Currently doing some marking. A reminder to everyone involved in archives and collections: digitisation is not preservation. If I digitise a box of records and put the files on a USB stick I haven't preserved a thing. It's all about what you do with the files post-digitisation. #archives #digipres

ooooh, cozy home library pron😍...suddenly feeling better about all the random stacks of books I have scattered throughout my house #libraries

It took me about three months to get here but... Here's a 🪶 for (nearly) every species of bird, with colors extracted from wikipedia descriptions. 10,151 species. #dataviz #birds #data

great ideas here: "a digital sanctuary city against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), protecting workers, ensuring fair prices and access, and building public technology infrastructure...a model for how a local government can orient technology toward collective care, dignity, and justice"

Libraries matter. Access matters. After years of legal battles, the Internet Archive is still here—and still fighting for a world where everyone can read, learn, and remember. @arstechnica.com tells the story: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

As LLMs manufacture a form of scholarship, presentation doesn’t mean what it used to. D&S's Ranjit Singh looks at how this threatens the open-access research repository arXiv, how its founder is fighting to sustain its credibility, & what researchers can do to help. datasociety.net/points/on-ar...

Trump is now attempting to fire the head of the U.S. Copyright Office in retaliation for a report that suggested some copyrighted works used to train generative AI models would likely require licensing. action.everylibrary.org/locpetition via @everylibrary.bsky.social

Lest we forget: "This human-created knowledge is what AI companies rely on to generate content; even Grokipedia needs Wikipedia to exist."

And hey, go follow @datarescueproject.org while you're at it!!

Woah...not surprising that Wikimedians were able to neutralize the gunman with such efficiency and grace: “I ducked down, but I still kept moving” said Mr. Lih, a digital strategist who works with museums and libraries…”I pried his fingers away from it, removed it from his hands and put it down.”

We are honored to receive an NDSA Digital Preservation Excellence award. In accepting the award, @lyndamk.bsky.social expressed how this work is only possible due to our volunteers who "have spent countless hours working to ensure that public data remains a public good that is publicly accessible."

U-M Workshop Explores Generative AI in Social Science Research, Calls for Clearer Guidelines: myumi.ch/2rgeJ #ResearchDataEcosystem #GenerativeAI #SocialScience

I had the opportunity to see a pre-screening of this a couple months ago and it is excellent, if heartbreaking. It’s showing soon for a couple weeks at Film Forum in NYC and other places across the nation…great way to honor #BannedBooksWeek @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social

I wonder how much if this is a consequence of paywalling science… pulling papers from z library or whatever means sacrificing metadata.

Harvard's new AI over semantic search tool is now available to use in beta: library.harvard.edu/about/news/2.... I'm curious as to what the advantage here is beyond being able to respond to natural language queries, especially considering it "may make mistakes"

It's time for #ClimateWeekNYC! On Thursday Sept 25 @ 3:30 pm, we’re co-hosting an in-person panel with @nrginstitute.bsky.social exploring how AI technologies may reinforce legacies of unjust natural resource exploitation. Space is limited; reserve your spot! resourcegovernance.org/events/ai-an...

Spent some time today playing tourist in my hometown to fill in some remaining gaps for #saveoursigns. Independence Park in Philly is receiving particular scrutiny for whitewashing history in preparation for the 250 year USA birthday celebrations next year

If you're on #LinkedIn, this is the link for declining their use of your data for training their AI models: www.linkedin.com/mypreference...

"...librarians report being treated like robots over library reference chat, and patrons getting defensive over the veracity of recommendations they’ve received from an AI-powered chatbot. Essentially, like more people trust their preferred LLM over their human librarian."

Great piece on why effective metadata is crucial for data portals! At DRP, we 💖 metadata. But we beg portal and dashboard creators to consider and simplify data extraction. We've faced challenges ... So. Many. Challenges. #DataRescue www.govtech.com/biz/data/d-c...

"... contemporary discovery systems operate through what Zuboff identifies as extraction architectures that gather user behavioral data while providing search results optimized for vendor algorithms rather than local ... strengths or community needs." scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/08/26/g...

❤️ #Wikidata

Calling all NYC #DataRescuers, we're going to be in your area! Help #SaveOurSigns finish strong with an in-person rescue event. Please register in advance. lu.ma/w7cfkk26

#pennsylvania people!! This won't just affect Philadelphia and #septa... #Amtrak train service is also on the chopping block. Tell Your Legislators: If Transit Stops, We All Stop. www.congressweb.com/ppta/2?frame...

