A Philadelphian with professional interests in libraries, technology, copyright, and culture, and nonprofessional interests that include singing, reading, hiking, biking. Also other personal interests that you might pick up from my posts over time.
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Last Notes npub1zfp2acmr3rlere7e4e5z38jkxp3kgf00hwqj4lfm8uzndq5228cqzj6th9 John Mark Ockerbloom "An agency, whether the Department of the Interior, NPS, or any other agency, cannot arbitrarily decide what is true, based on its own whims or the whims of the new leadership, regardless of the evidence before it." npub1zfp2acmr3rlere7e4e5z38jkxp3kgf00hwqj4lfm8uzndq5228cqzj6th9 John Mark Ockerbloom I have a listing of links to unofficial copies of the CIA World Factbook from various years, so readers can still consult them now that the CIA has discontinued the publication and apparently removed copies from its own website: https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/serial?id=worldfactbook npub1zfp2acmr3rlere7e4e5z38jkxp3kgf00hwqj4lfm8uzndq5228cqzj6th9 John Mark Ockerbloom I've never needed an app of any sort to get into a taxi at an airport. (Eventually I'll need to pay, of course, but I can either do that with cash or by using the taxi's credit card machine while I'm riding in it.) Is it different in the Bay Area? npub1zfp2acmr3rlere7e4e5z38jkxp3kgf00hwqj4lfm8uzndq5228cqzj6th9 John Mark Ockerbloom How to add the No-AI version of Duck Duck Go as default search engine in Firefox for Mac: npub1zfp2acmr3rlere7e4e5z38jkxp3kgf00hwqj4lfm8uzndq5228cqzj6th9 John Mark Ockerbloom If that's the 1930 edition, it might be public domain already. (The 1938 revised edition has a copyright renewal, but I can't find one for the 1930 edition, and any renewals for earlier editions, like the 1928 _Home Dietitian_ have expired by now.) npub1zfp2acmr3rlere7e4e5z38jkxp3kgf00hwqj4lfm8uzndq5228cqzj6th9 John Mark Ockerbloom Google stopped letting owners of early Nest themostats remotely control their devices last month. But it's still remotely collecting extensive surveillance data from them: https://www.theverge.com/news/820600/google-nest-learning-thermostat-downgraded-data-collection #privacy npub1zfp2acmr3rlere7e4e5z38jkxp3kgf00hwqj4lfm8uzndq5228cqzj6th9 John Mark Ockerbloom Updated the Wikipedia article for the World Digital Library, which among other things had pointed to a domain that's now been taken over by squatters. (Update any wdl.org links in your catalogs or websites!). npub1zfp2acmr3rlere7e4e5z38jkxp3kgf00hwqj4lfm8uzndq5228cqzj6th9 John Mark Ockerbloom One of the reasons I turn off generative-AI "features" as soon as I notice them in software and websites that I use is that I suspect I may find them dangerously addictive. npub1zfp2acmr3rlere7e4e5z38jkxp3kgf00hwqj4lfm8uzndq5228cqzj6th9 John Mark Ockerbloom Impressive! I've seen a video of folks who've done this in NJ (who also added the constraint of "no express buses" to keep it it interesting) but it cost a lot more than $2. And in CT, while I think a similar trip could be done along the New Haven-Hartford-Springfield corridor, I'm not sure you could do it the long way across the state, or up its route 7 corridor (that's at least as populated as VT's, and that it sounds like the Vermonters used). npub1zfp2acmr3rlere7e4e5z38jkxp3kgf00hwqj4lfm8uzndq5228cqzj6th9 John Mark Ockerbloom TechCrunch's story on claims that "GPT-5 solved previously unsolved Erdős problems" raises more questions for me than it answers. https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/19/openais-embarrassing-math/ npub1zfp2acmr3rlere7e4e5z38jkxp3kgf00hwqj4lfm8uzndq5228cqzj6th9 John Mark Ockerbloom Info on tomorrow's #NoKings rally in Center City Philadelphia: