Kate Lomax

Teaching AI as an Anti-AI Librarian - ACRLog Editor’s Note: Please join us in welcoming Eleanor Ball, Information Literacy & Liaison Librarian and Assistant Professor of Instruction at the University of Northern Iowa, as a new First Year Academi...

Don't know that it's an anti or pro kind of thing but definitely think a healthy scepticism should be a requirement for teaching AI right now

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New Skills for the Future Library Leader title, cilip and Arts Council England logo at the top, image of a girl typing on a laptop, Digital Skills and Futures Literacy titles at the bottom, register your interest in a green circle in the middle

Ahead of the November launch of our new training programme: New Skills for the Future Library Leader we're inviting you to register your interest. Open to emerging leaders in England public libraries. Register your interest today! www.cilip.org.uk/futurelibraryleader

After 15 years, it’s time to do something else Editorial I started Public Libraries News back in 2010, when the word “austerity” was being used for the first time and eBooks were just coming in. My daughters were 3 and 6 years old. …

Sad to see that Public Libraries News has come to an end, Ian has been an amazing source of info about public libraries in the UK over the past 15 (!) years www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2025/09/afte...

The strange death of east London’s most radical bookshop Clogged toilets, trade unions and Google researchers: this is the saga of the Scarlett Letters

Monday read: The strange death of east London’s most radical bookshop www.the-londoner.co.uk/scarlett-let...

Warsaw opens metro station ‘express’ library to get commuters off their phones Metroteka aims to encourage people to read more in country that lost majority of libraries in second world war

Metroteka opened this week in the Kondratowicza M2 line metro station in the Warsaw, with two reading areas for adults and children as well as a space for public readings and events.

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Tiny Bookshop: why gamers are choosing to spend their free time simulating work – according to philosophy Philosophers have been trying to explain for decades why people like to simulate work in their free time.

So far resisted this game because it sounds a bit too much like work. Or at least what people assume library work looks like anyway 🙃 theconversation.com/tiny-booksho...

The most busy time Editorial Here’s bumper edition of the Public Libraries News, being a summary of the last few weeks rather than just one. This is due to me taking a couple of Sunday mornings off and an unfor…

Not just because our blog post is in this edition, your regular reminder how amazing Public Libraries News and Ian Anstice's work on this resource is
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How the Moomins Showed Us a More Compassionate World At the Brooklyn Public Library, an exhibition on queer Finnish artist Tove Jansson's beloved characters reminds visitors of all ages that justice and joy are within our grasp.

Moomintroll at the library! Tove Jansson and the Moomins: The Door Is Always Open exhibit at the Brooklyn Public Library’s Central Library
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Very true. that lead time is a harsh reminder

Surprise! Google kills another service because they're bored Google announces shutdown of goo.gl URL shortener service by August 2025, leaving businesses and users searching for alternatives.

oh ffs
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Have just completed a Koha upgrade for a library. This is something that I've done sporadically over the years so feeling particularly grateful atm for all those kind folks who contribute to open source documentation in any way 🙏

Issue 159 of Newslet for Libraries, fortnightly newsletter for library professionals.

issue 159 of Artefacto's #libraries newsletter is now out. Sharing all the latest from the library sector, incl. the end of Open Access Button and InstantILL, a new value proposition for academic libraries, how to promote library databases & more

Visit libraries.newslet.org for this issue & more

terminal cheat sheet by Julia Evans

Nice! a new, terminal cheat sheet by @b0rk.jvns.ca. the debugging manifest is still one of my favourite things wizardzines.com

How libraries are 'the glitter glue' binding communities together Offering millions of books, free internet access and everything from craft clubs to storytelling dogs, libraries are an essential public space — particularly in regional and remote Australia.

Photos of some different kinds of tiny libraries to enjoy on a dreary monday, Indonesion microlibraries and some community libraries in rural Australia
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The Bureau of Library Tourism I just walked back from the lovely Cookie Bar in Ford City, Ontario, where I was one of the six “fun” speakers at the Bike Windsor Essex AGM. The theme was transportation and the format…

"Library branches not only create important community spaces.
They can help reclaim and create new places from community".

