Settle in for a long and interesting read about comics and book banning in Australia https://www.iurgi.com/2025/06/book-challenges-and-bans-part-3-comics.html?m=1
Trish Hepworth
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Likes libraries, the Belconnen Owl and talking copyright. By day does policy for the Australian Library and Info Assoc. Sometimes also by night. @TrishHepworth on the bird site. Ngunnawal Country.
@sister_ratched @timrichards I once accidentally stayed in a Pete Evans hotel in Brisbane that only served weird paleo food - and now I always pack snacks 😂
Finland proposes a very novel idea — invest in the public library https://www.thetimes.com/article/347272c4-3af7-4c16-8352-2153a378cc28?shareToken=457a7ca142196e6e39a9914be67c61bb
@flexnib so much fun!
Regis are open for NLS - New Librarians Symposium. It’s lowish cost and on a weekend to try and make it more accessible, I had a sneak peak at the program yesterday and it’s legitimately good - but if you want to wait for that before registering keep an eye open next week :) https://alia.org.au/Web/Web/Events/Event_Display.aspx?EventKey=NLSXI
eleanorIt's Friday. Grab a cup of tea and have a read;
Little Library (ish) Links June 20
https://mailchi.mp/84425686894d/little-libraryish-links-june-20
Prospects of Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) for Academic Library Search and Retrieval
Springer Nature Discovers MDPI
Clarivate reaffirms support for ERIC, launches free index
Ms. Jinwoo Lee Elected as the 32nd President of the Korean Library Association
Sunsetting the Open Access Button & InstantILL
Release of ‘IFLA Entry Point to Libraries and AI’ document
Report: Are AI Bots Knocking Cultural Heritage Offline?
Words from Tim Kong - on not losing https://www.continue.nz/on-not-losing/
@kristina 🤞🤞🤞