This incredibly rich discussion is now available to watch or listen to on our website, alongside related resources — including those generated by attendees. datasociety.net/events/chall...

The biggest scandal in AI energy right now deserves to be xAI's data center running 35 methane gas turbines that don't need air permits because "temporary" and don't have catalytic reduction pollution controls installed because... they just didn't bother? simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/12/...

About this Collection | Chronicling America | Digital Collections | Library of Congress Search America's Historic Newspaper Pages through 1963 Please Note: The Library of Congress has transitioned the longstanding Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers website to this new digi...

Some sad confirmation from @bcgl.bsky.social while I was at UW last week—the National Digital Newspaper Program—which builds Chronicling America—has been shut down

Historical newspapers are probably the archival material most used by the general public—for genealogy, local history—it’s such a loss

@ach.bsky.social has organised impact.ach.org to document terminated NEH awards. This a resource I wish we never needed.

Grants left and right are being prematurely ended. Some that really matter to me are 1/n

MORE: Libraries in several states have received letters which claim to cancel federal IMLS grants.

Congress MUST act to restore this funding. Read our full statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/04...

Use your voice - call Congress to protect & restore library funding: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries

EveryLibrary Condemns the Trump Administration's Termination of IMLS Grants as an Attack on Libraries, Museums, and Archives Everywhere. State Library Agencies and other grant recipients across the country began receiving official notices from the Acting Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services terminating their grants,...

NEW — After putting all Institute of Museum & Library Services (IMLS) employees on administrative leave Monday, I'm told DOGE is canceling congressionally-appropriated grants to state libraries across the entire country. Libraries are getting notice that funding was canceled as of 4/1.

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Join us in April to talk about the CJAL special issue, Libraries and/as Extraction with co-guest editors and authors. We reserved plenty of time for questions and discussion.

We are delighted to release our latest special issue, Libraries and/as Extraction, co-edited by Maura Seale @mauraseale.bsky.social, Nicole Pagowsky @nope4evr.bsky.social, Rafia Mirza @librarianrafia.bsky.social, and Karen P. Nicholson.
Read the full volume here: cjal.ca/index.php/ca...

Challenging Tech's Imagined Future Chris Gilliard questions the potential of AI chatbots touted by their creators and promoters, highlighting their vulnerability to misuse by fascists, racists, transphobes, and other bad-faith actors.

At the intersection of education and AI, I'd suggest @hypervisible.bsky.social should be your first follow. :) I scrolled thru his follows to find others you might want to follow.

Since you can't glean much from his handle and profile, by design, here is one of his essays.

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there's a difference okay

Brief update on the Critical Librarianship & Pedagogy Symposium (CLAPS): we are unable to hold a 2024 symposium due to resourcing but optimistically plan for 2026. We are considering options for collaboration w/ other institutions--reach out to me if this is of interest clps.arizona.edu

I still am! not moved on, just slowed down :)

[share widely!] CFP on Libraries and/as Extraction for a special issue of the Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship

Proposals due Dec 18, 2023

More details here: cjal.ca/index.php/ca...

Hey library folks! I'm co-editing a special issue on Libraries and/as Extraction, and the CFP is available. Proposals are due 12/18. Questions? Email the journal email in the CFP or me. cjal.ca/index.php/ca...