Great new post from @copystar.bsky.social

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I mean it's definitely not what it used to be but this is still sad news. Was still my default read it later app and I know a lot of people use Pocket with Kobo eReaders support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/fut...

"It’s easy to visit the library – and everything works smoothly!” – Library services developed through feedback | Helsinki University Library | University of Helsinki An impressive 3,536 customers responded to the library’s customer survey conducted in November. The results show a high level of satisfaction, while also highlighting areas for improvement.

Helsinki University Library managed to get 3,536 (!) responses to the library’s customer survey

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This Seattle library is a showcase of art, architecture and community With its asymmetrical angles and glass windows stretching across the metal bones of the building, Central Library is an iconic feature of Seattle’s downtown streets.

Art pieces integrated throughout the library space include the Underwater Mural - huge octopus arms emerging from a bookshelf & holding water-related books written by local authors www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-m...

It’s One of the Weirdest Mistakes in Movie History. I Spent Months Investigating How It All Went Wrong. The story behind cinema’s most mysterious bird.

This investigation into the ‘crime against ornithology’ in Charlie’s Angels is the best kind of random deep dive slate.com/culture/2025...

2025 Library Systems Report | American Libraries Magazine In the 2025 Library Systems Report, technology consultant Marshall Breeding covers recent platform upgrades, leadership changes, and AI enhancements in library tech.

Always an interesting read. And always disconcerting how few vendors there are in libraries operating under a confusing array of names americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2025/05/01/2...

‘’Supercharged by AI ‘’exhibition in the Library - The EUI Library Blog The EUI Library is delighted to host “Supercharged by AI”, a new creative interactive exhibition about the effects of AI on our online lives. “Supercharged by AI” is a new creative intervention produc...

This exhibit @euilibrary.bsky.social is produced by Tactical Tech and DensityDesign Lab at Politecnico di Milano, in collaboration with IFLA
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Newslet for libraries issue 255

Our newsletter has been a bit sporadic lately but issue #255 is now out, bringing together lots of interesting & useful things from across the library sector(s)

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Next Library Pilot Projects - The Changemaker Award 2025 - Next Library We are very excited to announce the first ever Next Library Pilot Projects: a funded opportunity for library changemakers to advance initiatives related to Next Library’s themes of sustainability, dem...

There's still time to apply for the Next Library Changemaker Award

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Pedagodzilla: the book The Pedagodzilla podcast explains pedagogy via pop culture, and there is a book-of-the-podcast that is available free online (or priced for...

They had me at "How do spooky Muppets guide Scrooge through transformative learning?"

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Nifty Simple Web Archive Tool The days of lamenting linkrot seem quaint and prosaic. Right now, as I type, the world is witnessing the wholesale strip mine clearcutting of the web for the ego-flexing kicks of the lunatic in cha…

Good time to remember about Archive Today as well as @harvardlil.bsky.social's Data Vault tool cogdogblog.com/2025/02/arch...

Visualizing all books of the world in ISBN-Space - phiresky's blog Libraries have been trying to collect humanity’s knowledge almost since the invention of writing. In the digital age, it might actually be possible to create a comprehensive collection of all human wr...

There are so many potential ways for users to discovery, navigate and explore collections - this is a neat visualisation of books using ISBNs with a bookshelf-view and the ability to 'fly' to a book
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Scenario Planning for the AI-Driven Future of Research Libraries AI is already transforming research libraries. But how can we plan for the future when the landscape is evolving so rapidly? This scenario-planning exercise helped us see our way forward.

Scenario Planning for the AI-Driven Future of Research Libraries via Katrina Magazine @chashub.bsky.social
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Github is down. Panic stations

It’s official: Research has found that libraries make everything better. Science has backed up what many of us have long been saying: the library rocks. A study from the New York Public Library surveyed 1,974 users on how the library makes them feel and how it affects t…

"90% of respondents reported that their Library use positively affects how much they love to learn new things" - & other findings from this NYPL survey lithub.com/its-official...

Issue 251 of Artefacto's newslet for libraries

Issue 251 of Artefacto's #libraries newsletter is out today, featuring articles about blogging, making better videos, accidental librarianship & lots more. This and other recent issues available at libraries.newslet.org