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Hilary Bussell

@hilarycbus.bsky.social

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Associate Professor and Head of Humanities & Social Sciences Librarians at OSU. Academic libraries, yoga, pop culture. Here now.

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Hilary Bussell @hilarycbus.bsky.social · Jan 2

Peep Show ended in 2015. How’s that worked out for us, world?

Jez (Robert Webb) crying as he says “Everything’s turned from gold… into shit.”

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Danny Kingsley @dannykay68.bsky.social · 10d

USEFUL: Generative Al License Tracker from Ithaca S+R sr.ithaka.org/our-work/gen... Tracking deals publishers have with companies licensing their scholarly content for use as training data for LLM

(Noting the 'their content' aspect of this - read your publishing agreements folks before signing)

Generative AI Licensing Agreement Tracker - Ithaka S+R

In recent months, several publishers have announced that they are licensing their scholarly content for use as training data for LLMs. These deals

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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 10d

Exclusive: OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora video generator, which creates videos featuring copyrighted material unless copyright holders opt out of having their work appear.

OpenAI’s New Sora Video Generator to Require Copyright Holders to Opt Out

Executives at the startup notified talent agencies and studios over the last week.

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Emily Pitts Donahoe @empittsdonahoe.bsky.social · 29d

I overlapped with the instructor, Melissa, as grad students in Notre Dame's English department. One of her former ND colleagues has started a GoFundMe for her: gofund.me/3f5b12078

Donate to Help Support Our Children's Literature Colleague, organized by Angel Matos

Recently, our colleague Melissa McCoul was fired from her position as a S… Angel Matos needs your support for Help Support Our Children's Literature Colleague

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Nicole Pagowsky @nope4evr.bsky.social · Sep 1

Heartfelt thank you to the work of the @datarescueproject.org as I am writing my dissertation to ensure the stats I included will be able to be corroborated if anyone needs to in the future. Gave a s/o in a footnote 🫡

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Hilary Bussell @hilarycbus.bsky.social · Aug 26

Freedom of expression!

NBC4 Columbus @nbc4i.com · Aug 26

In part due to Ohio’s new anti-DEI higher education law, Senate Bill 1, Ohio State University dorm rooms have a much narrower theme this year.

Ohio State dorms told to stick with Buckeyes themes, citing DEI concerns

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — In part due to Ohio’s new anti-DEI higher education law, Senate Bill 1, Ohio State University dorm rooms have a much narrower theme this year. In years past, res…

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NBC4 Columbus @nbc4i.com · Aug 26

In part due to Ohio’s new anti-DEI higher education law, Senate Bill 1, Ohio State University dorm rooms have a much narrower theme this year.

Ohio State dorms told to stick with Buckeyes themes, citing DEI concerns

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — In part due to Ohio’s new anti-DEI higher education law, Senate Bill 1, Ohio State University dorm rooms have a much narrower theme this year. In years past, res…

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Bluesky @bsky.app · Aug 22

Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users.

While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.

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Ryan Cordell @ryancordell.org · Aug 22

Yesterday I was chatting with a colleague who researches AI who asked me why I think so many scholars—especially humanists, but not exclusively—are so skeptical about/hostile to it. We ended up having a lovely, generous, & genuinely curious discussion, a few moments of which seem worth summarizing+

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Ruth Colker @rcolker.bsky.social · Aug 22

I learned today that Ohio State faculty can’t put a land acknowledgement statement in their syllabus and that we can’t ask students to voluntarily disclose their pronouns. #firstamendment #ohiostate

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AAUP-Ohio State @osuaaup.bsky.social · Aug 15

The Columbus Dispatch picked up the story about OSU’s ban on chalking, and our criticism of the policy. Chalking is a traditional way for students to express thoughts and creativity publicly. This restriction undermines free speech and open dialogue, crucial for a vibrant academic community.

Ohio State bans chalking on campus. One faculty group calls it an 'assault on free speech'

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Jess Hagman @hagman.bsky.social · Jun 16

New @iassistdata.bsky.social #qualitative interest group workshop recording is now available: www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_Ud...

Martin Hájek demonstrated how to use @requal.bsky.social, a free and #opensource tool for #qual data analysis.

Slides at: zenodo.org/records/1566...

Introduction to Requal: Increasing Transparency and Reflexivity of Qualitative Coding

YouTube video by iassistdata

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Katrin Weller @kwelle.bsky.social · Jun 5

I absolutely loved yesterday's #IASSIST2025 keynote by Prof. Shawn Sobers people.uwe.ac.uk/Person/Shawn... with art + anthropology + history + data + pianola

Prof. Sobers presenting slides on a stage. Slides depicting Fairfield House in Bath

Prof Sobers presenting slides on a stage. Slides depicting Sylvia Pankhurst an Emporer Haile Selassie I

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Data Rescue Project #DataRescue @datarescueproject.org · Jun 3

We are presenting on our work and wider data rescue efforts at #IASSIST2025 conference in Bristol, England this week. If you aren't familiar with @iassistdata.bsky.social but you are interested in #data, you should check it out! Great sessions on #data management, preservation, ethics, & more.

