The Hidden Automation Agenda of the Davos Elite via @NYTimes or “it isn’t the robots that are gunning for our jobs” nyti.ms/2HvrVXu?smid=n…

nytimes.com/2019/06/05/opi… The dangerous convergence of surveillance capitalism and the sharing economy endangers our children in so many ways. I am glad my kids are close to being past this but wonder what parenting will look like in 20 years.

Thrilled to announce that the Vermont Green Mountain Digital Archive is now part of the Digital Public Library of America dp.la/search?mc_cid=…

Surveillance capitalism comes to technology training as Lynda (now LinkedIn Learning) requires LinkedIn account to access training modules. See ALA post at oif.ala.org/oif/?p=17968 .

Our Invest in Open Project investinopen.org gets some airtime at the Scholarly Kitchen .

Go Beth!

Earlier this month, the Lever Press Oversight Committee and Editorial Board gathered in Ann Arbor to take stock of where we’ve come and where we’re headed! There were a few exciting developments:

Fascinating InfoGraphic-heavy report on the heavy carbon cost of our addiction to disposable electronics, and the reduction in green house gases if our stuff was more repairable. From The Maintainers and #RightToRepair static1.squarespace.com/static/57d64e6…

Ugh. blog.libro.fm/the-harmful-im…

For $44 you too can learn how to end the serials crisis, courtesy of Taylor & Francis' Serials Librarian Serials Librarian Journal (T&F)

The May 2021 midd.data newsletter is out. Check out t.e2ma.net/message/qkzrxf… to learn about a new course, new funding, Arabic paratexts, and much, much more

Climate Matters: Learning to love ugly addisonindependent.com/2022/03/31/cli…. A bit of shameless self promotion as I ponder the future of our landscapes and our planet.

My second article in the Addison Independent's Climate Matters series just dropped. addisonindependent.com/2022/04/21/cli…

The latest issue of JEP just dropped. Under the editorship of Michael Roy and David W. Lewis we engage the question of progress from electronic publishing's early days of novelty and possibility to a present that seems less rosy than when JEP began in 1995. journals.publishing.umich.edu/jep/issue/68/i…

This report on a conference on the future of the monograph is worth a read. …timodal-digital-monographs.pubpub.org

Battery swaps instead of recharging for EVs. I love this idea. canarymedia.com/articles/ev-ch…

CEAC's May Newsletter dropped today with stories about decarbonization, climate optimism, an analysis of the Affordable Heat Act. mailchi.mp/f7ed17f2660e/c… Subscribe and read past issues at ceacac.org/e-newsletters/

June's CEAC newsletter mailchi.mp/b9619c753901/c… . You can read past newsletters and subscribe at ceacac.org/e-newsletters/