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Lorcan Dempsey @lorcand.bsky.social · 13h

Feeling a slight touch of imposter syndrome as I prepare for my keynote at Charleston ... Libraries, librarianship and cross-LAMination. I discuss education and career preparation.
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Agenda - Charleston Hub

March 5, 2015 - This is a publicly searchable version of the preliminary conference agenda. We will once again be using the Whova event platform for both our in-person -

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Lorcan Dempsey @lorcand.bsky.social · 16h

Deloitte will provide a partial refund to the [Australian] federal government over a $440,000 report that contained several errors, after admitting it used generative artificial intelligence to help produce it.

Deloitte to pay money back to Albanese government after using AI in $440,000 report

Partial refund to be issued after several errors were found in a report into a department’s compliance framework

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Lorcan Dempsey @lorcand.bsky.social · 20h

... an unprecedented grand tour of bibliophilic crime, which snaked its way from north-east to south-west Europe between spring 2022 and winter 2023. As many as 170 rare Russian books, valued at more than £2.5m, vanished ...

The Pushkin job: unmasking the thieves behind an international rare books heist

The long read: Between 2022 and 2023, as many as 170 rare and valuable editions of Russian classics were stolen from libraries across Europe. Were the thieves merely low-level opportunists, or were…

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Lorcan Dempsey @lorcand.bsky.social · 4d

"from hard experience, I and others working in scholarly communications have learned that the term “institutional repository” often elicits blank expressions from faculty. It is much more efficient to emphasize prestige, visibility, impact, legacy, flexibility—whatever resonates." buff.ly/UsQhdNA

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?

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Lorcan Dempsey @lorcand.bsky.social · 4d

Dame Sarah Mullally has been named as the first female leader in the history of the Church of England as Downing Street announced the 106th archbishop of Canterbury buff.ly/BnHcRwj

Sarah Mullally is named as first female archbishop of Canterbury

Former chief nursing officer for England will legally assume role at Canterbury Cathedral ceremony in January

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Lorcan Dempsey @lorcand.bsky.social · 7d

'The Ann Arbor District Library announced that it plans to acquire the Ann Arbor Observer, one of Ann Arbor’s most beloved publications, serving the community since 1976. The acquisition is subject to the parties finalizing the terms of a purchase agreement.' buff.ly/EFSbWGi

The Ann Arbor District Library Plans to Acquire the Ann Arbor Observer | Ann Arbor District Library

All libraries will be closed on Monday, October 13, for a staff in-service day.

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Lorcan Dempsey @lorcand.bsky.social · 7d

"My editor’s email started off friendly enough, but then came the hammer blow: “We need you to remove all the em dashes. People assume that means it’s written by AI.” " buff.ly/rLpQjTr

My petty gripe: not only am I losing my livelihood to AI – now it’s stealing my em dashes too

The humble em dash is being used as a tell that something is written by a large language model. But it’s James Shackell’s favourite piece of punctuation, and he’s not ready to lose it

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Lorcan Dempsey @lorcand.bsky.social · 9d

Emma Donoghue uses immigrant stories from Western archives. > But researching archives is quite a solitary experience, and every now and then I come across something that I feel needs to go to a wider audience, sometimes in the form of a novel and in this case in the form of a play. buff.ly/ThRpICv

Historical letters from Western archives inspire Blyth Festival play

Johnson-McConnell letters from 1800s brought to life on stage by Emma Donoghue

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Lorcan Dempsey @lorcand.bsky.social · 9d

Tim Berners-Lee >> Somewhere between my original vision for web 1.0 and the rise of social media as part of web 2.0, we took the wrong path. buff.ly/rAcxesP

Why I gave the world wide web away for free | Tim Berners-Lee

My vision was based on sharing, not exploitation – and here’s why it’s still worth fighting for

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Lorcan Dempsey @lorcand.bsky.social · 11d

More Central Ohio news > Meta expanding New Albany site for the world's highest capacity data center buff.ly/iCGuzO9

Meta expanding New Albany site for the world's highest capacity data center

Meta's expansion at its New Albany data center, underway since 2022, is for the world's first online gigawatt data center.

www.dispatch.com

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Lorcan Dempsey @lorcand.bsky.social · 12d

Former US president Barack Obama has been awarded the Freedom of Dublin. [...]

Mr Obama was presented with a first edition of Ulysses and a bottle of Teeling Whiskey.

Obama receives Freedom of Dublin after boycott call

Former US president Barack Obama has been awarded the Freedom of Dublin, amid calls by some councillors for a boycott of the event.

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Lorcan Dempsey @lorcand.bsky.social · 13d

will.i.am to teach ASU class on agentic AI | ASU News news.asu.edu/20250924-uni...

will.i.am - East LA

New single out now

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Lorcan Dempsey @lorcand.bsky.social · 13d

Delightful. I especially like the story about the letter trying to figure out which typeface it is from > [Children's] Books on type and typography in English — for those who are too young to apply to a design school buff.ly/z3TsJec

Children’s books on type and typography

Books on type and typography in English — for those who are too young to apply to a design school

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Lorcan Dempsey @lorcand.bsky.social · 20d

Tariffs and international ILL >> Rising to the challenge: How the SHARES resource sharing community navigated a global disruption to international shipping - Hanging Together hangingtogether.org/rising-to-th...

