Gigabit Libraries Network

GLN operates as an open collaboration of tech savvy, innovation libraries cooperating as a distributed global testbed/showcase environment.

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Project Launch: State Libraries and AI Tools (SLAAIT)

State libraries to explore strategic use of AI around workforce development.

Join tomorrow.
https://t.co/MGEn6L23Hl

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With faith in the future. https://t.co/CRHH6Bo2V7

[Larry Brilliant MD MPH FACPM 💛💙 @larrybrilliant]

“News” as the media reports is understandably short term but misleadingly dark. There are so many good trends missed. Take a look at the uplifting Swedish site ⁦@Gapminder⁩ which will make you feel much much better about humanity. https://t.co/OK2Jyit2VP

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@IFLA published extensive working document that sets out considerations for "Developing a Library Strategic Response to Artificial Intelligence."
Join us Thursday in discussion on potential impacts and implications! https://t.co/3Ep384OtNj

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SpaceX today has greater launch capacity than all others. Combined!

Starlink is a ubiquitous, semi-autonomous, high-performance communications system, nearly impervious to disruption.

Likely a five year lead in both. May even be growing.

That is a lot of power in one place.

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Check out this article from @nytimes. https://t.co/bhLf9TgVUg

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Check out this gifted article from @nytimes. https://t.co/7rByH1T5VX
Guy nails it. Humans may be too adaptable and therefore too ready to accept the new (ab)normal. AND that US & China MUST lead. Very very soon! Is there anything else worth working on?!

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@ArjunKharpal We explored in 1/29/21 “Library Responses to Big A.I.”
Speakers:
•Pam Ryan: Toronto Public Library
•Richard Whitt: Fellow in Residence at Mozilla Foundation and President Glia Foundation
•R. David Lankes: UT iSchool

https://t.co/wYWAJsI8As

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@ArjunKharpal A great idea if can be securely and sustainably implemented! Something Glia has been working on for years. https://t.co/q4CiNEropM

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Hey @elonmusk !

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⁦Hey @elon⁩, if you are in fact a free speech absolutist or even free speech minimalist, why aren’t you championing the world’s #publicibraries at the front lines in the struggle against book bannings and for the right of free expression and private inquiry? Who tops that?!

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⁦Hey @elon⁩, if you are in fact a free speech absolutist or even free speech minimalist, why aren’t you championing the world’s #publicibraries at the front lines in the struggle against book bannings and for the right of free expression and private inquiry? Who tops that?!

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Culture war in the stacks: Librarians marshal against rising book bans https://t.co/YdrUuxa9uB

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Culture war in the stacks: Librarians marshal against rising book bans https://t.co/YdrUuxa9uB

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@elon, if you are in fact a free speech absolutist or even free speech minimalist, why aren’t you championing the world’s #lpublicibraries at the front lines in the struggle against book banning? @IFLA Statement on Libraries and Intellectual Freedom - https://t.co/iD0Rqbyv4j

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https://t.co/PIJbTJwX4x @AfLIACon For those to whom US$43/mo is still too high or for any other reason there's the shared access at a community hub.

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Elon Musk launches Starlink in Nigeria at reduced prices https://t.co/Xnvc1pqwHY

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SpaceX's Starlink is active in Africa for the first time https://t.co/bY9BaaP4UB via @businessinsider

https://t.co/t4pGEWeK1q
Libraries address affordability challenge through shared free use. Not perfect but in @elonmusk parlance, better than nothing! @AfLIACon

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Five Nigerian libraries gain free access to Starlink  https://t.co/gPHtZgAmIq Just the beginning!

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Dolly Parton free library signups soar after Alabama announces program https://t.co/jhpmHCudDc
Sweet!

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Five Nigerian libraries gain free access to Starlink  https://t.co/PIJbTJwX4x

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@elonmusk @TheBabylonBee Reparations as preparations. Outfit community hubs like libraries with weather impervious LEO connections to increase community resilience against disasters or other outages. https://t.co/KbscCpJI35 @billmckibben

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@DeborahToluwase @donmeans Thank @AfLIACon