Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association

Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association Special Issue: Selected papers from Research Application in Information and Library Studies (RAILS) 2024, held at Curtin University, Western Australia.. Volume 74, Issue 3 of Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association

The latest full issue of JALIA with over 8 articles open/free access.
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The Risks of Declining Theory Construction and Theorisation and Rising Empiricism in the Discipline of Information Science: An Overview Theory is a hallmark of any discipline’s identity. Theory development and theorisation facilitate a healthy cultivation of ideas, help enculturate the future generation of scholars in a discipline,...

The Risks of Declining Theory Construction and Theorisation and Rising Empiricism in the Discipline of Information Science: An Overview
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Shaping the Global Future of Library and Information Science Education: Lessons Learned from the Web-based Information Science Education (WISE) Consortium and Other International Collaborations The paper explores the past, present, and possible futures of international collaboration in the context of library and information science (LIS) education and highlights past and present examples ...

A great review of all the global collaborative efforts in LIS Education
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Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Public Library Codesign Workshop Process This article presents an evaluation of a three-workshop codesign methodology implemented for two public libraries as part of an Australian Research Council Linkage project, examining the effectiven...

Another wonderful open access early online article from JALIA
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The Risks of Declining Theory Construction and Theorisation and Rising Empiricism in the Discipline of Information Science: An Overview Theory is a hallmark of any discipline’s identity. Theory development and theorisation facilitate a healthy cultivation of ideas, help enculturate the future generation of scholars in a discipline,...

An important reflection by Dr. Waseem Afzal at Charles Sturt University
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Applying a Critical Lens to Parihaka Collection Materials from a Kaupapa Māori Perspective Using the history of the Parihaka community, a peaceful village in South Taranaki that was invaded by colonial forces in 1881, this article builds on the Decolonising Māori collections article publ...

A great paper by Professor Spencer Lilley on decolonising Māori collections.

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An Analysis of the Design Characteristics of New Public Library Buildings Recent years have seen the opening of many large and expensive new public library buildings, including in Australia. These new libraries reflect the increasing emphasis placed on the role of the li...

Have a look at the early online version of this JALIA article with its gorgeous photos of some amazing libraries!
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Reserve Bank of Australia Unreserved

Did you know the Reserve Bank of Australia has its own digital collection online? https://unreserved.rba.gov.au/

Between EBSCO Natural language search, Web of Science Smart search & JSTOR AI Research tool (all bundled in "free"), we starting to see databases offer non-boolean mode as an option, based on idea that users influenced by CHATGPT will be using long natural language queries instead of keyword?(1)

Screen grab from website Academia.edu, with message "An AI created a podcast of your paper," the label "Private to you," and a button to listen to the podcast

For academics & scholars who've uploaded papers to Academia, this message I received this morning should be of major concern. I'll delete my account, but I assume damage is done & they've already scraped everything of mine. Should stand as a warning about sharing one's work on commercial websites

Here's something absolutely cooked about books in Australia - The Australia Institute It's a big week for Australian culture, with announcement of the shortlist for the Miles Franklin Literary Award, one of the country's top writing prizes.

Here’s something absolutely cooked about books in Australia https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/heres-something-absolutely-cooked-about-books-in-australia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=heres-something-absolutely-cooked-about-books-in-australia #Auspol

If you have a copy of the Australian Academic and Research Libraries (AARL) 23 (3), 1992, Confronting the Future: University Libraries in the Next Decade hiding in your shelf, please contact editor.jalia@alia.org.au as we are looking for it. AARL is one of the precursor journals to JALIA.

Wikipedia Built the Internet’s Brain. Now Its Leaders Want Credit. Wikipedia has always run on volunteer power and idealism. Now it’s running into A.I.’s bottomless appetite. In candid conversations with Observer, two Wikimedia executives explain why ChatGPT and i…

As Wikipedia becomes more central to the infrastructure #AI the organization is grappling with rising bot traffic, attribution and how to sustain its ecosystem in the face of powerful new users. observer.com/2025/03/wiki...

Open Education - Creative Commons “Brigham Young University faculty survey seeks to advance open education through academic libraries” by opensource.com is licensed via CC BY-SA 2.0. Opening up and sharing education is necessary if…

To better understand OER and the role of our organization, as well as CC licenses and their application in implementing the 2019 UNESCO Recommendation on OER, we developed some helpful resources. Check them out here: creativecommons.org/about/educat...

