Kat/hleen Burlingame
@katscade.bsky.social
Librarian @ datasociety.net | Organizer @ datarescueproject.org. Opinions here are my own
The bill to reopen the gov will enable the crucial work of the Library of Congress to continue, but we still need to secure funding for the Institute of Museum and Library Services as well as the National Archives.
www.everylibrary.org/2026_minibus via @everylibrary.bsky.social
www.everylibrary.org/2026_minibus via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Statement on FY2026 "Minibus" Funding for the Library of Congress
www.everylibrary.org
November 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The bill to reopen the gov will enable the crucial work of the Library of Congress to continue, but we still need to secure funding for the Institute of Museum and Library Services as well as the National Archives.
www.everylibrary.org/2026_minibus via @everylibrary.bsky.social
www.everylibrary.org/2026_minibus via @everylibrary.bsky.social
laughing and crying at the same time🫠
They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.
November 12, 2025 at 10:17 PM
laughing and crying at the same time🫠
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Currently doing some marking. A reminder to everyone involved in archives and collections: digitisation is not preservation. If I digitise a box of records and put the files on a USB stick I haven't preserved a thing. It's all about what you do with the files post-digitisation. #archives #digipres
November 10, 2025 at 5:35 AM
ooooh, cozy home library pron😍...suddenly feeling better about all the random stacks of books I have scattered throughout my house #libraries
A Home That Proves You Can Never Have Too Many Books
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:52 PM
ooooh, cozy home library pron😍...suddenly feeling better about all the random stacks of books I have scattered throughout my house #libraries
great ideas here: "a digital sanctuary city against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), protecting workers, ensuring fair prices and access, and building public technology infrastructure...a model for how a local government can orient technology toward collective care, dignity, and justice"
Mayor-Elect Mamdani Can Build a Tech Agenda for New York and a Model for the Country | TechPolicy.Press
By resisting surveillance, extraction, and exploitation, Mamdani can show how technology truly serves the people, writes Rebecca Williams.
www.techpolicy.press
November 5, 2025 at 7:45 PM
great ideas here: "a digital sanctuary city against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), protecting workers, ensuring fair prices and access, and building public technology infrastructure...a model for how a local government can orient technology toward collective care, dignity, and justice"
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Libraries matter. Access matters.
After years of legal battles, the Internet Archive is still here—and still fighting for a world where everyone can read, learn, and remember.
@arstechnica.com tells the story: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
After years of legal battles, the Internet Archive is still here—and still fighting for a world where everyone can read, learn, and remember.
@arstechnica.com tells the story: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Internet Archive’s legal fights are over, but its founder mourns what was lost
“We survived, but it wiped out the library,” Internet Archive’s founder says.
arstechnica.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Libraries matter. Access matters.
After years of legal battles, the Internet Archive is still here—and still fighting for a world where everyone can read, learn, and remember.
@arstechnica.com tells the story: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
After years of legal battles, the Internet Archive is still here—and still fighting for a world where everyone can read, learn, and remember.
@arstechnica.com tells the story: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
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As LLMs manufacture a form of scholarship, presentation doesn’t mean what it used to. D&S's Ranjit Singh looks at how this threatens the open-access research repository arXiv, how its founder is fighting to sustain its credibility, & what researchers can do to help. datasociety.net/points/on-ar...
October 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
As LLMs manufacture a form of scholarship, presentation doesn’t mean what it used to. D&S's Ranjit Singh looks at how this threatens the open-access research repository arXiv, how its founder is fighting to sustain its credibility, & what researchers can do to help. datasociety.net/points/on-ar...
Trump is now attempting to fire the head of the U.S. Copyright Office in retaliation for a report that suggested some copyrighted works used to train generative AI models would likely require licensing.
action.everylibrary.org/locpetition via @everylibrary.bsky.social
action.everylibrary.org/locpetition via @everylibrary.bsky.social
PETITION: Stop Trump's Attack on the Library of Congress
We need to show that Americans will not stand for yet another attack on our institutions. Sign the petition today!
action.everylibrary.org
October 30, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Trump is now attempting to fire the head of the U.S. Copyright Office in retaliation for a report that suggested some copyrighted works used to train generative AI models would likely require licensing.
action.everylibrary.org/locpetition via @everylibrary.bsky.social
action.everylibrary.org/locpetition via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Lest we forget: "This human-created knowledge is what AI companies rely on to generate content; even Grokipedia needs Wikipedia to exist."
