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Nonilex<p>It comes from a loose coalition of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/archivists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archivists</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/librarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>librarians</span></a>, who are standing athwart <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> &amp; yelling “Save!” They belong to organizations such as the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InternetArchive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternetArchive</span></a>, which co-created a project called the End of Term Web Archive to back up the federal web in 2008; the Environmental Data &amp; Governance Initiative, or <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/edgi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>edgi</span></a>; &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libraries</span></a> at major <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>universities</span></a> such as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MIT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MIT</span></a> &amp; the University of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Michigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Michigan</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DigitalBookBurning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalBookBurning</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpPurge</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>Update. Survey of US <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/librarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>librarians</span></a> and <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/LIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LIS</span></a> faculty.<br><a href="https://coloradomesa.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9GjMQWWDpB5zDDg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">coloradomesa.az1.qualtrics.com</span><span class="invisible">/jfe/form/SV_9GjMQWWDpB5zDDg</span></a></p><p>"Recent weeks and months have brought shifts to the pursuit of research across the United States, including funding freezes and budget cuts, executive orders regarding DEIA (and its variants) and other justice-related topics (e.g., environmental justice)…This survey aims to gather the perspectives of academic librarians and LIS-program faculty about the implications of these shifts (and executive orders) on research initiatives and, more broadly, academic freedom, researchers' freedom of thought/speech/expression within academia, and researchers' overall intellectual freedom."</p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DefendResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendResearch</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Takedowns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Takedowns</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>
Mark Wyner Won’t Comply :vm:<p>A little library humor to brighten your day. Seen at my local library.</p><p>Thank you, mysterious Cathy.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Library</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Libraries</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Librarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Librarians</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reading</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Funny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Funny</span></a></p>
Nick East (Indie Writer)<p>As much as I apporve of this creativity. If you have a book you don't want (I know but it could happen, theoretically) give it to a thriftstore, that's where I get most of my books 😁 </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/libraries" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>libraries</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/librarians" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>librarians</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookbubble" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookbubble</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookbubble" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookbubble</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Book</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/BookMemes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookMemes</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Library</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/LibraryMemes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryMemes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Memes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Memes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Libraries</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Librarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Librarians</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Humor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Humour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Humour</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Bookworm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bookworm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Bookwyrm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bookwyrm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/BookLove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookLove</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BoostingIsSharing</span></a></p>
skry<p>The <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@Bellingcat" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Bellingcat</span></a></span> Open Source Challenge is Back</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/osint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>osint</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>games</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fun</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/librarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>librarians</span></a></p><p>"At the end of last year, Bellingcat released a set of online challenges that we hoped would test the skills of our audience and the wider open source investigator community. We wanted the challenges to be educational, to encourage people to carry out responsible online research and, most importantly, to be fun! (1/2)</p>
Of Bookish Things<p><a href="https://c.im/tags/OntarioLibrarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OntarioLibrarians</span></a> say 'they have to be ready' amid growing calls in the U.S. to ban books - Some <a href="https://c.im/tags/Libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Libraries</span></a> in <a href="https://c.im/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> are taking a stance on <a href="https://c.im/tags/IntellectualFreedoms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IntellectualFreedoms</span></a></p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Ontario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ontario</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Librarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Librarians</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/BookBans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookBans</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reading</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/2SLGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2SLGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/CensorshipResistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CensorshipResistance</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/london-librarians-take-action-book-banning-u-s-1.7470332" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/canada/london/lond</span><span class="invisible">on-librarians-take-action-book-banning-u-s-1.7470332</span></a></p>
St John<p>Today from the <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/TimeLibrary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TimeLibrary</span></a>: my blog post about <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/smartwatches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smartwatches</span></a> and <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/horology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>horology</span></a>. How does your smartwatch know the time, anyway?</p><p><a href="https://hs-ny.org/news/you-must-hate-smartwatches-huh" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hs-ny.org/news/you-must-hate-s</span><span class="invisible">martwatches-huh</span></a></p><p><a href="https://glammr.us/tags/Watches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Watches</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/Libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Libraries</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/Librarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Librarians</span></a></p>
infoDOCKET<p>Report: "Georgia School <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Librarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Librarians</span></a> Could Be Found Guilty of Lawbreaking if Shelves Carry ‘Explicit’ Material"; &amp; More Headlines <a href="https://www.infodocket.com/2025/02/26/georgia-school-librarians-could-be-found-guilty-of-lawbreaking-if-shelves-carry-explicit-material-bill-to-ban-obscene-material-in-iowa-libraries-advances-more-headlines/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">infodocket.com/2025/02/26/geor</span><span class="invisible">gia-school-librarians-could-be-found-guilty-of-lawbreaking-if-shelves-carry-explicit-material-bill-to-ban-obscene-material-in-iowa-libraries-advances-more-headlines/</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libraries</span></a></p>
Nick East (Indie Writer)<p>That's my primary reason for going to the library! 😜 😂 </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/libraries" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>libraries</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/librarians" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>librarians</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookbubble" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookbubble</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Library</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/LibraryMemes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryMemes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Memes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Memes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Libraries</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Librarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Librarians</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Humor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Humour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Humour</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Offensive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Offensive</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Bookworm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bookworm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Bookwyrm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bookwyrm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/BookLove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookLove</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BoostingIsSharing</span></a></p>
