Library Futures
@libraryfutures.bsky.social
Research and advocacy for the future of libraries. A project of @NYUEngelberg.
Did you miss Copyright Week this year? It's okay. There's a lot going on--and our friends @eff.org have the roundup. (Click through for the adorable animation!)
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Copyright Week 2026
Day 1: Copyright Enforcement as a Tool of CensorshipCopyright shouldn't be a weapon for elites to silence speech and criticism they find inconvenient. We deserve a copyright system which preserves our...
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January 26, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Did you miss Copyright Week this year? It's okay. There's a lot going on--and our friends @eff.org have the roundup. (Click through for the adorable animation!)
www.eff.org/copyrightwee...
www.eff.org/copyrightwee...
Are you a student? Do you love our work? Do you want to work with us? Library Futures intern applications are OPEN.
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January 21, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Are you a student? Do you love our work? Do you want to work with us? Library Futures intern applications are OPEN.
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Hoopla says libraries need to get "comfortable with different solutions."
Cool! We'd love to see some different solutions that honor library values, preserve library rights, and don't bankrupt taxpayers!
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Cool! We'd love to see some different solutions that honor library values, preserve library rights, and don't bankrupt taxpayers!
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The Digital Library Market Has Issues. Hoopla Wants to Talk About Them.
With its podcast, The Straight Download, Hoopla is leaning into some of the uncomfortable marketplace conversations in the digital library world.
www.wordsandmoney.com
January 20, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Hoopla says libraries need to get "comfortable with different solutions."
Cool! We'd love to see some different solutions that honor library values, preserve library rights, and don't bankrupt taxpayers!
www.wordsandmoney.com/the-digital-...
Cool! We'd love to see some different solutions that honor library values, preserve library rights, and don't bankrupt taxpayers!
www.wordsandmoney.com/the-digital-...
![We believe in empowering readers and respecting choice. We will disclose what AI can and cannot do, its limitations, and how human oversight is maintained. [highlighted]We believe in providing access, not restricting it.[end highlight] OverDrive makes a wide range of titles available through partnerships with publishers, but librarians curate their own collections based on the needs of their communities. Libraries make purchasing decisions, and we respect their expertise and autonomy. [highlighted]OverDrive does not exclude titles created with AI tools from the catalog. We ask that publishers self-identify content that was created with AI assistance.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ueg5hblmeq2eveuulpneisv7/bafkreicyvlgw6lkedk6mlilov56nzh2ksprlv7umgcmrddoipzy4le7nta@jpeg)
January 14, 2026 at 5:31 PM
As libraries wrap up their year and celebrate new records in digital checkouts, it's time for a few reminders for the new year. /1
January 13, 2026 at 7:12 PM
As libraries wrap up their year and celebrate new records in digital checkouts, it's time for a few reminders for the new year. /1
Still catching up onb2025? No worries! Read the write-up from our final AI session.
Huge thanks to @wolvendamien.bsky.social, Dr. Andrea Baer, and @copystar.bsky.social for sharing your time and expertise with us all!
Huge thanks to @wolvendamien.bsky.social, Dr. Andrea Baer, and @copystar.bsky.social for sharing your time and expertise with us all!
Here's the write-up from the December 11th 2025 @libraryfutures.bsky.social panel "Information Literacy in the Age of GenAI" with Dr. Andrea Baer, Dr. @copystar.bsky.social, and myself:
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Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence for Information Professionals
Research and advocacy for the future of libraries.
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January 12, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Still catching up onb2025? No worries! Read the write-up from our final AI session.
Huge thanks to @wolvendamien.bsky.social, Dr. Andrea Baer, and @copystar.bsky.social for sharing your time and expertise with us all!
Huge thanks to @wolvendamien.bsky.social, Dr. Andrea Baer, and @copystar.bsky.social for sharing your time and expertise with us all!
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Today's early Spring semester reminder that if your academic library doesn't have an eBook you want and/or tells you they can't provide it, it is most likely not the library staff's fault.
We can't buy what vendors refuse to sell.
We can't buy what vendors refuse to sell.
January 12, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Today's early Spring semester reminder that if your academic library doesn't have an eBook you want and/or tells you they can't provide it, it is most likely not the library staff's fault.