https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/no-kings-protest-philadelphia-road-closures-start-time-location-20251017.html Plan your trip there keeping in mind there's also a bike ride closing streets in the morning, and that SEPTA Regional Rail can't handle big weekend crowds even when they have all their railcars online. npub1zfp2acmr3rlere7e4e5z38jkxp3kgf00hwqj4lfm8uzndq5228cqzj6th9 John Mark Ockerbloom Is there news I should know about? npub1zfp2acmr3rlere7e4e5z38jkxp3kgf00hwqj4lfm8uzndq5228cqzj6th9 John Mark Ockerbloom The only 21st century Trek I've watched significant amounts of is Lower Decks, which I've enjoyed quite a bit so far. (I'm borrowing DVDs from the library, and am currently part-way through season 3.) npub1zfp2acmr3rlere7e4e5z38jkxp3kgf00hwqj4lfm8uzndq5228cqzj6th9 John Mark Ockerbloom "After September 30, 2025, access to Typepad – including account management, blogs, and all associated content – will no longer be available." https://distlib.blogs.com/distlib/2025/08/typepad-shutdown-announcement.html npub1zfp2acmr3rlere7e4e5z38jkxp3kgf00hwqj4lfm8uzndq5228cqzj6th9 John Mark Ockerbloom On a quick look, it seems the main difference is that the Hugo vote rounds always eliminate one candidate at a time, whereas the New York vote rounds can eliminate all named candidates with too few votes to have a chance of winning (which in this case would be all candidates below the top two by the time you get to round 3)? npub1zfp2acmr3rlere7e4e5z38jkxp3kgf00hwqj4lfm8uzndq5228cqzj6th9 John Mark Ockerbloom I'm not sure how DPLA is funded at present, but if they do still have funds I wonder if it'd be better for them to find a new organization to transfer them to (whether for the sort of digital materials aggregation they used to be more supported and trusted for, or something else worthwhile) than to find a new project. There's no shortage of program-driven DL orgs needing funds, and I'd think they'd be better investments than a funding-driven DL org needing a program. npub1zfp2acmr3rlere7e4e5z38jkxp3kgf00hwqj4lfm8uzndq5228cqzj6th9 John Mark Ockerbloom The Copyright Office's Public Records System (CPRS) is now live, and I've updated our Deep Backfile pages, and our copyright renewal documentation, to link to and reflect the new system, and describe how to use it. npub1zfp2acmr3rlere7e4e5z38jkxp3kgf00hwqj4lfm8uzndq5228cqzj6th9 John Mark Ockerbloom While I can't say for sure at this point how the report was written, the fabrication of nonexistent papers (as well as the citation of actual papers for claims they don't support) is a common behavior of "AI" large language model-based text generators. (Such applications can be very good at outputting convincing-sounding text, but cannot be considered reliable or scientifically supportable.) npub1zfp2acmr3rlere7e4e5z38jkxp3kgf00hwqj4lfm8uzndq5228cqzj6th9 John Mark Ockerbloom The White House's "Make America Healthy Again" report cites papers that appear not to exist: npub1zfp2acmr3rlere7e4e5z38jkxp3kgf00hwqj4lfm8uzndq5228cqzj6th9 John Mark Ockerbloom As far as I'm aware, the President *can't* fire the Librarian of Congress (though he can appoint a replacement when her term is up in 2026) since LC is an agency of Congress, not of the executive branch. Anyone have information otherwise? (This is re: https://democrats-appropriations.house.gov/news/press-releases/delauro-firing-librarian-congress-dr-carla-hayden ) #uspol #libraries npub1zfp2acmr3rlere7e4e5z38jkxp3kgf00hwqj4lfm8uzndq5228cqzj6th9 John Mark Ockerbloom Nearly 1000 Yale faculty so far have signed a letter to the university's administration urging it to stand firm against "extraordinary attacks that threaten the bedrock principles of a democratic society, including rights of free expression, association, and academic freedom". The last of the 6 actions urged in the letter