Nancy Foasberg
@nfoasberg.bsky.social
ScholComm librarian, board gamer, birder, lurker. She/her
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On of the core principles of information literacy is the information is constructed and contextual. One problem with AI-generated summaries is that they obscure the constructedness and context of information, impeding information literacy development.
Part of what makes this different from previous iterations of misreading/misunderstanding is that these claims do not arrive to the students within specific sources and contexts, but rather appear as generalized un-sourced truisms.
November 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
On of the core principles of information literacy is the information is constructed and contextual. One problem with AI-generated summaries is that they obscure the constructedness and context of information, impeding information literacy development.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Library friends who want to learn about copyright: The CopyrightX: Libraries application form is open! forms.gle/tswsvjket81o...
November 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Library friends who want to learn about copyright: The CopyrightX: Libraries application form is open! forms.gle/tswsvjket81o...
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Academic library leaders, come join us at CUNY! Application review begins 12/10. cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...
Jobs | City University of New York
cuny.jobs
November 20, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Academic library leaders, come join us at CUNY! Application review begins 12/10. cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...
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AND, by having students do projects ABOUT this narrative and this goal of robbing and reversing middle class power, they then understand and "get it" big time. (We've even seen students reject AI because they think it is a plot to disempower them by cheating them of real learning, esp first gen.)
November 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM
AND, by having students do projects ABOUT this narrative and this goal of robbing and reversing middle class power, they then understand and "get it" big time. (We've even seen students reject AI because they think it is a plot to disempower them by cheating them of real learning, esp first gen.)
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WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.
BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:01 AM
WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.
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You’re telling me SpringerNature doesn’t need to charge $13,000 a paper for Nature Plants? I’m shocked!
What is the most profitable industry in the world, this side of the law? Not oil, not IT, not pharma.
It's *scientific publishing*.
We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
It's *scientific publishing*.
We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
November 12, 2025 at 11:56 AM
You’re telling me SpringerNature doesn’t need to charge $13,000 a paper for Nature Plants? I’m shocked!
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Guide for Authors Complying with U.S. Federal Agency Public Access and Publisher Policies - SPARC https://sparcopen.org/our-work/guide-for-authors-complying-with-policies/
Guide for Authors Complying with U.S. Federal Agency Public Access and Publisher Policies - SPARC
sparcopen.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Guide for Authors Complying with U.S. Federal Agency Public Access and Publisher Policies - SPARC https://sparcopen.org/our-work/guide-for-authors-complying-with-policies/
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"How Fanfiction Can Help Us Reimagine Scholarly Publishing"
https://doi.org/10.1146/katina-102825-1
"Archive of Our Own, a digital fanfiction repository, shows what’s possible when we design our infrastructures around the communities that use them, rather than around extractive logics."
https://doi.org/10.1146/katina-102825-1
"Archive of Our Own, a digital fanfiction repository, shows what’s possible when we design our infrastructures around the communities that use them, rather than around extractive logics."
How Fanfiction Can Help Us Reimagine Scholarly Publishing
Archive of Our Own, a digital fanfiction repository, shows what’s possible when we design our infrastructures around the communities that use them, rather than around extractive logics.
katinamagazine.org
November 3, 2025 at 1:40 PM
"How Fanfiction Can Help Us Reimagine Scholarly Publishing"
https://doi.org/10.1146/katina-102825-1
"Archive of Our Own, a digital fanfiction repository, shows what’s possible when we design our infrastructures around the communities that use them, rather than around extractive logics."
https://doi.org/10.1146/katina-102825-1
"Archive of Our Own, a digital fanfiction repository, shows what’s possible when we design our infrastructures around the communities that use them, rather than around extractive logics."
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This is why we can’t have nice things
arXiv will no longer accept review articles and position papers unless they have been accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
Attention Authors: Updated Practice for Review Articles and Position Papers in arXiv CS Category – arXiv blog
blog.arxiv.org
November 2, 2025 at 4:35 AM
This is why we can’t have nice things
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Really pleased with the opening keynote of today's SJSU OA Conference that @camitchell.bsky.social & I gave re. #DefendResearch & the Declaration origin story. Lots of great sessions on the program for the rest of the day; check it out! scholarworks.sjsu.edu/oa-un-confer...
