"Free people read freely." www.youtube.com/watch?v=rme2...

“Is there ... future that much of what graduate student teaching assistants do can be done by A.I.?” ..“Yeah, absolutely.” What happens then to the pipeline of future professors who would come from the ranks of teaching assistants? “It will absolutely be an issue,” www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/t...

An expert on the Library of Congress tells Rolling Stone that Trump’s takeover attempt is “dangerous,” given that the Library’s sub-agencies provide confidential legal advice to members of Congress and help police misconduct by lawmakers. Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

(2/2) 하지만 놀랍게도, 거의 60년 전 에 별것 아닌 것 처럼 보였던 이 작은 연구가 우리 모두에게 엄청나고 지속적인 영향을 미치게 됩니다. 최근에 라디오 랩(Radio Lab)이라는 파드 캐스트에서 이 이야기를 아주 재미있게 풀었는데, 푹 빠져서 듣고 마지막에는 말을 잃을 정도로 충격을 받았습니다. 과학자들이 하는 일이 얼마나 중요하고, 우리 사회에 얼마나 큰 영향을 미치는지 다시 한번 생각하게 되실 거라 믿습니다. radiolab.org/podcast/the-...

(1/2) 1966년, 미국 정부는 옐로스톤 국립공원의 뜨거운 온천에서 살아남는 박테리아에 대한 연구를 지원했다고 합니다. 그때 당시에는 73℃, 화씨로는 163℉가 넘는 온도에서는 어떤 생명체도 살 수 없다고 믿었었지요. 그런데 결국 연구자들이 그런 상황에서도 생존하고 있는 박테리아를 찾아냈고, 연구를 끝마쳤다고 합니다. 이쯤 되면 많은 분들이 "그래서 뭐?" 라거나 "세금으로 별 쓸데없는 연구를 한 거 아니야?"라고 생각할 수도 있을 것 같아요. 지금 현재 미국 정부의 태도를 보면 이런 연구는 아마 지원받기도 힘들겠죠?

스콧 피츠제럴드의 "위대한 개츠비"는 지난 2021년에 저작권이 사라졌습니다. 그 이 후 이 작품을 이용한 다른 저작물들이 등장하고 있는데요. 영어 원작을 제대로 만들어진 오디오 북으로도 들어보십시오. 노파심에서 드리는 말씀입니다만 원작의 저작권이 사라졌어도 한국어를 비롯한 다른 언어의 번역본은 번역자의 저작권이 아직 살아 있을 수 있습니다. 주의하십시오. youtu.be/W9U43te3ZFw?...

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/a...

This is the best piece of reporting I’ve seen so far on what is going on at IMLS. I encourage everyone who cares about the key role that libraries and museums play in the United States to read it. news.artnet.com/art-world/do...

Happy Women’s Day! I am a firm believer in saying, “Behind every successful society is a woman who dared to dream.” Recently the Governor Janet Mills of Maine brought this quote to my mind. I hope you have a wonderful day of celebration!

Watch the Sci-Fi Short Film “I’m Not a Robot”: Winner of the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 2025 youtu.be/4VrLQXR7mKU?...

I really don't know where to start. Censoring free speech with a still questionable technology? Do they really believe this will lead to any positive outcomes, or is it merely a performance to appeal to their voters?

One of the many things that made it difficult for me to fall asleep was the division he created, even in this address. But honestly, what more could I have expected? Just when I thought he had hit rock bottom, he somehow managed to sink even further.  www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/u...

I had my share of dictators in South Korea during the 70s and 80s. But I did not expect to see another one in the U.S. T's words bring me a déjà vu. If it goes on, soon you may see undercover law enforcement on college campuses. I truly hope not to see this in the country I chose to call home.

Listening JD Vance's interview on the culture attacking masculinity and creating “androgynous idiots,” I remembered what Susan Sontag said once, "What is the most beautiful in virile men is something feminine; what is most beautiful in feminine women is something masculine."

✨ #ALAAC25 Registration is NOW LIVE! We have three "Mic Drop" speakers who are excited to take the stage in Philadelphia! Hear from Governor Gretchen Whitmer, @georgetakei, and Geena Davis when they share exclusive insights from their latest books. Register today and SAVE! bit.ly/ALAAC25-Regi...

@eliothiggins.bsky.social joined DEEP to discuss the origins of Bellingcat and share his thoughts on the future of traditional journalism and social media. Watch the interview here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=quXB...

“Sometimes, too, when you’re in the archives, you’re doing solitary work. But when you look at a handwritten letter with a group of people, it becomes more fun, and you also have more eyes decoding [it].” www.bowdoin.edu/news/2025/02...

Who should be responsible for the hallucination or the use of it? “Our internal artificial intelligence platform ‘hallucinated’ the cases in question while assisting our attorney in drafting the motion in limine,” the law firm said in a filed response." www.404media.co/lawyers-caug...

For those who are looking for missing GOV web pages; govwayback.com

“Our President is a short, thick little lump of a man, with no talents," remarked a Bowdoin student from the class of 1825. sca.bowdoin.edu/class-of-1825/

Depicting mountainous jumbles of luxury goods — luscious fruits, savory meats, ostentatious servingware — pronkstilleven, or “sumptuous still lifes”, are a distinct subgenre of still life painting that gained fleeting popularity in the 17th century: publicdomainreview.org/collection/d...

We need to remind what Heinrich Heine once said, "Those who burn books will in the end burn people." www.everylibrary.org/trump_admini...?

