Happy World Book and Copyright Day! This day is all about celebrating books and how books unite people from across a variety of backgrounds. Every year UNESCO selects a World Book Capital. This year UNESCO has selected Rabat in Morocco for this honor. Rabat was selected because of its dedication towards literary development, getting women Read More

March 2-6, 2026 is the 15th annual Open Education Week! Open Education is a movement to make learning free, accessible, and flexible for everyone. The goal is to remove barriers to high quality learning and resources through sharing, adapting, and building upon the work that others have done. Open Education Week serves as a global Read More

Happy Fair Use / Fair Dealing Week! This year Fair Use Week runs from February 23rd to February 27th. Fair use permits limited use of copyrighted material without obtaining permission from the copyright holder when the use serves purposes such as criticism, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, or research. By allowing for the use of copyrighted materials under Read More

International Love Data Week is the celebration of data from February 9-13, 2026. This year’s theme, “Where’s the Data?” invites participants to think more carefully about the full life cycle of data—from the moment it is created or collected, through its analysis and active use, to its long-term storage, sharing, and preservation. Rather than treating Read More

Data Privacy Week 2026 runs January 26–30, and it’s a timely reminder that privacy is a set of choices, habits, and (sometimes) rights you can exercise. The National Cybersecurity Alliance frames this week as an international effort to help individuals and organizations respect privacy, safeguard data, and enable trust, with this year’s theme: “Take Control Read More

The Catholic University of America Libraries and Department of Information Sciences provide Digital Scholarship Workshops designed to equip students, faculty, and staff with the essential skills for modern research. This semester, workshop topics cover mapping with Tableau, responsible AI use in research, evaluating AI-generated claims, text analysis, legal and ethical issues with AI and TDM, and Read More

Public Domain Day 2026 While January 1st is celebrated the world over as New Year’s Day, the date is also known as Public Domain Day. Public Domain Day brings awareness to works and creations which lose their copyright protections and enter the public domain. Beginning on January 1st, 2026, works published or produced during the Read More

Over the 2024-2025 academic year, the Catholic University Libraries’ Digital Scholarship team has continued to support and inspire a vibrant research culture by offering practical instruction, writing on critical scholarly issues, and engaging with our community through outreach and collaboration. As the digital landscape evolves, so too has our programming, especially in areas like generative Read More

October 20-26, 2025 is International Open Access Week and a time to discuss Open Access (OA) to information. Scholarly publishing is largely still behind paywalls, but the open access movement has greatly expanded the amount of research that is freely available online for everyone to read, use, and re-use. Levels of Open Access There are Read More

Each September, the global scholarly community pauses to reflect on the practice of peer review during Peer Review Week (PRW), an international, community-led event that celebrates the role of peer review in ensuring research integrity. This year, from September 15–19, 2025, the theme is especially timely: “Rethinking Peer Review in the AI Era.” Why Peer Read More