Library Link of the Day

July 2026

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  1. Sony erases digital content from libraries; we're reminded we don't own what we buy [Ars Technica]
  2. Monroeville Public Library was 'directed' to take down Pride Month display in children's section [TribLIVE]
  3. The Internet Is Being Erased [Current Affairs]
  4. Slow management in a fast world [Meredith Farkas]
  5. Plots, love letters and remedies: The medieval secrets being revealed by AI [BBC]
  6. Beyond the Mirage: Beware of Generative AI and Hallucinations [New York State Bar Association]
  7. Throwing the Book at Books in Prison [Texas Observer]
  8. How Bay Area Libraries Are Helping Residents Switch From Gas to Induction Cooking [KQED]
  9. Courts Split Over AI Training Fair Use Rulings [Let's Data Science]
  10. Trump Administration Posts Examples of 'Degeneracy' at Smithsonian [Newsweek]
  11. Reform criticised for ban on Pride at libraries [BBC News]
  12. Trump installs library of fake books on new Air Force One with odd titles in glaring error [AOL]
  13. PlayStation ending physical games is "like Apple removing the CD Drive from its laptops," says analyst: "Not a single person is complaining about it today" [GamesRadar+]
  14. US man Jeffrey Ying sentenced for stealing rare Chinese manuscript from UCLA [South China Morning Post]
  15. The Case for a Professional Foundation in Librarianship [Inside Higher Ed]
  16. How Gen Z Use (and Don't Use) Public Libraries [Library Journal]
  17. Google Hit With New Copyright Lawsuit Over Gemini AI Training [TechRepublic]
  18. Trump administration replaces Philly President's House slavery exhibit 'under the cover of darkness' after monthslong legal battle [WHYY]
  19. 5 Questions to Ask Your Vendors about AI [American Libraries]
  20. After book bans, one school district question traditional libraries [WUSF]
  21. National Book Ban Bill Introduced in Senate Committee [Publishers Weekly]
  22. Anthropic's landmark $1.5B copyright settlement is approved [TechCrunch]
  23. Consumers Are Worried About the Loss of Physical Media Ownership. Libraries Are Leading the Conversation. [ARL Views]
  24. Troubling new details emerge on diabetes ouster controversy [Ars Technica]
  25. See the world's largest pop-up book weighing over 1,800 pounds in LA [USA Today]
  26. Children's literature festival criticised after requests that comments on diversity be deleted [The Guardian]
  27. RFK Jr's team quietly updates CDC website to say science doesn't know if vaccines cause autism [The Independent]
  28. Chegg officially wiped out by AI [Tekedia]
  29. Librarians are hosting viral 'Avoiding AI' workshops for people who are fed up with Big Tech [TechCrunch]
  30. AI Companies Are Buying Antique Books, Ingesting Their Contents to Train Models, and Then Destroying Them at Incredible Scale [Futurism]

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