These are posts from the blog of Mita Williams called The Librarian of Things
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If large language model use is ascendant and unavoidable, why is there so little discussion about the importance of vocabulary?
There is a moon in the sky called the moon. Oh, you wanted a better description?
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How I Generate Solar Power (and why)
You can (and must) understand (and invest) in solar power now
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Library Futures: Information Literacy in the Age of GenAi: my slides, notes, and an addendum
This post includes my presentation made before the Library Futures panel discussion about Ai and IL. It also includes an addendum of a couple points I wish I could have added at the time.
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Dec 11: Information Literacy in the Age of GenAi
What happens when generative AI enters the spaces where students research, learn, and work? Join myself, Dr. Andrea Baer, and Dr. Damien Patrick Williams on December 11, 2025 at 1pm ET/10am PT to discuss what could come next for this discussion hosted by Library Futures.
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The internet was designed to route around gatekeepers
We can create space where students grow in confidence as they develop their own abilities as they gain new ways of understanding. But that space will require gate-keeping.
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How I use Signal (and Why)
This blog post will go into why I use Signal as my personal messaging app of choice and to point out its features in hopes that it might convince you to use Signal as well.
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How *you* (librarians and those working in publishing, law, and government) should use ActivityPub and Why
This post contains reasons why librarians and those working in publishing, law, and government should pay some attention to ActivityPub
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Creating with instead of creating for
Yesterday I read an article that I want to celebrate here: “From Notes to Networks: Using Obsidian to Teach Metadata and Linked Data” by by Kara Long and Erin Yunes, code4lib Journal, Issue 61, 2025-10-21.
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Avoiding the magical trap of ✨
We cannot assume that we are immune to falling into the traps of ✨ Technologies of Enchantment ✨
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How I use ActivityPub (and Why)
§1 The Why Before the How §2 The (RSS) Feed is Dead. Long Live the (RSS) Feed §3 “Social networks consist of people who are connected by a shared object” §4 ActivityPub needs local champions §5 An ActivityPub Membership Drive