Jane Cowell
@janecowell.bsky.social
Library Industry Speaker, Librarian, Innovator, Digital Disruption, Democracy, views are my own, reposts are not endorsements.
I have just published a blog post to support #library managers in building a culture of innovation in their library. Hope you find it useful janecowell8.medium.com/test-try-lea...
Test, Try, Learn: Building a Culture of Innovation in Public Libraries
Public libraries sit at the heart of their communities continually adapting to changing technologies, shifting user needs, and increasing…
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November 26, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I have just published a blog post to support #library managers in building a culture of innovation in their library. Hope you find it useful janecowell8.medium.com/test-try-lea...
The 2026 Guide to TikTok for Libraries: How to Maximize Reach (While It Still Exists) superlibrarymarketing.com/2025/11/17/l...
The 2026 Guide to TikTok for Libraries: How to Maximize Reach (While It Still Exists)
Photo courtesy Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library This is part of the 2026 series of library social media guides. In the following weeks, we’ll cover LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram, …
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November 25, 2025 at 1:38 AM
The 2026 Guide to TikTok for Libraries: How to Maximize Reach (While It Still Exists) superlibrarymarketing.com/2025/11/17/l...
Quick wins to boost library user engagement with passive programming www.webjunction.org/news/webjunc...
Quick wins to boost engagement with passive programming
Passive programming can be a win on so many levels—cost, staff time, return on investment, a multi-generational grand slam. Read on for ideas you can try right away.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Quick wins to boost library user engagement with passive programming www.webjunction.org/news/webjunc...
Australia’s public libraries are thriving as the cost of living rises. We can’t afford to lose them theconversation.com/australias-p...
Australia’s public libraries are thriving as the cost of living rises. We can’t afford to lose them
A new report shows that visits to Australian public libraries are up 10% – though funding is down. They provide everything from books and internet to help with CVs.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Australia’s public libraries are thriving as the cost of living rises. We can’t afford to lose them theconversation.com/australias-p...
What I’ve Learned (So Far) About Building With Libraries, Newsrooms and Communities jskfellows.stanford.edu/what-ive-lea...
What I’ve Learned (So Far) About Building With Libraries, Newsrooms and Communities
The Library Newsroom Project wasn’t built from a plan but from practice.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:29 AM
What I’ve Learned (So Far) About Building With Libraries, Newsrooms and Communities jskfellows.stanford.edu/what-ive-lea...
Missouri court strikes down 2022 law that pulled library books off shelves. A law creating a misdemeanor offense for school employees that supply ‘sexually explicit material’ to students is now void missouriindependent.com/2025/11/18/m...
Missouri court strikes down 2022 law that pulled library books off shelves • Missouri Independent
A Jackson County Circuit Court struck down a 2022 law that criminalized school employees for providing "sexually explicit material."
missouriindependent.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Missouri court strikes down 2022 law that pulled library books off shelves. A law creating a misdemeanor offense for school employees that supply ‘sexually explicit material’ to students is now void missouriindependent.com/2025/11/18/m...
Every investment of funds into #libraries improves our communities - go Scotland! - £200,000 boost for libraries granted to power innovative community projects across Scotland scottishbusinessnews.net/200000-boost...
£200,000 boost for libraries granted to power innovative community projects across Scotland - Scottish Business News
Twelve public libraries across Scotland are set to transform their services thanks to a £200,000 injection from the Public Library Improvement Fund
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November 25, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Every investment of funds into #libraries improves our communities - go Scotland! - £200,000 boost for libraries granted to power innovative community projects across Scotland scottishbusinessnews.net/200000-boost...
Great to see this focus on supporting #readers. - Reading Buddies Builds Literacy and Community at the New Brunswick Free Public Library newbrunswicktoday.com/2025/10/read...
Reading Buddies Builds Literacy and Community at the New Brunswick Free Public Library - New Brunswick Today | New Brunswick, NJ Local News
Reading Buddies is a program designed to assist local students (K-6) with reading comprehension hosted by the New Brunswick Free Public Library (NBFPL).