Open Access Conference | Conferences | San Jose State University
open access | open education | conference | institutional repository
scholarworks.sjsu.edu
October 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Really pleased with the opening keynote of today's SJSU OA Conference that @camitchell.bsky.social & I gave re. #DefendResearch & the Declaration origin story. Lots of great sessions on the program for the rest of the day; check it out! scholarworks.sjsu.edu/oa-un-confer...
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Dismantling the Institutional Review Board (IRB), that oversees all human subjects research, is bad. Really bad.
The entire HR department at the CDC is gone. Everyone at the IRB, which makes sure studies are conducted ethically and rigorously, and the ethics office, which oversee conflicts of interest for CDC leaders and advisory committee members, were also let go.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Instability and confusion’ as CDC slashes 1,300 jobs before reinstating half
Trump administration says 700 notices were sent in error, while top CDC officer says ‘they didn’t think through what they were doing’
www.theguardian.com
October 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Dismantling the Institutional Review Board (IRB), that oversees all human subjects research, is bad. Really bad.
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You know what else is being affected by the tariffs on parcels worth less than $800? International interlibrary loan. I'm hearing reports of libraries overseas that won't lend to the US anymore. (That's in addition to the libraries here that have shut down their ILL b/c of lost IMLS funding.)
September 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
You know what else is being affected by the tariffs on parcels worth less than $800? International interlibrary loan. I'm hearing reports of libraries overseas that won't lend to the US anymore. (That's in addition to the libraries here that have shut down their ILL b/c of lost IMLS funding.)
Peter Suber making some great points about how Green OA can counteract censorship <3 #nisoplus25
September 16, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Peter Suber making some great points about how Green OA can counteract censorship <3 #nisoplus25
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Apparently we didn't learn our lesson from working with Google books
These partnerships are extractive and never end well
www.iowapublicradio.org/news-from-np...
These partnerships are extractive and never end well
www.iowapublicradio.org/news-from-np...
Boston Public Library aims to increase access to a vast historic archive using AI
The library is launching a project in collaboration with Harvard Law School and OpenAI this summer to digitize the materials and make them more fully searchable.
www.iowapublicradio.org
August 11, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Apparently we didn't learn our lesson from working with Google books
These partnerships are extractive and never end well
www.iowapublicradio.org/news-from-np...
These partnerships are extractive and never end well
www.iowapublicradio.org/news-from-np...
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It is abhorrent that these functionaries, many of whom have never visited a college classroom, can change the context and content of my job without anyone’s consent, least of all mine.
NEW: Senior UCLA and University of California officials say they will negotiate with the Trump administration over lifting $339 million in medical and science grant freezes. No decision has been made about terms of an agreement, including a potential fine www.latimes.com/california/s...
UCLA will negotiate with Trump over $339 million in medical and science grant freezes
UCLA and University of California officials said Monday that it will negotiate with Trump over $339 million in medical and science grant freezes.
www.latimes.com
August 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
It is abhorrent that these functionaries, many of whom have never visited a college classroom, can change the context and content of my job without anyone’s consent, least of all mine.
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Historiographies of Game Studies is now published open access with @punctumbooks.bsky.social ! This massive collection examines why game studies is the way it is, and how it might change and grow in the future. Congrats to all contributors, and please share!
punctumbooks.com/titles/histo...
punctumbooks.com/titles/histo...
Historiographies of Game Studies: What It Has Been, What It Could Be – punctum books
punctumbooks.com
July 25, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Historiographies of Game Studies is now published open access with @punctumbooks.bsky.social ! This massive collection examines why game studies is the way it is, and how it might change and grow in the future. Congrats to all contributors, and please share!
punctumbooks.com/titles/histo...
punctumbooks.com/titles/histo...
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"Uncritically adopting AI tools in discovery systems will perpetuate, if not exacerbate, existing biases and suppression of minoritized people. Try this safer topic. Try this approved topic. Try this unobstructed topic"
Just read this - it was shared on LinkedIn. ‘To my users, “we couldn’t generate an answer for your question” translates to “your topic is not worthy of pursuing—change it.”’ While it’s nice to think that students will come & ask when they don’t find results, many won’t.