is to "work purposefully and proactively with other colleges and universities in collective defense". https://sites.google.com/view/yalefacultyletter2025/home #HigherEd #USPol npub1zfp2acmr3rlere7e4e5z38jkxp3kgf00hwqj4lfm8uzndq5228cqzj6th9 John Mark Ockerbloom From an open letter by Harvard's president published today: "We have informed the administration through our legal counsel that we will not accept their proposed agreement. The University will not negotiate over its independence or its constitutional rights." https://www.harvard.edu/president/news/2025/the-promise-of-american-higher-education/ npub1zfp2acmr3rlere7e4e5z38jkxp3kgf00hwqj4lfm8uzndq5228cqzj6th9 John Mark Ockerbloom IANAL, but OCLC's filing says "OCLC voluntarily dismissed Ms. Matienzo with prejudice so that the litigation would focus on a final judgment against Anna’s Archive." Basically, they still want a default judgment (which would be easier to get when there isn't a defendant actively opposing them in court). A default judgment would let them collect against Anna's archive or collaborators if they locate them, and also potentially set a precedent for the rulings on law that OCLC wants. npub1zfp2acmr3rlere7e4e5z38jkxp3kgf00hwqj4lfm8uzndq5228cqzj6th9 John Mark Ockerbloom OCLC dismisses claims against Maria Matienzo in their suit against Anna's Archive: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68157923/48/oclc-online-computer-library-center-inc-v-annas-archive/ ) They also petition the court for reconsideration of its ruling to refer several issues to Ohio's Supreme Court: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68157923/oclc-online-computer-library-center-inc-v-annas-archive/?filed_after=&filed_before=&entry_gte=&entry_lte=&order_by=desc npub1zfp2acmr3rlere7e4e5z38jkxp3kgf00hwqj4lfm8uzndq5228cqzj6th9 John Mark Ockerbloom Our library has access to a book published by Springer, _Advanced Nanovaccines for Cancer Immunotherapy: Harnessing Nanotechnology for Anti-Cancer Immunity_. Credited to Nanasaheb Thorat, it sells for $160 in hardcover: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-86185-7 npub1zfp2acmr3rlere7e4e5z38jkxp3kgf00hwqj4lfm8uzndq5228cqzj6th9 John Mark Ockerbloom ...who tries to produce a summary of the data by feeding it to a cloud-based generative AI service. npub1zfp2acmr3rlere7e4e5z38jkxp3kgf00hwqj4lfm8uzndq5228cqzj6th9 John Mark Ockerbloom I heartily endorse Ruth Kitchin Tillman's call in my LB: "This will take all of us. Speak out yourself through blogging or other forms of writing. Write your own statements!" npub1zfp2acmr3rlere7e4e5z38jkxp3kgf00hwqj4lfm8uzndq5228cqzj6th9 John Mark Ockerbloom It's probably a good idea to check the CW policy on your void instance before your scream. npub1zfp2acmr3rlere7e4e5z38jkxp3kgf00hwqj4lfm8uzndq5228cqzj6th9 John Mark Ockerbloom The Library of Congress's Frederick Douglass Day transcribe-a-thon is still on for February 14. Join in if you can: https://blogs.loc.gov/bibliomania/2025/01/30/valentines-day-plans-how-about-transcribing-historic-pamphlets-for-douglass-day/. (And make noise if between now and then someone says you can't.) npub1zfp2acmr3rlere7e4e5z38jkxp3kgf00hwqj4lfm8uzndq5228cqzj6th9 John Mark Ockerbloom The first Nazi concentration camp, Dachau, was established on March 22, 1933, just under 2 months after Hitler was named chancellor. It had an initial capacity of 5000 prisoners. Historians estimate that at least 40,000 people died there by the end of World War II: https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/dachau. npub1zfp2acmr3rlere7e4e5z38jkxp3kgf00hwqj4lfm8uzndq5228cqzj6th9 John Mark Ockerbloom "[W]hat I felt during my final year at the Times was a push toward blandness, toward avoiding saying anything too directly in a way that might get some people (particularly on the right) riled up. I guess my question is, if those are the ground rules, why even bother having an opinion section?" npub1zfp2acmr3rlere7e4e5z38jkxp3kgf00hwqj4lfm8uzndq5228cqzj6th9 John Mark Ockerbloom "'I have told officials at the highest level of the University that they only have two options: fire me, or let the [Harvard Slavery Remembrance Program] do this work properly,' Cellini wrote in a September statement to The Crimson. npub1zfp2acmr3rlere7e4e5z38jkxp3kgf00hwqj4lfm8uzndq5228cqzj6th9 John Mark Ockerbloom "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." npub1zfp2acmr3rlere7e4e5z38jkxp3kgf00hwqj4lfm8uzndq5228cqzj6th9 John Mark Ockerbloom Looks very cool! I'm curious about the underlying software you're using for the platform. Is it something you've acquired, or something you've developed? npub1zfp2acmr3rlere7e4e5z38jkxp3kgf00hwqj4lfm8uzndq5228cqzj6th9 John Mark Ockerbloom Thanks! The book shows up as non-borrowable (only available to folks with print disabilities) when I look it up on IA. Do you see it the same way? (I think MIT Press actually had an agreement with IA to allow controlled digital lending of at least some of their titles, but I don't know if that ended, or this book isn't in the covered set.) npub1zfp2acmr3rlere7e4e5z38jkxp3kgf00hwqj4lfm8uzndq5228cqzj6th9 John Mark Ockerbloom Thanks for this! This article is in the public domain (in the US at least). Here's a link to a non-paywalled scan: https://archive.org/details/sim_american-library-assoc-ala-bulletin_1936-06_30_6/page/495/mode/1up npub1zfp2acmr3rlere7e4e5z38jkxp3kgf00hwqj4lfm8uzndq5228cqzj6th9 John Mark Ockerbloom It's clear from the many replies to yesterday's post that lots of people have tried to edit Wikipedia but been put off by how admins and other editors treat them. npub1zfp2acmr3rlere7e4e5z38jkxp3kgf00hwqj4lfm8uzndq5228cqzj6th9 John Mark Ockerbloom As a donor myself to WMF, I'm aware of this, though I'm also aware that the aspects of most editors' experience that either keeps them engaged or drives them off has more to do with the culture of Wikipedia editors than anything the WMF directly develops. npub1zfp2acmr3rlere7e4e5z38jkxp3kgf00hwqj4lfm8uzndq5228cqzj6th9 John Mark Ockerbloom More than funds, what Wikipedia really needs is more good editors. The number of people who regularly edit articles in English Wikipedia hasn't grown substantially in years, while the number of articles has, and editor demographics remains skewed. The foundation itself largely stays away from editing, leaving it to volunteers. While articles that get a lot of attention are often good, it's not hard to find ones with biased and promotional content in less-visited topics, and in other languages. npub1zfp2acmr3rlere7e4e5z38jkxp3kgf00hwqj4lfm8uzndq5228cqzj6th9 John Mark Ockerbloom The Bureau of Labor Statistics published its November #JobsReport today. U3 (the "official" unemployment rate) ticked up to 4.2%, and U6 (a broader measure of unemployment and underemployment) ticked up to 7.8%: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t15.htm Labor participation rate ticked down to 62.5%: https://www.bls.gov/charts/employment-situation/civilian-labor-force-participation-rate.htm Net jobs +227K: https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CES0000000001?output_view=net_1mth Summary news release: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm npub1zfp2acmr3rlere7e4e5z38jkxp3kgf00hwqj4lfm8uzndq5228cqzj6th9 John Mark Ockerbloom "Fairness in women's sports" is often the thin edge of the wedge to persuade folks to fear and support persecution of trans people, so it's worth saving this essay by Parker Molloy, highlighting the disingenuousness of this line: https://www.readtpa.com/p/fine-lets-talk-about-trans-athletes