YouTube video by IFLA Webinar: Establishing core principles for copyright and libraries

Missed our webinar on #libraries, #copyright, and #AI? The recording is now available!

Explore how two new #IFLA copyright statements can support library advocacy, covering essential principles and the latest debates around AI and copyright law.

Watch it here: youtu.be/lKY858b0ChY

Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association Volume 74, Issue 2 of Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association

The new issue of JALIA is out!
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Good, long thread. I had a similar experience recently when a patron brought me a prompt response and we tried to validate it.

Eugenie Dugoua: Data centres are the factories of our modern lives - LSE Business Review Our lives today increasingly depend on data centres for simple activities like writing emails or watching videos. The arrival of large language models such as ChatGPT has caused a significant uptick…

Large language models (#LLMs) such as #ChatGPT have increased our dependence on #DataCentres, with troubling consequences for the environment.

@eugeniedugoua.bsky.social‬ for @lsebr.bsky.social‬

1Lib1Ref 2025 Librarians! Join us for #1Lib1Ref

In an era where truth-telling is hard to discern, Wikipedia is an invaluable tool for fact-checking and combating misinformation. That's why from 15 May to 5 June 2025 1 LibRef2025 is calling on all Librarians and Information Professionals to add at least one reference to Wikipedia.

I got fooled by AI-for-science hype—here's what it taught me I used AI in my plasma physics research and it didn’t go the way I expected.

“I’m excited to publish this guest post by Nick McGreivy, a physicist who last year earned a PhD from Princeton. Nick used to be optimistic that AI could accelerate physics research….” www.understandingai.org/p/i-got-fool...

Fund Libraries. Tell Congress to invest in libraries. American Library Association.

This is the LAST CHANCE to tell Congress to #FundLibraries. We need you to make your voice heard TODAY. Letters in Congress in support of library funding are about to close.

Call your Senators and urge them to fund libraries in next year's budget: bit.ly/Call2FundLibraries #ForOurLibraries

In an update, the Philadelphia Inquirer ceo is investigating how they came to publish a supplement with AI-generated incorrect content, which “is a violation of our own internal policies and a serious breach.” King Features produced the piece.
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Don't mess with Texas libraries! #bookbans

Carla Hayden, a formally dressed Black woman, walks in the halls of the Library of Congress with a Black girl in a pink dress

Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, a brightly but formallly dressed Black woman, surrounded by a group of children giving her a hug

What the Library of Congress should be.

Public domain photos by Shawn Miller/Library of Congress.

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NSW education department caught unaware after Microsoft Teams began collecting students’ biometric data Gathering of face and voice data went unnoticed for one month after it was automatically enabled for video conferencing app users in March

I have a feeling it wouldn't just be the NSW education department where biometric data started being collected when Microsoft Teams turned it on by default. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Students Are Humanizing Their Writing—By Putting It Through AI It’s a battle of the bots: Teachers use AI detection to spot cheating while students use it to maintain innocence.

It's so sad that GenAI breaks the trust between teachers and students and turns us into cops and suspects.

My open access paper with Dr. Edward Luca (CSU) and Dr.
@maryanne-kennan.bsky.social
(CSU) on what is needed for Library and Information Science in Australia and New Zealand to thrive doi.org/10.47989/ir3...

AI doesn't know 'no' – and that's a huge problem for medical bots Many AI models fail to recognise negation words such as “no” and “not”, which means they can’t easily distinguish between medical images labelled as showing a disease and images labelled as not showin...

Seems fitting that the machine built on ingesting people’s labor without their consent doesn’t know the meaning of the word “no.”

It is just like its masters.

📚 LibriVox brings books to life through voice. For 20 years, volunteers have turned #PublicDomain texts into free audiobooks—no paywalls, no restrictions.

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Pharma giant Regeneron to buy 23andMe and its customers' data for $256M | TechCrunch 23andMe was sold by bankruptcy auction, a year after the company had a massive data breach.

It's official: 23andMe’s data was sold to Regeneron.

Remember to be cautious with the sensitive info you share online or with companies. Your data could be up for sale. 💲

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