And the blocking of content…
And the blocking of content…
“We Couldn’t Generate an Answer for your Question” - ACRLog
Editor’s note: We welcome a guest blog post from Jay Singley, Document Delivery and Circulation Desk Manager at North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. In March 2025, Ex Libris unveiled thei...
acrlog.org
July 22, 2025 at 11:55 AM
"Uncritically adopting AI tools in discovery systems will perpetuate, if not exacerbate, existing biases and suppression of minoritized people. Try this safer topic. Try this approved topic. Try this unobstructed topic"
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is your workplace trying to force ai on you? is a family member giving ai too much power in their life? are you sick of billionaires destroying the environment and making life worse for everyone? here's a list of resources 10+ pages long to help you fight back: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Questioning AI Resource List
Excellent summary of major problems with companies’ focus on AI written by expert in machine learning: https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/i-will-fucking-piledrive-you-if-you-mention-ai-again/ Another g...
docs.google.com
July 21, 2025 at 2:18 PM
is your workplace trying to force ai on you? is a family member giving ai too much power in their life? are you sick of billionaires destroying the environment and making life worse for everyone? here's a list of resources 10+ pages long to help you fight back: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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not a libguide but this was suggested: acrlog.org/2025/06/11/a...
AI Refusal in Libraries: A Starter Guide - ACRLog
This week I was on a panel at the Generative AI in Libraries (GAIL) virtual conference. Along with my fellow panelists Andrea Baer and Emily Zerrenner, I joined moderator Sarah Appedu to discuss the c...
acrlog.org
July 15, 2025 at 2:54 PM
not a libguide but this was suggested: acrlog.org/2025/06/11/a...
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Springer Nature makes clear that federally-funded authors who want to publish in SN journals will have to pay #APCs.
https://www.springernature.com/gp/open-science/us-federal-agency-compliance
Submitting articles to one of SN's non-OA or subscription-based journals, to avoid the APC, is not an […]
https://www.springernature.com/gp/open-science/us-federal-agency-compliance
Submitting articles to one of SN's non-OA or subscription-based journals, to avoid the APC, is not an […]
Original post on fediscience.org
fediscience.org
July 2, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Springer Nature makes clear that federally-funded authors who want to publish in SN journals will have to pay #APCs.
https://www.springernature.com/gp/open-science/us-federal-agency-compliance
Submitting articles to one of SN's non-OA or subscription-based journals, to avoid the APC, is not an […]
https://www.springernature.com/gp/open-science/us-federal-agency-compliance
Submitting articles to one of SN's non-OA or subscription-based journals, to avoid the APC, is not an […]
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ooooh new paper out today. a couple of years ago a big group of us were like "hey let's spend a few weeks painstakingly looking up the sources of every official bird common name" and as of today, you too can join us in our ornitholetymological (yes i made that up) rabbit-hole:
AvianLexiconAtlas: A database of descriptive categories of English-language bird names around the world
Common names of species are important for communicating with the general public. In principle, these names should provide an accessible way to engage with and identify species. The common names of spe...
journals.plos.org
June 11, 2025 at 6:38 PM
ooooh new paper out today. a couple of years ago a big group of us were like "hey let's spend a few weeks painstakingly looking up the sources of every official bird common name" and as of today, you too can join us in our ornitholetymological (yes i made that up) rabbit-hole:
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This is really the perfect use of generative AI: to create a report whose purpose is solely to exist as A Report, which no one is supposed to read because no one involved in its creation even pretends to have the slightest genuine interest in the actual facts at issue.
Seven of the sources cited in MAHA commission's report do not exist:
“The paper cited is not a real paper that I or my colleagues were involved with," says one researcher.
www.notus.org/health-scien...
“The paper cited is not a real paper that I or my colleagues were involved with," says one researcher.
www.notus.org/health-scien...
The MAHA Report Cites Studies That Don’t Exist
The Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” report misinterprets some studies and cites others that don’t exist, according to the listed authors.
www.notus.org
May 29, 2025 at 2:09 PM
This is really the perfect use of generative AI: to create a report whose purpose is solely to exist as A Report, which no one is supposed to read because no one involved in its creation even pretends to have the slightest genuine interest in the actual facts at issue.
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Academic publishing is a field that requires precision. Generative AI makes errors. It is a virtually useless type of tool for tasks that require precision, like academic publishing.
Academia in 2025: For weeks I’ve been working through botched copy-edits of my monograph, outsourced by the publisher to a company I’d never heard of, until it finally dawned on me the terrible job might be AI. A quick search confirmed the company recently launched new AI software, which now means..
May 27, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Academic publishing is a field that requires precision. Generative AI makes errors. It is a virtually useless type of tool for tasks that require precision, like academic publishing.
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"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress
I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.
time.com
May 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM
"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...