{"id":1369,"date":"2026-07-23T22:54:55","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T22:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/?p=1369"},"modified":"2026-07-23T22:54:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T22:54:55","slug":"librarians-are-helping-the-public-ditch-ai-with-hannah-cyrus-alison-macrina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/?p=1369","title":{"rendered":"Librarians Are Helping the Public Ditch AI\u2014With Hannah Cyrus &#038; Alison Macrina"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-2251019329-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Librarians Are Helping the Public Ditch AI\u2014With Hannah Cyrus &#038; Alison Macrina\" title=\"Librarians Are Helping the Public Ditch AI\u2014With Hannah Cyrus &#038; Alison Macrina\" \/><\/div><p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-604805\" data-post=\"604805\">\n<section class=\"wp-block-group blocks-wrapper type-standard-article is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<aside aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"ad-block ad siderail-ad float-r-w-3 break-r-4\">\n<p>                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenation.com\/advertising-policy\" class=\"ad-policy\" target=\"_blank\">Ad Policy<\/a><br \/>\n                <\/aside>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thenation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/GettyImages-1245441031.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\n<p>Protesters gathered outside State Library Victoria to oppose proposed operational changes that would significantly reduce reference library staff and shift core services toward self-service and digital systems in Melbourne, Australia. <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"credits\">(Ye Myo Khant \/ SOPA Images \/ LightRocket via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Librarians are working harder than ever to support their neighborhoods\u2014including by teaching and promoting digital literacy. Hannah Cyrus and Alison Macrina join Paris Marx to discuss the role of library workers in the digital landscape, including how they\u2019re helping patrons navigate privacy basics and artificial intelligence, and how the tech industry is making their jobs harder.<\/p>\n<p>Hannah Cyrus is a digital media librarian at the Bangor public library. Alison Macrina is an activist librarian and the director of Library Freedom Project.<\/p>\n<p><em>Subscribe to <\/em>The Nation <em>to support all of our podcasts: <a href=\"https:\/\/thenation.com\/podcastsubscribe\">thenation.com\/subscribe<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"cta-block_1349ce156b0ff029ee7847463f9b2fba\" class=\"cta\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"cta__container\">\n<div class=\"cta__inline\">\n<p><h2 class=\"cta__title\">Subscribe to The Nation to Support all of our podcasts<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"blocks-wrapper is-standard-article is-layout-flow\">\n<div id=\"article-end-\" class=\"article-end \">\n<div class=\"article-end__authors\">\n<div class=\"article-end__author\">\n<h5 class=\"article-end__author-name\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/authors\/paris-marx\/\">Paris Marx<\/a><br \/>\n                    <\/h5>\n<div class=\"article-end__author-bio\">\n<p>Paris Marx is the author of <em>Hyperscale: The Ambition and Excess of Big Tech&#8217;s Data Empires<\/em>. He hosts the <a href=\"http:\/\/thenation.com\/content\/tech-wont-save-us\/\"><em>Tech Won\u2019t Save Us<\/em><\/a> podcast and writes the <a href=\"https:\/\/disconnect.blog\/\"><em>Disconnect<\/em><\/a> newsletter.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"ce5b8e8bbc76c2796dc48b12-text\/javascript\">\n\t\t!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n\t\t{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n\t\tn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n\t\tif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n\t\tn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n\t\tt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n\t\ts.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script', 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n\t\tfbq('init', '233793277040432');\n\t\tfbq('track', 'PageView');\n\t\t\t\t<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ad Policy Protesters gathered outside State Library Victoria to oppose proposed operational changes that would significantly reduce reference library staff and shift core services toward self-service and digital systems in Melbourne, Australia. 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