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The article focuses on the escalating challenges of misinformation and disinformation in the 2024 elections, exacerbated by artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. Topics include the impact of AI on election integrity, methods of AI-driven disinformation such as deepfakes and fake social media accounts, and efforts by various countries and tech companies to combat these issues.

The article explores how technology advancements, specifically generative AI and omnichannel experiences, are helping sales teams succeed in a challenging economy. With businesses cutting costs and expecting higher revenue, sales teams need to be more efficient and productive. Generative AI automates tasks, streamlines the sales process, and personalizes content creation. It also aids in data analysis, forecasting, and customer segmentation. However, implementing AI requires upfront effort and must be combined with human interactions. Breaking down departmental barriers and providing a seamless customer experience across multiple channels are also crucial. The article highlights how sales teams are utilizing generative AI, overcoming barriers, and expanding customer engagement channels to balance conflicting demands in their workflows. These changes are essential for companies to survive in tough economic times and thrive in the future. The article also includes contact information for various customer service, sales, and marketing companies. [Extracted from the article]

The article explores the evolution of social media over the past two decades, with a particular focus on recent developments in 2023. In the current landscape, social media has grown into a massive industry, with ad spending projected to surpass last year by year-end. Over 60% of the global population, approximately 5 billion people, actively engage with social media, spending an average of 2 hours and 26 minutes daily.

The article offers information on the pricing pain points in the streaming industry, focusing on the recent concerns about rising delivery costs. Topics include the background of the State of Streaming surveys, which have consistently explored business and technology concerns in the industry, and the expansion of the survey to include questions about pricing pain points.

The article presents the discussion on increasing prevalence and significance of the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) trend in workplaces. Topics include driven by the need for employees to access corporate systems remotely using a variety of personal mobile devices; and highlighting its evolution as a strategy to enhance productivity and cost-efficiency in modern work environments.

The article focuses on Discord an online community platform that allows users to engage in text, voice, and video chats organized by topics and channels. It can be used by libraries to provide virtual services, such as reference, reader's advisory, and programming, to teens in a safe and organized manner.

The article focuses on the importance of live streaming encoders in delivering high-quality video content over the internet. It explains the role of encoders in converting and compressing RAW video data and discusses the difference between encoding and transcoding. It highlights the significance of encoders in various streaming workflows, including online fitness experiences, breaking news distribution, and professional live broadcasts.

The article explains the intricacies of scholarly publications in a digital world. It provides an overview of the evolution of information landscape and stresses the need to teach students about the nature and authorial voices of the information landscape. It outlines principles for information clarity, as well as signs of changes to academic literature presentation including preprints, predatory or inferior journal publication, and artificial intelligence (AI)-generated academic literature.

The article highlights publishing technology trends and their impact on libraries. These include digitization of education publishing, self-publishing via e-commerce company Amazon and platforms like Wattpad, social media platforms like TikTok, 8th Note Press by ByteDance and Blinklist, and proliferation of electronic audiobools and podcasts. Aso noted is the decline in the use of print news sources compared to digital news among younger generations.

The article presents the discussion on Change & the Future for Libraries track on the last day of the Computers in Libraries (CIL) 2023 conference in Arlington. Topics include admitted the line primarily an attention-getter allowing that there are many potential benefits of the metaverse; and technologies such as AI, brain-computer interfaces extended reality apps development. .

The article offers information about how book challengers and defenders are now using technology, such as online keyword searches, to compile lists of books to target or to promote reading diversely. It also highlights how book challengers have created websites that take book passages out of context to promote objections, while book advocates use the internet to facilitate access to challenged titles and offer support to one another.

The article offers information about the Web3, the vision for a new decentralized internet, could impact libraries. It discusses the three hypothetical scenarios for how libraries could utilize Web3 technologies, including using Non-fungible token for library cards and a blockchain developed for libraries to facilitate community asset sharing.

The article offers information on the importance of content calendars for content creators, emphasizing their role in keeping creators organized and on track. Topics include choosing the right tool, such as Asana or Google Sheets, for content planning, considering factors like scalability, usability, and price. The article also discusses best practices for populating the calendar, including collaboration and the use of market research to ensure alignment with broader marketing strategies.

The article highlights the importance of online communities in providing support for library workers, especially those feeling isolated or dealing with challenges. Topics discussed include social media hubs for librarians, the growing need for support amid rising book challenges, and the role of group administrators in managing online discussions.

The article provides information on the current status of the COVID-19 pandemic on its third anniversary. It highlights that the virus is still spreading, with a global death toll nearing 7 million. While many have returned to normal life due to infections and vaccinations, concerns remain about the virus's ability to adapt and produce more dangerous variants.

