Library Link of the Day

December 2025

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  1. OpenAI claims teen circumvented safety features before suicide that ChatGPT helped plan [TechCrunch]
  2. Should we 'get over' print books in the digital age - or are they more precious than ever? [The Conversation]
  3. Let's Have a Book Burning? [Now I Know]
  4. The fall of a prolific science journal exposes the billion-dollar profits of scientific publishing [El País]
  5. Once again, Miami Dade College approves Trump presidential library plan [NBC 6 South Florida]
  6. The death of reading [BBC]
  7. How to Tell What's Real Online [StarTalk]
  8. How artificial intelligence is reshaping college for students and professors [PBS NewsHour]
  9. What is an AI librarian? [The Mainichi]
  10. Supreme Court Won't Hear Texas Library Case: List of Banned Books [Newsweek]
  11. Calibri: is this really the world's wokest font? [The Guardian]
  12. AI Slop Is Spurring Record Requests for Imaginary Journals [Scientific American]
  13. Amazon changes how copyright protection is applied to Kindle Direct's self-published e-books [TechCrunch]
  14. University presidents reflect on academic freedom amid Trump's push to reshape higher education [ABC News]
  15. 'A willingness to lie': Why the EPA's latest Trump-era change is especially concerning [Fast Company]
  16. Penguin Random House Author Mychal Threets to Serve as 2026 National Library Week Honorary Chair [Penguin Random House]
  17. The Slop of Things to Come [The Nation]
  18. Targeting teachers, librarians to control what kids read is 'a dangerous, slippery slope' [syracuse.com]
  19. Preparing for New Web Accessibility Requirements [American Libraries]
  20. David Walliams denies inappropriate behaviour after publisher drops him [BBC News]
  21. The Supreme Court Just Opened the Door to a New Era of Book Bans [Time]
  22. Ten Stories That Shaped 2025 [LISNews]
  23. People are getting their news from AI - and it's altering their views [The Conversation]
  24. Kids' books removed from libraries over web links [BBC News]
  25. Is the Dictionary Done For? [The New Yorker]
  26. Unidentified suspect allegedly destroys Mesa County Library books [KJCT]
  27. After the Netflix and Warner Bros. Acquisition, Is This The Death of Physical Media? [Collider]
  28. Can Bibliotherapy Heal the Pain of the World? [Literary Hub]
  29. 'Keeps your mind alert': older Swedes reap the benefits of learning for pleasure [The Guardian]
  30. The cultural works becoming public domain in 2026, from Betty Boop to Nancy Drew [NPR]
  31. The Dream of the Universal Library [Asterisk]

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