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Hannah Shelley, MLIS (Metadata, Lattes & Impostor Syndrome)

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Libraries, tech, internet, open access, etc. 📍 Dharug country (Sydney, Australia) About/Blog/Shrine to the 2000s hannahshelley.neocities.org

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Hannah Shelley, MLIS (Metadata, Lattes & Impostor Syndrome) @hannahshelley.bsky.social · Aug 13

Since search is dead, how soon do you think Google Scholar is headed for the Google Graveyard? I'm betting it's soon, and academia is NOT prepared

Google Scholar Is Doomed

Academia built entire careers on a free Google service with zero guarantees. What could go wrong?

hannahshelley.neocities.org

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Hannah Shelley, MLIS (Metadata, Lattes & Impostor Syndrome) @hannahshelley.bsky.social · 3h

As of today Claude trains on user data and have also extended their data retention period from 30 days to 5 years, unless you opt out.

Anthropic Will Use Claude Chats for Training Data. Here’s How to Opt Out

Anthropic is starting to train its models on new Claude chats. If you’re using the bot and don’t want your chats used as training data, here’s how to opt out.

www.wired.com

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Hannah Shelley, MLIS (Metadata, Lattes & Impostor Syndrome) @hannahshelley.bsky.social · 5h

oh god, make it stop

Hannah Shelley, MLIS (Metadata, Lattes & Impostor Syndrome) @hannahshelley.bsky.social · 5h

As long as it's talking to people like a human and not literally raising a finger to your lips and making a sharp, high-frequency, hissing noise - sometimes you gotta

Hannah Shelley, MLIS (Metadata, Lattes & Impostor Syndrome) @hannahshelley.bsky.social · 7h

Asking residents for permission would 'kill' the burglary industry

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Hannah Shelley, MLIS (Metadata, Lattes & Impostor Syndrome) @hannahshelley.bsky.social · 7h

My favourite bit

“Moral policing and leftist ideology are destroying America's AI industry. I've cancelled my OpenAI PLUS subscription,” another replied, implying that copyright law is leftist.

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K. Thor Jensen @kthorjensen.bsky.social · 12h

This is the aesthetic of the future

Kyle wolf
@CRXSSF4DE
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someone on the Motorola forums was having the same problem with the camera I've been having, but I just have to share the image they posted to demonstrate the issue.
it's the funniest shit I've ever seen in my life dude

The photo is of an elderly woman in gray clothes that has been so bizarrely processed that it looks both totally over and desaturated

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Hannah Shelley, MLIS (Metadata, Lattes & Impostor Syndrome) @hannahshelley.bsky.social · 10h

Been down to the tavern?

Absurd compliment generator @absurdcompliments.bsky.social · 11h

You swagger like an absolutely buckwild knight

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 1d

What the shit, Clarivate! Anyone using Ebook Central MARC records, be warned. They're jamming those records with AI generated metadata. Auto-enabled but you can disable it.

Dear Alex,
We are writing to share an important update coming to Ebook Central that will help improve ebook discoverability. At the end of October 2025, Ebook Central Express MARC records will include AI-generated metadata when publisher metadata fields are not available.

Why are we introducing AI-generated metadata to Ebook Central records?

Most publishers include subject information in their metadata, but there are times when this information is not included, leading to limited search availability in discovery systems. For this reason, we are providing AI-generated Library of Congress subject headings only when not available from the publisher to improve the completeness of our metadata and discoverability of Ebook Central titles.

Which AI-generated fields are included in Express MARC? 

The AI-generated fields will include Library of Congress Subject Heading (LCSH) (6XX); Library of Congress Classification (050); Dewey Decimal (082); Description (520); and Source of Description (588). To learn more, please visit our FAQ page.

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Hannah Shelley, MLIS (Metadata, Lattes & Impostor Syndrome) @hannahshelley.bsky.social · 2d

I'm not usually a fan of purely economic justifications for arts funding, but you can't deny it works!

