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
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Digital Scholar Bytes: Public Domain Day 2026
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Research & Instruction: PsycINFO
Background and database coverage Created and updated by the American Psychology Association, PsycINFO contains more than 1800 journals, books, reports, dissertations and theses. The database covers diverse psychology subjects such as applied psychology, physiological psychology and psychometrics and statistics among others. All together, PsycINFO’s cited references total more than 8 million (ProQuest, 2025). Searching Read More
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Digital Scholar Bytes: AI in the Classroom
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
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Digital Scholar Bytes: Preservation Week 2025
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
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