The article focuses on librarians who initiate book clubs at their libraries that are always looking for recommendations. Topics include examines this is not restricted to public libraries and special libraries, particularly medical libraries are regulars at forming book discussion groups and considered being a member of a neighborhood book club, the selection of the next book is to read and discuss likely falls since the resident librarian.

The article discusses the increasing demand for high-quality, real-time content in the sports and esports industries. It highlights the challenges faced by production teams in managing and delivering content before, during, and after events. The Signiant Platform is presented as a solution that offers fast and secure file transfer, automation, and collaboration tools to streamline content production and delivery processes. The platform aims to enhance efficiency, reduce operational expenses, and ensure timely and high-quality content delivery in the sports and esports industries. [Extracted from the article]

The article offers information on the growing prominence of voice search and its impact on SEO, highlighting the increasing number of digital voice assistants and the shift from text to voice in consumers' search habits. The article discusses the rise of voice search, citing forecasts that predict 8.4 billion digital voice assistants by 2024, surpassing the world's population.

The article focuses on the misconception that Artificial Intelligence (AI), particularly generative AI such as ChatGPT, represents the entire future of knowledge management (KM), emphasizing that other aspects of KM are equally important. Topics include the need for a balanced approach integrating human understanding with AI capabilities and the importance of aligning KM with enterprise goals while considering the challenges and implications of AI adoption.

The article explores the increasing prevalence of censorship fights and the growing organization of grassroots and advocacy groups in response. It showcases the use of various resources like infographics, websites, social media posts, GIFs, and online toolkits to raise awareness about censorship and its impact. It further discusses how technology has been enabling local organizers and advocacy groups to raise awareness of censorship issues.

In the article, the author offers tips to school libraries on how to respond to book challenges in schools by citing the strategies of their FReadom Fighters group to fight for intellectual freedom and against book censorship in Texas as example. Also cited are the move by Texas state Congressman Matt Krause to release his list of unwanted book titles, and the alleged claim by the Texas governor that school libraries contained pornography.

The article evaluates the Wirecast Gear 3 from Telestream, a computer software company.

The article presents the discussion on cohort of school librarians from North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming. Topics include enhancing the expertise and leadership of rural school librarians in the states focusing on skills development efforts; and utilizing online open educational resources (OERs), integrating digital applications into the professional practices, and serving as instructional leaders in the schools.

The article focuses on several media literacy to students in grades 6–8. Topics include considered that kinetic typography misinformation video project, in which students were tasked with describing the five types of misinformation and the News Literacy Project defines these as satire, false context, imposter content, manipulated content, and fabricated content.

The article focuses on the Free Library of Philadelphia closed its physical locations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic as the special collections division pivoted to respond to this new service model by producing online content to reach patrons via social media. Topics include considered that as Philadelphia lockdown extended beyond its estimated period, special collections staffers needed to be more purposeful in developing online programming.

The article focuses on virtual services and programs as every library around the world has a story about the ways COVID-19 challenged its staffers to create something new. Topics include considered that the digital library branch is ready for investment and expansion, and the approach took at the Chattanooga Public Library (CPL) positioned librarians as stars in community.

The article explores how Zoom platform provides an excellent basis for teaching literacy instruction to remote learners and the homeschooled to Support Literacy Instruction. Topics include students to participate in the school's library media programs, different grade levels were disbursed throughout alternate meeting schedules; and Zoom to conduct digital-literacy sessions for students who are not physically located within classroom.

The article reports that TikTok is a video-based platform that has recently become one of the most popular social media used by teenagers. Topics include in-app video editor makes creating short-form videos for effectively educate communities; and Librarians can create videos that show off their libraries, offer readers' advisory, advocacy, and announcements to engage with the communities.

The article reports that Mastodon is an open-source and federated micro-blogging platform that has become a popular alternative to Twitter due to its decentralized and ad-free model. Users can easily create their own groups, use different skins, edit posts, and interact with users on different instances in the Fediverse. It mentions that Moderation is instance-based, and instances have the power to block users and even entire servers with a wide range of communities.

The article focuses on optimizing LinkedIn for professional success and audience engagement. Topics include the evolution of LinkedIn and its impact on thought leadership, strategies for building an effective personal profile and understanding your audience, and the importance of consistent engagement and investment in LinkedIn's paid features.

The article presents the discussion on examining the rise of TikTok as a significant platform for marketers and influencers, facing potential bans in the U.S. due to security concerns. Topics include alternative platforms like Reddit and Discord emerging to fill potential gaps, highlighting their strengths in targeted content marketing and community engagement; and BeReal, a newer app promoting authentic social sharing, and Meta's Threads.

The article provides information on the distinctions between information, misinformation, and disinformation. It emphasizes the significance of misinformation and disinformation as they underlie many of the crises and controversies in contemporary society. The author explores why people believe disinformation and why they spread misinformation, delving into cognitive psychology concepts such as System 1 and System 2 to understand how individuals process information and make decisions.

