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  1. …in reply to @Siobhan_M_HQ
    @Siobhan_M_HQ Same. My advocacy for open source library systems has long dovetailed with criticism of Ex Libris' business practices which have led to libraries relinquishing control of their data and systems.
    1. …in reply to @SimonXIX
      @Siobhan_M_HQ I've seen more discussion of this from the US (where there are fewer Ex Libris libraries anyway) but it's still 'not the done thing' to discuss the political ramifications of having software that is interwoven with systems of colonialism and, now, genocide.
      1. …in reply to @SimonXIX
        @Siobhan_M_HQ A bit on Ex Libris from my co-authored book chapter from many years ago (doi.org/10.17613/4fex-9p24):
        oh my god twitter doesn’t include alt text from images in their API