Free Online Presentation: "Living in the Middle: Critical Reflections On Identity, Power, and Practice In Academic Librarianship" by Pacion, LaVoice & Benson - March 18, 2026, 2-3pm ET
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4) "Does it really work?" Well, here are some random screen shots.
So that's it? Tips?
Yeah, that's a no from me.
3/3
www.zeffy.com/home/zero-fe...
I have no idea. And they don't explain it.
1) You click on the "How is Zeffy free?" link and
2) It just states, again, Zeffy really is free. OK, but *how*? So you click again.
3) "Zeffy makes money exclusively from optional tips"
2/n
www.zeffy.com/home/zero-fe...
LOEX uses Paypal as a payment processor (e.g., for CC payments) bc they're well-known, secure, and charge the lowest fees.
However, it's always good to occasionally consider alternatives, and I found one called Zeffy.
They charge zero fees. How do they do that?
1/n
This is this Wednesday!
Heads up! #loex2026 (Norfolk, VA) Conference Registration opens this Friday, Feb 13 at 1PM Eastern / 10am Pacific.
"Oceans of Knowledge: Diving into Information Literacy"
- Registration info bit.ly/375FswK ;
- Program/Session info bit.ly/386E1zb
"Outdated Notion? Teaching Scholarly Articles as the Gold Standard" by Adrienne Warner and Alyssa Russo (C&RL News)
crln.acrl.org/index.php/cr...
Free Online Presentation: "Embracing Slow Library Management: Reflections On Leading With Care" by Alyssa Brissett (NYU) - February 25, 2026, 2-3pm ET
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"Social Network Analysis of Liaison Librarian Relationships" by Ellen Hampton Filgo and Joshua Been (C&RL) rebrand.ly/466149
...and the fact it turns out that Baltimore did, in fact, hire Jesse Minter just makes it more interesting (but they hired him an hour ago, not 20 hours ago; and I'd be willing to be big money Greg Roman will not be involved)
www.baltimoreravens.com/news/jesse-m...
I will be using this post next week in class as a perfect example of how to use @mikecaulfield.bsky.social SIFT when taking in news, particularly from social media
The nice thing, is a few folks in the comments (e.g., JJARTJJ) know how to evaluate this "news".
www.reddit.com/r/MichiganWo...
Image-forensic expert Hany Farid confirmed it's a fake.
@donmoyn.bsky.social told me this moves us "closer to the Stalinesque manipulation of images that we think about with authoritarian propaganda, where you really cannot trust materials the state is putting out"
Gift link: wapo.st/4sUEnmr
wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
Maybe the best thing on the internet still? Certainly the most essential counter we have to our current shitstream of social media-driven misinformation.
Among many issues, the "What went wrong" section is baffling. It doesn't explain anything useful -- when I'm using a program, that's what I want to know (e.g., wrong file extension; the data was corrupted; not a capability of the tool).
Instead it just says "my bad!" and pretend apologizes.
I am more a cat person than a dog person, but it is always nice to see Tinker at her "office hours" at EMU's Halle Library. She is well-behaved & visitors seem to really enjoy her company.
Special shout out to my colleague Alexis, one of Tinker's handlers!
concentratemedia.com/tinker-emus-...
Hi, I spent several weeks testing five AI browsers to see if they could help me buy a pair of New Balances, sort my emails, rip transcripts from YouTube videos, and a whole bunch of other scenarios.
They're not great, Bob.
www.theverge.com/tech/837287/...
This #GivingTuesday, support academic library workers who are working to advance learning, transform scholarship, and create diverse and inclusive communities by donating to the ACRL Advancement Fund! https://bit.ly/4ovWZpk
I am going through the #loexff2025 recordings to make sure they are properly trimmed (e.g., no unnecessary cross talk) and man, Zoom's auto-transcription for closed captioning is impressive. Beyond getting proper names wrong sometimes (e.g., LOEX is not LOX, Zoom!) it gets 99% of the rest right.
Grateful to The Verge for publishing my essay on why large-language models are not going to achieve general intelligence nor push the scientific frontier.
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
"Defining Engagement for Academic Librarians" by Ellis, Indiana University Bloomington and Becker, University of Kansas (C&RL)
rebrand.ly/nf99njs
Reminder -- these are due next Monday!
As basically anyone who’s talked to me since the summer knows, I’ve been working on this for months. Thanks to everyone who shared their insights. (I’ve got a lot more to say in the future, too.)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/m...
"Information in the Age of Infocracy: Recalibrating the Definition of Information for Library Instruction" by Richard M. Cho, UC Irvine (C&RL News) rebrand.ly/xz3b51e
I've saw two SpongeBobs in just my parking lot in Ypsilanti.
It's that time of year -- time for Glenn Danzig and his Readers' Advisory Service.
#halloween #bookcollection #alldocumented #alltrue
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RERG...
I use Claude (an AI) to scan my posts for spelling and grammar errors. On the most recent post (about the East Wing, link below), I got a really amazing addendum.
www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...
