Library Link of the Day

November 2024

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  1. Misinformation is more than just bad facts: How and why people spread rumors is key to understanding how false information travels and takes root [The Conversation]
  2. The right to read [This Magazine]
  3. Stolen Pages [American Libraries]
  4. Getting Out the Vote: Library Resources for Voter Empowerment [Library Journal]
  5. 'Obeying Fascism in Advance,' National Archivist Sanitized US Museum [Common Dreams]
  6. Dutch publisher to use AI to translate ‘limited number of books’ into English [The Guardian]
  7. Vestal Public Library hosts ‘Reading for Therapy Dogs’ [WBNG]
  8. EveryLibrary Warns That U.S. Election Results Mean More Uncertainty for Libraries [Publishers Weekly]
  9. The true story of a famed librarian and the secret she guarded closely [NPR]
  10. Despite its impressive output, generative AI doesn’t have a coherent understanding of the world [MIT News]
  11. Sales surge for dystopian books after Trump election victory [The Guardian]
  12. Chegg Is On Its Last Legs After ChatGPT Sent Its Stock Down 99% [Gizmodo]
  13. The Death of Search [The Atlantic]
  14. Why is this Idaho library 18 and over? [ReasonTV]
  15. Children’s book by British chef Jamie Oliver is withdrawn after criticism from Indigenous Australians [CNN]
  16. It's Over - Gino vs Harvard Fake Data Scandal [Pete Judo]
  17. 'I was moderating hundreds of horrific and traumatising videos' [BBC News]
  18. Florida education officials report hundreds of books pulled from school libraries [Associated Press]
  19. AI and the Public [Library Journal]
  20. Academic papers yanked after authors found to have used unlicensed software [The Register]
  21. A Librarian Against AI [Violet B. Fox]
  22. Most US book bans target children’s literature featuring diverse characters and authors of color [The Conversation]
  23. Facing Cuts Likely to Worsen Under Trump, Academic Librarians Urgently Organize [Truthout]
  24. Why Bellerby Globes Are So Expensive [Insider Business]
  25. What People Are Getting Wrong This Week: Google AI Hallucinates (Again) [Lifehacker]
  26. Advocates fear national book ban under unified GOP government [The Hill]
  27. Safeguarding Against a Trump Data Dump [Forbes]
  28. That Librarian by Amanda Jones review – one woman’s brave fight against book banning [The Guardian]
  29. Alarmed and Alarming: Teaching Patrons How to Spot Celebrity Impostors [Computers in Libraries]
  30. Summary Judgment Motions Filed in ‘Tango’ Book Banning Case [Publishers Weekly]

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