🧵 …the long-running ideological war it is the same ideological war on human knowledge and expertise. In some cases AI is being used to directly supercharge this effort:
»AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge:
"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."«
— by @jasonkoebler on @404mediaco
👉 https://www.404media.co/ai-is-supercharging-the-war-on-libraries-education-and-human-knowledge/
#ideologie #war #ai #knowledge #libaries #education #facism #politics #supercharger
#TIL but not surprised that the Dewey Decimal Classification, like many old things, is racist and bigoted.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewey_Decimal_Classification
On #literature: “literature in European languages takes the entire range from 810 through 889, while the entire rest of the world's literature is relegated to the 890s”.
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#DeweyDecimalClassification #DDC #libaries #LibraryAndInformationScience #LIS #racism #bigotry
Whoa! I haven't been a member since getting my mlis but this is big!
"The Special Libraries Association (SLA), a global organization dedicated to supporting information professionals and specialized librarians, has announced it will begin a dissolution process after 116 years of service to the profession."
Recent Monday Minutes from Jessie and Nick at ByWater Solutions.
The Koha Development process from start to finish
- Blog: https://zurl.co/OlNS4
- Video: https://zurl.co/bOXJP
Lost fee refunds enhancements in 24.11:
- Blog: https://zurl.co/iIWar
- Video: https://zurl.co/y7HyX
Administration enhancements in 24.11:
- Blog: https://zurl.co/td6IO
- Video: https://zurl.co/3IkkC
The preprint linked below was recently shared on arXiv. Title Estimating Global Article Processing Charges Paid to Six Publishers For Open Access Between 2019 and 2023 Authors Stefanie Haustein School of Information Studies, University of Ottawa Scholarly Communications Lab Centre interuniversitaire de recherche sur la science et la technologie (CIRST) Eric Schares Scholarly Communications Lab […]
When chyrons tell you all you need to know about a #NewsMedia company
#FoxNews is a propaganda outlet masquerading as a #News company waging a war on #libraries and #Libaries.
https://mastodon.social/@dangillmor/112261093894137622
Kudos to @torstenreimer and the @uchicago #library for their words and action in support of banned books.
https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/about/news/taking-a-stand-against-banned-books/
"The #UChicago Library has started work to build the #BannedBooks Collection, an attempt to bring together all books banned in the United States…We have already a quarter of the more than 1,500 banned books…We will grow this collection and keep it up to date…Importantly, this will also be a collection for access, available to everyone."
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Eugene Alvin Villar 🇵🇭
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