1. What technology takes from us – and how to take it back Composite: Artwork by Anais Mims and Guardian Design. Source Photographs by Getty Images Decisions outsourced, chatbots for friends, the... Read more »
ALA 2025: AI tech, DIY zines capture librarians’ attention Jul 02 2025 Participants at the American Library Association’s Annual Conference in Philadelphia last week sampled the profession’s digital technologies as well as... Read more »
Publishers prepare for battle with big tech over AI May 12 2025 Protection of copyright has always been a top priority for the Association of American Publishers, and that point was driven... Read more »
As industry demands AI licensing frameworks, emerging tech can help Apr 21 2025 As generative AI continues to reshape content discovery and consumption, industry leaders are increasingly advocating for licensing frameworks that... Read more »
The role of the traditional “librarian behind the counter” is under threat in a drive by councils to cut staff hours using self-service checkouts. Officials in some local authorities are proposing that... Read more »
End of the librarian? council cuts and new tech push profession to the brink Jul 07 2024 Staff in England’s public libraries under threat of being replaced by automated checkouts amid budget... Read more »
In Charlie Kaufman’s puppet animation Anomalisa, everyone looks and speaks the same. It’s as though a scene in an earlier Kaufman-penned film, Being John Malkovich, in which Malkovich surveys a restaurant from... Read more »