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ACM Tech Brief: Generative Artificial Intelligence AI Now Computational Power and AI (Report) Anthropic Amazon is Investing Up to $4 Billion in AI Startup Anthropic in Growing Tech Battle (via AP) JISC AI in Tertiary Education (Report) Navigating the Terms and Conditions of Generative AI OpenAI OpenAI Gives ChatGPT Access to the Entire Internet via […]

From an EveryLibrary Release: The “Public Libraries and Book Bans – Parent Perception Survey” gathered insights from 853 parents and guardians with children under 18 during September 2023. The survey asked parents and guardians to share their experiences and opinions about book bans, their trust in libraries and their understanding of librarians’ book selection process, […]

From The Coeur d’Alene Press: “Kootenai County Sheriff Bob Norris said he has heard from both sides about reportedly inappropriate materials available to youth at local libraries. One side argued unsuitable reading materials were there and shouldn’t be. The other argued that if they were in the libraries, it was up to parents to monitor […]

AI Generative AI Has Disrupted Education. Here’s How It Can Be Used For Good – UNESCO (via WEF) University of Leeds Research Report on Potentials for AI in Libraries (via CNI) ALA Banned Books Week 2023: Programs, Day of Action, and Events Announced (via ALA) Clarivate Clarivate Establishes Academia & Government Innovation Incubator and Acquires […]

UPDATED POST (Sep. 27, 2023): ALA Welcomes FCC Chair Rosenworcel’s Proposal to Reinstate Network Neutrality Rules —End Update— From a FCC Fact Sheet: The internet is too important to our society and economy not to have effective oversight. However, in 2018, the FCC abdicated its authority over broadband and repealed net neutrality. Today, FCC Chairwoman […]

Advocacy ‘A Toolkit for Knowledge Rights Advocacy’ – KR21 Workshop Report (via LIBER) Legal Appeals Court Temporarily Stays Injunction Blocking Texas Book Rating Law (via PW) Open Book Collective Report on Open Book Collective’s (OBC) First Annual General Assembly of Custodians Publishing Brown University Digital Publications Joins the Association of University Presses

From The Sacramento Bee: California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday evening signed a bill into law barring school boards from banning books, instructional materials or curricula labeled as inclusive or diverse. “Remarkable that we’re living in a country right now in this banning binge, this cultural purge that we’re experiencing all throughout America, and now […]

The full text article linked below was published today by Scientific Data. Title Journal Production Guidance for Software and Data Citations Authors Shelley Stall, Geoffrey Bilder, Matthew Cannon, Neil Chue Hong, Scott Edmunds, Christopher C. Erdmann, Michael Evans, Rosemary Farmer, Patricia Feeney, Michael Friedman, Matthew Giampoala, R. Brooks Hanson, Melissa Harrison, Dimitris Karaiskos, Daniel S. […]

AI What I Found in a Database Meta Uses to Train Generative AI (via The Atlantic) Book Bans A Ban on Book Bans? Teachers, Students Call on Pennsylvania Lawmakers to Make It Happen AI Book Bans: Testing LLMs Against the Freedom to Read (via Library Innovation Lab) Illinois Illinois State Library Evacuated After Friday Bomb […]