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Mar 1, 2021

We are library workers, educators, lawyers, activists, technologists, and researchers who believe in the imperative for libraries to lend, preserve, and acquire knowledge in the service of the public good. Here are our principles (thread 🧵)

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We’re here

getting set up for our event with

@NYUEngelberg

! New Yorkers, come say hi! 👋

Interested in, uh, recent developments in social media? You’ll definitely want to attend this event.

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We try our best to stay on top of current issues & keep our programming relevant. In this case, though, we (and our partners @internetarchive & @GETDWeb) were nearly prescient. Hear about how decentralization and social media tomorrow at 4pm ET. bit.ly/DWebSession4

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Our friends and coalition partners

@Milton_Library

are hiring! Also, you should click through to their feed for a photo of a gorgeous new mural they just got installed.

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Milton Public Library

@Milton_Library

· Apr 26

Join our growing team and be part of the #MPLHive.

We're hiring for the following position: Director, Customer Experience. Check out the job posting here: ow.ly/MCO850ISROh. #BeInspired and join our team today!

Apr 25

Congress wants to expand the DMCA via automated internet filters and our friends

@fightfortheftr

are ON IT. You can be, too--RT and sign the petition tonight.

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Fight for the Future

@fightfortheftr

· Apr 25

Today the internet aims to kill this awful bill, a thread. TL;DR: petition signatures will be delivered tonight, please sign & spread the word: nocensorshipfilter.com #NoCensorshipFilter arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20

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VICE

@VICE

Apr 24

Librarians say Holocaust deniers, antivaxxers, and other conspiracy theorists are being featured in the catalogs of a popular ebook lending service.

Ebook Services Are Bringing Unhinged Conspiracy Books into Public Libraries

Librarians say Holocaust deniers, antivaxxers, and other conspiracy theorists are being featured in the catalogs of a popular ebook lending service.

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Apr 25

(Those of us in flyover country can join the first event online and will be having our own very cool libraries and technology events by investigating our local public library's digital collections budget while enjoying a beverage of our choice.)

It's NYC week for Library Futures! Stop by (or join the stream) for a meet and greet with

@brewster_kahle

at the

@NYPL

Monday night: nypl.org/events/program. Then hang out with us,

@NYUEngelberg

, and

on Wednesday night!

Libraries and Technology Meetup w/Library Futures, METRO, and NYU Engelberg

Join Library Futures, METRO, and the NYU Engelberg Center for a casual gathering to talk technology, copyright, and the future of libraries.

And this Monday you can attend a conversation with

and Tony Marx of

in person or online!

Brewster Kahle and Tony Marx: The Internet Archive at 25

The founder of the Internet Archive speaks with the President of The New York Public Library about the changing roles of libraries in the digital age.

Apr 22

Just five days till you can hang with the Library Futures crew and our friends

@NYUEngelberg

and

! (Uh, if you're in NYC--the rest of us can just be cool at home.)

Libraries and Technology Meetup w/Library Futures, METRO, and NYU Engelberg

Join Library Futures, METRO, and the NYU Engelberg Center for a casual gathering to talk technology, copyright, and the future of libraries.

Apr 22

What’s decentralization, how can it be deployed in the realm of social media, and what do library workers need to know? Come figure it all out w/ us on Thursday 4/28 at 4pm ET. We’ll be joined by experts

, &

Important report from

@ConMijente

about library vendor

@LexisNexis

's contracts with ICE that explicitly skirt sanctuary laws. Sanctuary libraries and university campuses must work together to take back our crucial services from big corporations and vendors.

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Mijente

@ConMijente

· Apr 20

NEWS

ICE has been using a data broker, @LexisNexis, to skirt sanctuary laws. We're publishing documents showing ICE *explicitly* saying they need this contract to skirt sanctuary laws, for the first time, & detailing how it works.

theguardian.com/us-news/2022/a

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Library Futures: Championing the Right to Equitable Access to Knowledge

We believe that information is a human creation and that humans--including library staff, content creators, and journalists--are best qualified to navigate it as we work to provide equitable access to digital information to all. Join us at libraryfutures.net /end

libraryfutures.net

Help us empower libraries to fulfill their mission and provide non-discriminatory, open access to culture for the public good.

Exhibit B: The SMART Copyright Act would mandate "automated censorship filters at nearly every layer of the Internet, from ISPs to streaming platforms." Because automated filters never make mistakes. nocensorshipfilter.com /3

nocensorshipfilter.com

URGENT: Congress is trying to sneak through copyright censorship filters

If this bill goes to a vote, Congress is going to have a SOPA moment on their hands. Anyone who streams or creates content online knows that copyright laws are broken and regularly abused.

Exhibit A: hoopla CEO Jeff Jankowski says that low-quality books on Holocaust denial, COVID misinformation, conversion therapy "made it through our protocols that include both human and system-driven reviews and screening." vice.com/en/article/93b /2

Ebook Services Are Bringing Unhinged Conspiracy Books into Public Libraries

Librarians say Holocaust deniers, antivaxxers, and other conspiracy theorists are being featured in the catalogs of a popular ebook lending service.

If you work in libraries, someone has doubtless sent you the line about how a search engine can bring you millions of results but a librarian can bring you the right one. The line is a little tired, but the point about human intelligence vs. AI is sometimes right on. /1

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There’s a lot of talk rn about decentralizing social media. Serendipitously, we’ve got a talk on this very matter scheduled for Thursday 4/28 at 4pm ET. Many thanks to our cohosts at

@GETDWeb

, and

Motherboard

@motherboard

The digital media service Hoopla is home to countless low-quality titles like “Debating The Holocaust” and “Can Homosexuality Be Healed.”

