Our latest and last issue of the year is out! It is a special issue celebrating the 50th year of Charles Sturt University's Library and Information Science programme, with several of the articles open access. Chek them out here. www.tandfonline.com/toc/ualj21/7...?

The latest full issue of JALIA with over 8 articles open/free access. www.tandfonline.com/toc/ualj21/7...?

The Risks of Declining Theory Construction and Theorisation and Rising Empiricism in the Discipline of Information Science: An Overview www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

A great review of all the global collaborative efforts in LIS Education www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Another wonderful open access early online article from JALIA www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

An important reflection by Dr. Waseem Afzal at Charles Sturt University www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

A great paper by Professor Spencer Lilley on decolonising Māori collections. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Have a look at the early online version of this JALIA article with its gorgeous photos of some amazing libraries! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Did you know the Reserve Bank of Australia has its own digital collection online? https://unreserved.rba.gov.au/

Between EBSCO Natural language search, Web of Science Smart search & JSTOR AI Research tool (all bundled in "free"), we starting to see databases offer non-boolean mode as an option, based on idea that users influenced by CHATGPT will be using long natural language queries instead of keyword?(1)

For academics & scholars who've uploaded papers to Academia, this message I received this morning should be of major concern. I'll delete my account, but I assume damage is done & they've already scraped everything of mine. Should stand as a warning about sharing one's work on commercial websites

Here’s something absolutely cooked about books in Australia https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/heres-something-absolutely-cooked-about-books-in-australia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=heres-something-absolutely-cooked-about-books-in-australia #auspol

If you have a copy of the Australian Academic and Research Libraries (AARL) 23 (3), 1992, Confronting the Future: University Libraries in the Next Decade hiding in your shelf, please contact [email protected] as we are looking for it. AARL is one of the precursor journals to JALIA.

As Wikipedia becomes more central to the infrastructure #AI the organization is grappling with rising bot traffic, attribution and how to sustain its ecosystem in the face of powerful new users. observer.com/2025/03/wiki...

To better understand OER and the role of our organization, as well as CC licenses and their application in implementing the 2019 UNESCO Recommendation on OER, we developed some helpful resources. Check them out here: creativecommons.org/about/educat...

Missed our webinar on #libraries, #copyright, and #AI? The recording is now available! Explore how two new #IFLA copyright statements can support library advocacy, covering essential principles and the latest debates around AI and copyright law. Watch it here: youtu.be/lKY858b0ChY

The new issue of JALIA is out! www.tandfonline.com/toc/ualj21/c...

Good, long thread. I had a similar experience recently when a patron brought me a prompt response and we tried to validate it.

Large language models (#LLMs) such as #ChatGPT have increased our dependence on #DataCentres, with troubling consequences for the environment. @eugeniedugoua.bsky.social‬ for @lsebr.bsky.social‬

In an era where truth-telling is hard to discern, Wikipedia is an invaluable tool for fact-checking and combating misinformation. That's why from 15 May to 5 June 2025 1 LibRef2025 is calling on all Librarians and Information Professionals to add at least one reference to Wikipedia.

“I’m excited to publish this guest post by Nick McGreivy, a physicist who last year earned a PhD from Princeton. Nick used to be optimistic that AI could accelerate physics research….” www.understandingai.org/p/i-got-fool...

This is the LAST CHANCE to tell Congress to #FundLibraries. We need you to make your voice heard TODAY. Letters in Congress in support of library funding are about to close. Call your Senators and urge them to fund libraries in next year's budget: bit.ly/Call2FundLibraries #ForOurLibraries

In an update, the Philadelphia Inquirer ceo is investigating how they came to publish a supplement with AI-generated incorrect content, which “is a violation of our own internal policies and a serious breach.” King Features produced the piece. lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2025/05/news...

Don't mess with Texas libraries! #bookbans

What the Library of Congress should be. Public domain photos by Shawn Miller/Library of Congress. www.libraryfutures.net/post/library...

I have a feeling it wouldn't just be the NSW education department where biometric data started being collected when Microsoft Teams turned it on by default. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

It's so sad that GenAI breaks the trust between teachers and students and turns us into cops and suspects.

