Library Link of the Day

August 2024

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  1. Senate passes the Kids Online Safety Act [The Verge]
  2. New lawsuit seeks to stop enforcement of Idaho library materials bill [Idaho Capital Sun]
  3. Mother points out ridiculousness of new library law that bans children from adult section [The Independent]
  4. AI music startup Suno admits to using copyrighted music, but says it's 'fair use' [Mashable]
  5. AI is complicating plagiarism. How should scientists respond? [Nature]
  6. Liverpool library torched by far-right rioters receives £50,000 in donations in one day for books [The Independent]
  7. As LGBTQ library material comes under fire, California may ban book bans [CalMatters]
  8. Wilson County principal advises teachers to not use classroom libraries because of new state law [WKRN]
  9. Utah outlaws books by Judy Blume and Sarah J Maas in first statewide ban [The Guardian]
  10. Google declared a monopoly: industry reactions and implications [Search Engine Land]
  11. SAG-AFTRA vs. AI: Why the Video-Game Strike Impacts All Actors [IndieWire]
  12. Hillbilly Elegy Revisited [AirMail]
  13. Could reading instruction manuals become a thing of the past? [BBC News]
  14. California JPIA shares insights on responding to first amendment audits [PublicCEO]
  15. AI on the Horizon [Library Journal]
  16. In Philly, school librarians are an endangered species. But the district could soon help lead a renaissance. [The Philadelphia Inquirer]
  17. Here’s what’s at stake in Iowa’s attack on libraries [Iowa Capital Dispatch]
  18. Authors push back on the growing number of AI 'scam' books on Amazon [Morning Edition]
  19. When you move, what do you do with all those books? [The Verge]
  20. Critical thinking in the digital age of AI: Information literacy is key [eSchool News]
  21. Library Faculty Eliminated Amid ‘Fiscal Insanity’ at Western Illinois [Inside Higher Ed]
  22. Transforming braille education could help millions of visually impaired Americans [Short Wave]
  23. Transforming Florida college dumps hundreds of books, many on sexuality, race and feminism [NBC News]
  24. That book is poison: Even more Victorian covers found to contain toxic dyes [Ars Technica]
  25. Has your paper been used to train an AI model? Almost certainly [Nature]
  26. British Library reveals £400,000 plan to rebuild after "catastrophic" ransomware attack [The Stack]
  27. No one’s ready for this [The Verge]
  28. 'Spread the truth': Librarian pushes back against lies about books and librarians [MSNBC]
  29. Oklahoma revokes license of teacher who gave class QR code to Brooklyn library in book-ban protest [Associated Press]
  30. Major Publishers, Authors Guild Sue Over New Florida Book Banning Law [Publishers Weekly]
  31. Are AI-created recipes hard to swallow? [BBC News]

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