"The Austin Public Library (APL), in partnership with the City of Austin’s Transportation & Public Works Department (TPW) and its Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Program, is launching a new Bike Tool Loan Program in 2026." library.austintexas.gov/news/austin-... @rdlankes.bsky.social
The next episode of the @libraryjournal.bsky.social
sponsored podcast, "Libraries Lead!," with @rdlankes.bsky.social, @mbeisenberg.bsky.social, and Beth Patin is out! A thoughtful discussion of the May 2025 court decision, labeling library collections as government speech, and the dangers of AI.
Another great episode of the @libraryjournal.bsky.social sponsored podcast, "Libraries Lead!," with @rdlankes.bsky.social, @mbeisenberg.bsky.social, and Beth Patin! Yes, libraries should and do support their communities, but the relationship must be symbiotic! Give this and other episodes a listen!
This month's episode of the @libraryjournal.bsky.social sponsored Libraries Leads podcast with hosts Beth Patin, @rdlankes.bsky.social, and @mbeisenberg.bsky.social delves into "the pathways into librarianship and the broader information professions," highlighting ongoing debates in the info field.
My latest book, Triptych: Death, AI, and Librarianship, is now available as an audio book narrated by the author. Head on over to Audible and grab a copy at a great price.
www.audible.com/pd/Triptych-...
The local community rallied around The Samuels Public Library in Front Royal, Virginia, to push back against attacks and the private equity owned Library Systems & Services withdrew their bid to run operations.
Take a trip over to Words & Money, a new outlet looking at the intersection of publishing and librarianship. There you'll find the first review of my new book Triptych, and a piece I wrote on how I published the book, and how I really feel about AI.
www.wordsandmoney.com/an-urgent-co...
R. David Lankes Releases New Book on Libraries, AI, and Democracy
Triptych: Death, AI, and Librarianship reframes the future of libraries of all types as a lifeline for community and connection.
davidlankes.org/r-david-lank...
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The truth is that AI literacy needs to be less of how to use ai and more on how we are used by ai. Less about our relationship to code and more about our trust of each other. How we live in a world where data deceives as much as reveals.
ChatGPT Users Are Developing Bizarre Delusions
OpenAI's tech may be driving countless of its users into a dangerous state of "ChatGPT-induced psychosis."
futurism.com/chatgpt-user...
Give ‘em hell, Harvard.
And just like that 2 IMLS grants terminated
Folks, we have the headline of today. From the New York Times:
SCOOP: DOGE notified the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences (IMLS) today that the entire staff is being put on administrative leave effective immediately, I’ve learned from an agency source.
They’ll be cancelling huge swaths of grants/contracts and starting a Reduction in Force (RIF).
On a recent trip to Europe, I was repeatedly asked the same question, “what can we do?”
My answer: don't look away
davidlankes.org/dont-look-aw...
My daily list on Spotify this morning is "Smooth chanson quebecois mondy morning" and I have to to say that I am not cool enough to deserve that.
To my PLA colleagues You have great choices in this year's election. I am strongly endorsing and ask for you to support Nate Coulter for PLA president. His leadership in Arkansas and his fight against strong forces of censorship is exactly what we all need right now. Thanks for your consideration.
Ok Texas this is too cold. I had to take out my damn Syracuse coat!
In the epoch long fight between order and entropy, order, with its strongest tool, information, is winning. But entropy is a crafty foe, and is now turning information against us in the form of dis-information, attention fracturing, and the rewriting of a people’s memories.
Also these rates are negotiated with the federal government. They are not arbitrary.
Just to be clear indirect costs include things like health insurance, tuition for grad students and library resources.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Just listened to the latest episode of the Libraries Lead podcast with hosts Dr. Beth Patin, @rdlankes.bsky.social, and Dr. Mike Eisenberg. It was great to hear their debate on what to call "them," the people who use libraries.
#libraries #podcast
librarieslead.libraryjournal.com/2025/02/02/s...
Hey Dave, what's the best way to bring my laptop to a crawl?
Load a 14 billion parameter LLM onto it and then increase the content size to 30,000 parameter.
Great, but really this post is a brag isn't it.
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This is fucked up.
