@tomesandtech
Senior Manager - Library Quality, Strategy & Community Engagement, Adelaide University Formerly UniSA Library, Flinders University Library and the Bodleian Libraries PhD candidate https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9846-138X
The Friends of the (AU) Library present their first event of 2026 with Dr Roderick Hill in conversation about his books 'Chasing Solar Eclipses: A Comprehensive Guide' and 'Space to Live: The Search for an Alternative Home for Humanity.'
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A book's pages folded into the shape of a heart
The theme of this year’s Love Data Week is “Where's the Data?” We want to encourage thinking about the journey of your data from collection to access to preservation.❣️
We're excited to help the @cmu.edu community understand, use, communicate, and code with data.
guides.library.cmu.edu/lovedataweek
Bursary deadline is this coming Monday!
#digihums #digitalhumanities #dhoxss26
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Save the Date: International #OpenAccess Week will be October 19-25, 2026. #OAWeek is an opportunity to join together, take action & raise awareness of the benefits of openly sharing knowledge. www.openaccessweek.org
Oh no! I most remember Paul from OAI and the initial UK work to bring UK Research Council RDM mandates into library research support provision. He was always generous with his time and wise conversation, and will be greatly missed.
I regret to report.... #whamageddon
I think you'll like this one @ashthelibrarian.bsky.social.
#oer #oa
Aaand to round out #RAILS2025 the announcement that the new AU will host #RAILS2026... come and see us next year!
(Most of) the final panel for #RAILS2025... featuring Drs Anita Dewi, Jo Kaeding, Ellie Abdi and @lizzytait.bsky.social
Orphan works and remote learning bill introduced this morning parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/sea... #copyright #library
Sigh. *talking, not tasking
Day 2’s keynote at #RAILS2025 was @lisagiven.bsky.social - tasking about and giving published examples of #transdisciplinary goodies which I greedily grabbed photos of and frantically noted. Now this practitioner and part time PhD candidate needs to find the time to read it all…. 😆
We still have some spaces left on our Christmas literary pub crawl!
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I had so much fun today at #RAILS2025 that I neglected to post!
Ahh well, there's always tomorrow.
#RAILS2025 Doctoral Consortium presentation done!
Fabulous to hear about all the in-progess and nascent research underway!
Call to Action:
Be the conductor, the critic and the conscience
Build the trust layer your community deserves
“This is librarianship's leadership moment. The work we do now will decide whether AI becomes noise or knowledge.”
Every time you accept synthesis you haven’t integrated... that’s "cognitive credit card debt". You’re renting capacity, not building it.
"without developed quality sense, you get averaged mediocrity"
"You must have something worth saying before opening the prompt box"
CoC last week, this week #RAILS2025!
First up @carloiacono.bsky.social of @csu.edu.au on AI in libraries.
I passed my Confirmation of Candidature (with minor corrections) yesterday!
Well, that sounds like great incentive to work on a paper!
Here's your chance to learn about DROID, a powerful digital preservation tool! #digipres #archives #DigitalPreservation
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There’s still time to join us in Charleston! Advance registration will be closing soon! ⏰
Register by 10/31 and skip the on-site fee. Hope to see you there! arevie.ws/4nYrFjE
🎉Caroline talks about the "Black Box" issue with "AI" that Romana and I also discussed at ALIA Online earlier this year.
Interesting timing reading this while attending today's Symposium #AIBeyond2025
"In the age of false information, we all need a good BS detector. Here’s how to sort facts from harmful fiction" author
Professor Tony Haymet Australia's Chief Scientist
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#aibeyond2025 - @heroicendeavour.bsky.social speaks to "Reclaiming agency in the new world of AI" and whether we as individuals are a passenger or a pilot in this space.
Discussion of AI Determinism and whether the encouraged adoption of a new tool fits our library requirements.
#aibeyond2025 - @aj-boston.bsky.social discusses the variation of views and opinions between AI evangelists and AI atheists and how, despite *however much we may want to*, we can't simply avoid discussion of "AI".