Ebook Services Are Bringing Unhinged Conspiracy Books into Public Libraries

Librarians say Holocaust deniers, antivaxxers, and other conspiracy theorists are being featured in the catalogs of a popular ebook lending service.

Selection and community-informed collections are crucial aspects of librarianship. We call on

@hooplaDigital

to provide more accountability and transparency into their collections and algorithms. Today in

@VICE

Ebook Services Are Bringing Unhinged Conspiracy Books into Public Libraries

Librarians say Holocaust deniers, antivaxxers, and other conspiracy theorists are being featured in the catalogs of a popular ebook lending service.

The Slow Burning Fire in the Libraries of America - EveryLibrary Action

Apr 19

You can burn actual books. You can ban digital books. You can also destroy the things that house both of them--and the staff who help people find them--through sheer neglect. More from our friends

@EveryLibrary

action.everylibrary.org

The Slow Burning Fire in the Libraries of America

Apr 18

Part 4 of our series w/

@GETDWeb

, &

Brewster Kahle and Tony Marx: The Internet Archive at 25

on the decentralized web is coming up! Join us on Thursday 4/28 at 4pm ET for presentations & demos re: decentralized social media from superstars

, &

As many school years wind down (and instructors start thinking about the next semester), our friends

@SPARC_NA

remind us how Open Educational Resources (in contrast to expensive textbooks and licensed databases) help students, faculty, and education.

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SPARC

@SPARC_NA

· Apr 18

College students are saving $$$ with #OER & many are performing better in class. It’s a win for professors who can be more creative & responsive with digital materials. Thanks to @professorsv @mesacc @USG_eCampus for sharing your success here: sparcopen.org/news/2022/oer-

You might know

, but how much do you know about the story behind it? Learn more in person or via livestream on April 25 with founder

@brewster_kahle

and the

@nypl

's Tony Marx:

nypl.org

The founder of the Internet Archive speaks with the President of The New York Public Library about the changing roles of libraries in the digital age.

Gutenberg Bible, 1of 5 complete copies in the US, at Austin's @RansomCenter

Apr 16

Thanks to the institutions and people who continue to make their work available. Access to the full range of human culture knowledge (a small portion of which we've discussed here) should be a right, not a privilege. /end

Portion of a page of a Gutenburg Bible

@ransomcenter

photographed by Sheila Scarborough: flickr.com/photos/2202849. /3

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Explore TheSeafarer's 1038 photos on Flickr!

Pages from the illuminated Hebrew Bible come from the collection

@metmuseum

: metmuseum.org/art/collection /2

metmuseum.org

Hebrew Bible | Spanish | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

David ha-Kohen Coutinh[o], who signed his name in the book at Rosh Hashanah (in 1366) ; Moses Abulafia, who inscribed his name in the book (late 1400s–early 1500s) ; by descent, Donna Jamila, who...

Whether you regard them as sacred texts or cultural objects, the influence of the Hebrew and Christian bibles (as well as the world's many other religious texts) is undeniable. And without all the people who worked to preserve and share them, many would be lost to us forever. /1

An illuminated Hebrew Bible from the collection at the Met: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/773026 and a portion of a page of a Gutenburg Bible from the Ransom Center photographed by Sheila Scarborough: https://www.flickr.com/photos/22028494@N03/16370190446.

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Internet Archive

Apr 15

We support the international library community's efforts to assist Ukrainian scholars. Our full collection of books & periodicals are now available, for free, to Ukrainian libraries through interlibrary loan via #RapidILL. Learn more: blog.archive.org/2022/04/15/sup

Apr 14

Happy to be a part of this! Hope to see you there

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· Apr 14

Just announced! Join @mnylc @NYUEngelberg and Library Futures in New York! Thanks to our friends in New York for supporting us in the Big Apple.

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Just announced! Join

and Library Futures in New York! Thanks to our friends in New York for supporting us in the Big Apple. 🍎

Libraries and Technology Meetup w/Library Futures, METRO, and NYU Engelberg

Join Library Futures, METRO, and the NYU Engelberg Center for a casual gathering to talk technology, copyright, and the future of libraries.

Walled Culture

@walledculture

Apr 14

Jennie Rose Halperin (

@little_wow

), Executive Director of

, shared on the Walled Culture podcast how libraries are faced with having to deal with harmful contracts 👇 🎧 walledculture.podbean.com 📽️ youtube.com/channel/UCwO_J

Police blast Disney music to stop YouTuber from filming them in California, video shows

Apr 14

Cop deploys Disney music as a weapon against getting filmed, or just when you thought the DMCA couldn't get any stranger:

sacbee.com

The video would face a copyright infringement, an officer is heard saying in the video.

MakeWith

@MakeWithCo

Apr 13

We love to see the way collaboration between the library, the newsroom, and the public is helping feed the community's curiosity! Ever grateful to be working alongside

to help make this magic happen ✨

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Albany Public Library

@AlbanyNYLibrary

· Apr 13

Your Pearl Street questions have answers! @saacolon is here with the first installment of digging into your questions about the historic street for @timesunion timesunion.com/business/artic

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Apr 13

We are so excited to see the first output of our collaboration with

supported by

. Love to see local curiosity supported by a news outlet and shared with the library! Read on 👇🏿

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Albany Public Library

@AlbanyNYLibrary

· Apr 13

Your Pearl Street questions have answers! @saacolon is here with the first installment of digging into your questions about the historic street for @timesunion timesunion.com/business/artic

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Apr 13

It's fun! It's free! It's in New York on April 27 from 5-7PM! Come hang out with us. ✨

Libraries and Technology Meetup w/Library Futures, METRO, and NYU Engelberg

Join Library Futures, METRO, and the NYU Engelberg Center for a casual gathering to talk technology, copyright, and the future of libraries.