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November 25, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Great to see this focus on supporting #readers. - Reading Buddies Builds Literacy and Community at the New Brunswick Free Public Library newbrunswicktoday.com/2025/10/read...
Another great library program connecting people to much needed services - High Point library program connects hundreds with social services in its first year www.bpr.org/2025-11-05/h...
High Point library program connects hundreds with social services in its first year
The initiative that connects those in need with a social worker at the library has reached more than 600 people so far.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Another great library program connecting people to much needed services - High Point library program connects hundreds with social services in its first year www.bpr.org/2025-11-05/h...
How fantastic! - The NYPL's Library Lions Gala Turned Into a Mini Bruce Springsteen Concert
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The NYPL's Library Lions Gala Turned Into a Mini Bruce Springsteen Concert
On Monday evening, guests celebrated this year's Lions: Bruce Springsteen, Shona Rhimes, novelist Louise Erdrich, writer Daniel Kehlmann, writer-musician James McBride, and author James Patterson.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:20 AM
How fantastic! - The NYPL's Library Lions Gala Turned Into a Mini Bruce Springsteen Concert
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#Libraries open their archives to train AI chatbots with books spanning centuries of human knowledge www.milwaukeeindependent.com/newswire/lib...
Libraries open their archives to train AI chatbots with books spanning centuries of human knowledge | Milwaukee Independent
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November 10, 2025 at 12:29 AM
#Libraries open their archives to train AI chatbots with books spanning centuries of human knowledge www.milwaukeeindependent.com/newswire/lib...
#AI Is Supercharging the War on #Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge
"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."
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November 10, 2025 at 12:24 AM
#AI Is Supercharging the War on #Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
Grokipedia and the Coup Against Reality Itself www.thedissident.news/grokipedia-a...
Grokipedia and the Coup Against Reality Itself
Grokipedia, the copycat of Wikipedia launched by Elon Musk isn’t just a string of AI generated slop, it is a weapon. The launch of "grokipedia" is a calculated, strategic escalation by the billionaire...
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November 2, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Grokipedia and the Coup Against Reality Itself www.thedissident.news/grokipedia-a...
Why Wikipedia Is Losing Traffic to AI Overviews on Google
The beloved online encyclopedia has been dropping in pageviews over the last few months. www.cnet.com/tech/service...
The beloved online encyclopedia has been dropping in pageviews over the last few months. www.cnet.com/tech/service...
Why Wikipedia Is Losing Traffic to AI Overviews on Google
The beloved online encyclopedia has been dropping in pageviews over the last few months.
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November 2, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Why Wikipedia Is Losing Traffic to AI Overviews on Google
The beloved online encyclopedia has been dropping in pageviews over the last few months. www.cnet.com/tech/service...
The beloved online encyclopedia has been dropping in pageviews over the last few months. www.cnet.com/tech/service...
Grokipedia Is the Antithesis of Everything That Makes Wikipedia Good, Useful, and Human www.404media.co/grokipedia-i...
Grokipedia Is the Antithesis of Everything That Makes Wikipedia Good, Useful, and Human
Grokipedia is not a 'Wikipedia competitor.' It is a fully robotic regurgitation machine designed to protect the ego of the world’s wealthiest man.
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November 2, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Grokipedia Is the Antithesis of Everything That Makes Wikipedia Good, Useful, and Human www.404media.co/grokipedia-i...
"No, wait, avoid wiki" - Elon Musk's Grokipedia is biased AI slop the-decoder.com/no-wait-avoi...
"No, wait, avoid wiki" - Elon Musk's Grokipedia is biased AI slop
Elon Musk's new AI encyclopedia Grokipedia claims to free the internet from "propaganda." But a closer look shows it systematically distorts politically sensitive topics and serves up biased AI slop.