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 2d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Hannah Shelley, MLIS (Metadata, Lattes & Impostor Syndrome) @hannahshelley.bsky.social · 2d

In personal news, I ordered a robot vacuum cleaner today. Which means this week I became the proud owner of two (2!) bots to do my bidding. What do you think of that, @absurdcompliments.bsky.social?

Hannah Shelley, MLIS (Metadata, Lattes & Impostor Syndrome) @hannahshelley.bsky.social · 6d

I have created a bot that will give you an absurd compliment if you mention the username @absurdcompliments.bsky.social

Absurd compliment generator @absurdcompliments.bsky.social · 6d

Your vibrant voice could teach philosophy to plants

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Hannah Shelley, MLIS (Metadata, Lattes & Impostor Syndrome) @hannahshelley.bsky.social · 2d

Ha, that was last night's dinner for me! Fresh cherry tomatoes sounds like an easy and effective way to level it up. I'll try it next time!

Hannah Shelley, MLIS (Metadata, Lattes & Impostor Syndrome) @hannahshelley.bsky.social · 2d

Why pay good money for waxing strips?

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 2d

“You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line” lmao

Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 2d

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

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Hannah Shelley, MLIS (Metadata, Lattes & Impostor Syndrome) @hannahshelley.bsky.social · 2d

New excuse for returning your library books late just dropped (seriously though read the article it's an interesting problem)

Libraries Can’t Get Their Loaned Books Back Because of Trump’s Tariffs

Libraries have shared their collections internationally for decades. Trump’s tariffs are throwing that system into chaos and can ‘hinder academic progress.’

www.404media.co

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Hannah Shelley, MLIS (Metadata, Lattes & Impostor Syndrome) @hannahshelley.bsky.social · 2d

(unconfident Mario) it's uh, me - Mario.

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Hannah Shelley, MLIS (Metadata, Lattes & Impostor Syndrome) @hannahshelley.bsky.social · 2d

As a librarian I've occasionally been guilty of the opposite of what this article describes: Using the term "open access" when I actually mean open source, etc. Proves the point!

Hannah Shelley, MLIS (Metadata, Lattes & Impostor Syndrome) @hannahshelley.bsky.social · 2d

I enjoyed this article on when terminology (librarians' obsession) distracts from what matters.

When Focusing on Terminology Becomes a Hurdle to Open Access Outreach

Conversations about open access can be riddled with distracting language. But what if we treated these failures to communicate as opportunities to learn more?

katinamagazine.org

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Adam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · 3d

The author is dead, but somehow the reader never seems to take responsibility

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Hannah Shelley, MLIS (Metadata, Lattes & Impostor Syndrome) @hannahshelley.bsky.social · 3d

When I first heard of shower beers I thought it sounded ridiculous, even depraved, now it's one of my favourite things to do for a treat

Hannah Shelley, MLIS (Metadata, Lattes & Impostor Syndrome) @hannahshelley.bsky.social · 3d

Me when I tap off my opal card and the fare is $4.20

André Brett @drdrehistorian.bsky.social · 3d

Sorry I would have liked or shared your post but it had 4 reposts and 20 likes so I just had to say “blaze it” and scroll on

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lanyardigan @lanyardigan.bsky.social · 26d

(existential Borat) my life

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Hannah Shelley, MLIS (Metadata, Lattes & Impostor Syndrome) @hannahshelley.bsky.social · 3d

sorry I would have liked your post but it currently has 69 likes so I just had to say "nice" and scroll on

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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 4d

Aw yeah that’s what charts were designed for

Lateralized Sleep Positions in Domestic Cats bar graph. 192 cats curve left. 109 curve right.

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thomas irvine @ahermitsvino.bsky.social · 3d

When you have a single modifier wrong in your bash command

Gumby Screens @gumbyscreens.bsky.social · 3d

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Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 3d

#Ausvotes

Christopher Owen @oysta.au · 3d

There is no better commentary genre than person operating a touch screen to review footage

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