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Help Us Investigate Book Bans and Educational Censorship Around America 404 Media has gotten a grant to unearth public records about systematic censorship of books, schools, and libraries in the U.S.

“These documents about censorship are themselves difficult to obtain and are at risk of being memory holed and forgotten about without a systematic effort to obtain, publish, and archive them.”

Help battle censorship with our friends @404media.co!

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AI slop in libraries 🧵! Let's do something about it.

Digital Content Suppression Call for survey participants / search box / Library Futures logo

Have you seen digital content suppressed, censored, or disappeared? We'd love to hear from you. /end

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Four Questions with Dr. Jeanie Austin Research and advocacy for the future of libraries.

And let's not forget the easiest way to ban a book--send it to prison. /3

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New Research Report: Neo-Censorship in U.S. Libraries Research and advocacy for the future of libraries.

Books aren't the only thing that get banned, challenged, or censored. Digital content faces serious--and often invisible--challenges in our libraries. /2

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Eight Ways to Ban a Book Research and advocacy for the future of libraries.

It's Banned Books Week. We stand with those fighting book challenges in schools and libraries around the country--but we're also here to remind you there's more than one way to ban a book. /1

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Oxford College faculty first recipients of Emory Open Education Initiative mini-grants The Emory Open Education Initiative is a new program that provides mini-grants to faculty members who want to transition from commercial course materials to open educational resources (OER). This s…

The Emory Open Education Initiative is a new program that provides mini-grants to faculty members who want to transition from commercial course materials to open educational resources (OER). 📚 scholarblogs.emory.edu/woodruff/new...

PlayStation Font | Free Fonts Vault Let's talk about Playstation Font. We found 3 font matching the playstation logo and they are Zrnic, PS Bold, and PS old font. Let's talk about them and the playstaion now.

Condor and Presicav. A cursory search suggests they have a custom design: freefontsvault.com/playstation-...

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Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence for Information Professionals Research and advocacy for the future of libraries.

Get the details on the full Library Futures fall webinar series on our blog!

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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Legal and Ethical Issues in AI. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Join Meredith Broussard and Nick Garcia to learn about the legal and ethical implications of AI in libraries. Data journalist Meredith Broussard is an associate professor at the Arthur L. Carter Jour...

And don't forget to register for the next webinar in our AI series! We'll be talking legal and ethical issues in AI with @merbroussard.bsky.social and @nickgarcia.bsky.social!

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What We Talk About When We Talk About AI Research and advocacy for the future of libraries.

We've got a write up, links, and partial recording of our 🔥 webinar last week with @hypervisible.blacksky.app and Dr. Christa Albrecht-Crane.

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Really enjoyed this session, shared a few thoughts in the other place. No, not that one; this one. 👇

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We sympathize. But we also like learning stuff.

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Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence for Information Professionals Research and advocacy for the future of libraries.

Coming this fall (starting TOMORROW!) to a Zoom screen near you, the Library Futures AI series you’ve all been waiting for!

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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: IMLS and DOE Policy Overview & FAQ Webcast. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. On October 1 at 2pm ET / 11am PT, SPARC and Authors Alliance will co-host a webcast providing an overview of the IMLS publication and data sharing policies and the Department of Energy’s data sharing ...

Next Wed., Oct. 1, at 2 pm ET, learn about IMLS publication & data sharing policies, plus info on the Dept. of Energy’s data sharing policy. We will co-host a webcast w/ @authorsalliance.bsky.social open to anyone working at academic institutions. Register now! sparcopen-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Thursday webinar: Catch CISI Co-Director @hypervisible.blacksky.app on AI, libraries, & privacy

Extremely excited to kick-off a new webinar series on “AI” with guests Chris Gilliard & Christa Albrecht-Crane. This session won’t be recorded so sign up now & join us for a deep dive into what we’re really talking about. Happening Thursday!!!

#edusky #academicsky #skybrarians 📚

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: What We Talk About When We Talk About AI. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. It’s hard to open the internet without seeing “AI.” But just what is AI? How did machine learning originate? How do large language models work? Just what are we talking about when we talk about AI, an...

For the first of four AI webinars, we're talking with the inimitable @hypervisible.blacksky.app and Christa Albrecht-Crane! Join @libraryfutures.bsky.social for "What we Talk about When We Talk about AI," an intro to AI and ML from ethicists and experts.
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What We Talk About When We Talk About AI Thursday, September 25, 1 pm ET/10 am PT Library Futures logo

Maybe you can't read Ray Carver at work, but you CAN talk about AI, and we've got the webinar series you've been waiting for. Join @hypervisible.blacksky.app, Christa Albrecht-Crane, and Library Futures this Thursday 9/25 for the first installment!

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Have you found AI slop in your library? Let us know. / Library Futures logo / ink spill

If you see something, say something! We've got an AI slop in libraries reporting form!

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Hoopla’s Content Problem: Strange, Skewed Results Still Dominate Catalog Research and advocacy for the future of libraries.

Sadly, AI slop (plus a lot of other... junk) is already in libraries. /2

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Librarians Are Being Asked to Find AI-Hallucinated Books It’s a trippy time to have a library card.

AI slop's gotten so popular people want to find it in libraries. /1

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Tracking Digital Censorship Research and advocacy for the future of libraries.

We all know about book bans. We're tracking the equally insidious digital censorship. Have databases or other digital content disappeared from your library? Let us know.

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Appeals Court Blocks Trump Administration's Firing of Top Copyright Officer In a 2-1 decision, a federal appeals court ruled that judge Timothy Kelly erred in denying Shira Perlmutter’s bid for a preliminary injunction, and enjoined Trump administration officials from interfe...

"Perlmutter is free to get back to work while she sues to keep her job."

Celebrating the first clause while we stand with Perlmutter on the second.

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Beyond the Book: Digital Censorship in U.S. Libraries Research and advocacy for the future of libraries.

And learn about the often invisible but no less consequential digital censorship that's been happening behind the scenes. What if you searched for something and it... just wasn't there?

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Imagine IF: A Game-Based Introduction to Intellectual Freedom Research and advocacy for the future of libraries.

Going to ASRL? Chose your own intellectual freedom adventure with us as as we preview our forthcoming game. (Hint: Choose chaos!)

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“At stake in Cox v. Sony is access to the internet for millions of people if internet service providers are disproportionately punished for copyright infringement by their users.”

ARL Joins EFF, ALA, Re:Create in Supreme Court Amicus Brief Warning Expansion of Copyright Liability Could Threaten Internet Access — Association of Research Libraries ARL joined the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), American Library Association (ALA), and Re:Create in an amicus brief at the US Supreme Court in support of Cox in the case Cox...

You think copyright is dry? Wait till it takes your internet access away.

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E-Books for Us Demand for e-books is at an all-time high, but library collections are being hijacked by corporations.

And what can we do? We've got a website for that, too! /end

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Library Futures Presents… A Podcast About Ebooks! Research and advocacy for the future of libraries.

How did we get here? We've got a podcast for that. /3

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