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NewsLink Spotlight |
| Pew Research Center: America at 250 |
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by Brandi Scardilli
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| The following are some of the latest Pew Research Center reports and other analyses published in 2026 either directly or loosely pertaining to the United States' 250th birthday. |
Weekly News Digests |
| PLA Releases the Results of Its Latest Survey of Library Services |
| The Public Library Association (PLA) published the "Public Library Services for Strong Communities Report," featuring the results of its 2025 annual survey, which "examines how libraries respond to diverse needs through programs, services, partnerships, and facilities." |
| UNESCO Introduces an Open Science Platform |
| UNESCO launched "a new digital platform that promotes open access to UNESCO scientific knowledge and research products and tracks global progress on open science." |
| ALA Council Passes Resolution on Librarians' and Library Workers' Bill of Rights |
| ALA announced that the ALA Council has "passed a resolution calling for the adoption and recognition of the Librarians' and Library Workers' Bill of Rights, a landmark framework affirming the dignity, safety and professional rights of library workers across all sectors." |
| AIP Publishing Signs an OA Agreement With Jisc |
| AIP Publishing and Jisc signed a new, 3-year AIP Fusion agreement to expand OA publishing for U.K. researchers. ... |
| The Ford Foundation Continues to Back the World Wide Web Consortium |
| The Ford Foundation is continuing its support for the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). ... |
| Dimensions Research Strategy Leverages AI Analytics to Enhance Research Intelligence |
| Digital Science is planning to launch Dimensions Research Strategy, "an AI analytics platform built to reason through complex strategic questions the way a skilled research domain expert would. ..." |
| EBSCO Shares Its 2026 Solar Grant Winners |
| EBSCO Information Services unveiled the recipients of the 2026 EBSCO Solar Grant program. |
| Wiley Signs an OA Agreement With the Big Ten Academic Alliance |
| Wiley signed an agreement with the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) to allow researchers at participating institutions to publish OA articles in Wiley's journals. |
NewsBreaks |
| Speakers and Sessions at ALA Annual 2026 |
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by Brandi Scardilli
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| The 2026 ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition was held in Chicago from June 25 to 29. Read on for a sampling of two featured speaker sessions and two educational sessions. |
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