Library Link of the Day

November 2025

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  1. Web of Science company involved in dubious awards in Iraq [Retraction Watch]
  2. Why Wikipedia Is Losing Traffic to AI Overviews on Google [CNET]
  3. Academic Libraries Embrace AI [Inside Higher Ed]
  4. Professional Development Is a Wellness Program [American Libraries]
  5. Amazon's Bestselling Herbal Guides Are Overrun by Fake Authors and AI [ZME Science]
  6. 'The Truth Is Paywalled.' Internet Vets Lament the State of the 'Open' Web [PCMag]
  7. When We Devalue Art (Books!) We Devalue the Future [Literary Hub]
  8. Authors say they were censored on 'book banning' tour at Bay Area school visit [KRON4]
  9. Libraries open their archives to train AI chatbots with books spanning centuries of human knowledge [Milwaukee Independent]
  10. I wanted ChatGPT to help me. So why did it advise me how to kill myself? [BBC]
  11. Tennessee Secretary of State Orders 'Age-Appropriateness Review' of Library Books [Nashville Scene]
  12. Publishing's Survival Depends on Data, Says Elsevier Chairman [Publishers Weekly]
  13. Hang on, when did reading become so performative (and the latest ick)? [The Independent]
  14. AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge [404 Media]
  15. Under Pressure to Cut Costs, a University Closes Its Press [Inside Higher Ed]
  16. AI Has Sent Copyright Laws Into Chaos. What You Need to Know About Your Rights Online [CNET]
  17. Inside the old church where one trillion webpages are being saved [CNN]
  18. Baltimore County reinstates 14 part-time librarians after abrupt mass firings [CBS News]
  19. Why is knowledge getting so expensive? [TEDxPSU]
  20. Baltimore County library CEO faces backlash after abrupt librarian layoffs and rehiring [The Baltimore Banner]
  21. He got sued for sharing public YouTube videos; nightmare ended in settlement [Ars Technica]
  22. Grok Claims Elon Musk Is More Athletic Than LeBron James - and the World's Greatest Lover [Rolline Stone]
  23. Patent Office's Inter Partes Review Restrictions Violate the Law [Bloomberg Law News]
  24. Missouri court strikes down 2022 law that pulled library books off shelves [Missouri Independent]

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