West Coast Librarian
@sylvianurse.bsky.social
Interested in eBooks, film, humanities, linked data, machine learning, metadata, instruction, open access, oer and open innovation.
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Medieval book carousels
Medieval Book Carousels
Medieval readers, especially studious ones, must have cursed their desks from time to time. It is not easy to manage desk space when working with often large and clunky medieval books. Scribes and …
medievalbooks.nl
December 6, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Medieval book carousels
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Turning the gears of an early modern search engine www.rochester.edu/newscenter/b...
December 6, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Turning the gears of an early modern search engine www.rochester.edu/newscenter/b...
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The value of rare books in STEMM classrooms 📜
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The value of rare books in STEMM classrooms | American Libraries Magazine
Chad Kamen writes: “Of what value is print to science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM)? Though the monograph and physical periodical once towered as formats of choice for sc...
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December 5, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The value of rare books in STEMM classrooms 📜
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Libraries and CIRES partner to transform 19th-Century tsunami records into open data | University Libraries | University of Colorado Boulder https://libraries.colorado.edu/2025/12/03/libraries-and-cires-partner-transform-19th-century-tsunami-records-open-data
Libraries and CIRES partner to transform 19th-Century tsunami records into open data
Through a collaborative grant, librarians worked with CIRES researchers and applied expertise in metadata and data stewardship to help transform thousands of
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December 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Libraries and CIRES partner to transform 19th-Century tsunami records into open data | University Libraries | University of Colorado Boulder https://libraries.colorado.edu/2025/12/03/libraries-and-cires-partner-transform-19th-century-tsunami-records-open-data
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*waves* at @ukmcg.bsky.social #MuseTech25 folk from #FF2025 - it'd be lovely to see more museum presentations at #FF2026 - and the #DH2026 call for proposals is still open dh2026.adho.org/cfp/ - the conference is in Korea but remote presentations are possible! #MuseTech #AI4LAM #DigitalHumanities
CFP – DH2026 in Daejeon, South Korea
The Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations (ADHO) invites submissions for its annual conference, DH2026, to be held in Daejeon, South Korea, from July 27 to 31, 2026.
dh2026.adho.org
December 5, 2025 at 10:10 AM
*waves* at @ukmcg.bsky.social #MuseTech25 folk from #FF2025 - it'd be lovely to see more museum presentations at #FF2026 - and the #DH2026 call for proposals is still open dh2026.adho.org/cfp/ - the conference is in Korea but remote presentations are possible! #MuseTech #AI4LAM #DigitalHumanities
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This discussion of librarians and archivists during World War II highlights the ways in which support for libraries and archives is a national security issue.
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Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II
YouTube video by Washington History Seminar
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December 5, 2025 at 9:53 PM
This discussion of librarians and archivists during World War II highlights the ways in which support for libraries and archives is a national security issue.
youtu.be/d4ji_dkXS18?...
youtu.be/d4ji_dkXS18?...
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What would be some of the concrete and *realistic* terms/features of “responsible AI” practices in your opinion (not of the pie-in-the-sky type)? I would love to hear from folks at #FF2025 if you have thoughts on this topic. Thank you!
December 5, 2025 at 1:39 PM
What would be some of the concrete and *realistic* terms/features of “responsible AI” practices in your opinion (not of the pie-in-the-sky type)? I would love to hear from folks at #FF2025 if you have thoughts on this topic. Thank you!
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comparia.beta.gouv.fr is so awesome for AI literacy - it makes it so easy to get a sense of different models, rate their responses on accuracy etc, then see what the models were and how they compare, plus the carbon footprint of your queries (as on the screenshot) #FF2025
December 4, 2025 at 12:01 PM
comparia.beta.gouv.fr is so awesome for AI literacy - it makes it so easy to get a sense of different models, rate their responses on accuracy etc, then see what the models were and how they compare, plus the carbon footprint of your queries (as on the screenshot) #FF2025
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Hey look! My @ithakasr.bsky.social colleagues wrote a research report on the development of transferexplorer.org (which I'm the lead dev on so it's basically been my whole work life the past few years) : sr.ithaka.org/publications...
