AI add-ons incorporating retrieval-augmented generation are everywhere in academic search. But how—and how well—do they work? Our reviewer put Primo Research Assistant, Web of Science Research Assistant, and Scopus AI to the test.

Retention issues—driven, among other factors, by staff dissatisfaction and burnout—are a key concern in public library systems. To solve the problem, we first need to close the leadership competency gap.

Today more content is available open access than ever before. But this datapoint isn’t the whole story.

Clarivate’s “transformative subscription-based strategy” caught the library world flat-footed. How did this happen? And where do we go from here?

Clarivate, Elsevier, and the American Chemical Society are comfortable pursuing a strategy of pricing discrimination. But libraries don’t have to go along with it. This data can help.

Transformative agreements have a crucial role to play in the transition to open access, and while they may not fix structural problems, they are a reflection of the dynamic publishing landscape and the diverse needs of the academic community.

A candidate for president of the American Library Association makes the case that a strong ALA is the most powerful tool library workers have in the face of broad challenges and threats.

Academic libraries were originally created to support the research and teaching/learning needs of faculty and students. But they are also uniquely well-suited to help humanity achieve sustainable solutions to its economic, social, and environmental challenges.

By making values-aligned investments in open publishing and infrastructure, academic libraries are helping to create a more equitable knowledge ecosystem

Undermind.ai is a state-of-the-art AI search tool with the potential to delight researchers. But with official benchmarks lacking, potential subscribers should thoroughly test individual use cases.