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[April Hines @UFCJCLibrarian]

Laughing so hard at the fact that I asked ChatGPT a question, it gave me some suspicious data I have not seen anywhere else, and when I asked if it could provide a source for the info, it told me it cannot but to check "archives, libraries, or online databases like JSTOR."

[Gillian Branstetter @GBBranstetter]

Notable to me that every for-profit information hub is injecting AI into every corner of their services while the largest nonprofit information hub is fighting it off like their the Night's Watch

[Valerie Hawkins @librariesval]

Librarians and library worker colleagues could easily have been added to this list of jobs that have been targeted--smeared, harassed, maligned--in these cultural assaults. Arguably no other profession has been threatened with laws leading to fines and prison for doing their job!

[Library Futures @library_futures]

A library loan is not a lost sale--and Australia has the data to prove it! Great new report here:

https://t.co/cucCMQJnmD

[AwakenLibrarian @awakenlibrarian]

Let's GO!!! 🌠

I had the pleasure of speaking my vision briefly with The Philadelphia Inquirer about my hope for SDP & how I overcame some adversity in TX regarding censorship. Stepping into this leadership role is decades in the making. 🧵 (1/3)

https://t.co/7Jrv78Zir4

[Chaucer Doth Tweet @LeVostreGC]

Litel free libraryes are wondirful but hear me out what about an ABSOLUTELYE COLOSSAL FREE LIBRARYE.

[not-so-academic academic librarian @LibrarianRad]

I’m Jazmyne Baylor, a Research & Instruction Librarian at Western Carolina University.
I’m researching African American libraries and reading spaces in Appalachia during the segregation era.

For more information, email Jazmyne Baylor at [email protected]

[Kate Aronoff @KateAronoff]

Just learned that Rio Tinto, one of the world's largest mining conglomerates, starts quarterly earnings calls with a land acknowledgement

[Ong @OngDevLab]

I asked AI to give me eggplants and I instantly regretted it 🤦‍♀️

[Rachel Karten @milkkarten]

Memes work. Earlier this year, @nypl launched a meme campaign to get library funding restored. It was a success, with people attributing the restoration of over $58M to the social team's strategy. I chatted with NYPL’s social manager about it, here’s what I learned:

[Dr. Giulia Evolvi - also on blue ☁️ @giuliaevolvi]

Marie Curie did not have to fit 9 deliverabkes, 17 milestones and 44 tasks in a 24 months gantt chart as we, who got the grant in her name, have to do

[Ithaka S+R @IthakaSR]

Libraries do much more than provide access to books—they also offer critical resources and services to meet the needs of communities.

Explore our new inventory of #BasicNeeds services offered across public & community college #libraries to learn more: https://t.co/mp0Dpajpj4

[Noah Lenstra @NoahLenstra]

Essential new report by @m_blankstein & colleagues. Key takeaways: 71% of public libraries support physical health and 63% support food security and lots of room for collaboration w/ community colleges. #EngagedLibraries

[dm_cooper @dm_cooper]

Quality information is essential to AI: "yellowing paper maps and typewritten reports gathering cobwebs in Zambia’s mining archives, many a century old or more, which @KoBold_Metals is digitizing" https://t.co/jPEqUyCnDt

[dm_cooper @dm_cooper]

The cruelty is the point: shame on @GovKathyHochul for claiming @MTA pride on what should be day one of congestion pricing.

[Governor Kathy Hochul @GovKathyHochul]

Happy Pride, New York! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

[library militant @imaniems_]

Ok here's a concept: Wife Swap but with municipal budgets.
librarians get cop budgets for a year and we see what can be done

[dm_cooper @dm_cooper]

A start but so much more is needed: "FCC) to launch a pilot program for public libraries and schools to purchase advanced cybersecurity tools" h/t @lisalibrarian https://t.co/8fNXcoIDBm