Rising to the challenge: How the SHARES resource sharing community navigated a global disruption to international shipping - Hanging Together

When international ILL shipping faced an unprecedented disruption, the OCLC RLP SHARES community turned confusion into collaboration, crafting creative solutions to keep library materials moving…

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Lorcan Dempsey @lorcand.bsky.social · 21d

Nicely said. This was a central theme of my course on collaboration and the value of consortia > Time and again, connections to trusted peers have proven to be every bit as essential as all the other types of infrastructure we depend upon to do our jobs. buff.ly/ru6fpPR

Rising to the challenge: How the SHARES resource sharing community navigated a global disruption to international shipping - Hanging Together

When international ILL shipping faced an unprecedented disruption, the OCLC RLP SHARES community turned confusion into collaboration, crafting creative solutions to keep library materials moving…

hangingtogether.org

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Lorcan Dempsey @lorcand.bsky.social · 28d

#JaneAusten "Bringing together woodcuts, watercolours and silk-weaving, these designs for Folio Society's luxury 250th anniversary edition are simply stunning. So we couldn't wait to find out how they were made." buff.ly/XDN90kJ

How Jane Austen's novels got a brand new look for 2025

Bringing together woodcuts, watercolours and silk-weaving, these designs for Folio Society's luxury 250th anniversary edition are simply stunning. So we couldn't wait to find out how they were made...

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Lorcan Dempsey @lorcand.bsky.social · Sep 6

I love the sea view! > Award-winning but initially controversial building has become Ireland’s busiest public library

Ten years of DLR LexIcon in Dún Laoghaire: ‘People thought it was a vanity project and too much money’

Award-winning but initially controversial building has become Ireland’s busiest public library

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Lorcan Dempsey @lorcand.bsky.social · Sep 5

Long title :-) Summary of my response to LIS Forward > Introduction and summary: Long title :-) Summary of my remarks about LIS Forward > Library Studies, the Informational Disciplines, and the iSchool: Some Remarks Prompted by LIS Forward

Introduction and summary: Library Studies, the Informational Disciplines, and the iSchool: Some Remarks Prompted by LIS Forward

A discussion of libraries and library studies in the context of library education. It is the introduction to, and summary of, my response to the LIS Forward position paper.

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Lorcan Dempsey @lorcand.bsky.social · Sep 3

Enthusiastic description > How an Academic Archive Became a Tech Juggernaut
Early donors built JSTOR into a giant with more than $160 million in net assets. Now comes the AI challenge. buff.ly/fjRADBF

How an Academic Archive Became a Tech Juggernaut

Early donors built JSTOR into a giant with more than $160 million in net assets. Now comes the AI challenge.

www.philanthropy.com

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Lorcan Dempsey @lorcand.bsky.social · Aug 22

It would be interesting to learn more about this - any patterns, common mistakes, etc. > CRL Pilots AI to Accelerate Metadata Production | Center for Research Libraries buff.ly/Urt3igQ

CRL Pilots AI to Accelerate Metadata Production | Center for Research Libraries

The Center for Research Libraries and Saint Louis University Libraries are pleased to announce that SLU has joined CRL as its newest full-voting member.

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Lorcan Dempsey @lorcand.bsky.social · Aug 15

Another excerpt from my contribution to the LIS Forward collection on LIS and iSchool > On the dissemination of ideas and innovation www.lorcandempsey.net/on-the-disse...

On the dissemination of ideas and innovation

A short discussion of sources of ideas in the library community, with special reference to the general framework laid out by Daniel Drezner.

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Lorcan Dempsey @lorcand.bsky.social · Aug 13

"Several publishers mentioned the importance of working with consortia, especially those that represent a range of institutions including community colleges, to ensure broad access to publications. " buff.ly/KC0yWLu

The Current State of Academic E-Book Business Models - Ithaka S+R

This study examines academic monograph publishing in the humanities and social sciences across the United States and Europe to understand how current business models are functioning for their…

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Lorcan Dempsey @lorcand.bsky.social · Aug 11

"AOL Will Shut Its Dial-Up Internet Service (Yes, It’s Still Operating)" www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/b...

AOL Will End Its Dial-Up Internet Service (Yes, It’s Still Operating)

The company said the service, synonymous with the early days of the internet, will be discontinued on Sept. 30.

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Lorcan Dempsey @lorcand.bsky.social · Jul 28

"Originally built in 1968 in the Brutalist architectural style, Alden Library emphasizes solid massing and minimal transparency—a design that now poses challenges as modern libraries prioritize comfort, natural light, and flexibility." buff.ly/QJGVBZs

Ohio University selects PerkinsEastman to lead master planning project to renovate Alden Library

Ohio University has selected PerkinsEastman to lead the architectural and master planning project to renovate the iconic Alden Library.

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Fonts In Use @fontsinuse.com · Jul 27

New on the blog: The arcane alphabets of Black Sabbath

To commemorate Ozzy Osbourne, we took a deep dive into the obscure typefaces used on Black Sabbath’s first four album covers.

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(Buckle up, it’s a long one.)

A collage of typographic details from Black Sabbath’s first four albums, shown alongside cropped specimens of the typefaces used.

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