What Wikipedia and Grokipedia are saying about each other
Elon Musk's new online encyclopedia aims to challenge Wikipedia, which he has accused of left-leaning bias. We used them to search for data about each other.
www.npr.org
October 29, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Lest we forget: "This human-created knowledge is what AI companies rely on to generate content; even Grokipedia needs Wikipedia to exist."
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And hey, go follow @datarescueproject.org while you're at it!!
⛑️ Register for the Data Rescue Hackthon on November 13 at 1pm ET/ 10am PT on Zoom. Hosted by RDAP, attendees of all skill levels are invited to join in capturing, describing, uploading, and preserving at-risk federal data, contributing to the Data Rescue Project. 🛟
rdapassociation.org/event-6407691
rdapassociation.org/event-6407691
Research Data Access and Preservation Association - Data Rescue Project Hackathon
rdapassociation.org
October 27, 2025 at 3:17 PM
And hey, go follow @datarescueproject.org while you're at it!!
Woah...not surprising that Wikimedians were able to neutralize the gunman with such efficiency and grace: “I ducked down, but I still kept moving” said Mr. Lih, a digital strategist who works with museums and libraries…”I pried his fingers away from it, removed it from his hands and put it down.”
Wikipedia Volunteers Avert Tragedy by Taking Down Gunman at Conference
www.nytimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Woah...not surprising that Wikimedians were able to neutralize the gunman with such efficiency and grace: “I ducked down, but I still kept moving” said Mr. Lih, a digital strategist who works with museums and libraries…”I pried his fingers away from it, removed it from his hands and put it down.”
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We are honored to receive an NDSA Digital Preservation Excellence award. In accepting the award, @lyndamk.bsky.social expressed how this work is only possible due to our volunteers who "have spent countless hours working to ensure that public data remains a public good that is publicly accessible."
October 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
We are honored to receive an NDSA Digital Preservation Excellence award. In accepting the award, @lyndamk.bsky.social expressed how this work is only possible due to our volunteers who "have spent countless hours working to ensure that public data remains a public good that is publicly accessible."
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U-M Workshop Explores Generative AI in Social Science Research, Calls for Clearer Guidelines: myumi.ch/2rgeJ
#ResearchDataEcosystem #GenerativeAI #SocialScience
#ResearchDataEcosystem #GenerativeAI #SocialScience
September 28, 2025 at 1:55 PM
U-M Workshop Explores Generative AI in Social Science Research, Calls for Clearer Guidelines: myumi.ch/2rgeJ
#ResearchDataEcosystem #GenerativeAI #SocialScience
#ResearchDataEcosystem #GenerativeAI #SocialScience
I had the opportunity to see a pre-screening of this a couple months ago and it is excellent, if heartbreaking. It’s showing soon for a couple weeks at Film Forum in NYC and other places across the nation…great way to honor #BannedBooksWeek
@thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social
@thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social
THE LIBRARIANS | Official Trailer
YouTube video by The Librarians Film
youtu.be
September 28, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I had the opportunity to see a pre-screening of this a couple months ago and it is excellent, if heartbreaking. It’s showing soon for a couple weeks at Film Forum in NYC and other places across the nation…great way to honor #BannedBooksWeek
@thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social
@thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social
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I wonder how much if this is a consequence of paywalling science… pulling papers from z library or whatever means sacrificing metadata.
Some companies are working to remedy the issue.
AI models are using material from retracted scientific papers
Some companies are working to remedy the issue.
www.technologyreview.com
September 23, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I wonder how much if this is a consequence of paywalling science… pulling papers from z library or whatever means sacrificing metadata.
Harvard's new AI over semantic search tool is now available to use in beta: library.harvard.edu/about/news/2.... I'm curious as to what the advantage here is beyond being able to respond to natural language queries, especially considering it "may make mistakes"
Now in Beta: Explore Harvard’s Collections with AI-powered Discovery
Collections Explorer, a new AI-powered search tool for Harvard’s special collections and archives, is now available in beta.
library.harvard.edu
September 22, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Harvard's new AI over semantic search tool is now available to use in beta: library.harvard.edu/about/news/2.... I'm curious as to what the advantage here is beyond being able to respond to natural language queries, especially considering it "may make mistakes"
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It's time for #ClimateWeekNYC! On Thursday Sept 25 @ 3:30 pm, we’re co-hosting an in-person panel with @nrginstitute.bsky.social exploring how AI technologies may reinforce legacies of unjust natural resource exploitation. Space is limited; reserve your spot! resourcegovernance.org/events/ai-an...
resourcegovernance.org
September 22, 2025 at 5:06 PM
It's time for #ClimateWeekNYC! On Thursday Sept 25 @ 3:30 pm, we’re co-hosting an in-person panel with @nrginstitute.bsky.social exploring how AI technologies may reinforce legacies of unjust natural resource exploitation. Space is limited; reserve your spot! resourcegovernance.org/events/ai-an...
