Release Candidate 1 of EPrints 3.5 is available for community testing! 🥳 3.5 represents a major update to the #EPrints #repository #software -- see here for updates: https://wiki.eprints.org/w/EPrints_3.5.0

Installation instructions are available: https://wiki.eprints.org/w/EPrints_3.5.0_Release_Candidate_1

Minor fixes to RC1 are being gathered here: https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.5/issues/416

Happy testing! 😀

#repositories #OpenResearch #OpenScience #OpenAccess #OpenData #OER #DigitalLibraries #scholcomm

News Summary: Authors Guild Report Finds Only 25% of Readers Paid for Their Last Book

A new Authors Guild report has reached a stark conclusion: most readers are not paying for the books they read. To put it bluntly, that would seem to be the conclusion of a report from the Authors Guild. The report is dated December 2025, but the press release only came out in the last week, suggesting that some crunching and considering has been going on in the interim. I'll have a look at the more noteworthy findings and what they suggest for us as authors (Publishers Weekly's headline on the piece clearly cites a connection to declining author incomes), but first I want to situate this somewhat.
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/authors-guild-report/

#audiobookgrowth #authorincome #AuthorsGuild #bookpiracy #digitallibraries

In a beautifully sunny #Southampton for the UK/IE Digital Humanities Association Conference. Speaking with colleagues later on the topic of 'The Persistence of Infrastructure' -- or perhaps the lack thereof? Let's see what mood we're in! Cracking poster session being enjoyed as I type to you now....

https://digitalhumanities-uk-ie.org/2026-annual-event/ #DigitalHumanities #persistence #DigitalLibraries #DigitalArchives

University of Wisconsin Milwaukee: UWM professors are reimagining digital libraries for the visually impaired. “[Iris] Xie, a professor in the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s School of Information Studies, is creating research-driven design guidelines for digital libraries to better serve the visually impaired. The effort, in collaboration with co-principal investigator Wonchan Choi, […]

#library / #archives friends! interested in publishing on the #critical angles of #digitalLibraries ?

The Journal of Critical Digital Librarianship has two special issue CFPs out now, and is doing an info session this week about both.

Registration: https://libraryjuice.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_X1tWTa-NRQ-iH-XL6XGSfg

The 2026 ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries will take place on October 13–16 in Dallas, Texas. The call for papers, posters, and more has also been released. For more information and key dates, visit https://2026.jcdl.org/

CNI is delighted to be a cooperating organization for this annual conference focused on research and practice in #DigitalLibraries, bridging technical, practical, and social dimensions.