We’re thrilled to be hosting a 4-part fall event series in collaboration with the New York Public Library, exploring the social implications of AI & its impacts on democracy, the environment, & human labor. Learn more and RSVP to attend live in NYC or via livestream! datasociety.net/events/under...

Fresh report just out from NISO Open Discovery Initiative (ODI) on #genai #artificialintelligence and #library discovery: tinyurl.com/4cyf97hh

Eleven more libraries will reopen on Sundays, thanks to the leadership of the City Council. They never should've been closed in the first place. As Mayor, I'll end this absurd budget dance that keeps our beloved libraries in limbo year after year.

VERY concerning: "It was a move with few precedents in the century-long history of economic statistics in the United States. And for good reason: When political leaders meddle in government data, it rarely ends well." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/b...

AI guardrails gone wrong: "The first error reports shared in a listserv for Summon users contained 'Tulsa race riot' and 'Tulsa race massacre.' Test searches by reference librarians and systems librarians containing these search terms generated no results." acrlog.org/2025/07/21/w...

Be the first to #Saveoursigns at remaining national parks and monuments....lots of sites still need to be documented!: sites.google.com/umn.edu/save...

View from across the pond: observer.co.uk/news/interna...

Visiting a national park or monument this summer? Please join the effort to saveoursigns.org! We need your help to preserve our nation’s stories and make them accessible to all. This is in response to Executive Order 14253, which seeks to erase “negative” stories from public view. #SaveOurSigns

We are dismantling American higher education & scientific research & health care & all the other things to fund concentration camps

The bittersweetness and futility of trying to delete yourself from the internet: www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/r...

Also important to compare this censorship to accusations of academic institutions lacking “viewpoint diversity,” revealing the lie that it isn’t about diversity of opinions but a desire to take over and control the narrative from their point of view exclusively. www.everylibrary.org/rejecting_go...

We have a big announcement & it involves a bevy of nautical themes. The DRP can now take donations! Read more about what we need & how you can help. Everyone is welcome to become a part of the crew, though, even if you don't have the financial means. 🛟 ❤️ www.datarescueproject.org/help-us-keep...

Some troubling information A red banner appeared on the NeMO (The Neuroscience Multi-omic) webpage. "This repository is under review for potential modification in compliance with Administration directives." What effing Administration directives relate to a neurosciece multi-omic repository? 1/3

I have the same question and do they have even the faintest clue as to what bit rot is...

"People often take infrastructure — like bridges, electricity, and cell service — for granted. The same is true for federal data." essentialdata.us

This profit-motivated AI piracy is what publishers should be focusing on, rather than attacking Internet Archive/libraries' age-old, socially beneficial practice of lending purchased copies: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

Come talk about #DataRescue with us! www.datarescueproject.org/data-rescue-... We also have some materials for your event: osf.io/zbdxt/

Such a great read here! Much of my current work and life trajectory has been fueled by pushing against a zero-sum upbringing..."life isn't fair"...well, why not? It certainly could be: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/w...

We’re excited to share the first batch of US Government websites that Webrecorder has archived as part of the @eotarchive.org initiative. They’re now available on our public collections gallery app.browsertrix.com/explore/usgo... #WebArchiving #Browsertrix #EOTarchive

On Tuesday 2/25 – in D.C. and online – workers and labor leaders will rally to expose how attacks on public funding decimate public health and education while siphoning off public resources for private gain. Hands off our healthcare, research, jobs, and education! Join us: www.labor4highered.org

"Avoid anticipatory compliance"...YES, there's been way too much of that happening...if you comply without being compelled, we can only assume you never really cared: scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/02/11/d...

Call for IMMEDIATE action: LCSH is officially proposing changes from "Mexico, Gulf of" to "America, Gulf of" and "Denali" to "Mt. Mckinley": classweb.org/tentative-su... Send feedback to [email protected] by TODAY, Tuesday, February 18, to oppose these changes

Now is the time to #DefendResearch! Sign the declaration to defend US research against erasure and censorship: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Happy Love Data Week, everyone. Here is our love letter to you .... and public data. #LoveDataWeek #LoveData25 docs.google.com/document/d/1...