Greetings from San Francisco, where the AI biz dev continues to be drunk on domination and control

After years of waiting, the time has come

As someone who cares very much about higher education much of this concerns me. In particular this figure ....

I was thinking about prior attacks on libraries today and the bravery that librarians and their associations have shown.

May we all have the courage of Paula Kaufmann. An excerpt of her testimony before Congress in the late 1980s below.

files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED3...

Yesterday, Clarivate announced that they will, "phase-out perpetual purchases of digital collections, print, and digital books for libraries". This is deeply troubling. Looking at Clarivate Earnings Calls, this was being signaled as recently as November 2024.

clarivate.com/news/clariva...