Library Babel Fish

There's too much data-gathering going on, but there's some we really need.

By Barbara Fister

A reporter, a librarian, and a technologist walk into a bar . . .

By Barbara Fister

Apparently libraries may be learning all the wrong ones.

By Barbara Fister

Amazon is a stand-in for a newspaper that annoys the president -- and other bad news.

By Barbara Fister

Hand-crafted fact-checking matters in an algorithmic world.

By Barbara Fister

A koan: How is a public domain article found behind a paywall?

By Barbara Fister

Cambridge Analytica, Facebook, and an academic walk into a bar fight . . .

By Barbara Fister

Adam Greenfield understands technology and wants to explain some things to us. We should pay attention.

By Barbara Fister