From Concept to Campus - Ithaka S+R
This report tells the story behind Transfer Explorer—charting its design, pilot, launch, and ongoing improvements—to illuminate the decisions, and partnerships that made it possible and to highlight h...
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December 5, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Hey look! My @ithakasr.bsky.social colleagues wrote a research report on the development of transferexplorer.org (which I'm the lead dev on so it's basically been my whole work life the past few years) : sr.ithaka.org/publications...
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The positive outcome of this story is that in frantically googling around trying to figure out what happened and how I could at least see the end of the episode, I discovered that the show is available at my local library and actually can be streamed thence via Hoopla 🎉
December 5, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The positive outcome of this story is that in frantically googling around trying to figure out what happened and how I could at least see the end of the episode, I discovered that the show is available at my local library and actually can be streamed thence via Hoopla 🎉
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This is unreal. The 2026 code4lib conference has been cancelled unilaterally by Carnegie Mellon University because the Department of Education raised issues with the diversity scholarships:
> An applicant must be a member of a group not well-represented within the code4lib community, including […]
> An applicant must be a member of a group not well-represented within the code4lib community, including […]
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December 4, 2025 at 10:25 PM
This is unreal. The 2026 code4lib conference has been cancelled unilaterally by Carnegie Mellon University because the Department of Education raised issues with the diversity scholarships:
> An applicant must be a member of a group not well-represented within the code4lib community, including […]
> An applicant must be a member of a group not well-represented within the code4lib community, including […]
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Library friends, please share!! Library faves kicks off on Monday, December 8th! Count down your 📚 10 favorite books 📚 published in 2025, 1 per day, through 12/17. TITLE in caps, tag #LibFaves25.
December 3, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Library friends, please share!! Library faves kicks off on Monday, December 8th! Count down your 📚 10 favorite books 📚 published in 2025, 1 per day, through 12/17. TITLE in caps, tag #LibFaves25.
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Researchers found that gas stoves expose Americans to surprisingly high levels of nitrogen dioxide—often matching or exceeding outdoor pollution. Smaller homes, renters, and rural households face the highest concentrations.
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Gas stoves are filling millions of homes with hidden toxic air
Stanford researchers found that gas stoves expose Americans to surprisingly high levels of nitrogen dioxide—often matching or exceeding outdoor pollution. For millions, cooking alone pushes NO2 over l...
www.sciencedaily.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Researchers found that gas stoves expose Americans to surprisingly high levels of nitrogen dioxide—often matching or exceeding outdoor pollution. Smaller homes, renters, and rural households face the highest concentrations.
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
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This tool was created by QUT’s GenAI Lab. Instead of just reading about AI, how about playing with it directly through a series of interactive games that reveal both its capabilities and its limitations. genai-arcade.net
GenAI Arcade
Welcome to the GenAI Arcade - your refreshingly honest way to learn about AI! Skip the jargon and doomsday scenarios. Instead, poke, test, and play with AI through interactive games that reveal what i...
genai-arcade.net
December 4, 2025 at 12:18 AM
This tool was created by QUT’s GenAI Lab. Instead of just reading about AI, how about playing with it directly through a series of interactive games that reveal both its capabilities and its limitations. genai-arcade.net
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Don’t allow anyone to tell you that reading Edgar Allan Poe in a dimly-lit café on a cobblestone side street in Vienna during a raging snowstorm whilst enjoying cappuccinos and croissants “doesn’t classify” as self-care.
December 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Don’t allow anyone to tell you that reading Edgar Allan Poe in a dimly-lit café on a cobblestone side street in Vienna during a raging snowstorm whilst enjoying cappuccinos and croissants “doesn’t classify” as self-care.