azteclady<p>Librarians in Hawaii! Kelly Jensen is looking for you:</p><p>"Do I know any public or school librarians in Hawaii? Do I know someone who might know someone who is?</p><p>I'd love to be in touch *VIA EMAIL* with them. kelly@riotnewmedia.com. </p><p>It's for a story, there's no need to be on record, and it's about positive things, not negative."</p><p>Please share!</p><p><a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/Hawaii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hawaii</span></a> <a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/Librarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Librarians</span></a></p>
Jack Phoenix: comics librarian<p>Heeeey! I hadn't even noticed that my Booklist review for MASTERPIECE by Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev was published! For consideration for your <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>library</span></a> bookshelves <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/librarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>librarians</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/comics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>comics</span></a> <a href="https://www.booklistonline.com/products/9803059" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">booklistonline.com/products/98</span><span class="invisible">03059</span></a></p>
Anne Deschaine<p>Library catalogers and others concerned with the impact of words and complicity, see the latest LCSH change proposals...</p><p><a href="https://cosocial.ca/@wdenton/114026098768758164" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cosocial.ca/@wdenton/114026098</span><span class="invisible">768758164</span></a></p><p>On the list: Gulf of Mexico (and a bunch of related), Mount Denali.</p><p>SEND COMMENTS. WORDS MATTER.</p><p>EDIT: Comment period is over</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libraries</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/librarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>librarians</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/cataloging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cataloging</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/LCSH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LCSH</span></a></p>
pete *sigh*<p>Can anyone point to any articles on libraries and data privacy. I've seen some posts on how many US libraries are careful about what data they hold against individuals. In particular not keeping the personal load history which obviously is now an issue in the US.<br>I'm in the UK and can see that my library is keeping my full loan history which I don't want them to do for the same reasons, I don't trust the government now and we're on the way to getting our own nazi government </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@cstross" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>cstross</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>library</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/librarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>librarians</span></a></p>
InfoSecSherpa<p>February 15th <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/BlackHistoryMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackHistoryMonth</span></a> spotlight:</p><p>Learn more about the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/librarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>librarians</span></a> of the Black Caucus of the American <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Library</span></a> Association! <a href="https://www.bcala.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">bcala.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Journeys In Film<p>We ❤️ librarians! We would love to follow more librarian- and library accounts. </p><p>What are your favourite library-related accounts, especially ones that post about "library stuff"? Please share your recommendations! Thank you!</p><p><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Libraries</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Librarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Librarians</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/AskFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AskFedi</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/librarians" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>librarians</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/libraries" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>libraries</span></a></span></p>
Henrik Schönemann<p>Calling <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/librarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>librarians</span></a> and <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/GLAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GLAM</span></a>-experts who would be up to advise <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedihum.org/@SafeguardingResearch" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>SafeguardingResearch</span></a></span>:</p><p>We are designing a dataset catalogue for sharing data using torrents. It needs to be as simple as possible but no simpler. We need review of our metadata schema by an expert to make sure we haven't missed essential things.<br>See: <a href="https://safeguarding-research.discourse.group/t/metadata-schema/180" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">safeguarding-research.discours</span><span class="invisible">e.group/t/metadata-schema/180</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/DigitalHumanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalHumanities</span></a> <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/OpenBiblio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenBiblio</span></a> et al.</p>
v_i_o_l_a<p>"OER Librarianship: Examining OER Librarian Work, Motivations, and Origin Stories" by Sarah LeMire: <a href="https://muse.jhu.edu/article/950009" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">muse.jhu.edu/article/950009</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>"As the OER movement expands in higher education, <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libraries</span></a> are increasingly seeking to add <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/OER" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OER</span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/librarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>librarians</span></a> to their organizational charts. As an emerging subfield, OER librarianship takes many forms, and there are many paths to OER work. This study examines OER librarians' paths to the field, including their motivations for entering and remaining in the field, ...</p>
DB 🌎🌏🌍<p>Someone on Toronto reddit asked what to do about the growing number of unhoused using the city's library system, and a Toronto Public Library staffer gave a very firm, kind (towards the unhoused), and grownup response.</p><p>Also, that 'someone' is without a doubt an entitled prig.</p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Toronto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Toronto</span></a> Homeless <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Privileged" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privileged</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Entitled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Entitled</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/TEDTalk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TEDTalk</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/TorontoPublicLibrary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TorontoPublicLibrary</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Librarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Librarians</span></a></p>
InfoSecSherpa<p>February 4th <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/BlackHistoryMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackHistoryMonth</span></a> spotlight, <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/LibraryScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryScience</span></a> edition:</p><p>"Here are 13 pioneering Black American librarians, but this is only a fraction of the Black <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/librarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>librarians</span></a> who have left a lasting legacy in librarianship."</p><p><a href="https://bookriot.com/pioneering-black-american-librarians/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookriot.com/pioneering-black-</span><span class="invisible">american-librarians/</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@jasonkoebler" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jasonkoebler</span></a></span> </p><p>"This type of low quality, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> generated content, is what we... have come to call AI slop. Librarians... have been dealing with similar problems in the publishing industry for years, and have a different name for it: vendor slurry...</p><p>Several <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/librarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>librarians</span></a> pointed me to IRB Media, a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/publisher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publisher</span></a> with hundreds of books on <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Hoopla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hoopla</span></a>, all of which are seemingly AI-generated summaries of other books."<br><a href="https://www.404media.co/ai-generated-slop-is-already-in-your-public-library-3/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">404media.co/ai-generated-slop-</span><span class="invisible">is-already-in-your-public-library-3/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Library</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Libraries</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>