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · Jun 2

I talked to 15 teachers/professors about how AI and ChatGPT is ruining their lives:

www.404media.co/teachers-are...

Teachers Are Not OK

AI, ChatGPT, and LLMs "have absolutely blown up what I try to accomplish with my teaching."

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Hilary Bussell @hilarycbus.bsky.social · May 23

Whoa!

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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · May 8

A US judge to govt lawyers defending the NIH's grant terminations:

"I understand the administration is against DEI. Respectfully, I just don't know what you mean. This isn't a teasing question. There has to be some working definition.

This is research to advance healthcare for all our citizens."

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · May 12

Wanna reduce crime?

Open more libraries.

"we find within the nearby proximity of the library; there is a substantial reduction in frequency of burglaries, vandalism, robberies, fraud, and assaults."

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Do public libraries help mitigate crime? Evidence from Kansas City, MO - Journal of Cultural Economics

We examine the relationship between public libraries and local crime rates. Previous studies have looked at different factors that could account for changes in crime, but few have focused on cultural ...

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Hilary Bussell @hilarycbus.bsky.social · May 11

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Acquisitions Librarian

Screen reader users may encounter difficulty with this site. For assistance with applying, please contact [email protected]. If you have questions while submitting an application, pleas...

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Hilary Bussell @hilarycbus.bsky.social · May 11

The Ohio State University Libraries is hiring two super important collections-focused TT faculty positions: Collections Strategist and Acquisitions Librarian. I’m not on either search committee but happy to answer any questions I can. #libraryjobs #lisjobs osu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/OSUCareers/j...

Collections Strategist

Screen reader users may encounter difficulty with this site. For assistance with applying, please contact [email protected]. If you have questions while submitting an application, pleas...

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Colleen @librarycolleen.bsky.social · May 2

IMLS!
www.ala.org/news/2025/05...

Federal Court Halts Dismantling of Federal Library Agency in ALA Lawsuit

Today, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted a temporary restraining order to block the Trump Administration’s dismantling of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)...

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Dr. Casey Fiesler @cfiesler.bsky.social · Apr 29

Update: Reddit the platform is considering legal action against the researchers, their university has stated that their ethics review did NOT actually tell them that the research was okay, and the researchers are not publishing the work. www.404media.co/reddit-issui...

Reddit Issuing 'Formal Legal Demands' Against Researchers Who Conducted Secret AI Experiment on Users

Reddit called it an "improper and highly unethical experiment" and said it did not know it was happening.

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Sarah Gilbert @sarahagilbert.bsky.social · Apr 26

The mods of r/ChangeMyView shared the sub was the subject of a study to test the persuasiveness of LLMs & that they didn't consent. There’s a lot that went wrong, so here’s a 🧵 unpacking it, along with some ideas for how to do research with online communities ethically. tinyurl.com/59tpt988

From the changemyview community on Reddit

Explore this post and more from the changemyview community

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · Apr 23

Al Gore ripped the Trump administration to shreds in a speech Monday at a climate week event in San Francisco.

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Hilary Bussell @hilarycbus.bsky.social · Apr 20

Amazing. I agree with you - one of the best things I’ve seen.

Hilary Bussell @hilarycbus.bsky.social · Apr 20

Ha, I saw the matinee today!

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Grim Howldgson @timhodgson.bsky.social · Apr 2

It is 2002. I am 18 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.

It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.

It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.

It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—

image of watchmen's doctor manhattan, a superhero who is entirely blue and nude, sitting on a rock, small in frame, on what is depicted to be a very pink version of the surface of the planet mars. he looks pensive.

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Internet Archive @archive.org · Mar 1

As librarian @siobhanh.bsky.social puts it: “The transition to subscription-only access... fundamentally undermines the ability of academic libraries to build collections that serve their specific institutional needs.” www.uksg.org/newsletter/u...

OPINION: A librarian's summary of, and response to, the Clarivate announcement - UKSG

Siobhan Haimé takes a look at detail the Clarivate announcement and its practical (and possibly unintentional transformational) effects.

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Hilary Bussell @hilarycbus.bsky.social · Mar 4

Librarians!

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Hilary Bussell @hilarycbus.bsky.social · Mar 3

All acting with Christopher Plummer

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