Pennsylvania: Radnor Township Un-Bans Banned Books Including Gender Queer; Inside the Desperate Rush to Save Decades of Us Scientific Data From Deletion; & More Headlines

AIOpenAI’s Most Capable Models Hallucinate More Than Earlier Ones (via ZDNet)
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Research Article (Preprint): “Metadata Augmentation Using NLP, Machine Learning and AI-Chatbots: A Comparison”

North Dakota Governor Vetoes Controversial Library Content Bill ; Arkansas: Crawford County Library System Votes to Foot the Bill for Legal Fees From Lawsuit; & More Headlines

Accessing Archived Material From ERIC (Education Resource Information Center) via the Internet Archive

California Digital Library (CDL) Releases Statement on Endorsing the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information (DORI)

Journal Article: “Ukrainian Public Libraries During the Russia-Ukraine War: Supporting Individuals, Communities, and the Nation”

NSF Cancels Over 400 Grants Covering Disinformation, Deepfakes and STEM Education; OpenAI’s Most Capable Models Hallucinate More Than Earlier Ones; & More Headlines

New Data From Circana BookScan: U.S. Book Industry Q1 Sales Results

Report: “A Treasure Trove of Education Reports and Studies [ERIC] is Under Threat”

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Journal Article: Where There’s a Will There’s a Way: ChatGPT is Used More for Science in Countries Where It is Prohibited

OCLC Sues Baker & Taylor For “Allegedly Using Its Data to Create Competing Product”

Report: “Legislature Moves West Virginia Libraries Under Tourism Department”

An Archivist’s Job is to ‘Keep The Receipts.’ What Happens When They Can’t Do Their Job?; ‘A Death Blow’: Filmmakers, Archivists Reel As DOGE Suddenly Cuts Their Funding; & More Headlines

Report: “Trump’s Cuts to California State Library Lead to Hiring Freeze and Furloughs”

Pennsylvania: Radnor Township Un-Bans Banned Books Including Gender Queer; Inside the Desperate Rush to Save Decades of Us Scientific Data From Deletion; & More Headlines

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