For the First Time in More Than 20 Years, Copyrighted Works Will Enter the Public Domain po.st/utDMq4 via Smithsonian Magazine

Bloomberg's $1.8 billion donation to Johns Hopkins made national headlines and was widely celebrated, but this $5 million gift to a MA community college could have a more significant impact disq.us/t/3babb5v

I'm #reading The Widows by Jess Montgomery goodreads.com/review/show/27…

Had a great experience at the Mindfulness, Media, & Misinformation in the Digital Era symposium yesterday at IU Kokomo. Saw engaging presentations, got to meet some great folks, and now have lots of ideas to bring into my own teaching. @3msymposium #myiuk

Spread the word: the Iraqis translating the internet into Arabic: Ameen al-Jaleeli and a team of student translators are working to empower people with knowledge theguardian.com/global-develop…

Great read touching on several subjects close to my work --> Education When Information Is Free | Confessions of a Community College Dean ihenow.com/2MYJuQ0

A quick video I recorded on website evaluation and how to avoid #fakenews: youtube.com/watch?v=7hbzlB… #informationliteracy #libraries

I have a new video on YouTube about finding quality sources online and evaluating their credibility. In it I go through a few real examples youtube.com/watch?v=Z5oQNV… #academiclibraries #libraryinstruction #websiteevaluation #fakenews

Ready for #ATLvCIN #FCCincy #MLSisBack, #MLS

I read The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben goodreads.com/review/show?id…

Happy Birthday to the eBook! On July 4, 1971 Michael Hart posted the first eBook file on the ARPANET and transformed content distribution. by Todd Carpenter tac_NISO at social.niso.org scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2021/07/13/hap… via Scholarly Kitchen

I read Cognitive Architecture by Ann Sussman goodreads.com/review/show/48…

Last year I served on a committee at Sinclair on #GenerativeAI and its effects on education. I learned a lot and thought I'd write up and share some ideas more widely. In this post I offer some thoughts on connections between #librarians and #AI skills: andrewjwalsh.com/prompt-enginee…

Hit the bullseye for a free round!

For anyone who follows my daytonvistas.com writing, that X account got hacked and I couldn't get any help getting it back so I've started a new account where I'll post about my writing about history, urban redevelopment, etc. You can follow at Andrew Walsh

As a #librarian I've been involved with #textbookaffordability, including working with faculty to adopt & create free open educational resources (#OER). After my work on an #AI committee, I sketched out some ideas on how those two could work together: andrewjwalsh.com/why-oer-textbo…

I wrote up some thoughts about how #ChatGPT has affected how I teach #informationliteracy, and I touch on why many are using AI incorrectly, how to get started evaluating its credibility, and even how AI could help reduce political polarization andrewjwalsh.com/how-chatgpt-is…

I have a new article that I'm excited to share! I met Samantha Hughes of Riley Street Merchants who wrote a passionate reflection on an abandoned downtown diner, and when I looked into it, I learned it was an even more interesting story than I'd realized: daytonvistas.com/the-diner-on-s…