Posted on February 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
This update from the stacks isn't the cheeriest one we've ever shared, but it's important news to know.
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AI-generated slop is already in your public library: Emanuel Maiberg explains how low-quality books have landed in — and are actively harming, in various ways — your local library's collection (404 Media).
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Your library's hoopla digital collections are breaking its budget: Kelly Jensen discusses the different payment models of digital lending companies OverDrive and hoopla, in order to highlight how the latter's cost can quickly skyrocket (Book Riot).
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Four more books banned statewide in SC school libraries: Lest you think this post is just about bashing hoopla, here is bad news of a different flavor; South Carolina will no longer allow The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky, All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson, Flamer by Mike Curato, and Push by Sapphire to be in any public school library, based on one single parent's complaint (Book Riot).
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