"Planning is understood to [promote trust in repositories] but [...] despite the importance assigned to succession planning in certification standards for trustworthy digital #repositories (TDRs), there is little in-depth guidance on how to design and implement such plans."
Hope for the best, plan for the worst: Reducing risks associated with #repository cessation https://doi.org/10.2218/ijdc.v20i1.1091 #TDRs #DigitalLibraries #DigitalCuration #OpenData #OpenResearch #digipres
The Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) has published a statement specifying three significant challenges arising from #ArtificialIntelligence. @coar_repositories cite 1) lack of attribution, 2) #misinformation, and 3) aggresive #bots, as emerging problems to be navigated.
Navigating the Uneasy Interdependence of #AI and #OpenScience https://coar-repositories.org/news-updates/navigating-the-uneasy-interdependence-of-ai-and-open-science/ #repositories #OpenResearch #GenAI #DigitalLibraries #scholcomm
Recruiting real users for your #lab-based experiments for #DigitalLibrary #HCI research is a real drag, isn't it? Lean into an #LLM agent instead!
"[Our agent] generates realistic user profiles and dynamic #search sessions that closely mimic actual search strategies, including #querying, clicking, and stopping behaviors [...] accuracy in replicating real user interactions has been validated through comparisons with real user data."
https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2602.22529 #DigitalLibraries #GenAI
In the rapidly evolving field of digital libraries, the development of large language models (LLMs) has opened up new possibilities for simulating user behavior. This innovation addresses the longstanding challenge in digital library research: the scarcity of publicly available datasets on user search patterns due to privacy concerns. In this context, we introduce Agent4DL, a user search behavior simulator specifically designed for digital library environments. Agent4DL generates realistic user profiles and dynamic search sessions that closely mimic actual search strategies, including querying, clicking, and stopping behaviors tailored to specific user profiles. Our simulator's accuracy in replicating real user interactions has been validated through comparisons with real user data. Notably, Agent4DL demonstrates competitive performance compared to existing user search simulators such as SimIIR 2.0, particularly in its ability to generate more diverse and context-aware user behaviors.
What? RLUK Repositories Symposium.
Where? British Library, London.
When? Friday, 08 May 2026, 0930-1715.
The symposium theme is 'Securing, Sustaining, and Sharing the Future of UK #Repositories'.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rluk-repositories-symposium-tickets-1982282261606 #RLUK #DigitalLibraries #OpenResearch #OpenAccess #OpenData
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#AI #ZLibrary #Zlib #Ebooks #Privacy #DigitalLibraries #Automation #IndieDev #DotNet
Do you or your organization use #EPrints software to power a #repository? If so, you might be interested in supporting a new #governance structure for the software. Community participation is being sought for the new EPrints Steering Committee and Maintainers group. Interested? Get involved!
Full details, including how to register interest, available here: https://community.eprints.org/2026/02/06/governance-participation-invited/ #repositories #DigitalLibraries #OpenAccess #OpenResearch #OpenData #scholcomm
Very helpfully @coar_repositories have published the outcome of the 'Dealing with #Bots Task Group'. Thanks! This includes a toolkit for #repository managers devised around the phases: Preparation, Protection and Mitigation. Essential reading for any institution with one or more repositories -- or indeed any digital library or archive. Let's bust the abusive bots!
Dealing With Bots: A #COAR Resource for Repository Managers
https://dealing-with-bots.coar-repositories.org/ #repositories #DigitalLibraries #LLMs
A useful exploration of #AI assistants in #search, using the Primo Research Assistant (PRA) as a case study. This is especially relevant to research #libraries because, anecdotally at least, many libraries have disabled the PRA. The results here suggest a more nuanced approach to whether institutions should choose to enable or disable.
AI-Infused Discovery Environments
Information #Retrieval Boon or Overpromised Hype? https://doi.org/10.5860/ital.v44i4.17465 #InformationRetrieval #DigitalLibraries
An inspiring essay from @kiru setting out a potential curriculum for a bibliographic #DataScience training course. "...for those who already have some knowledge in one of the relevant fields (e.g., library science, cultural history, literary sociology, information technology)".
An outline of an imagined training course on #bibliographic #data science https://bibliodata.substack.com/p/an-outline-of-an-imagined-training #DigitalLibraries #metadata #DigitalHumanities
This essay as a further elaboration of the workflow described in the article 'Bibliographical Data Science: from Catalogues to Research Data' gives an overview of my current dream textbook on introduction to bibliographic data science.
Digital Libraries for Musicology (DLfM 2026)
📍 Thessaloniki
📅 02/07/2026
A venue for research on digital libraries & musicology: music encodings, MIR, archives, interfaces, metadata, workflows & computational analysis. Satellite event of IAML 2026.
Deadline: 23/01/2026
https://dlfm.web.ox.ac.uk/2026-cfp
#Musicology #DigitalMusicology #DigitalLibraries #SoundStudies #MIR #ComputationalMusicology #ComputationalMusicProcessing
George Macgregor
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Petr Nuska