Wait until you hear that LLMs can only train on digitized/datafied info.
Most of the FACTS scholars use are in archives/libraries.
Less than 1% of archival colletions worldwide have been digitized.
Also: lots of facts are not even in archives, but in the attics.
I think about it. But then… *gestures at job*.
LIBRARIES WIN IN COURT. Federal court issues permanent injunction in Rhode Island V. Trump, stops the dismantling of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
The court ruled that all actions taken by the Administration to dismantle IMLS are nullified. This injunction takes immediate nationwide effect: all grants, in every state and territory. The Administration is stopped from taking these actions again in the future. Show up for our libraries, American Library Association.
NEWS: Libraries WIN in federal court!
A judge in RI issued a permanent injunction stopping the Administration from dismantling the Institute of Museum & Library Services and nullifying all actions taken to do so.
Read the ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... (More to come from ALA)
We will be moving off VMWare in the next two years. It’s a shame - I brought VMWare to the libraries over a decade ago because it made a lot of sense at the time, and now the smart move is to go somewhere else for our virtualisation needs.
As both a Master & Commander fan and a digital preservationist, I love all of this.
As someone who has done hiring in tech, the person with a liberal arts degree who has taught themself the tech skills is a good hire because they’ve proven they’re willing to learn, and the secretly very important part of working in tech is having to learn all the time, forever.
In my opinion the most accurate depiction of late 18th century naval warfare ever filmed.
Yes, technically 19thC in the movie but they were using 18thC ships and tactics.
As a person who has digital preservation in their day job: absolutely. Digital objects need constant curation to survive.
Tangentially: ocfl.io
“Call for pricing”, three words that make any introvert sysadmin recoil in fear.
Interesting blog post on the future of AI models - anticipating that the big closed-source providers will stop API access and provide agentic functions directly from their models, as that's the only way they will be able to make money.
Find joy where you can in these trying times.
For me today, it was discovering that these SSD caddies are tool-less. No tiny screws needed!
IYKYK
We are not that big in the great scheme of things, but so much of our disruptive traffic is from non-search (!bing, !google etc) trawling of our content, often where the crawler is disguising their activities.
Message me.
This is an A.I. policy I can get behind. Also bonus @susannahpaletz.bsky.social call out, which is nice.
Prompt Engineering vs. Blind Prompting - mitchellh.com/writing/prom... - I read this before but worth sharing. The main difference between the two? Actual testing against a specific task. Not copying tricks that some preprint on arxiv said did well under some unknown criteria.
Well played, historians. Well played.
If you know someone who is passionate about critical AI, data, or media & disinformation literacy, please share this call for (stipended) topic curators. We're especially keen to have high school teachers and librarians involved in the creation of this open educational resource! #oer #libraries
Some of the notable films, books, and other artworks entering the public domain in 2025 copyrightlately.com/public-domai...
History is delicious.
A thoughtful piece on how to adjust instruction in a world where we cannot prevent students from using generative A.I.
The good twitter, from the Before Times.
Signal boosting for the EFF.
Sharing this starter pack of people engaged in the field of digital preservation. Just let me know if you are working in digital preservation and would like to be added.
go.bsky.app/3SpFvF1
Thank you!
Hi, William! Would you mind adding me to the list, if that's appropriate? Stanford digital preservation... I think we met at a PASIG last decade.
Hi, Mary! I work in digital preservation for Stanford - would love to be added to this list if that's appropriate.
