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Abigail Goben

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Data, Open Scholarship, Libraries, Knitting, Cats. I named Executive Function Theft. The opinions of the Hedgehog Librarian, Professor. Chicago-based. She/her #knitting #data #executivefunctiontheft https://hedgehoglibrarian.com/

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Abigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social · Jan 7

The Impact of the Research Data Management Toolkit: Assessing a RoadShow Workshop | Goben | College & Research Libraries

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My paper with @sappnelson.bsky.social is out!!! Read about our findings from evaluating the Road Show!!

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Abigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social · 1h

Why higher ed's AI rush could put corporate interests over public service and independence phys.org/news/2025-10...

Why higher ed's AI rush could put corporate interests over public service and independence

Artificial intelligence technology has begun to transform higher education, raising a new set of profound questions about the role of universities in society. A string of high-profile corporate partne...

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Abigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social · 2h

I responded to this survey. I objected to the idea that teaching a full credit course "takes away from my library service"... It's part of my job, so it IS a library service. It showed an authorial bias about courses as part of our role.

Colleen @librarycolleen.bsky.social · 2h

For-Credit Library Instruction: Exploring the Experiences of Academic Librarians Serving as Instructors of Record 📚 #AcademicLibraries #AcademicLibrarians #LibraryInstruction
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For-Credit Library Instruction: Exploring the Experiences of Academic Librarians Serving as Instructors of Record | Nelson | College & Research Libraries

For-Credit Library Instruction: Exploring the Experiences of Academic Librarians Serving as Instructors of Record

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Abigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social · 2h

Also if I wasn't sure before that the apps sounded like the worst....

Abigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social · 4h

This sounds awful

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‘I realised I’d been ChatGPT-ed into bed’: how ‘Chatfishing’ made finding love on dating apps even weirder

Where once people were duped by soft-focus photos and borrowed chat-up lines, now they have to watch out for computer-generated charm. But it’s one thing to use a witty phrase – another thing entirely...

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Abigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social · 23h

Today's earworm

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Tinashe - No Broke Boys (Official Video)

YouTube video by TinasheOfficialVEVO

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Abigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social · 1d

Ahhh.... Yes. Copilot reactivates on everything for me every three days and I'm constantly turning it back off.

Such desperation to get you to use it

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Abigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social · 1d

In THIS timeframe? 😁

Abigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social · 1d

(why Gemini specifically?)

Abigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social · 1d

Mummified Dogs Reveal Pre-Incan People Honored This Shepherd 1,000 Years Ago www.discovermagazine.com/mummified-do...

Abigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social · 1d

Hippos survived in Europe well into the last ice age, study finds phys.org/news/2025-10...

Hippos survived in Europe well into the last ice age, study finds

Hippos, today restricted to sub-Saharan Africa, survived in central Europe far longer than previously assumed. Analyses of bone finds demonstrate that hippos inhabited the Upper Rhine Graben sometime ...

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Abigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social · 1d

But I thought AI was supposed to do all the boring stuff so we were all freed up to just enjoy life and be creative?

No? hmmm

Meta Tells Workers Building Metaverse to Use AI to ‘Go 5x Faster’ www.404media.co/meta-tells-w...

Abigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social · 1d

Increasing pressures for conformity de-skilling and demotivating teachers, study warns phys.org/news/2025-10...

Increasing pressures for conformity de-skilling and demotivating teachers, study warns

The increasing pressure for teachers to obey school curriculum policies is "profoundly demotivating" and is leading directly to people leaving the profession, a new study warns.

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Abigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations!!!!!

Abigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social · 1d

I had two grants that had advanced to full review this spring for IMLS.

We did not receive funding from either LB or NLG lines and it's unclear our grants were even discussed because I've not heard that study sections ever happened.

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The Current State of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (October 2025 Edition)

Grant money that should be going to library projects is going to state-sponsored propaganda, among other IMLS updates.

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Abigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social · 1d

Pointless work tasks driving employees to switch off and burn out, new research finds phys.org/news/2025-10...

Pointless work tasks driving employees to switch off and burn out, new research finds

Unfair or pointless work tasks are driving more employees to mentally check out, turning to the internet to cope with stress, sleepless nights, and next-day burnout, new research shows.

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Abigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social · 1d

No, no, your friends send you emails to let you know that Princeton Uni Press is having a sale

This very new title is not on sale but you should look at it anyway because it looks cool

press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Africa's Buildings

A groundbreaking history of Africa’s looted architectural heritage—and a bold proposal for the repatriation of the continent’s stolen cultural artifacts

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Abigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social · 1d

Just think, now the fake relationship can suggest purchases....

Instant Checkout in ChatGPT brings agentic commerce to life searchengineland.com/instant-chec...

Instant Checkout in ChatGPT brings agentic commerce to life

Instant Checkout in ChatGPT connects users and merchants for secure in-chat purchases and AI-driven shopping experiences.

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Abigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social · 2d

She leaves an amazing and beloved legacy.

Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 2d

Sister Jean, Loyola’s beloved basketball chaplain, has died at 106. blockclubchi.co/3WxdjdW

Abigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social · 2d

We wanted fancy potlucks.

Ancient People Brought Animals From Far and Wide for Elaborate Feasts in Bronze Age Britain www.discovermagazine.com/people-and-a...

Ancient People Brought Animals From Far and Wide for Elaborate Feasts in Bronze Age Britain

Learn what massive mounds of ancient trash tell us about the large food festivals in Late Bronze Age Britain.

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Abigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social · 2d

"investigating how language encodes social stereotypes in gendered occupation titles and descriptions."

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Words matter when it comes to wages, prestige linked to female-associated jobs

A new sociological study evaluated more than 127 billion words found in publications over a nearly 120-year period to shine a light on the various cultural reasons why society often devalues occupatio...

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Abigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social · 2d

One of my godkids would probably love one

Abigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social · 2d

What an amazing investment in the team!

Abigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social · 2d

(This is my description of being in coaching hedgehoglibrarian.com/2024/12/15/i... )

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Abigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social · 2d

My coach is doing a workshop next week that might appeal to a few people

www.activevoicehq.com/protect-your...

Workshop | Protect Yourself from ADHD Burnout

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Abigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social · 2d

mixed response? Mostly on the side of no -- seeing it as their intellect driving a tool but there was definite uncertainty (which seems entirely reasonable)