Every year for a week in October, this year October 19-23, libraries and scholars across the world celebrate Open Access, a method of publishing scholarly articles, books, and educational materials that grants users free access. While traditional publishers often charge…

Boston College will host the Inauguration of its 26th president, John T. Butler, S.J., this October.  In honor of this momentous occasion, the Boston College Libraries present Building Boston College, a special presidential tribute. There are concurrent display in the…

I was helping a professor last week with a perennial problem: how to provide students access to content in popular periodicals like newspapers and magazines without confusing them with a dizzying array of library access points.

As the calendar turns over to another year, another set of copyrighted characters and works enters the public domain after serving the standard copyrighted term in the United States of 95 years.

Understanding how Generative AI (GenAI) works can be challenging in an environment of hype-driven media representations, and a lack of understanding can lead to uncritical adoption of and trust in GenAI output. BC Libraries staff hope this glossary will help…