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Weekly News Digest
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November 25, 2025 — In addition to this week's NewsBreaks article and the monthly NewsLink Spotlight, Information Today, Inc. (ITI) offers Weekly News Digests that feature recent product news and company announcements. Watch for additional coverage to appear in the next print issue of Information Today.
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Lyrasis, Big Ten Academic Alliance, and CDL Get Grant to Map Diamond OA
Lyrasis, in collaboration with the Big Ten Academic Alliance’s Center for Library Programs and the California Digital Library (CDL), was awarded a $206,886 grant from the Gates Foundation to support the Mapping U.S. Diamond Open Access Journals project for conducting the first national mapping of diamond OA in the U.S. The project will run through February 2027.“Diamond OA journals are peer-reviewed publications that are free for both authors and readers and operate without commercial profit motives,” the press release states. “The project will illuminate the decentralized U.S. landscape of Diamond OA journals, surface sector-wide challenges, and provide actionable recommendations in support of sustainable, non-commercial scholarly publishing.” For more information, read the press release.
ALA Shares That a Court Permanently Blocks Attempts to Dismantle IMLS
ALA announced that “the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island struck down the Trump Administration’s attempts to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The decision was issued in response to a lawsuit filed by the Attorneys General of 21 states.”ALA president Sam Helmick says that the “court decision is a powerful affirmation of what libraries mean to America. It restores everything that the [March 14] executive order tried to take away: shared access to books in rural and remote areas, essential virtual learning tools, children’s reading programs and the countless library services available to anyone who walks into a public, school or academic library. This isn’t just a win for the 21 states who filed the case—it’s a win for every library user and every American in every state and territory.” For more information, read the press release.
Kudos Teams With Premier Science to Increase the Publisher's Reach
Premier Science, an independent OA publisher, entered into a 3-year partnership with Kudos. “Premier Science aims to foster progress in science, technology and medicine by providing open, high-quality, and ethically curated publications,” Kudos shares. “Through this new partnership, Kudos will help Premier Science to increase the visibility, reach, and recognition of its authors and articles. Kudos’ AI-driven tools will summarize and promote Premier Science’s back catalogue as well as all future content.”“As a new publisher, we have taken care to offer something different—whether that’s our focus on real-world global impact, our investment in cutting-edge new technologies, or our commitment to openness throughout the publishing process,” says Riaz Agha, Premier Science’s founder. “One of the issues faced by any new publisher is how to quickly build your visibility, reputation and readership. Kudos is a market leader in helping new publishers and journals maximize discoverability and recognition, and it was an easy decision to partner with them to help us accelerate our growth.” For more information, read the blog post.
Clarivate's Research Professional News Publishes Report on Academic Research Offices
Research Professional News, an editorially independent part of Clarivate, released the “Research Offices of the Future 2025” report, which is based on a global survey of 2,500-plus research office staffers and researchers and “explores the key priorities, challenges and drivers of change for academic research offices.” The “report shows how research office staff and researchers are being affected by, and responding to, change—including the global effects of turbulence in U.S. research policy, artificial intelligence changing how people work and an increased focus on the societal impact of research.”Key findings include the following: “In terms of institutional priorities for the next year, research office staff put the diversification of funding sources top, followed by enhancing research visibility and reputation, then obtaining more funding to increase the amount of research. It isn’t difficult to spot a trend here: two of the top three priorities relate strongly to funding strains.” For more information, read the news item.
IFLA Makes Recording of Banned Books Webinar Available
Loida Garcia-Febo, chairperson of IFLA’s Management of Library Associations section, posted a notice to the IFLA-L email list, stating the following in part:To mark Banned Books Week 2025, the IFLA Management of Library Associations Section (MLAS) collaborated with the Library Theory and Research Section (LTR) and the IFLA Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression Advisory Committee (FAIFE) to present the global webinar ‘Libraries Preserving Access in Times of Crises.’ Held on Wednesday, 8 October 2025 at 7:30 a.m. EDT (New York City), the event brought together speakers from around the world to examine the growing threats to access to information—ranging from intentional censorship to the destruction of knowledge during conflict and crisis. The session highlighted powerful, on-the-ground library initiatives that are protecting books, safeguarding cultural memory, and defending the right to read in some of the world’s most challenging contexts. Presentations spotlighted efforts in the United States, Lebanon, and Indigenous communities, demonstrating how libraries continue to uphold intellectual freedom and resilience. … The full webinar recording is now available for viewing. We invite library professionals, advocates, and community members to revisit this inspiring session and continue the conversation on how libraries can—and do—preserve access to information in times of crisis. Link to recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UKKmgtewPo
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