Caitlin Ratcliffe

Column | ChatGPT just came out with its own web browser. Use it with caution. OpenAI’s Atlas promises AI-powered convenience. The price? Letting ChatGPT track and store “memories” of what you do online.

ChatGPT’s new Atlas browser doesn’t just see what you read — it remembers it.

@eff.org’s Lena Cohen showed me it even logged “memories” of her looking for *abortion care* and her doctor’s name. Out-surveils even Chrome.

My @washingtonpost.com column: wapo.st/49bOcVC

Causes of Burnout in Libraries I have written about burnout before tying Maslach’s six contributors to the Surgeon Generals’ workplace well-being. Still, while chatting with Leah in April about my work and burnout specifically, …

I use two key points to frame burnout in libraries. 1st, the definition from the WHO (ICD-11) classifies burnout as an occupational occurrence. 2nd from Maslach, a leading burnout researcher, who identifies 6 key areas contributing to burnout at work. https://buff.ly/3DKSQw0 #burnout #skybrarians

A bottle of water per email: the hidden environmental costs of using AI chatbots AI needs a lot of electricity and water to stay cool in data centers. We break down the toll prompt-by-prompt to show the scale of AI’s environmental needs.

This Wash Post article (gift link) notes the costs in water (clean, drinkable water) & electricity that using a chatbot once a week for a year - by 1 person and also by 10% of US workforce == TOOOOOO high!! bit.ly/4gqFVyd

Honestly I would like to find whoever it was who first posited into the public consciousness the idea that there is some sort of conflict between libraries lending books and authors getting paid, because I would really like to kick their ass in about it.

Screenshot of the Skybrarians feed. The key part is the 'always there' list of feeds down the right hand side, which includes 'Skybrarians' which I've highlighted, alongside other options like 'following', 'discover' and 'popular with friends'

A massive welcome to the influx of library people to Bluesky 🎉 - here's a brief thread of useful things to know.

1) Using the 📚 emoji automatically gets your post into the skybrarians feed, which means more relevant people will see it.

You can 'pin to home' that feed (looks like this on desktop)

New Evidence Synthesis course available to learners everywhere - UMN Libraries News & Events A new online course, “Evidence Synthesis for Librarians and Information Specialists,” is now available to...

New Evidence Synthesis course available to learners everywhere
libnews.umn.edu/2024/07/new-...

I’ve added several library and information conference hashtags to this since last night, and have more to do. Please keep the ideas coming! #LISconference

This is a recording from our event on February 13th. Dr. Brenna Clarke Gray presents "Every Technology Was Somebody’s Choice: Resisting Inevitability Discour... Dr. Brenna Clarke Gray on Recognizing Power in the Generative AI “Revolution"

Last night I had the honour of speaking at the Disrupting Disruptions: Feminist and Accessible Publishing, Communications, and Technologies Speaker Series. My talk was "Every Technology Was Somebody's Choice: Resisting Inevitability Discourse and Recognizing Power in the Generative AI Revolution."

Happy Monday 😂

CAPAL / ACBES 24

📢EXTENSION📢 The deadline for submissions for CAPAL24: SUSTAINABILITY AND SHARED FUTURES IN ACADEMIC LIBRARIES has been extended to February 16th, 2024. See the full CFP: www.conference.capalibrarians.org

Biden admin looks to clamp down on inclusive access For nearly a decade, universities have been able to automatically charge students for books and supplies, creating a system the Education Department says lacks transparency.

Publishers: "could deal a fatal blow to inclusive and equitable access systems"

Proponents: "policy change will give students back their autonomy, and they question claims that students are actually saving money."

www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

motivations to affiliate with audiences drive partisan sharing of (mis)information on social media

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People share misinformation because they think their audience will like it and anticipate a positive reaction from their followers, finds Marie & Petersen using experimental and observational data doi.org/10.31219/osf...

British Library cyber attack explained: What you need to know | Com... In this essential guide, Computer Weekly investigates the cyber attack on the British Library that has rendered IT systems inoperable and caused service disruption to thousands of users

The most humane coverage I’ve read of the British Library ransomware attack: ‘It is important to remember that experiencing a cyber attack is traumatic for everyone involved, & that the British Library’s staff are working extremely hard to mitigate the impact to users & restore their services.’

New priorities for academic integrity: equity, diversity, inclusion, decolonization and Indigenizati... The topics of equity, diversity, inclusion, decolonization, and Indigenization have been neglected in academic and research integrity. In this article, I offer examples of how these issues are being a...

I'm just catching up on this 2022 article by Sarah Elaine Eaton and I'm going to memorize these quotes for all my future advocacy conversations:
- "If the system is invisible to you, that is because it was created for you."
- “Institutions show what they value by what they fund.”

latest article -

Chronically Honest: An Autoethnographic Paper on the Experiences of a Disabled Librarian by @nikkiandersen.bsky.social 📚📜

Adding this to the main feed in case it's useful. I've been trying to curate a critical reading list about generative AI for post-secondary educators that does not necessarily require disciplinary expertise to engage with. If it's useful to you, please let me know.

Generative AI & the Evolution of Academic Librarianship During my first week as an academic librarian, many faculty discussions on campus were regarding the issue of generative AI software, such as ChatGPT. A majority of the faculty at a panel discussion h...

Generative AI & the Evolution of Academic Librarianship 📜 acrlog.org/2023/12/15/g...

Two baby pet rabbits. One is brown (like a squirrel) and flopped on her side. The other is white with brown spots (like a cow) and is sitting upright looking at the camera.

Would you accept rabbits instead? In many ways they’re just weird-looking cats 😂

How to Lose a Library Six weeks ago—on October 31, 2023—the British Library suffered a massive cyberattack. What has been lost?

The British Library has been crushed by a brutal cyberattack. I went to find out more: www.publicbooks.org/how-to-lose-...

Love the SIFT method. Here's a nice piece that weaves SIFT strategies and the ACRL Framework: crln.acrl.org/index.php/cr...

Oh, I see! Thanks anyways!

Ooh thanks for pulling this together! Can you add @capal-acbes.bsky.social ?

Pretty excited that our years of work (through pandemic, deaths, births, job changes) have been published! "Information as a relation: Defining Indigenous information literacy"
doi.org/10.11645/17....

Latest on predatory journals in SRs doi.org/10.1002/jrsm...

Yay! 😂

My delight in getting a bluesky code is surpassed only by my delight in finding @brennacgray.bsky.social already here!