@pentathlos.bsky.social
Academic librarian, but expect re/posting on many different things. (We all have a past.) Professional interests: scholarly comms, library systems, and the future of libraries in higher education.
I'll start looking under the sofa cushions for spare time.... 😆
November 25, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I'll start looking under the sofa cushions for spare time.... 😆
A colleague told me a few weeks ago they heard a computer science academic say that everything in their university library was "public domain".
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November 20, 2025 at 2:37 AM
A colleague told me a few weeks ago they heard a computer science academic say that everything in their university library was "public domain".
🫣😱😭
🫣😱😭
Don't get me started on the libraries "providing access" to their out-of-copyright and/or orphan work print collections for the purposes LLM training. 🤑
November 20, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Don't get me started on the libraries "providing access" to their out-of-copyright and/or orphan work print collections for the purposes LLM training. 🤑
"Senior leaders", likely having been approached by "content providers", are already asking publicly how long it will be before they can replace their local/academic/public library services (content AND staff) with Gen/AgenticAI.
November 20, 2025 at 2:37 AM
"Senior leaders", likely having been approached by "content providers", are already asking publicly how long it will be before they can replace their local/academic/public library services (content AND staff) with Gen/AgenticAI.
THIS! ☝️This, this, this! Thank you @scalzi.com
If they can get 80% of the service/resourcing for 20% of the current "cost", or even believe that will be possible in the near future, we'll watch the information/library/archive profession implode in real time. There will be no fixing it.
If they can get 80% of the service/resourcing for 20% of the current "cost", or even believe that will be possible in the near future, we'll watch the information/library/archive profession implode in real time. There will be no fixing it.
November 20, 2025 at 2:37 AM
THIS! ☝️This, this, this! Thank you @scalzi.com
If they can get 80% of the service/resourcing for 20% of the current "cost", or even believe that will be possible in the near future, we'll watch the information/library/archive profession implode in real time. There will be no fixing it.
If they can get 80% of the service/resourcing for 20% of the current "cost", or even believe that will be possible in the near future, we'll watch the information/library/archive profession implode in real time. There will be no fixing it.
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If you're using the API and constructing queries dynamically, you can pull back all the abbreviations for a suburb and adjust by year, or just add OR clauses […]
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November 20, 2025 at 12:26 AM
If you're using the API and constructing queries dynamically, you can pull back all the abbreviations for a suburb and adjust by year, or just add OR clauses […]