Chronknowlogy Blog

getting certainty on human versus synthetic media

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 03:21:49 GMT

The Authors Guild (USA) launched its Human Authored Certification program (29 January 2025). This certification permits its members to register their...

could mastodon instances make a pledge to their communiti...

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 21:10:41 GMT

I've been thinking about something like an instance Community Pledge becoming commonplace. Mastodon instances tend to post rules, user expectations, a tiny...

mastodon social media instances of interest

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:56:22 GMT

The Mastodon social networks have attracted a lot more attention recently. I posted on concepts behind Mastodon , ActivityPub , and this federated style of...

companies can't just put surveillance tech into libraries

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

There's a good read about a few oligopolistic publishers that proposed unethical surveillance technologies for academic libraries. I thought that the...

some notes on the canadian digital information strategy d...

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:38:33 GMT

I've been reading the draft consultation version of the Canadian Digital Information Strategy ( PDF ). The strategy proposes strengthening content, ensuring...

talk about the broad value of open access

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:37:54 GMT

As a librarian, I talk with other faculty and students about their academic work and the life-cycle of the research process. I've always stressed that open...

institutional change toward open scholarship and open sci...

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:37:09 GMT

The processes and supports within an institution can, I've noticed, demand a bit of effort to change. When we speak of open scholarship or open science ,...

artificial intelligence to examine us

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The hype over the last few months regarding generative AI has been quite interesting. I've facilitated a variety of discussions (and presented some) with...

publishers proposing surveillance tech on libraries

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Gautama Mehta’s recent article “ Proposal to install spyware in university libraries to protect copyrights shocks academics ” is an important read. I...

letter to ministers regarding the new nafta / usmca & "in...

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

This morning, upon learning of the newly negotiated NAFTA or as it seems to be called now USMCA, I sent the following letter to ministers of the current...

digital curation issues involving open government data

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Open government data has widely established social, economic, and governance benefits. A number of organizations promote and assist government agencies...

long term digital preservation and the role of tdrs

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Recent copyright legislation prevents archives from legitimately fulfilling key requirements for the long term preservation and provision of access to...

how recent copyright legislation (c-11) and tpms prevent ...

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Recent copyright legislation prevents archives from legitimately fulfilling key requirements for the long term preservation and provision of access to...

copyright law, tpms, and appraisal

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Recent copyright legislation prevents archives from legitimately fulfilling key requirements for the long term preservation and provision of access to...

open licence literacy: given to know, give to grow

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 03:25:32 GMT

This is a version of a presentation I gave about the need for training researchers in open licensing as a form of information literacy. I presented this at...

tracking the challenges made to canadian library books

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Sometimes we see headlines in the news about a book being challenged at a library. People from different perspectives might see the content of the book or...

e-books: new experiences and problems with access

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 04:29:47 GMT

The introduction of e-books (among other digital content) changed the interactions and responsibilities of publishers, authors, academics, librarians,...

first take on the public domain manifesto

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Communia published its Public Domain Manifesto . The manifesto identifies the public domain concept with respect to historical development and more...

journalist skills: learn command line usage

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:37:06 GMT

Bellingcat provides a workshop for people with no experience using the command line. The idea is to gain essential skills that will open up the possibility...

much better ways of studying

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 21:07:35 GMT

Paul Penn's article, How to Study Effectively (Psyche Magazine) provides insights on why common study techniques fail us. Research shows that cramming...

19th annual concordia library research forum

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The 2021 Concordia Library Research Forum will take place on the 27th and 28th of April. There is an excellent lineup of presentations and posters (like...

proctorio legal aggression

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A Learning Technology Specialist at UBC was rightly critical of Proctorio so the company is suing him . Considering the ethical, technical or other...

think about algorithmic test proctoring

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Read Shea Swauger's article, Our Bodies Encoded: Algorithmic Test Proctoring in Higher Education . It identifies deep concerns about algorithmic test...

creative commons certificate program

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

If you have an interest in learning more about the Creative Commons and open access licensing issues. This year, the Creative Commons began offering an...

using cc licences for collections & remixes

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

This short presentation helps distinguish the idea of a collection of work versus "remixing" and adapting work. This presentation is available as a...

what makes a creative commons licence and how is it useful?

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

If we open a Creative Commons licence up, what do we find? Here's a brief Prezi presentation that gets into the guts of CC licences or a PDF download .

some tips on nc, sa, & nd attributes in creative commons ...

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Here are three things about various attributes that can be found in Creative Commons licences, which I find are not necessarily obvious, but good to know...

open access week 2018

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

International Open Access Week spans 22 - 28 of October this year. It's a great time to find out more about open access initiatives that you can both...

briefly, about copyright law & cc licences

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Copyright gives the people that create various works, certain legal controls over those works. As the name suggests, it limits copying (thus various forms...

timeline leading to the formation of the creative commons

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

paywall is a compelling documentary, advocates oa

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Last Friday night, I watched the new documentary, Paywall: The Business of Scholarship. If you're involved in...

switch to a mastodon social network

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 03:20:46 GMT

The Mastodon social network system is the most promising advance I've seen recently toward establishing a better, more compelling social networking system....

newsblur as an intelligent agent used for ci

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Newsblur (www.newsblur.com) is a Web-based RSS feed reading service. This is a review of how I found it useful while working on competitive intelligence...

the harm of e-book platform vendors like clarivate/proquest

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 18:33:11 GMT

Librarians have ceded our control of collections and collection-building in the digital realm to a few commercial vendors. Among other things, this has...

ephemera and the national memory

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 04:23:17 GMT

I'd been concerned with what I had once called digital cultural amnesia. Though in reflecting on the word "amnesia" I no longer think it's the best way to...

data, information, knowledge, and wisdom: our pragmatic i...

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:38:13 GMT

For workaday pragmatic purposes, common understandings of data, information, knowledge, wisdom, and their relationships may be worthwhile. But for our...