Enshittification is particularly galling because (in theory, at least), digital technology should be *really* hard to enshittify.

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Does anyone find the EBSCO SmartText feature helpful? I use mostly health sciences databases and it's absolutely terrible, often returning 10s of thousands of irreverent results. Just curious if there's a case where it is helpful. #medlibs #academia #libraries

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I appreciate the Medlib-L list through MLA/UVM but I REALLY wish it was not only used for ILL requests #medlibs

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The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot A mediocre white guy sees his non-white colleague getting praised for good work, he asks AI to *literally copy it*, and then he gets all the praise instead: www.ispot.tv/ad/SoDi/micr...

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Happy 16th anniversary to INALJ! 16 years ago, halfway through my MLIS program at Rutgers, and newly hired as a Reference Librarian at the Census Bureau I wanted a way to share the jobs I was finding with my classmates. WOW, did it ever take off! inalj.com?p=112962 1/2 .

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