Maybe it’s just the Humanities professor in me, but let it be noted that events of today (ahem) have demonstrated the value of being able to assess a large volume of qualitative data and do careful textual analysis with deep attention to context.

😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎

A sneak peek at the cover of next week’s issue, which celebrates Zohran Mamdani’s historic win. #NewYorkerCovers https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM

A reminder that you can donate to Wikipedia to keep human-sourced knowledge accessible.

Mis/disinfo people - my examples for class are all very depressing... there are some silly things out there, right? Can you help me lighten it up a bit, or is it all doom and gloom?

this month the influencers discovered vancouver has a library good for them!

My 15 year old just now: “I’m so glad they’re teaching us digital literacy in school. And even better that it’s a mandatory class too.” Music to my librarian/mom ears! 🎶

‘Tis autumn 🍂

New on ACRLog... Teaching AI as an Anti-AI Librarian "I still believe that higher education and libraries should not serve as AI accelerants." - Eleanor Ball t.co/xijlGoFina

Head to a protest today. I can almost promise you will feel less hopeless. That's exactly what they don't want. There are more of us than there are of them.

SFU’s new School of Medicine, the first in Western Canada in nearly 60 years, is now officially accepting applications for its first cohort of future physicians! The inaugural class will begin the program in August 2026. Read more: www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stor...

BCIT interviewed me. I’m proud to work here. www.bcit.ca/news/stories... “Some people say AI is inevitable and we should give up,” Ian reflected. “But we can’t. This is exactly the moment to fight for an ethical future.”

Lmaooooooo

Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

Report: Entire world refreshing newsfeed for no particular reason

I am excited to share my latest publication, co-authored with Oya Pakkal and Xiaoyang Xia, on the multi-year impact of Canada's first Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) degree programs, at my former institution Kwantlen Polytechnic University. #OER #OpenEducation #OEP #ZTC openpraxis.org/articles/10....

PKP is pleased to announce the launch of collaborations with @sfupublishing.bsky.social and Lifelong Learning for new open publishing courses, and seeks community feedback. Take the quick survey and learn more about the new courses: pkp.sfu.ca/2025/07/07/w... #ScholarlyPublishing #OpenPublishing

Feeling so lucky to live here … today and every day ❤️🇨🇦

BREAKING: A federal judge reversed National Institutes of Health's terminations of hundreds of critical research grants that were canceled because of their alleged connection to disfavored topics, including diversity, equity, inclusion, and gender identity. This is a major win for public health.

We know connections are important. A survey “found that 35 percent of respondents think their academic success would be most improved by professors getting to know them better,” highlighting the importance of student-professor connections. www.insidehighered.com/news/student...

“The unreliability of chatbots is adding to the already saturated disinformation landscape on social media now so typical of major breaking news events.”

The New York Times has found at least two more fake citations in the MAHA report. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/w...

Any librarian at any of the Chicago public libraries would've whipped up a list for free for the Sun-Times.

Good review of evidence.👇 The internet is full of misinformation. That's by design, experts say www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks... Me: "Our information environment is completely manipulated, and often people don't realize the degree to which that is the case." We're living through a knowledge crisis!

Made it to Friday. Happy long weekend! ❤️

Canceling research on misinformation is not only an attack on science and academic freedom. It is also a democracy, safety, and security threat. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/b...

NEW: Congress is pushing back on the President's actions at the Library of Congress. Our federal legislature MUST show up for its library & intervene: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202... You can take action to Show Up #ForOurLibraries. Tell Congress to #FundLibraries: bit.ly/Call2FundLibraries

Excited to be teaching “FASS 222: Critical Research Skills” over the next 5 weeks - a pilot 1 credit FASS Forward course at SFU with a focus on building research and information literacy skills!

NEW: ALA salutes Dr Carla Hayden for her exceptional service to the nation as the Librarian of Congress. We are deeply disappointed in Dr Hayden's abrupt & unjust dismissal last night, an insult to the scope & breadth of her work. Read ALA Pres. Cindy Hohl's statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/05...

