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For those just learning about LibGen because of the reporting on Meta and other companies training LLMs on pirated books, I’d highly recommend the book Shadow Libraries (open access: direct.mit.edu/books/oa-edited…).

I just read it while working on the Wikipedia article about shadow libraries, and it’s a fascinating history. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_l…

I fear the already fraught conversations about shadow libraries will take a turn for the worse now that it’s overlapping with the incredibly fraught conversations about AI training.

#AI #LibGen #OpenAccess

New #University of Groningen #Press publication 🥳

➡️ START Handbook: How can I help my first-year #students engage, persist and succeed?

This handbook is an #OpenEducation 'train-the-trainer' resource designed to support educators in guiding first-year students through their transition to #HigherEducation.

🔗 opentextbooks.rug.nl/start/

More about University of Groningen Press: rug.nl/research/ugp/

#OpenAccess #OpenTextbook