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Laughing so hard at the fact that I asked ChatGPT a question, it gave me some suspicious data I have not seen anywhere else, and when I asked if it could provide a source for the info, it told me it cannot but to check "archives, libraries, or online databases like JSTOR."
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Notable to me that every for-profit information hub is injecting AI into every corner of their services while the largest nonprofit information hub is fighting it off like their the Night's Watch
New: some Wikipedia editors have formed WikiProject AI Cleanup, “a collaboration to combat the increasing problem of unsourced, poorly-written AI-generated content on Wikipedia.” 404media.co/the-editors-prot…
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Librarians and library worker colleagues could easily have been added to this list of jobs that have been targeted--smeared, harassed, maligned--in these cultural assaults. Arguably no other profession has been threatened with laws leading to fines and prison for doing their job!
Exactly.
By Charlie Warzel. "What’s happening in America today is something darker than a misinformation crisis." theatlantic.com/technology/a…
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A library loan is not a lost sale--and Australia has the data to prove it! Great new report here:
law.unimelb.edu.au/__data/as…
ALT 1 We found no evidence that library lending of Untapped's ebooks 'cannibalised' sales -- and indeed some evidence that it increased sales for certain books
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Let's GO!!! 🌠
I had the pleasure of speaking my vision briefly with The Philadelphia Inquirer about my hope for SDP & how I overcame some adversity in TX regarding censorship. Stepping into this leadership role is decades in the making. 🧵 (1/3)
share.inquirer.com/33m1YF
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Litel free libraryes are wondirful but hear me out what about an ABSOLUTELYE COLOSSAL FREE LIBRARYE.
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I’m Jazmyne Baylor, a Research & Instruction Librarian at Western Carolina University.
I’m researching African American libraries and reading spaces in Appalachia during the segregation era.
For more information, email Jazmyne Baylor at [email protected]
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Just learned that Rio Tinto, one of the world's largest mining conglomerates, starts quarterly earnings calls with a land acknowledgement
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Memes work. Earlier this year, @nypl launched a meme campaign to get library funding restored. It was a success, with people attributing the restoration of over $58M to the social team's strategy. I chatted with NYPL’s social manager about it, here’s what I learned:
ALT Image of Lisa Simpson presenting. On the presentation screen it says "Restore NYC library budgets so NYPL can stop making memes about it."
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Marie Curie did not have to fit 9 deliverabkes, 17 milestones and 44 tasks in a 24 months gantt chart as we, who got the grant in her name, have to do
Slow productivity: do fewer things, work at a natural pace and obsess over quality go.nature.com/3LTbdQn
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Libraries do much more than provide access to books—they also offer critical resources and services to meet the needs of communities.
Explore our new inventory of #BasicNeeds services offered across public & community college #libraries to learn more: sr.ithaka.org/publications/e…
ALT "Exploring Basic Needs Support Across Libraries." Includes photo of a woman browsing library shelves.
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Essential new report by @m_blankstein & colleagues. Key takeaways: 71% of public libraries support physical health and 63% support food security and lots of room for collaboration w/ community colleges. #EngagedLibraries
Libraries do much more than provide access to books—they also offer critical resources and services to meet the needs of communities.
Explore our new inventory of #BasicNeeds services offered across public & community college #libraries to learn more: sr.ithaka.org/publications/e…
ALT "Exploring Basic Needs Support Across Libraries." Includes photo of a woman browsing library shelves.
Quality information is essential to AI: "yellowing paper maps and typewritten reports gathering cobwebs in Zambia’s mining archives, many a century old or more, which @KoBold_Metals is digitizing" nytimes.com/2024/07/11/clima…
The cruelty is the point: shame on @GovKathyHochul for claiming @MTA pride on what should be day one of congestion pricing.
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Ok here's a concept: Wife Swap but with municipal budgets.
librarians get cop budgets for a year and we see what can be done
A start but so much more is needed: "FCC) to launch a pilot program for public libraries and schools to purchase advanced cybersecurity tools" h/t @lisalibrarian ala.org/news/2024/06/america…