We can't buy what vendors refuse to sell.
We can't buy what vendors refuse to sell.
Feeling discontent with civilization? Fear not, it's just about time to celebrate more work ascending into the public domain! We'll see you on the sunny side of the street in January!
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Public Domain Day 2026 | Duke University School of Law
January 1, 2026 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1930 are open to all, as are sound recordings from 1925! By Jennifer Jenkins and James Boyle[1] CC BY 4.0 Please note that this site is only about US l...
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December 17, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Feeling discontent with civilization? Fear not, it's just about time to celebrate more work ascending into the public domain! We'll see you on the sunny side of the street in January!
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"Ensuring equitable access to digital information remains one of the main challenges for libraries."
From our friends @knowledgerights21.org
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From our friends @knowledgerights21.org
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A Boost for Digital Access in Libraries: The Importance of Training on e-Books
Learn more about a KR21-supported hybrid course organised earlier this year by Spanish partner FESABID
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December 16, 2025 at 3:19 PM
"Ensuring equitable access to digital information remains one of the main challenges for libraries."
From our friends @knowledgerights21.org
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From our friends @knowledgerights21.org
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This was a really important session. Immensely heartening to hear people in the LIS spaces articulate the case against LLM AI in education, search and reference, writing, etc. etc., especially when certain other foresight organizations seem to be embracing it.
We will NOT be recording Information Literacy in the Age of GenAI, the last session of our 2025 AI series. Be there on 12/11--or atl least register so you can get a writeup and all the links from the chat!
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December 12, 2025 at 11:21 AM
This was a really important session. Immensely heartening to hear people in the LIS spaces articulate the case against LLM AI in education, search and reference, writing, etc. etc., especially when certain other foresight organizations seem to be embracing it.
We agree! And we hope you'll join us!
What a fantastic line-up of people to learn from & think with!
We will NOT be recording Information Literacy in the Age of GenAI, the last session of our 2025 AI series. Be there on 12/11--or atl least register so you can get a writeup and all the links from the chat!
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December 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
We agree! And we hope you'll join us!
We will NOT be recording Information Literacy in the Age of GenAI, the last session of our 2025 AI series. Be there on 12/11--or atl least register so you can get a writeup and all the links from the chat!
nyu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
nyu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
December 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
We will NOT be recording Information Literacy in the Age of GenAI, the last session of our 2025 AI series. Be there on 12/11--or atl least register so you can get a writeup and all the links from the chat!
nyu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
nyu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
"As we grapple with the change afoot, creative partnerships between local newsmakers and civic institutions have the opportunity to be truly transformative, but only if we build together."
LF ED @littlewow.online in The Objective
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LF ED @littlewow.online in The Objective
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Libraries are a locus for civic change
Jennie Rose Halperin on the need to invest in underexplored partnerships between civic media makers and libraries as a clear place of change.
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December 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
"As we grapple with the change afoot, creative partnerships between local newsmakers and civic institutions have the opportunity to be truly transformative, but only if we build together."
LF ED @littlewow.online in The Objective
objectivejournalism.org/2025/12/libr...
LF ED @littlewow.online in The Objective
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What if humans still picked music? What if algorithms weren't inevitable? What if libraries could help?
Check TRACK 10: a librarian's journey beyond the algorithm, out now from Library Futures intern Thomas Gagnon-van Leeuwen!
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Check TRACK 10: a librarian's journey beyond the algorithm, out now from Library Futures intern Thomas Gagnon-van Leeuwen!
www.libraryfutures.net/post/sick-of...
December 4, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What if humans still picked music? What if algorithms weren't inevitable? What if libraries could help?
Check TRACK 10: a librarian's journey beyond the algorithm, out now from Library Futures intern Thomas Gagnon-van Leeuwen!
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Check TRACK 10: a librarian's journey beyond the algorithm, out now from Library Futures intern Thomas Gagnon-van Leeuwen!
www.libraryfutures.net/post/sick-of...