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October 31, 2025 at 1:09 AM
"No, wait, avoid wiki" - Elon Musk's Grokipedia is biased AI slop the-decoder.com/no-wait-avoi...
Libraries Scramble for Books After Giant Distributor Shuts Down
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Libraries Scramble for Books After Giant Distributor Shuts Down
Why it might have been and may continue to be harder to get new releases from your local library.
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October 31, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Libraries Scramble for Books After Giant Distributor Shuts Down
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Even before they can read, young children are visualizing letters and other objects with the same strategies adults use #Literacy theconversation.com/even-before-...
Even before they can read, young children are visualizing letters and other objects with the same strategies adults use
Recent research shows that young children typically manipulate and rotate entire objects in their minds to understand challenges such as puzzles.
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October 28, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Even before they can read, young children are visualizing letters and other objects with the same strategies adults use #Literacy theconversation.com/even-before-...
The ABC’s Top 100 books poll lacks diversity. Here are my 10 First Nations ‘books of the 21st century’ theconversation.com/the-abcs-top...
The ABC’s Top 100 books poll lacks diversity. Here are my 10 First Nations ‘books of the 21st century’
Just three Aboriginal writers appeared in Radio National’s poll. There was little sense of the breadth and creativity of our First Nations writing scene.
theconversation.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The ABC’s Top 100 books poll lacks diversity. Here are my 10 First Nations ‘books of the 21st century’ theconversation.com/the-abcs-top...
Wyoming library director fired amid book dispute reaches $700,000 settlement www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Wyoming library director fired amid book dispute reaches $700,000 settlement
"It's been a rough road, but I will never regret standing up for the First Amendment," Terri Lesley said.
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October 27, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Wyoming library director fired amid book dispute reaches $700,000 settlement www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
US Federal Judge Rules Texas Book Ratings Law Unconstitutional #Censorship #FreedomToRead www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Federal Judge Orders Permanent Injunction Against Texas Book Ratings Law
Judge Alan D. Albright of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas ordered a permanent injunction against mandatory book rating law HB 900 on October 21.
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October 27, 2025 at 10:42 PM
US Federal Judge Rules Texas Book Ratings Law Unconstitutional #Censorship #FreedomToRead www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
The Case for Whole Books: You can’t get better at reading until you care about a text. #Literacy slate.com/life/2025/10...
October 27, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The Case for Whole Books: You can’t get better at reading until you care about a text. #Literacy slate.com/life/2025/10...
Cities looking to revive downtowns are increasingly leveraging the ability of public libraries to draw crowds and encourage economic development. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
With Roles as Civic Hubs, Libraries Turn Over a New Page
Cities looking to revive downtowns are increasingly leveraging the ability of public libraries to draw crowds and encourage economic development.
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October 27, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Cities looking to revive downtowns are increasingly leveraging the ability of public libraries to draw crowds and encourage economic development. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
#Librarians, Publishers, and the Defense of Knowledge katinamagazine.org/content/arti...
Librarians, Publishers, and the Defense of Knowledge
Librarians are defending access, equity, and the right to knowledge—often while navigating shrinking budgets, rising costs, and an increasingly polarized environment. You shouldn’t have to face this a...
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October 27, 2025 at 4:26 AM
#Librarians, Publishers, and the Defense of Knowledge katinamagazine.org/content/arti...
Reposted by Jane Cowell
One of the reasons I love retro-SF futures is because they speak to this increasing trend of turning shit off and disconnecting devices. When AWS goes down and bricks your bed, fridge, and thermostat, the appeal of analog is keenly felt.
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The return of dumb things: Why young people are ditching their smartphones for MP3 players and digital cameras
Young people are using dumb phones, MP3 players and digital cameras in lieu of iPhones. Experts explain why.
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October 26, 2025 at 10:57 AM
One of the reasons I love retro-SF futures is because they speak to this increasing trend of turning shit off and disconnecting devices. When AWS goes down and bricks your bed, fridge, and thermostat, the appeal of analog is keenly felt.
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