npub1zfp2acmr3rlere7e4e5z38jkxp3kgf00hwqj4lfm8uzndq5228cqzj6th9 John Mark Ockerbloom (The Wikidata group is still going, though I realize the page I linked to may make it look like it isn't. They've shifted into a biweekly themed series-- next meeting's tomorrow-- with the theme in November and December being lexicographical data: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikiProject_LD4_Wikidata_Affinity_Group/Affinity_Group_Calls/Second_Project_Series But one can also use channels like the LD4 Wikidata slack to discuss other things.) npub1zfp2acmr3rlere7e4e5z38jkxp3kgf00hwqj4lfm8uzndq5228cqzj6th9 John Mark Ockerbloom I can think of a few, including this project of mine (we've finished the pandemic-closures phase that involved a lot of library workers' paid time, but we're still accepting input from the public via forms, and the knowledge base continues to be maintained and grow slowly): https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/cce/db/ npub1zfp2acmr3rlere7e4e5z38jkxp3kgf00hwqj4lfm8uzndq5228cqzj6th9 John Mark Ockerbloom One of the things I like about working with linked data (particularly in an environment where I have ample autonomy) is I can take the bits from the small part of the metadata universe I'm working on, and connect it up to bits from different parts of the metadata universe others are working on. npub1zfp2acmr3rlere7e4e5z38jkxp3kgf00hwqj4lfm8uzndq5228cqzj6th9 John Mark Ockerbloom Re LB, if you've considered donating to your instance, or to fediverse development, in the past, it's worth checking again to see how you can do it. For example, the organization that runs my instance (the biggest Mastodon server currently running), and that develops the main trunk of Mastodon software, now has multiple ways of giving directly on a one-time or recurring basis, besides the recurring Patreon option they've had for a while: https://joinmastodon.org/sponsors npub1zfp2acmr3rlere7e4e5z38jkxp3kgf00hwqj4lfm8uzndq5228cqzj6th9 John Mark Ockerbloom If you've still got a lot of Carnegie-built libraries in use in VT, I could see that. The nearest Carnegie library building to us, in the East Falls neighborhood of Philadelphia, dates from 1913. In Connecticut, the towns have grown enough over time that most of the public libraries moved into newer, larger buildings, so even though the libraries as institutions are old, the buildings they now use usually aren't. But it may be different in Vermont. npub1zfp2acmr3rlere7e4e5z38jkxp3kgf00hwqj4lfm8uzndq5228cqzj6th9 John Mark Ockerbloom The highest point on the Appalachian Trail was for a long time officially named Clingmans Dome, after Thomas Clingman, a Confederate general who had surveyed the mountain before the Civil War. npub1zfp2acmr3rlere7e4e5z38jkxp3kgf00hwqj4lfm8uzndq5228cqzj6th9 John Mark Ockerbloom My sites set cookies if you check a box saying you want your information remembered, or follow an optional link where there's an indication that your choice will be remembered. Otherwise it doesn't set any. As far as I know, no one requires a banner when the cookies are opt-in like that. npub1zfp2acmr3rlere7e4e5z38jkxp3kgf00hwqj4lfm8uzndq5228cqzj6th9 John Mark Ockerbloom Matt Miller of the Library of Congress does some data-crunching on the subject headings, authors, and states for book challenges in PEN's database of banned and challenged books. Some interesting tables and charts, and clusters of subject headings you might expect (and some you might not): https://thisismattmiller.com/post/banned-metadata/ npub1zfp2acmr3rlere7e4e5z38jkxp3kgf00hwqj4lfm8uzndq5228cqzj6th9 John Mark Ockerbloom August #JobsReport: U3 ticks down to 4.2%, U6 ticks up to 7.9%: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t15.htm Labor force participation stays at 62.7%: