Booker, Lauren; Bateman, Rebecca; Faulkhead, Shannon; Galassi, Monica; Garwood-Houng, Alana; Gissell, Tammi; et al. (2026). ATSILIRN Protocols – 30 Years On: Research Symposium Report. University of Technology Sydney. Report. doi.org/10.71741/4py... #GLAMS #FirstNations

Telstra, Optus and TPG say they may cut back mobile network investment after the communications regulator confirmed it will charge them a combined $7.32 billion to renew key radiofrequency spectrum licences used by 30 million Australian mobile services. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2026...

Recording of a ✨ conversation, hosted by @wehere.bsky.social, in which BIPOC knowledge workers discuss libraries + archives as tools of liberation + sovereignty + epistemological justice; the values that shld inform adoption of new technologies; the community intelligences that can't be AI-ified

Biblioteca Palafoxiana (1773) in Puebla, the first public library in the Americas.

New on ACRLog... All the Roads that Lead to Librarianship bit.ly/43hNlym

perma.cc is built for the link rot problem!

"What’s at stake, then, isn’t just representation: it’s the resilience and diversity of knowledge itself. ... this “training data” is far from the sum total of human knowledge, with oral cultures and even languages underrepresented or absent." www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...

"Research conclusively shows that #reading for pleasure fires the imagination, builds empathy, and is the single greatest predictor of academic success, life outcomes and wellbeing - regardless of social background.” Baroness Rebuck

The issue with the proposed solution of using AI to determine if AI citations in scientific papers are real is if we are planning to get rid of the libraries and Internet Archives of the world and Google Search etc is all AI where exactly is it going to look for that information?

Interesting #MultilingualDH piece on what gets lost in translation in AI-generated podcasts.

On Memorization, Fair Use, and the Future of Generative AI www.authorsalliance.org/2026/05/19/on-… #AI #copyright #FairUse

Dempsey, Lorcan (2026). Librarianship, information & education. figshare. Presentation. doi.org/10.6084/m9.f...

🎧 In this week’s episode of Against the Grain, @heatherstaines.bsky.social continues our 2025 Charleston Conference Leadership Interview Series and chats with @lorcand.bsky.social about libraries as social organizations and library directors as storytellers.

Read this useful set of tips on improving your use of YouTube in the light of the Google changes to force AI. Essentially you can do old style Google power searching in YouTube (for obvious reasons) cardcatalogforlife.substack.com/p/youtube-is...

Does your child only read graphic novels? That’s OK – it’s helping them build #literacy skills. #reading

Google Search as you know it is over "Instead of returning a simple list of links, Google Search will drop users into AI-powered interactive experiences at times."

Social Infrastructure is Essential Infrastructure by Eric Klinenberg and Gehl - Making Cities for People

As high-profile websites vanish, it’s a reminder that the web has no built-in archival layer. But some publishers are now blocking the Wayback Machine. What’s at stake if the web stops being archived? Our new FAQ explains: preserving the public record matters. 🌐📚 help.archive.org/help/faq-pub...

Gmail is going to start talking to you

SCBWI has added a Translation category to the Golden Kite Awards, widening translator members’ access to this purse and form of recognition. #Translation #KidLit #WorldKidLit #BookIndustryNews @scbwi.bsky.social www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

1 - Consider the source 2 - Look for evidence 3 - Use lateral reading Three #NewsLiteracy tips shared in this helpful story for navigating our falsehoods-fueled information environment.

Journal Article: A Multi-Agent System For Automating Scientific #Discovery (via @nature.com) www.nature.com/articles/s41... #science #AI @futurehousesf.bsky.social

Google’s vision for the future of Search is hyper-personalized, automated, and extremely #AI.

