Welcome to LJAN Resources, our monthly academic content roundup. We’ll be curating standout InfoDocket posts and nonfiction LJ book reviews once every month for quick access to news and reviews you can use.
From an Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Post by Leo Lo (U. of New Mexico) & Cynthia Hudson-Vitale (Johns Hopkins University): The third and latest poll in this ongoing series, conducted in January 2025, provides insights from 40 ARL library deans and directors about how their institutions are integrating and responding to AI technologies. This poll builds on the findings from previous polls, each reflecting a new stage in AI adoption.
Elsevier on March 12 launched ScienceDirect AI, a cutting-edge generative AI tool for researchers. It is designed to transform the way researchers work by enabling them to instantly extract, summarize and compare trusted insights from millions of full-text articles and book chapters on ScienceDirect, the world’s largest platform for trusted, peer-reviewed research.
openRxiv has officially launched as an independent nonprofit to oversee bioRxiv and medRxiv, the world’s leading preprint servers for life and health sciences. openRxiv ensures that researchers worldwide can continue to share discoveries rapidly and openly. With a researcher-led governance model, openRxiv strengthens the foundation of preprint sharing, empowering scientists to communicate findings at the speed of discovery.
The Wayne State University School of Information Sciences has been granted renewed accreditation from the Committee on Accreditation of the American Library Association (ALA). The school’s masters of library and information science (MLIS) degree has been accredited continuously by the ALA since 1967, with the most recent continuing accreditation granted in 2017.
Most research articles in journals have a standard structure with sections entitled “Introduction,” “Methods,” “Results,” and “Discussion.” Each has a clear remit except for the Discussion, which, if you’re a less experienced writer, may seem a hopelessly vague description. The occasional alternative of “Conclusion” or “General Discussion” isn’t much better.
From an Association of Research Libraries Post by Shawna Taylor and Marcel LaFlamme: The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has released its Public Access Policy Guidance, and while it follows the same requirements as all agencies, it may look a bit different from some of the large-scale scientific research agencies. IMLS’s implementation is practitioner-oriented, reflecting the agency’s focus on strengthening the capacity of library and museum services, staff, and the communities they serve. The guidance also emphasizes flexibility in how research deliverables and other types of award outputs are shared. To better understand the implications of this policy implementation at IMLS, we spoke with Ashley Sands, PhD, senior program officer at IMLS. Our discussion explored the scope of the guidance, its alignment with IMLS’s longstanding commitment to public access, and what the updates mean for awardees.
A new digital project, “Harriman Recollected: New Views of an 1899 Expedition to Alaska,” makes accessible a handwritten diary and Indigenous artworks housed at Penn State’s Eberly Family Special Collections Library. The project presents research that sheds new light on the materials and their provenance and offers innovative pathways for thinking about, and teaching with, primary and historical sources and art within the larger framework of ethical collecting and stewardship within archives, libraries and museums.
This thorough, experience-filled, and illuminating account will be of immense value to and is highly recommended for departments of urban studies, public policy, and political science.
MacKinney’s level of research and analysis will likely appeal more to music scholars than casual readers. However, as the first complete history of the Shangri-Las, this volume should still draw interest from music historians and classic pop fans.
This breezy oral history will appeal to most rock fans. The authors explore the festival’s impact on ’90s rock culture and provide intimate portrayals of the bands that Lollapalooza featured.
In a landscape of Vietnam War literature saturated with accounts of U.S. servicemen, Krich offers a fresh account of life on the ground in Vietnam after the Fall of Saigon that handily counters popular U.S. understandings of those events.
Highly recommended for anyone interested in the history of Chinese Americans or immigration law in the United States.
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