Library Link of the Day
May 2026
- The A.I. Writing Panic Is Completely Missing the Point [Slate]
- Trump's Proposed Budget Guts Local Libraries and Museums [Truthdig]
- How an antisemitic conspiracy theory made its way to a state capitol [Consider This]
- Trump administration fires all members of US National Science Board [Al Jazeera]
- False stories of 'porn in schools' are decoys for book bans [The Hill]
- Huntington Beach ordered to pay $1 million in lawyer fees in library censorship lawsuit [The Orange County Register]
- Faculty Concerned About ASU's 'Frankensteinian' AI Course Builder [Insider Higher Ed]
- Even More Authors, Publishers Sue Meta Over Copyright in AI Training: What's Different Now [CNET]
- AI Chatbots [Last Week Tonight with John Oliver]
- Why Obama's Presidential 'Library' May Be the Last Normal One [Time]
- Do we absorb information better on paper, rather than screens? It depends on the screen [The Conversation]
- Number of nonfiction books banned in schools has doubled, report says [USA Today]
- ALA Workers Make Progress Toward Labor Union [Publishers Weekly]
- Dozens of books removed from Duval Schools include 'Handmaid’s Tale' and Maya Angelou [Jacksonville Today]
- Money, Power, and Respect [School Library Journal]
- Analysis reveals AI's impact on research, journals [The Source]
- A Wikipedia Clone Built on AI Hallucinations Is Here to Hasten Along the Death of the Internet [Gizmodo]
- Dothan library system changes hours after losing passport revenue [WTVY]
- Libraries Face Hard Choices Amid Constraint [Inside Higher Ed]
- The future of libraries: a dialogue with CUHK's university librarian [The Standard]
- Google's Ambitious AI Search Changes Are Risky. Here's Why [Inc.]
- E-books and audiobooks are costing libraries an arm and a leg [WBEZ]
- Literary Prizewinners Are Facing AI Allegations. It Feels Like the New Normal [Wired]
- Ousted library director wins $475,000 settlement in discrimination lawsuit against Montgomery County [Houston Public Media]
- Polish Nobel literature laureate Tokarczuk sparks controversy after admitting using AI [Notes From Poland]
- Oldest Surviving English Poem Gets Discovered in Medieval Book in Rome by 'Speechless' Researchers [People]
- How state laws can stymie research into your ancestors' psychiatric records [Associated Press]
- Academics in Meltdown Now That They're Responsible for AI Hallucinations in Their Research Papers [Futurism]
- Are hardback books things of 'great beauty' or a dying art? [BBC News]
- Library Orgs Urge Big Five to Address Digital Pricing [Publishers Weekly]
- In the 'biggest book giveaway in history' WWII soldiers received pocket-sized reads [Fresh Air]
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