The article focuses on library software has come a long way from the early days of online union catalogs and databases. Topics include the library utilizes one or more library engagement platforms with the goal of informing customers about upcoming events and resources, or inviting them to use their library card to check out something, and the software-based platforms help the library and customer connect using a variety of communication channels including email, and mobile phone notifications.

The article highlights a report which shows that global sports media rights revenue was 52.1 billion dollars in 2021, an increase of just less than 16 percent on 2020's COVID-impacted total. It also highlights that the NBA's broadcast rights expire after the 2024–2025 season, and the league is already making noises about tripling its current 24 billion dollars package in part to fuel a salary cap that could jump to 171 million dollars.

The article focuses on member of the Library Freedom Project its an organization that has traditionally focused on helping library workers bolster their understanding of patron privacy and fighting surveillance in our communities.

The article presents an exercise that challenges readers to zero in on their top detach priority for 2023 and the list of priority areas is based on experiences with educators, school librarians, and media specialists publishing their case studies.

The article reports that social media has become ingrained in everyday lives. Topics include considered that a fad, posts on social media platforms influence how people think, vote, buy, and invest; and examines that a Pew Research study from June 2021 found that several percentage of Americans used Facebook to get their news.

The author provides insights on using social media to advocate for school libraries in the U.S. She notes that using social media to promote school library will raise support from the community. She suggests the use of Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok platforms in promoting and celebrating school libraries. She emphasizes the importance of reviewing the social media policy of the school and obtaining permission from administrators prior to creating a social media page for a library.

The article offers information on the pervasive influence of AI in various domains, with a focus on its impact on libraries, legal areas, and general applications. Topics include recent developments in AI regulation, G7 principles on AI, and President Joe Biden's executive order on trustworthy AI. The article explores the challenges and opportunities presented by AI, particularly generative AI (GenAI), in libraries and information services.

The article offers information on the dynamic evolution of library technology over a 15-year span as the author concludes their tenure with Computers in Libraries. Beginning with the usage of Firefox 2.0 and Microsoft Word submissions, the author reflects on the enduring relevance of open-source tools like Audacity and WordPress.

The article assesses the potential revival of social customer relations management (CRM), or customer service over social media channels. Topics discussed are changes in customer support landscape as corporations interact with clients via various communication channels, goal of businesses to integrate social media into marketing, sales and customer service as an omnichannel strategy, and struggle of companies to identify useful customer data that could be transformed into corporate initiatives.

The article offers information on a panel discussion, moderated by Amy Fiscus, Deputy Editor, The Morning, The New York Times, with panelists Nicole A. Cooke, Associate Professor, University of South Carolina; Cecilia Kang, Technology Reporter, "The New York Times;" and Jim Rutenberg, Writer at large, The New York Times, considered Intellectual Freedom, Media Literacy, and Access to Information. It also mentions comment from Rutenberg on the ditial learning and online rating.

The article offers guiding principle in making decisions from first concepts to each conversational workflow. Topics discussed include designed the bot to look and act like bots that users were already accustomed to in their daily lives; and ensured the bot presents itself as a bot rather than a person, recognizes questions it cannot answer, and offers the user an easy path to its human colleagues.

The article focuses on the discontinuation of Netflix's DVD mailing service and its potential impact on niche and obscure film enthusiasts. Topics include alternative sources for accessing independent, global, and obscure films, such as Netflix's hidden gems category, the Internet Archive's Moving Image Archive, Kanopy, iNDIEFLIX, Criterion, Facets, and even platforms like YouTube and eBay for hard-to-find titles.

The article emphasizes the shift towards grander, technology-driven events, noting the rising importance of creating memorable experiences. Topics include leveraging smartphones for engagement, utilizing Virtual Reality / Augmented Reality for immersive experiences, and embracing tech-forward photo booths for interactive event coverage.

The article questions the default sorting of search results by relevance and suggests an alternative focus on sorting by date. Topics include the limitations of relevance-based sorting, practical solutions like userscripts for date sorting, and the potential for AI-driven improvements in search relevance and sorting methods.

The article delves into the perplexities of Perplexity, a conversational search engine, navigating its evolution amidst the AI chatbot landscape. Topics include Perplexity's foundation, its products Perplexity Ask and Perplexity Pro with distinct features, and a comparison of various AI chatbots including GPT-4, Google's Search Generative Experience, and Perplexity, suggesting a shift away from traditional search engine models towards consolidated web content solutions.

The article offers information on recent Supreme Court decisions regarding government officials' social media activity. Topics include the cases Lindke v. Freed, which addressed whether a public official's social media activity constitutes state action, and O'Connor-Ratcliff v. Garnier, which considered whether blocking individuals from personal social media accounts constitutes state action subject to the First Amendment.