The baby penalty is a phenomenon in which having children negatively affects women’s (but not men’s) academic careers. While the baby penalty has been studied considerably in the academe, scant res...

This case study discusses actionable strategies for teaching AI literacy to secondary education students in universities and libraries.

The Convivial Society: Vol. 7, No. 5

Re-Introducing LIB100 The Z Smith Reynolds Library at Wake Forest University has been offering iterations of the credit-bearing library research introductory class LIB 100 for over two decades. For th...

Talking with Tressie McMillan Cottom about "Power to the People, Y'all," a documentary about Winston-Salem's historic Black Panther chapter.

Today's guest blogger says academic librarians don't need another class on how to use AI, but an institutional reflection on the emotional and mental cost of rushing innovations.

Understanding AI Summaries in EBSCO, ProQuest, and More

The long read: It is an industry like no other, with profit margins to rival Google – and it was created by one of Britain’s most notorious tycoons: Robert Maxwell

Despite a surge in generative AI use across workplaces, most companies are seeing little measurable ROI. One possible reason is because AI tools are being used to produce “workslop”—content that appea...

"It just felt really slimy on the university's part."

It looks convincing, even in White House reports, but it’s often a sign of shoddy backwards research.

The rise of ChatGPT and its rivals is undermining the economic bargain of the internet

“I Don’t Think Librarians Can Save Us”: The Material Conditions of Information Literacy Instruction in the Misinformation Age

Escape newsletter inbox chaos and algorithmic surveillance by building your own enshittification-proof newspaper from the writers you already read

Donald Trump’s administration is pushing to take over the Library of Congress, its latest effort to subsume the legislative branch.

The right wing is using lies about how American kids are being taught in order to undermine public schools, argues Randi Weingarten and Jonah Edelman

OpenAI may be changing how the world interacts with language. But inside headquarters, there is a homage to the written word: a library.

A whopping 90% of election disinformation ads tested were approved by TikTok

20 years of credit-bearing courses: Reflections, takeaways, and next steps