Library Link of the Day
September 2023
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- AI is killing the grand bargain at the heart of the web. 'We're in a different world.' [Insider]
- A Book Is a Book Is a Book—Except When It’s an e-Book [The Insider]
- Machine Learning and WorldCat: improving records for cataloging and discovery [Hanging Together]
- Iowa schools will reverse ‘Friday Night Lights’ ban after backlash for AI review [The Philadelphia Inquirer]
- Dominant COVID Narratives and Implications for Information Literacy Education in the “Post-Pandemic” United States [In the Library with the Lead Pipe]
- US appeals court curbs Copyright Office's mandatory deposit policy [Reuters]
- Teachers and Librarians Describe a Climate of Fear Stoked By New Laws [PEN America]
- Visual artists fight back against AI companies for repurposing their work [Associated Press]
- ‘There won’t be libraries left’: how a Florida county became the book ban heartland of the US [The Guardian]
- Can Inadequate Corrections Turn Misinformation into Disinformation? [The Scholarly Kitchen]
- Shining a Light on the Digital Dark Age [Long Now]
- Library tension flares anew in St. Tammany, as patrons blast council and issue sparks altercation [NOLA.com]
- Book Publishing Has a Toys ‘R’ Us Problem [The Atlantic]
- OpenAI confirms that AI writing detectors don’t work [Ars Technica]
- Police respond to bomb threats at libraries in Aurora, Evanston, Addison [CBS News]
- Law library proposals get differing reactions: Law librarians concerned about possible revisions, but others see opportunity [The Indiana Lawyer]
- Conservative book ban push fuels library exodus from national association that stands up for books [Associated Press]
- Forsyth County schools cancel talks after author says the word 'gay' to elementary school students [Georgia Public Broadcasting]
- Republican candidate for Missouri governor vows to burn books after viral flamethrower video [The Kansas City Star]
- Carnival Cruise Line quietly phases out a cruise ship staple [TheStreet]
- Kansas librarians say they were fired for rainbow autism symbols [The Washington Post]
- In a Blistering Opinion, Judge Officially Blocks Texas Book Rating Law [Publishers Weekly]
- Library books have faced challenges for decades, but a recent shift has become more organized as a proxy culture war [The Globe and Mail]
- Birds Aren’t Real? How a Conspiracy Takes Flight [TED]
- George R. R. Martin, Jodi Picoult and other famous writers join Authors Guild in class action lawsuit against OpenAI [CNN]
- Book Challenges in Libraries Surge to New Record [American Libraries]
- An old master? No, it’s an image AI just knocked up … and it can’t be copyrighted [The Guardian]
- Book Banning Debate Moves to U.S. Senate [Library Journal]
- How a Moms for Liberty-aligned attack on library content is upending politics in Philly burbs [The Philadelphia Inquirer]
- File Under ‘S’ for Solidarity: Union Members Defend Local Library [Convergence]
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