It's really hard to overstate how hugely favored conservatives were up until two months ago. Here's the graph of Canadian polling between March 2023 and March 2025. (Reminder: blue is conservative.) Those are months and months of 20+ point leads for Tories.

CBC projects that their funding is gonna be just fine thank you very much #CBC #CanadaVotes #cdnpoli

IT IS OFFICIAL CBC NEWS IS PROJECTING A LIBERAL PARTY GOVERNMENT

Voted on our lunch break, and it took less than 10 minutes. The stakes are so high in this election, and every single vote matters - especially in a swing riding like Port Moody-Coquitlam here. Polls are open until 7pm in BC tonight, so there’s still time to get out there and vote 🇨🇦

“The quality of children’s education, their exposure to ideas and the preparing of citizens in the next generation are all being harmed by this censorship.” — Emerson Sykes, ACLU senior staff attorney and lead counsel in the case www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... #ForOurLibraries

Jaw droppingly beautiful views on the Gower Peninsula here in Wales

Given the rapidly evolving political landscape in the United States and reports of individuals encountering difficulties crossing the border, CAUT strongly recommends that academic staff travel to the U.S. only if essential and necessary. Read more: www.caut.ca/latest/2025/...

We’re so excited to reveal that the location of #LILAC26 will be @sheffielduni.bsky.social We hope to see you all there next year. Thank you to everyone that joined us at #LILAC25 and safe journey home.

📣US students looking to study outside the US📣 Select #SFU grad programs opening their applications for 2025/2026 admits! Applications open Apr 16-Apr 25: www.sfu.ca/gradstudies/... #AcademicSky share widely! @sfufass.bsky.social

Day 2 at #lilac25 has kicked off with a brilliant presentation from two librarians from the university of Houston, Texas on reflection for assessing information literacy. Hand-wrote my notes but wanted to share this awesome toolkit they've put together: libteach.pubpub.org/reflectionto...

Good morning, Cardiff!

There’s a word for it ☕️

View from the hotel rooftop tonight (Cardiff, Wales). Feeling lucky to be in such a great city for such a great conference here 👍 #LILAC2025

Join @hopepower.bsky.social in CSL Sir Stanley Thomas Lecture Theatre to discover how to structure & sustain a teaching-focused community of practice within a library organisation to support ongoing collaborative learning for staff from a diverse range of roles & units. #LILAC25

Want to follow the #LILAC25 keynote speakers, presenters & sponsors? We've created our #LILAC25 Starter Pack to help you out. The pack includes all of the accounts we can find. If you're presenting at #LILAC25 but we haven't included you, just let us know & we'll happily add you!

...and Jane Austen's worst review? Honestly, we found this flyleaf graffiti from a disgruntled reader quite encouraging. You can't please all of the people all of the time and all that.

“From April 14-18, select UBC graduate programs at UBC Vancouver will re-open their applications for US citizens to be considered for Sept 2025 or Jan 2026 entry - they are ready to provide quick admissions decisions for these applicants“ #gradstudent #gradschool www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...

NEW: ALA is going to court to stop the President’s attempts to illegally dismantle the Institute of Museum & Library Services. The President does not have the authority to destroy a federal agency. That's why we're taking action with our co-plaintiff @afscme.bsky.social. #ForOurLibraries (1/3)

New paper: Modeling the amplification of epidemic spread by individuals exposed to misinformation on social media 🧪 Simulations informed by social media data yield a worst-case bound on additional infections due to exposure to online vaccine misinfo. It's not good. www.nature.com/articles/s44...

About to present "Two Decades of Critical Information Literacy: A Review of the Literature." Here are the presentation slides: tinyurl.com/TwoDecadesACRL & full paper: tinyurl.com/TwoDecadesPaper #acrl2025