ECIS Library & Information Services Special Interest Group

Quick reminder for everyone! ⏰ The call for proposals for our January conference closes 6 October at midnight GMT. This is your last chance to submit an idea. We'd love to see more of your voices represented! web.cvent.com/event/705906...
#ecislibraries2026 #ecissig #ecislibraries

A quick heads-up that the Call for Proposals for our January conference, "Libraries: Building New Foundations," is open!
It's a great opportunity to share the amazing work you're all doing. ✨
You can find all the details here: web.cvent.com/event/705906...

Let's talk AI! 🤖 One of our key tracks for the conference is "AI in the Library." It’s designed to demystify artificial intelligence for us, covering everything from ethics to practical tools for teaching and research. It's going to be a super relevant conversation! #ecislibraries2026 #ecissig

Our four conference tracks are the pillars for Building New Foundations in your library.

🤖 AI in the Library
🤝 The Librarian as Collaborator
📚 The Library as Place & Resource
🌱 The Library as Change Agent

Which pillar is most important in your practice?

#ECISLibraries2026 #ECISSIG #ecislibraries

Why attend the ECIS Library Conference?
💡 Gain strategies for innovation.
🤝 Connect with a global network of library leaders.
💻 Attend live or watch recorded sessions on-demand to fit your schedule.

It's time to build the future, together.

#ecislibraries2026 #ecissig
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Amazing Audiobooks (#AA2026) Featured Review: The Beat I Drum by Dusti Bowling Matt Godfrey gives each character a distinct voice and conveys their compassion for each other. He portrays Connor’s frustration without being over the top.

"Matt Godfrey gives each character a distinct voice and conveys their compassion for each other. He portrays Connor’s frustration without being over the top." #yalit #audiobooks

Promotional graphic for upcoming Booklist and Random House Children's Books webinar KEEP TURNING, KEEP LEARNING--EXCITING NONFICTION AWAITS happening Wednesday, August 13 at 11 a.m. PT / 2 p.m. ET

Oh bookness, are we nerding out over tomorrow's webinar (8/13) with @randomhousekids.bsky.social featuring 4️⃣ amazing #nonfiction youth authors discussing their new 📚! We'll be joined by:
📗Candace Fleming
📕Sarah Miller
📘Nicholas Day
📙Anna Hays!
You won't want to miss it! RSVP here: bit.ly/4lPL999

Best Fiction for Young Adults (#BFYA2026) Featured Review: The House No One Sees by Adina King The narrative is unconventional and while not focused on plot per se, Penny’s reckoning with her past and her feelings about her mother ring true.

"The narrative is unconventional and while not focused on plot per se, Penny's reckoning with her past and her feelings about her mother ring true." #yalit

Join librarians from around the globe for a transformative virtual experience on January 10, 2026. We're exploring the theme "Libraries: Building New Foundations." Let's connect, learn, and redefine the future of libraries together. Register now! tinyurl.com/ysfbbyv7
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How to Monitor Your Child’s Reading Habits without Banning Books Book banning is not the solution—talk to your kids about what they're reading and how you feel about it.

Book banning is not the solution—talk to your kids about what they're reading and how you feel about it.

Pre-order graphic for Masters of the Universe/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles of Grayskull, with cover illustration from Freddie E Williams II & Andrew Dalhouse

Cowabunga! Don't forget to order your copy of the Masters of the Universe/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles of Grayskull paperback edition! Details: bit.ly/3J73KPx

Collects all 4 issues of the series by By @hackintimseeley.bsky.social, @freddieart.bsky.social, more. With Mattel

Left side: Photo grid of five headshots of members of Briet's team. Photos are, clockwise from top left: Flaming Hydra collective's Maria Bustillos, Aboard co-founder Paul Ford, developer Matthew McVickar, developer Jacob Ford, and Sludge founder David Moore. Right side: Simple flowchart diagram for BRIET. Text reads: Creators & publishers on all familiar platforms can use BRIET. BRIET bundles and sells on its library-friendly marketplace. Using BRIET, creators & publishers sell their work to libraries, who preserve and loan it out to patrons.

Created by a team affiliated with the Brick House Cooperative, BRIET invites publishers to sell, not license, e-books to libraries.

More ⤵️
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SDCC 2025: Eric Powell and Harold Schechter Confront True Crime Tragedy - Fanboy Planet In their latest graphic novel, Eric Powell and Harold Schechter uncover the good that Dr. Frederic Wertham did, overshadowed by his hubris.

