"American colleges and universities bear significant responsibility for plunging public trust in higher education, a Yale University committee suggested in a report released on Wednesday." buff.ly/D9TBe49
'Designers described [...] justifying why a font costs money at all, let alone why using it on a website requires a different license than using it in print. Many said they’ve simply defaulted to Google Fonts in those situations because the explanation is too difficult.' buff.ly/1IsOOI7
"The overall share of Americans who have read a book in the past year has remained fairly stable since we first asked this question in 2011." buff.ly/QnKo5yG
Because brutalist period coincided with simultaneous growth in publishing and higher education.
'Asking for “an AI strategy” is like asking for “a weather strategy.” The question needs decomposing before it can be answered.' buff.ly/q8jiRpL
The Guardian view on the Women’s Library at 100: a cause for celebration but not complacency buff.ly/fXbOZTO
Syracuse Drops 84 Programs Including Classics, Ceramics and Italian.
In all, 93 of the 460 academic programs at the university will be closed or paused. No students were majoring in 55 of the programs that are ending.
Interesting charactreization of collections "Develop and implement forward-looking collection strategies emphasizing what U-M distinctively contributes to long-term knowledge stewardship, open access, and interdependent networks of collections."
Interesting analysis > From Screen to Shelf: How Movies and TV Shows Drive Library Patron Interest buff.ly/A7gY9CV
Considering AI in your collection policy: A practical framework [developed by one public library] buff.ly/OSFtOxx Recording of @webjunction event
On first impression I really liked the website of the University of East London. It stood out without being shouty. And I especially liked the slight retro quirk of the font. buff.ly/75LuOZY
Big news from #arXiv:
jobs.chronicle.com/job/37961678...
1. It's becoming an independent #nonprofit organization.
2. It's leaving #CornellU and moving to NYC.
3. It's hiring a CEO, with a salary in the range of $300k.
#OpenAccess #Preprints #ScholComm
"Hot take: AI coding tools don't replace developers. They make systems thinking portable across any language or framework."
"The BBC has said it is facing “permanent and irreversible” trends that mean it cannot survive without a major overhaul, as it revealed a stark divergence between the number of people consuming its content and those paying the licence fee." buff.ly/sBzlbkj
The brands that win [...] won't be the ones with the slickest images, photos, or videos. They'll be the ones that feel unmistakably human. And I think typography is one of the few places where humanity is still undeniable, where people can still [...] feel: a human made this. ilo.im/16azuj
Pleased to see collective collections, the facilitated collection and inside out discussed in this interesting piece >> The collections concept at the University of Sheffield: a varied approach to the role of research library collections | Semantic Scholar buff.ly/sbx9bb8
“Nearly 9 out of 10 Ohio voters believe they get their money’s worth in services from their local libraries for the taxes they pay, including 83% of Republicans, 85% of independents, and 93% of Democrats,” researchers stated buff.ly/4PXqygu
Author Phil Harris on his retirement with a view of the Round Reading Room of 1857. Photo: BL Corporate Archive, PH 034/342
We’re delighted to share that A History of the British Museum Library, 1753–1973 by P. R.
Harris is now digitised and freely available to all interested in the history of the Museum and librarianship.
Find out more here: link.bl.uk/vvx
" [...] students at their institution used to throw drinking parties to fill out their mandatory course evaluations. At a different institution, a professor shared that his colleagues are known to crack open a bottle of wine before reading their student comments." buff.ly/uI2QTDu
Interesting ownership clash. Iconic windows are, in fact, windows, not removable art works > Clarke windows property of Bewley's owners, court rules buff.ly/1n97lpm
Interesting opportunity. Also interesting to see it advertised on ARL >> Executive Director, Book Industry Study Group buff.ly/PtGrCob
It was Game of Thrones that took Belfast to new TV heights. [...] the Emmy-winning fantasy was largely filmed at the newly renovated shipyard Titanic Studios [...], with proximity to the coast and countryside making it cheap and easy to film Westeros’s varied landscapes on location buff.ly/jC1LAfu
Rereading my general observations about libraries in the context of overall discussion of library career preparation and research >> Libraries and library studies buff.ly/jPThnYq
" [...] UT’s proposal, currently under consideration by the UT System Board of Regents, to connect the iSchool with the departments of computer science and data science in a new “center of excellence” housed in the College of Natural Sciences." buff.ly/Z1iFru0
'European publishing and legal software companies have suffered sharp declines in their share prices after the US artificial intelligence firm Anthropic revealed a tool for use by companies’ legal departments.' buff.ly/YseaqJ5
Anthropic's Claude is now the, yes, ‘Official Thinking Partner’ of Formula 1 team, Williams. buff.ly/qsvHE1S