https://www.bls.gov/charts/employment-situation/civilian-labor-force-participation-rate.htm Net jobs +142K: https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CES0000000001?output_view=net_1mth Summary press release: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm npub1zfp2acmr3rlere7e4e5z38jkxp3kgf00hwqj4lfm8uzndq5228cqzj6th9 John Mark Ockerbloom "Is it 'fair use' for a nonprofit npub1zfp2acmr3rlere7e4e5z38jkxp3kgf00hwqj4lfm8uzndq5228cqzj6th9 John Mark Ockerbloom It was a moving experience today to cantor and sing with my parish's choir at the funeral for our pastor, Fr. Bill Grogan, who died suddenly last Sunday: https://archphila.org/grogan-reverend-william-e/ The church was filled to the back with parishioners, family, friends, and more priests I've seen in one place since the Pope visited Philly. npub1zfp2acmr3rlere7e4e5z38jkxp3kgf00hwqj4lfm8uzndq5228cqzj6th9 John Mark Ockerbloom There are still some gaps; I don't know if or when they'll be filled, but a lot of interesting stuff going back to the dawn of MARC appears to be there now. npub1zfp2acmr3rlere7e4e5z38jkxp3kgf00hwqj4lfm8uzndq5228cqzj6th9 John Mark Ockerbloom And in looking that up, I've found that a lot more of ITAL's is now freely readable online. (Previously they had free online issues back to 2011; now they have them back to the 2000s, as well as issues of predecessor title Journal of Library Automation from 1968 to 1981.). Thanks! npub1zfp2acmr3rlere7e4e5z38jkxp3kgf00hwqj4lfm8uzndq5228cqzj6th9 John Mark Ockerbloom "Weren't we going to call the plumber about the toilet?" npub1zfp2acmr3rlere7e4e5z38jkxp3kgf00hwqj4lfm8uzndq5228cqzj6th9 John Mark Ockerbloom Finale announces it's no longer updating its software, first published in 1988 for creating and editing musical scores: https://www.finalemusic.com/ npub1zfp2acmr3rlere7e4e5z38jkxp3kgf00hwqj4lfm8uzndq5228cqzj6th9 John Mark Ockerbloom We've enjoyed our induction range. We upgraded our electrical panel while we were at it, though that was partly in anticipation of further electrical conversions in the future. npub1zfp2acmr3rlere7e4e5z38jkxp3kgf00hwqj4lfm8uzndq5228cqzj6th9 John Mark Ockerbloom Congratulations to the 2024 Hugo, Lodestar, and Astounding Award winners! _Some Desperate Glory_ by Emily Tesh won Best Novel (and was runner-up for the Lodestar YA award); T. Kingfisher's _Thornhedge_ won Best Novella; two Naomi Kritzer stories won Best Novelette and Best Short Story; Ann Leckie's Imperial Radch books (_Ancillary Justice_ et al) won Best Series; Kelly and Zach Wienersmith's nonfiction _A City on Mars_ won Best Related Work. More awards, and full stats: https://glasgow2024.org/hugo-awards/2024-hugo-award-winners/ npub1zfp2acmr3rlere7e4e5z38jkxp3kgf00hwqj4lfm8uzndq5228cqzj6th9 John Mark Ockerbloom July #JobsReport: U3 goes up to 4.3%, U6 up to 7.8%: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t15.htm Labor participation ticks up to 62.7%: https://www.bls.gov/charts/employment-situation/civilian-labor-force-participation-rate.htm Net jobs +114K: https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CES0000000001?output_view=net_1mth Summary press release: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm npub1zfp2acmr3rlere7e4e5z38jkxp3kgf00hwqj4lfm8uzndq5228cqzj6th9 John Mark Ockerbloom Internet Archive and record labels go into private alternate dispute resolution (which appears to mean settlement negotiations, though I'm not a lawyer) in the labels' suit against the IA's publicly listenable digitized 78rpm records: https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/07/31/umg-sony-music-internet-archive-lawsuit/ Courtlistener's record of the case: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68101636/umg-recordings-inc-v-internet-archive/?filed_after=&filed_before=&entry_gte=&entry_lte=&order_by=desc