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Congratulations to @kslater.bsky.social on winning the 2025 Annual Library Juice Paper Contest! And pssst... read on down thread... 👇
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Kailyn Slater wins the 2025 Annual Library Juice Paper Contest - Litwin Books & Library Juice Press
Library Juice Press is excited to announce the winner of the 2025 Annual Library Juice Paper Contest. Kailyn Slater’s paper, titled, “Against AI: Critical Refusal in the Library,” published in … Read ...
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December 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Congratulations to @kslater.bsky.social on winning the 2025 Annual Library Juice Paper Contest! And pssst... read on down thread... 👇
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You want webinars? We got webinars this December! Find them all here or read on for details! /1
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Events
The Engelberg Center hosts a wide range of events, from multi-day public symposia to small, invitation-only workshops.
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December 1, 2025 at 6:37 PM
You want webinars? We got webinars this December! Find them all here or read on for details! /1
www.libraryfutures.net/events
www.libraryfutures.net/events
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talking about public library makerspaces (supporting the work of artists, doing our best to keep materials free for all, & building relationships with community members through programming that is responsive to their needs) for Library Futures next week!
Learn how to keep your library makerspace legally sound and open to all! @schutton.bsky.social, @kslater.bsky.social, and Tomas A. Lipinski will offer insights and answer questions on all things maker. Read more and register -->
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November 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
talking about public library makerspaces (supporting the work of artists, doing our best to keep materials free for all, & building relationships with community members through programming that is responsive to their needs) for Library Futures next week!
Thanks to @wordsandmoney.bsky.social for their shoutout to our Neo-Censorship report--and for their excellent coverage of all things library!
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The Queue: Library News for the Week Ending November 21, 2025
Among the week's headlines: a long-awaited legal victory for the freedom to read in Missouri; Alabama bans books with trans themes from Public library youth sections; a new report in Georgia explores ...
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November 24, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Thanks to @wordsandmoney.bsky.social for their shoutout to our Neo-Censorship report--and for their excellent coverage of all things library!
www.wordsandmoney.com/the-queue-li...
www.wordsandmoney.com/the-queue-li...
Learn how to keep your library makerspace legally sound and open to all! @schutton.bsky.social, @kslater.bsky.social, and Tomas A. Lipinski will offer insights and answer questions on all things maker. Read more and register -->
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nyu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Learn how to keep your library makerspace legally sound and open to all! @schutton.bsky.social, @kslater.bsky.social, and Tomas A. Lipinski will offer insights and answer questions on all things maker. Read more and register -->
nyu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
nyu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
There's still time to sign up to resist the vendor machine! Join Library Futures, Stephanie "Cole" Adams, Samantha Teremi, Layla Maurer, and Hayley Park to talk AI and library contracts. That's this Thursday 11/20!
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November 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
There's still time to sign up to resist the vendor machine! Join Library Futures, Stephanie "Cole" Adams, Samantha Teremi, Layla Maurer, and Hayley Park to talk AI and library contracts. That's this Thursday 11/20!
nyu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
nyu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
"A crucial part of advocacy is making and learning from mistakes." Library Futures intern Callie Martindale set out to make an accessible infographic and learned a lot along the way!
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Seeing with Words: An Intern’s Introduction to Accessible Infographics
Research and advocacy for the future of libraries.
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November 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
"A crucial part of advocacy is making and learning from mistakes." Library Futures intern Callie Martindale set out to make an accessible infographic and learned a lot along the way!
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Because cats have always been cooler than us. With thanks to the @libraryfutures.bsky.social email today.
John Kay - The Favourite Cat and De La-Tour Painter - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
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November 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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We're proud to be a part of the @recreatecoalition.bsky.social--and look at their lovely new website!
👀 Exciting news from us at Re:Create, our website has a new look! Check it out and explore the issues important to Re:Create members, @bb.usefairuse.com's insights in blogs, and our new resource section. 🔗 recreatecoalition.org
November 14, 2025 at 6:32 PM
We're proud to be a part of the @recreatecoalition.bsky.social--and look at their lovely new website!
From Wizards of the Coast to Library Futures, we welcome our new staff attorney Layla Maurer!
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Four Questions with Layla Maurer
Research and advocacy for the future of libraries.
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November 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
From Wizards of the Coast to Library Futures, we welcome our new staff attorney Layla Maurer!
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