Google overhauls its search box, letting users ask longer queries, upload photos and videos, and use Gemini 3.5 Flash-powered agents to automate searches (New York Times) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

Early Years Toolkit for Multilingual Families. #libraries #EarlyYears

#AI Design Patterns for Information Professionals | Daniel van Strien - A free, online book of practical uses of AI in libraries (not just chatbots) based on a recent National Library of Scotland project. #libraries #GLAMS

I came across this lovely photo of an Asian toad that amateur nature photographer LiCheng Shih posted to Flickr under an open licence, and it's now the official image of the species in Wikipedia in 23 languages. If you take nature photos, your images could be used like this; ask me if keen.

Library safety is not just a security issue—it’s an operational, human, legal, and facility management issue. #libraries

Our NEW issue is here, #BfK278 📢 packed with interviews, features and children's book reviews. Includes Brian Moses, Natalia Shaloshvili, Alexis Deacon, Everything with Words, Letterbox Library recommends, new Beyond the Secret Garden AND @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social #BookSky #KidLit bit.ly/4tIl0fz

2026 NSW Literary Awards winners #Ozlit

in a world increasingly shaped by polarization, loneliness and the erosion of shared horizons, public #libraries still occupy a beautifully rare position within the city: they are radically public spaces where people can still encounter knowledge, difference and one another freely

"The forgotten political history of Australia's convicts" www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03... #convicts #australianhistory #ozhist #history

Episode 76 recounts the night Japanese Midget Subs came right into Sydney Harbour! 🎧https://www.australianhistoriespodcast.com.au/76-japanese-subs-in-sydney-harbour/🎧

RMIT Library Podcast conversations with guests on a broad range of topics: from teaching and research to technology, culture and the future of #libraries

The latest @booksforkeeps.bsky.social is out - free online! Beyond the Secret Garden looks at multilingualism in children's books. @ksandsoconnor.bsky.social and I discuss 'I'm Going to Make a Friend'. And an excellent column on tower blocks (and gardens!) from @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social!

Last month, Brewster Kahle — digital librarian of the Internet Archive — was honored as a 2026 Fellow by the Computer History Museum, joining past Fellows including Tim Berners-Lee, Katherine Johnson, and Steve Wozniak. More about the award ⤵️ blog.archive.org/2026/03/24/b...

In PRESERVING THE WEB IN THE AGE OF AI 📰 Mike Masnick warns that limiting good-faith preservation tools weakens systems needed to maintain an accessible historical record. 🎧 Listen on the Future Knowledge #podcast ⤵️ futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/pre... 🧵⬇️

The Internet is disappearing before our very eyes and it’s why we should all support that absolutely critical work of @archive.org

Celebrating Thirty Years of the Internet Archive with the ‘Class of 1996’ 🎓 Class Clown: The Onion (online) Making us laugh at the news online since 1996 & occasionally making it feel a little too real. See more of the Class of ’96 ➡️ blog.archive.org/2026/05/07/c... #Classof96 theonion.com

"For to know a man's library is, in some measure, to know his mind." — Geraldine Brooks #writing

Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered a 2,000-year-old mummy with a papyrus fragment of the “Iliad” sealed in a clay packet outside its wrappings. It is the first time a literary work has been found playing a functional, spiritual role in the mummification process.

"Some bots overwhelm websites with their aggressive crawling, while other bots perform valuable site indexing." Tim Lloyd discusses an issue familiar to all #scholarlypublishers – bot traffic – and suggests a more nuanced approach to filtering it. @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social #AI #repositories

I was annoyed that I couldn't find a database of David Attenborough documentaries where I could search for a specific episode by topic. So I made it. attenborough-100.vercel.app

Australian Ophan Works Scheme FAQ #copyright alacc.org.au/orphan-works...

Joyful Work: Ending Burnout in the Arts 5-episode podcast shares findings of research into burnout and practical recommendations for how to end burnout in cultural sector organisations. open.spotify.com/show/033fupT...

World Health Organization policy - Role of the arts and culture in addressing the health impacts of #climatechange

National Library of Scotland #opendata data.nls.uk #libraries

Building a Culture of Measuring #Impact in #Libraries

Libraries are Essential, not Optional. #LibSky

LIBRARIES ARE AMAZING