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 Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe ala.org/news/2024/06/a…

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

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

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" nytimes.com/2024/07/11/cli…

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: sr.ithaka.org/publications/e…

Essential new report by Melissa 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

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

Memes work. Earlier this year, NY Public Library 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:

Fun fact: this is the card rack for a Jacquard loom. Patented in 1804, these incredible machines used the holes in the cards to weave intricate patterns automatically, more than 124 years before IBM would begin using punch card computers!

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

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

European relatives visiting Toronto say they’d love to drive and see the Rocky Mountains while they’re here thebeaverton.com/2019/08/europe…

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

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) share.inquirer.com/33m1YF

A library loan is not a lost sale--and Australia has the data to prove it! Great new report here: law.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/…

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!

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."