthly)
See also: Five Ways You Can Stand Up to Authoritarianism Today (UCS: Union of Concerned Scientists)

UNC System Moves to Define Academic Freedom »

(NC Newsline) 

Upcoming Webinar: Digital Decluttering: For Your Mind and the Planet (Thursday, February 26)  »

(SLI: Sustainable Libraries Initiative)

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