Tootfinder

@… I was reading this article - https://theorkneynews.scot/2025/06/06/between-2008-an…

Between 2008 and 2024, 97 Public Libraries Across Scotland Permanently Closed
The vital contribution public libraries make to our communities has been highlighted in a survey of  2,000 library users and 300 librarians across Scotland. Many libraries are either being closed, …

"Librarian Leadership in the Age of AI"
https://doi.org/10.5860/ital.v45i1.17659
"Librarians have managed and lived through many seismic shifts brought by technology. How should librarian leaders approach the coming anticipated AI workforce disruption?"

Library workers can better align technology use and instruction in library settings with library values,
through championing the refusal of technologies that conflict with values like privacy and intellectual freedom.
Drawing on experiences with individual patron instruction, class design, and passive programming, the author shares practical steps for helping patrons to understand and fight back against exploitation by digital technologies.
Rejecting the myth that any te…

The knowledge to save coffee already exists, now it’s in one e-library
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/01/the-knowledge-to-save-coffee-already-exists-now-its-in-one-e-library/

Taking page from Adams, Mayor Mamdani proposes NYC library cuts (Elizabeth Kim/Gothamist)
https://gothamist.com/news/taking-page-from-adams-mayor-mamdani-proposes-nyc-library-cuts
http://www.memeorandum.com/260219/p80#a260219p80

RE: https://mastodon.social/@TexasStandard/116251715968719937
I have a deep love of libraries and librarians, but this is dystopic. Next we’ll be hearing about libraries providing delivery rooms because TX has such terrible maternal care.

Carelessness versus craftsmanship in cryptography
Two popular AES libraries, aes-js and pyaes, “helpfully” provide a default IV in their AES-CTR API, leading to a large number of key/IV reuse bugs. […] The aes-js/pyaes maintainer, on the other hand, has taken a more… cavalier approach.
🔓 https://…

Carelessness versus craftsmanship in cryptography
Two popular AES libraries (aes-js and pyaes) provide dangerous default IVs that lead to key/IV reuse vulnerabilities affecting thousands of projects. One maintainer dismissed the issue, while strongSwan’s maintainer exemplified proper security response by comprehensively fixing the vulnerability in their VPN management tool.

#archive and #library folks - has anyone heard about laser-etched borosilicate glass as a high-density digital storage medium? They are claiming a data density of "4.8 TB in a 120 mm square, 2 mm thick piece of glass" and longevity in the thousands of years.

"Libraries on Fire"
https://doi.org/10.1515/bfp-2025-0052
"Leah Hinds, Executive Director of the Charleston Hub, organised a panel in Berlin to discuss: “Defending Scholarship in a time of Political Pressure”. In her introductory remarks, she explained the purpose of the discussi…

"Library Futures: Information Literacy in the Age of GenAi: my slides, notes, and an addendum"
https://librarian.aedileworks.com/2025/12/22/library-futures-information-literacy-in-the-age-of-genai…