As a librarian, especially someone started as resource sharing librarian, I am wondering if there is any way we can help those students and scholars with resources we have. I believe RSCVD.org can play a role here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5Mm...

"I think when people understand what's been happening [to librarians], they will feel the violation personally, as well." Sarah Jessica Parker hopes people will create a more robust community of support for librarians after seeing Kim A. Snyder's new documentary. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wVY...

This action will deliver a devasting blow to America's commitment to preserving museum and library services. We know this won't end here. action.everylibrary.org/trump_has_al... via @everylibrary.bsky.social

Being mesmerized by her soulful voice and melodies of Fado. youtu.be/1zdcG5rUY3o?...

Opinion: An English instructor says that amazing writing by young people used to bring her joy, but now it usually depresses her. chroni.cl/3E4YGsm

"The ease with which these papers can be found further complicates the issue, particularly for the general public who may struggle to distinguish peer-reviewed research from less credible sources." www.techtimes.com/articles/309...

You can even get married in the #library. "19 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do at the Library" www.phillymag.com/news/free-li...

Gonna be a wild decade. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/o...

Here’s MIT Technology Review's forecast for AI this year: www.technologyreview.com/2025/01/14/1...

Zoom-20250113 -Hendrick Avercamp, "Winter Landscape with Ice Skaters"(1608). It is a winter landscape but it always warms my heart. See the full image at id.rijksmuseum.nl/200108163

스캐닝해서 PDF 로 보면 될 걸 뭐하러 힘들게 시간들여 복원을 하느냐는 질문을 하실 분들이 계실지도 모르겠습니다. 하지만 이 영상을 보면서 인쇄한 종이들이 모여서 만들어진 책이라는 물건이 우리에게 주는 영감과 의미를 다시 한 번 더 생각합니다. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQj2...

"AI is so dependent on the quality of data for accurate outcomes. And it is really important for the people who are experts in the workflow to review the output." blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/20...

These alternatives to popular apps can help reclaim your online life from billionaires and surveillance

I love libraries. As a latchkey kid I basically grew up in my local library. As an adult, finding my books in the library is how I knew I had made it as a writer. Please use and support your local library, they're incredibly important to your community and to the country.

60 Free Film Noir Movies. Includes films by Orson Welles, Fritz Lang, John Huston & Many More. Have a good weekend. www.openculture.com/free_film_no...

Book publisher HarperCollins confirms it has a deal to sell authors' work to an AI company 🔗 www.404media.co/harpercollin...

스트리밍 서비스의 등장으로 대표되는 미디어 유통 방식의 변화, 즉 미디어에 접하는 방식이 실물 구입에서 회원 가입으로 달라진 지금, 디지털 공간에 존재하는 책과 음악, 영화 등의 미디어는 제대로 아카이브되는 일 없이 언제라도 쉽게 사라질 수 있다는 위험을 가지고 있습니다. 이 문제에 대해 인터넷 아카이브에서 펴낸 보고서를 소개합니다. blog.archive.org/2024/10/30/v...

지금까지 생산된 인류의 모든 지식을 한 곳에 모아 놓고 지구상의 모든 사람들이 그것들을 보고, 듣고, 읽을 수 있게 만드는 일이 과연 가능할까요? 1996년 어느 날 MIT 출신의 컴퓨터 엔지니어인 브루스터 케일(Brewster Kahle) 씨는 그것이 가능하다고 생각했습니다. brunch.co.kr/@alcidemio/46

"빠르게 발전하는 기술들을 보면서 과연 그런 발전에 대해 우리가 제대로 준비하는 일이 가능한 일인지조차 의심스러울 때가 있습니다. 그런 기술이 우리에게 미칠 영향에 대한 충분한 생각과 고민 없이 무조건 받아들이는 것이 옳은 일일지 의문이 든다는 것이지요. 아니 더 솔직하게 말하자면 그러한 수용이 우리 인간에게 안전한 일인지 확신이 없다면 조금 천천히 가는 것이 더 낫지 않을까 하는 생각을 자주 합니다." brunch.co.kr/@alcidemio/19

한국의 연구 개발(R&D) 활동에 대한 2024년 Nature Index 가 발표되었군요. 연구 개발에 투자하는 비용은 늘어나고 있지만 그 투자에 걸맞는 결과를 만들어 내는데 장애가 되는 요소들을 이야기하고 있습니다. 학생 수의 감소, 연구자들의 구성에서 보이는 성비 불균형, 그리고 문화와 언어의 차이가 만들어내는 국제 협력 및 외국 학생/연구자 유치의 어려움 등을 이야기 하고 있군요. www.nature.com/collections/...

This study investigates the ability of voice assistants and generative AI tools to respond to reference questions traditionally received by academic librarians. #AI, #Library, #Reference-interview www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

AI 를 이용하면서 우리가 잃어 가는 것은 무엇일런지요. brunch.co.kr/@alcidemio/17

에어팟을 잃어 버리고 깨달은 것 alook.so/posts/J5tyeV...

This is a comprehensive way to see what is going around in regards to the AI development for academia.   sr.ithaka.org/our-work/gen...

" The Principles on Library Ownership of Digital Books: Libraries must be able to purchase and own digital books. Libraries must preserve digital books. Libraries must provide access to digital books. Libraries must protect reader privacy. " www.libraryfutures.net/post/introdu...

"Behind each paper, there is a person." www.youtube.com/watch?v=MckH...