CATS, Sweat, and Tears
Profit motives, demure IP, jobs, and poll results!
Even the military wants the right to repair.
The Victoria and Albert Museum copyrights public domain images, but they don’t want to talk about it.
We’ve said it before, but we’ll say it again: Never trust a corporation to do a library’s job.
We don’t think you’re using Grok for voting info, but don’t.
Open access will kill publishing profits! Or not, study says.
Smart people take on platforms and crowds (including Library Futures friend Rebecca Tushnet). We’re not saying crowds should take on library platforms, but we’re not saying they shouldn’t.
Students are back, but are the books?
Authors, you got rights! (Hey libraries, you got rights!)
Is trademark demure?
You need some more Captain Grace Hopper in your life.
Some cool jobs
- Communications Manager, Museum Education Roundtable
- Digital Preservation Librarian, Penn State University Libraries
- Communication Specialist, Open Future Foundation
- Communications Manager, SPARC
- Librarian for the Arts, UVA
- Communications Manager, Wikimedia Foundation
And some cool events
- Beyond Discourse Dumpster Fires, 9/12
- Responsible Tech Summit, NYC 9/16
- AI Snake Oil Book Talk, 9/18
- Funtime Book Party: Feminist Cyberlaw, 9/23
- ARL Sustainability Series, ongoing
- CNI Fall 2024 Membership Meeting, 12/9
Poll results
Poll reveals that some of you really like polls. Like seven of you.