My open access paper with Dr. Edward Luca (CSU) and Dr. @maryanne-kennan.bsky.social (CSU) on what is needed for Library and Information Science in Australia and New Zealand to thrive doi.org/10.47989/ir3...

Seems fitting that the machine built on ingesting people’s labor without their consent doesn’t know the meaning of the word “no.” It is just like its masters.

📚 LibriVox brings books to life through voice. For 20 years, volunteers have turned #PublicDomain texts into free audiobooks—no paywalls, no restrictions. 🎧️ Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/03/10/p... @gutenberg.org #InternetArchive #Audiobooks #libsky

It's official: 23andMe’s data was sold to Regeneron. Remember to be cautious with the sensitive info you share online or with companies. Your data could be up for sale. 💲 #Cybersecurity #TechNews #Business #DataSecurity #IT #Tech

Call for Proposals "Fantastic Futures 2025: #AI Everywhere, All at Once" Dec. 3-5, 2025 at the British Library (via #AI4LAM, via @britishlibrary.bsky.social) sites.google.com/view/ai4lam/... #libraries #GLAM #digitalhumanities

CHORUS Workshop Report: #Metadata Gone Wrong – What to Fix and Why It Matters (via @chorusaccess.bsky.social) www.chorusaccess.org/metadata-gon... #scholcomm #publishing

ICYMI "Low-Quality Papers are Surging by Exploiting Public Data Sets and #AI" (via @science.org) www.science.org/content/arti...

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

An open access article in Information Research by the three editors of JALIA on the future of LIS in Australia and NZ. Dr. Edward Luca, Dr. @bhuvauts.bsky.social and Dr. @maryanne-kennan.bsky.social doi.org/10.47989/ir3...

Whenever I open a Word document at work, the AI summary has already been carried out, waiting for me above the top of the page and effectively short-circuiting my thinking. I can't turn it off. Tech company ROIs depend on gen AI being forced into everything we use whether we want it or not.

Massive Victory in Lawsuit Filed Against Trump Administration’s Dismantling of IMLS: The Trump administration has been ordered to stop dismantling the IMLS and has been ordered to restore the agency to its pre-Executive Order functions and staffing.

"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging." Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council. I wrote about my decision in TIME. time.com/7285045/resi...

There are few infrastructural wonders remaining to us, but interlibrary loan is certainly one. (I can get material from another country in two days? Just b/c I ask for it? This has been a routine happening in my life for the last twenty-odd years, but it nonetheless still seems a minor miracle.)

Please join Tasma Walton and me in a conversation around Bundyi Publishing, hosted by the Australian Society of Authors on July 9. Open to all, and free. www.asauthors.org.au/events/bundy... @austlit.bsky.social @simonschusteranz.bsky.social #writing #publishing #IndigenousX #FirstNationsVoices

When the Home Secretary is having to argue that the Prime Minister's speech was "completely different to Enoch Powell's", it may be time to pause and reflect on ... lots of things.

Just learnt that the almost 25 year old Libqual+ is being discontinued. Really interesting to see what will happen. The survey IMHO is aging badly but they have unmatched rich data to benchmark against (you can see every single institution who ever did libqual back to 2000)..... (1)

Now is the time to Show Up #ForOurLibraries with our actions, not just our words. Congress must #FundLibraries in the FY26 budget and protect library funding nationwide. Tell Congress to Fund Libraries: bit.ly/Call2FundLibraries

Awesome news! Let’s give it up for Ohio—every single library levy on Tuesday’s ballot passed, some by blowout margins. While GOP extremists try to slash $91M in library funding, voters showed up to say loud and clear: we believe in books, not bans. 📚 More here: tinyurl.com/OH-libraries

"The list has now expanded to 350+ words, encompassing even desirable goals like “safe drinking water,” the mention of which can result in research grants or other agreements with the federal government getting nixed. "

Just hours after the Copyright Office released its report on AI training—stating the obvious, that much unlicensed commercial training of AI on copyright-protected material is unlikely to qualify as fair use—President Trump has fired the Register of Copyrights. www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/tru...

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...

Kind of incredible how the GOP just keeps killing incredibly useful and popular programs and people just shrug. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

Now this. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/w...?