As the landmark $1.5 billion copyright settlement with Anthropic is in the process of being divided up among publishers, authors, and lawyers, the Authors Guild is asking publishers to more equitably share the proceeds in certain types of claims.
AI Slop Coming to University Library Near You (opinion)
Truth is, university faculty and librarians interact infrequently, perhaps to wrangle obscure research material or to provide newbies with a library introduction. But now that collaboration must deepen on behalf of anyone who cares about authentic knowledge.
The ACToRS in AI Framework – Hedgehog Librarian
The ACToRS framework is a lens in which to consider the products and vaporware that is being marketed to us, to consider what problem we are trying to solve, and to take a step back from the exclamation points and assertions of Faster! Better! Now! It stands for the following…
This Was News: a time capsule of yesterday’s headlines | Disruptive Library Technology Jester
That project is This Was News, a website and social media bot that encourages people to reflect on the news that was. It seems (to me, at least) that the news cycle is winding faster and faster, which makes it easy to forget what the most important story of the day when it happened. One reasonable reaction to this is to tune out the news entirely. Another reaction would be to get periodic reminders of those stories, then be able to think about their impact after time has passed.
Battling an Army of Price-Setters – The American Prospect
In a seemingly constant audition for corporate funding, many (if not most) economists bend over backwards to defend personalized pricing, often by citing literature related to third-degree price discrimination, such as student or senior discounts. The problem is that personalized pricing is a form of first-degree price discrimination, and the benefits from third-degree price discrimination do not carry over. If we permit a company to charge price-insensitive customers more for the same product, the argument goes, the company can also reduce the price for price-sensitive customers, permitting for an expansion of output. Owens says, archly: “If that sounds like bullshit to you, you’re not alone.” What Owens doesn’t say—again, because she’s not trying to convince conflicted economists—is that so long as the company can charge the price-sensitive types one penny below their willingness to pay under a personalized-pricing regime, no consumer benefits from the exchange.
Arizona couple arrested after stealing and selling over $6,000 in library books: Police – ABC News
A couple from Mesa, Arizona, was arrested for allegedly stealing thousands of dollars worth of library books and reselling some of them to a local bookstore, according to police.
Overdue library magazine returned after 132 years : NPR
It turned out to be an issue of the Century illustrated monthly magazine, published in September 1894. Needham says Hanson did not know where the magazine had come from, didn't know who originally borrowed it, but it did have a Concord Public Library book plate right there, along with this inscription.
Critical thinking bootcamp 2026
As AI reshapes how knowledge is produced and used, helping students think critically has never been more important. Sage's 7th-annual Critical Thinking Bootcamp, held in partnership with Choice, provided practical tools for academic librarians and faculty to support these vital skills. Our speakers shared ready-to-use resources, frameworks, and approaches for attendees to take away and apply directly in their own teaching or library instruction.
‘Here, There and Everywhere’: The Beatles have permeated research papers across academic disciplines
More than 3,000 scientific article titles across disciplines have made use of Beatles song titles and lyrics, according to a study published in PLOS One by Gabriel Budel of Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands and colleagues. This analysis is an unprecedentedly large-scale, cross-disciplinary account of how the Beatles have left their mark on scientific writing.
www.Sarsen.org: Historic England’s Vanishing Archive
Historic England’s photos didn’t vanish. SmartFrame did. Then they broke their own links.
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