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

Teaching and Learning with ChatGPT Generative AI’s impact on academia has been mixed so far. Faculty concerns about students improperly using generative AI are valid; generative AI systems like ChatGPT are capable of producing complete essays from just a few prompt sentences. At the same time, faculty are finding ways to integrate generative AI into Read More

The Catholic University of America Libraries and Department of Information Sciences are excited to announce our Digital Scholarship Workshops designed to equip students, faculty, and staff with the essential skills for modern research. These workshops will cover a range of topics from working in Tableau to building your AI literacy. Whether you are looking to Read More

Get excited Cardinals, Preservation Week is April 27th to May 3rd this year! Preservation Week highlights preservation techniques and practices libraries and museums use for their respective collections. This year’s theme is Preserve the Past, Shape the Future: Inspiring the Next Generation. This celebration encourages the public to consider the importance of preservation and how they Read More

The Director-General of UNESCO has designated Rio de Janeiro, one of the most visited cities in the Southern hemisphere, as World Book Capital for 2025. The year of celebrations begins on April 23.  It is an annual event organized by UNESCO to promote the importance of reading, in all cultures and in all languages, and Read More

Every two years, the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) publishes in College & Research Libraries News an article on the top trends and issues affecting academic libraries and the change our institutions are experiencing. We are highlighting some of these trends through blog posts over this academic year, including: supporting student well-being post-pandemic; Read More