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Water demand to service datacentres in Sydney alone is forecast to be larger than the volume of Canberra’s total drinking water within the next decade. #AI
Thirsty work: how the rise of massive datacentres strains Australia’s drinking water supply
The demand for use in cooling in Sydney alone is expected to exceed the volume of Canberra’s total drinking water within the next decade
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December 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Water demand to service datacentres in Sydney alone is forecast to be larger than the volume of Canberra’s total drinking water within the next decade. #AI
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New cancer therapy hunts and destroys deadly tumors in major breakthrough study
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New cancer therapy hunts and destroys deadly tumors in major breakthrough study
Researchers at UCLA have created an “off-the-shelf" cell-based immunotherapy that can seek out and destroy pancreatic cancer cells, even after the cancer has spread to other organs.
www.yahoo.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:10 PM
New cancer therapy hunts and destroys deadly tumors in major breakthrough study
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NEW: AI chatbots used inaccurate information to change people’s political opinions, study finds www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
AI chatbots used inaccurate information to change people’s political opinions, study finds
A paper published in the journal Science found that chatbots become more persuasive when they share large amounts of information.
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December 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
NEW: AI chatbots used inaccurate information to change people’s political opinions, study finds www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
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Exploration of AI afterlives: “Synthetic Pasts” & “The Responsible AI Afterlives workbook” - www.syntheticpasts.com & www.syntheticpasts.com/aiafterlives... (which says authenticity is not static.) #FF2025
Synthetic Pasts | digital memory
The Synthetic Pasts project is a critical-creative inquiry exploring how media fragments from the past - photos or audio recordings for example - are remediated/reanimated through algorithmic intermed...
www.syntheticpasts.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Exploration of AI afterlives: “Synthetic Pasts” & “The Responsible AI Afterlives workbook” - www.syntheticpasts.com & www.syntheticpasts.com/aiafterlives... (which says authenticity is not static.) #FF2025
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Given current challenges to the reliability of the global research and data ecosystem, interesting to learn about this German initiative to build an open alternative to PubMed absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/05/14/g...
Germany's Plan for an Open and Independent PubMed Safety Net - Absolutely Maybe
A few months ago, I wrote about reasons to be concerned about the reliability of PubMed under the new regime at the…
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December 4, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Given current challenges to the reliability of the global research and data ecosystem, interesting to learn about this German initiative to build an open alternative to PubMed absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/05/14/g...
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Toronto neighbourhood frustrated as local library set to move nearly 1 km away www.blogto.com/city/2025/12...
Toronto neighbourhood frustrated as local library set to move nearly 1 km away
A long-awaited relocation of a library in Toronto's St Lawrence neighbourhood is sparking frustration among some local residents who say the area is …
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December 4, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Toronto neighbourhood frustrated as local library set to move nearly 1 km away www.blogto.com/city/2025/12...
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Poisonous books are lurking inside this London, Ont., library 📜
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Poisonous books are lurking inside this London, Ont., library | CBC News
A student at Western University found 96 'poison' books that contain arsenic, a toxic element dangerous to humans, across the campus' libraries. Student Karen Wen says those books tell a story beyond ...
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December 3, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Poisonous books are lurking inside this London, Ont., library 📜
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This is such a sad story! An important collection that had been sent for digitisation (though why from Kent to Scotland, I'm not sure) 📜 www.bbc.com/news/article...
Museum staff 'devastated' after drawings worth £500,000 destroyed
About 1,700 military drawings from the Royal Engineers Museum were destroyed in the theft last month.
www.bbc.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM
This is such a sad story! An important collection that had been sent for digitisation (though why from Kent to Scotland, I'm not sure) 📜 www.bbc.com/news/article...
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If you're in a "reading slump," maybe you should try listening to a book. You may be surprised at how rewarding the experience can be: Do Audiobooks Count as Reading?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
#EduSky #TLSky
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#EduSky #TLSky
Opinion | Do Audiobooks Count as Reading?
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:33 PM
If you're in a "reading slump," maybe you should try listening to a book. You may be surprised at how rewarding the experience can be: Do Audiobooks Count as Reading?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
#EduSky #TLSky
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
#EduSky #TLSky