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Why I keep yelling about LIS workers eagerly jumping into AI. AI can't do our jobs, but it can replace us. The work won't get done well, patrons won't be satisfied, and it will eventually tank the whole library, but don't think that won't stop admin from trying to save a few bucks out of your wages.

seems to be confirmed here! www.nps.gov/places/000/g...

On Owing $93,605 in Student Loans; or, A Profession Built on Debt - ACRLog I don't know the right metaphor to make you understand how this much debt physically feels. What it actually feels like is a pressure on my chest and shoulders, but maybe that's not evocative enough. ...

ACRLog has published 1,800 posts over twenty years but I guess I'm the first person to write a post about student debt?? 🤷‍♀️

"On Owing $93,605 in Student Loans; or, A Profession Built on Debt" acrlog.org/2025/07/24/o...

violet, I am so so sorry you are dealing with this yet again. you are an invaluable colleague and a huge asset to our field and I hope somewhere that deserves you and treats you properly snatches you up very soon ♥️

Opinion | They Let Their Children Cross the Street and Now They’re Felons

“Parents have withdrawn their children from the public realm because they perceive the public realm as dangerous — and they aren’t wrong.” The danger is from cars and infrastructure built for speed. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/o...

"Unlike the left, we don't believe in erasing history" says the guy renaming ships and purging any mention of like the navajo code talkers, tuskegee airmen, black medal of honor winners, etc

so many student journalists are braver than most mainstream journalists and anyone in higher ed administration or the government right now

Library Futures | Introducing Controlled Chaos: Where the Wild Things Read Championing the right to equitable access to knowledge.

"I help people either find themselves or lose themselves in a great book." --Jarrod “Deuce” Williams

The San Quentin library is like any other library--and yet not. Learn about it the workers there in Controlled Chaos, a new zine from our research network.

www.libraryfutures.net/post/introdu...

I wish a very happy “fuck you” to everyone who thought throwing trans people under the bus was going to stop these lunatics

Their goal has *always* been the eradication of the entire LGBTQ+ community, and they’re not gonna stop at Obergefell either

This is why we fight for *everyone*

"It’s true that there are physical feats that players in one league can accomplish that players in the other league simply cannot. For example, one league has players like DeWanna Bonner, who can carry and give birth to twins and return the next season to average 17.3 points and 7.2 rebounds a game, while the other league has multiple players like LeBron James, who can carry the ball."

👏👏🫡
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LibParlor Online Learning Personas: The MLIS Student This starter pack will provide the lessons from the LibParlor Online Learning curriculum that will give you the foundational overview of LIS research as a MLIS student.

Being a student about to enter the LIS field and start your own research project can be intimidating! But we hope we can provide you with the resources to grow your confidence and get you started on your research journey: libparlor.com/2025/07/30/l...

never opt in to AI tools if you have the option - we're also starting to see them turned on by the vendor without asking us

can't wait to see how this wreaks havoc on our shared metadata and how many people they'll have to hire to fix the AI's fuck ups

absolutely no question in my mind he's married to a chatbot

60-year-old Black history archive faces uncertain future after federal cuts For decades, the Amistad Research Center in New Orleans has served as one of America’s largest repositories of artifacts on Black history, from 15 million rare documents dating back to the 1780s to a ...

For decades, the Amistad Research Center in NOLA has served as 1 of America’s largest repositories of artifacts on Black history, featuring a collection of 15 million rare documents dating back to the 1780s, as well as a fine art collection. Its future is uncertain. www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...

a man wearing glasses and a black suit is standing in front of a sign that says ' the ' on it Alt: Larry David, a man with white hair and glasses, in black clothing with a wavering expression on his face from an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm

when you slog through an 18 hour audiobook and waver on whether to quit before the last 20 minutes of bloviating or just get it over with because you’re well past sunken cost fallacy

that's funny, because AI can't crawl things that aren't digitized and online, it often can't tell the difference between primary and secondary sources, and it doesn't know how to parse outdated terms if they're not coming from a person's prompt for retrieval

bret stephens should be taken to the hague along with the israeli government

He helped the families of dying children. Spent all night with them even once the child was taken to the morgue. A former colleague tells us on the record that Ayman Soliman is the reason certain poor families who lost their babies at the hospital didn’t have…

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I tested it in Primo Research Assistant, not surprising, I got similar results since Summon Research Assistant is sister product and both work the same by using LLM to generate Boolean search strategy. Gaza war shows no results. Tusla Race riots get a scary error message but does generate answer(1)

you're completely right (as usual!!!) but the way I view it is a step 1 in the attempt to communicate with people in leadership who all have corporate brain and shut down the moment you exhibit any Strong Feelings - but maybe I am being too charitable in that reading

this is stuff librarians at any academic institution have been teaching about for years

at an all-staff meeting, a leader flippantly complained that they were "being accused of killing a dolphin every time they used genAI images" in their presentations so they reluctantly used real ones instead, and I was just stunned at how deeply cynical and uncritical our profession has become

"what if emotional responses like “AI anxiety” are in large part deeply intelligent...? What if the cognitive dissonance that many of us experience when reading articles about AI anxiety or the necessity of AI adoption is worth our attention and curiosity?"

patrick radden keefe hive: we back up

my toxic trait is watching a movie I end up liking and then going on letterboxd to read the most obnoxious takes from “cinephiles” and getting mad at strangers for no reason (I really enjoyed opus, guess I’m a rube)

very bug man from men in black

It doesn't matter if they are ever coming for you.

It was always ever already too much that they were coming for anyone.

The Israelis want to force all remaining Gazans into concentration camps before forcing them out of the Gaza Strip, and those outside of the concentration camps they'll murder. This isn't hyperbole, this is just the straightforward plan of genocide that Israel is admitting to