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Library buyers' role in tech start-ups

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Library buyers’ role in tech start-ups Frode Opdahl, CEO of Keenious explains the origins of an AI-driven start-up and how its success depends on library buyers keeping the sector attractive to start-ups that wish to innovate the research experience. I was struggling to find relevant articles for my master’s thesis as a student. “I

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Sanderson Report Shows that libraries are part of something bigger

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Sanderson Report Shows that libraries are part of something bigger UK media, leading writers, including two former Children's Laureates, and library advocates including CILIP CEO, Nick Poole came out in force to defend public and school libraries in response to Baroness Sanderson’s Review of Libraries.

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Uncensored Library in Minecraft: Promoting Free Press

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Uncensored Library in Minecraft: Promoting Free Press Zakariya Gayle, Academic Support Librarian at UAL High Holborn made the switch from retail management to libraries, starting as a Casual Assistant in the public sector. This blog post was written after he attended Libraries Rewired.

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Libraries, critical thinking and the war on truth – what lies ahead in 2024

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Libraries, critical thinking and the war on truth – what lies ahead in 2024 Nick Poole, Chief Executive, CILIP will leave CILIP at the end of March 2024. As a profession, our responsibility is not to ‘see both sides’ of the debate about volunteerism and cuts to library services. Our users, our communities and our societies need us.

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Check Mate for ChatGPT Chess at Ward End Library

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Check Mate for ChatGPT Chess at Ward End Library Rhys Morgan is a Library Assistant at Ward End Library after a variety of work, including Anglican parish Priest and call centre agent. The language model can answer questions and assist you with tasks, such as composing emails, essays, and code.

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Access-to-info system at Library and Archives Canada in ‘bleak state’: watchdog via Times Colonist

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Check out the article here. The post Access-to-info system at Library and Archives Canada in ‘bleak state’: watchdog via Times Colonist appeared first on IG GURU.

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Connecting town and gown through the library

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Connecting town and gown through the library How to help a community explore its slave-trading history: Lesley English, Head of Library Engagement at Lancaster University Library, explains how the library plays a key role in building bridges between town and gown. We connect, we innovate, we include.”