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Abigail Goben

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Data, Open Scholarship, Libraries, Knitting, Cats. I named Executive Function Theft. The opinions of the Hedgehog Librarian, Professor. Chicago-based. She/her #knitting #data #executivefunctiontheft https://hedgehoglibrarian.com/

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Abigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social · Jan 7

The Impact of the Research Data Management Toolkit: Assessing a RoadShow Workshop | Goben | College & Research Libraries

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My paper with @sappnelson.bsky.social is out!!! Read about our findings from evaluating the Road Show!!

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Abigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social · 55m

Of course, vendors that uni libraries are negotiating with for article access adds additional barriers for more locations and headcount.

Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 7d

Working at a museum without access to a university library means spending 6 years thinking about/reading Mark Twain & his reception and then every time I think I had an original thought it turns out @mattseybold.bsky.social tweeted it out in the form of a peer-reviewed article a decade ago.

Abigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social · 3h

"pairs really well with AI"

Now I want to do an entire send up of AI as an unnecessary addition of bacon to everything.

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"Our #AI Licensing webpage has been updated, and it's now broken down into three parts: AI Licensing by #copyright owners, AI licensing by AI companies, and organizations that offer AI licenses for creative works. Check out the updated page here: "

Copyrightability of AI-Generated Works | Copyright Alliance

Explore the copyrightability of AI-generated works, examining the legal challenges and implications for creators and artificial intelligence.

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Jon Petters @jonpetters.bsky.social · 5h

"Data available upon request"

jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 1d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

"The bathroom. It's... bad."

Ryan "Spirit Halloween of '76" Randall @ryanpatrickrandall.com · 1d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

Mandatory mid-semester LMS migration.

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Abigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social · 4h

*shudder*

Abigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social · 6h

We've reached streetlight season, where the lamps are still lit when I leave to start my day and they will be on long before I get home.

Abigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social · 18h

There wasn't a backup

jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 1d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

"The bathroom. It's... bad."

Ryan "Spirit Halloween of '76" Randall @ryanpatrickrandall.com · 1d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

Mandatory mid-semester LMS migration.

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Abigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social · 19h

Insights from 15 years of collaborative microbiome research with Indigenous peoples in the Peruvian Amazon www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

Insights from 15 years of collaborative microbiome research with Indigenous peoples in the Peruvian Amazon

Forming sustainable research partnerships with Indigenous peoples requires trust and mutual benefit, say microbiome researchers in an opinion paper publishing October 8 in the Cell Press journal Trend...

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Abigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social · 19h

Ah yes... The "but still so much time" part of the brain

Abigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social · 19h

And when do you leave?

Abigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social · 1d

Why higher ed's AI rush could put corporate interests over public service and independence phys.org/news/2025-10...

Why higher ed's AI rush could put corporate interests over public service and independence

Artificial intelligence technology has begun to transform higher education, raising a new set of profound questions about the role of universities in society. A string of high-profile corporate partne...

phys.org

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Abigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social · 1d

I responded to this survey. I objected to the idea that teaching a full credit course "takes away from my library service"... It's part of my job, so it IS a library service. It showed an authorial bias about courses as part of our role.

Colleen [Redacted] @librarycolleen.bsky.social · 1d

For-Credit Library Instruction: Exploring the Experiences of Academic Librarians Serving as Instructors of Record 📚 #AcademicLibraries #AcademicLibrarians #LibraryInstruction
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For-Credit Library Instruction: Exploring the Experiences of Academic Librarians Serving as Instructors of Record | Nelson | College & Research Libraries

For-Credit Library Instruction: Exploring the Experiences of Academic Librarians Serving as Instructors of Record

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Abigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social · 1d

Also if I wasn't sure before that the apps sounded like the worst....

Abigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social · 1d

This sounds awful

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‘I realised I’d been ChatGPT-ed into bed’: how ‘Chatfishing’ made finding love on dating apps even weirder

Where once people were duped by soft-focus photos and borrowed chat-up lines, now they have to watch out for computer-generated charm. But it’s one thing to use a witty phrase – another thing entirely...

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Abigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social · 1d

Today's earworm

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Tinashe - No Broke Boys (Official Video)

YouTube video by TinasheOfficialVEVO

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Abigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social · 2d

Ahhh.... Yes. Copilot reactivates on everything for me every three days and I'm constantly turning it back off.

Such desperation to get you to use it

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Abigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social · 2d

In THIS timeframe? 😁

Abigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social · 2d

(why Gemini specifically?)

Abigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social · 2d

Mummified Dogs Reveal Pre-Incan People Honored This Shepherd 1,000 Years Ago www.discovermagazine.com/mummified-do...

Abigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social · 2d

Hippos survived in Europe well into the last ice age, study finds phys.org/news/2025-10...

Hippos survived in Europe well into the last ice age, study finds

Hippos, today restricted to sub-Saharan Africa, survived in central Europe far longer than previously assumed. Analyses of bone finds demonstrate that hippos inhabited the Upper Rhine Graben sometime ...

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Abigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social · 2d

But I thought AI was supposed to do all the boring stuff so we were all freed up to just enjoy life and be creative?

No? hmmm

Meta Tells Workers Building Metaverse to Use AI to ‘Go 5x Faster’ www.404media.co/meta-tells-w...

Abigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social · 2d

Increasing pressures for conformity de-skilling and demotivating teachers, study warns phys.org/news/2025-10...

Increasing pressures for conformity de-skilling and demotivating teachers, study warns

The increasing pressure for teachers to obey school curriculum policies is "profoundly demotivating" and is leading directly to people leaving the profession, a new study warns.

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Abigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations!!!!!

Abigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social · 2d

I had two grants that had advanced to full review this spring for IMLS.

We did not receive funding from either LB or NLG lines and it's unclear our grants were even discussed because I've not heard that study sections ever happened.

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The Current State of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (October 2025 Edition)

Grant money that should be going to library projects is going to state-sponsored propaganda, among other IMLS updates.

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Abigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social · 2d

Pointless work tasks driving employees to switch off and burn out, new research finds phys.org/news/2025-10...

Pointless work tasks driving employees to switch off and burn out, new research finds

Unfair or pointless work tasks are driving more employees to mentally check out, turning to the internet to cope with stress, sleepless nights, and next-day burnout, new research shows.

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