Spent some time today playing tourist in my hometown to fill in some remaining gaps for #saveoursigns. Independence Park in Philly is receiving particular scrutiny for whitewashing history in preparation for the 250 year USA birthday celebrations next year
Doug Burgum and Sean Duffy will be at Independence Park for America 250 prep as Trump admin mulls fate of President’s House
Burgum will be stepping foot in the park just days after reports emerged that his department will be making changes to the President’s House Site at Independence National Historical Park.
www.inquirer.com
September 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Spent some time today playing tourist in my hometown to fill in some remaining gaps for #saveoursigns. Independence Park in Philly is receiving particular scrutiny for whitewashing history in preparation for the 250 year USA birthday celebrations next year
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If you're on #LinkedIn, this is the link for declining their use of your data for training their AI models:
www.linkedin.com/mypreference...
www.linkedin.com/mypreference...
September 18, 2025 at 9:16 PM
If you're on #LinkedIn, this is the link for declining their use of your data for training their AI models:
www.linkedin.com/mypreference...
www.linkedin.com/mypreference...
"...librarians report being treated like robots over library reference chat, and patrons getting defensive over the veracity of recommendations they’ve received from an AI-powered chatbot. Essentially, like more people trust their preferred LLM over their human librarian."
Librarians Are Being Asked to Find AI-Hallucinated Books
It’s a trippy time to have a library card.
www.404media.co
September 18, 2025 at 8:54 PM
"...librarians report being treated like robots over library reference chat, and patrons getting defensive over the veracity of recommendations they’ve received from an AI-powered chatbot. Essentially, like more people trust their preferred LLM over their human librarian."
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Great piece on why effective metadata is crucial for data portals! At DRP, we 💖 metadata. But we beg portal and dashboard creators to consider and simplify data extraction. We've faced challenges ... So. Many. Challenges. #DataRescue
www.govtech.com/biz/data/d-c...
www.govtech.com/biz/data/d-c...
D.C.'s Data Dilemma: When Portals and Dashboards Aren't Enough
A presidential order and police union claims have fueled doubt about D.C.'s crime numbers. This prompts a critical question for governments: What should open data portals share that can't be captured…
www.govtech.com
September 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Great piece on why effective metadata is crucial for data portals! At DRP, we 💖 metadata. But we beg portal and dashboard creators to consider and simplify data extraction. We've faced challenges ... So. Many. Challenges. #DataRescue
www.govtech.com/biz/data/d-c...
www.govtech.com/biz/data/d-c...
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"... contemporary discovery systems operate through what Zuboff identifies as extraction architectures that gather user behavioral data while providing search results optimized for vendor algorithms rather than local ... strengths or community needs."
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/08/26/g...
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/08/26/g...
Guest Post — Beyond Classification: The Human Cost of Library and Information Labor Under Digital Capitalism - The Scholarly Kitchen
In an era of information abundance and epistemic chaos, libraries serve as crucial sites for democratic knowledge practices -- protecting them is critical to preserving the infrastructure of informed ...
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org
September 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
"... contemporary discovery systems operate through what Zuboff identifies as extraction architectures that gather user behavioral data while providing search results optimized for vendor algorithms rather than local ... strengths or community needs."
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/08/26/g...
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/08/26/g...
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Calling all NYC #DataRescuers, we're going to be in your area! Help #SaveOurSigns finish strong with an in-person rescue event. Please register in advance.
lu.ma/w7cfkk26
lu.ma/w7cfkk26
#SaveOurSigns Manhattan · Luma
We will gather together before splitting off into groups to work on saving signs at NPS sites around Manhattan. We will provide a list of sites that we need…
lu.ma
August 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Calling all NYC #DataRescuers, we're going to be in your area! Help #SaveOurSigns finish strong with an in-person rescue event. Please register in advance.
lu.ma/w7cfkk26
lu.ma/w7cfkk26