"It’s a man who through his own faults and flaws kind of destroyed his legacy"-- @eric-powell-comics.bsky.social on Dr. Fredric Wertham, the man at the center of Dr. Werthless, an all new graphic novel created in collaboration with Harold Schecter.

Full interview with Fanboy Planet:

Can You Read a Book in a Quarter of an Hour? Phone apps now offer to boil down entire books into micro-synopses. What they leave out is revealing.

Abridging has always been in vogue. Now apps like Blinkist take entire books and crunch them down to a series of what are called Blinks—which amount to around 2,000 words. “Is that what books are coming to, a handy social lubricant?” Anthony Lane asks.

Timetables, tricky tickets and high prices: the problems with European cross-border rail travel For all the fanfare over new routes, fast and efficient rail services between major cities remain a rarity

Timetables, tricky tickets and high prices: the problems with European cross-border rail travel

The Library Generation: Why Gen Z and Millennials Need America to Fund Libraries Now Despite the digital age, younger generations are turning to one of America’s oldest institutions: the public library

A growing body of research shows that Gen Z and millennials not only use libraries more than older Americans, but they also depend on them.

Young people are utilizing libraries for job hunting, academic support, mental health resources, and as a place to feel safe and connected.

The most frequently taught books in modern-day classrooms have barely changed in the past 35 years.
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5 ways microcredentials help higher-ed students succeed Microcredentials can play a transformative role in making higher education more responsive, equitable, and effective for all students.

5 ways microcredentials help higher-ed students succeed www.ecampusnews.com/teaching-lea...

We can all scream together. 🙀

And then start gathering what we can. Get your @waybackmachine.bsky.social finger moving.

Our Board of Directors affirms its strong support for the ERIC database. Any reduction in the scope or comprehensiveness of the content indexed in ERIC would significantly diminish its value to the academic and practitioner communities. bit.ly/4lfKrRe

Great Graphic Novels (#GGN2026) Featured Review: Fitting Indian by Jyoti Chand and Tara Anand Anand uses a palette of rich jewel tones that effectively illustrate Nitashi’s moods.

"Anand uses a palette of rich jewel tones that effectively illustrate Nitashi’s moods." #yalit #graphicnovels

Suddenly retiring every other model without warning was a weird move by OpenAI

… and they did it without explaining how switching models worked or even details of various GPT-5 models

…and they did it after many built workflows & training & assignments around older models, maybe breaking them. Odd

Miss Truesdale returns: Mignola & Lonergan dive deeper into Hellboy’s ancient origins Readers were first introduced to Miss Truesdale in Victorian England, where she uncovered a mystical link to the ancient warrior Anum Yassa.

Miss Truesdale returns: @mikemignola.bsky.social and
@jesselonergan.bsky.social dive deeper into Hellboy’s ancient origins. AIPT Comics shares the news about the upcoming series Miss Truesdale and the Rise of Man: bit.ly/41weQUv

Coming December 10!

Climate of Suppression: Environmental Information Under the Second Trump Administration – Environmental Data and Governance Initiative The report Climate of Suppression: Environmental Information Under the Second Trump Administration examines management of federal websites related to environmental regulation in the first six months o...

In a new report, EDGI documents the second Trump administration’s control of federal environmental information in its first 6 months. We found that environmental justice & climate change information have been broadly rewritten & deleted. Learn more: envirodatagov.org/publication/...

Data Rescue Project: Data Rescue Event Kit This project contains materials for those interested in hosting data rescue events. Hosted on the Open Science Framework

Demons might not be ready for a #Takedown-- but you can be! Check out our Data Rescue Event Kit on OSF for resources, lesson plans, and more: osf.io/zbdxt/

#DataRescue #KPopDemonHunters

AI Literacy: 6 Resources For Teachers AI literacy is an increasingly important part of digital literacy education, but keeping up with the rapidly evolving field can be tough. These resources can help.

Keeping up with #AI in education can be a challenge, so here are a few resources to help:

www.techlearning.com/how-to/ai-li...

#teaching #edusky #education

Submit a proposal to present at our upcoming virtual conference in January 2026. Proposals are due October 6, 2025! Visit the website for more information: bit.ly/45mSoyj #ecislibraries #ecislibraries2026

Poster advertising the details of the upcoming online ECIS Libraries conference on 10th January 2026

The 2026 ECIS Library and Information Services Online Conference, Building New Foundations, takes place on 10 January 2026! Call for proposals coming soon. @ecislibrarysig.bsky.social #ECISLibraries2026

Please vote! Let's get these library panels on the #SXSW schedule.