Link: Microsoft is closing its employee library and cutting back on subscriptions

Microsoft is transitioning its physical and digital library into an AI-powered 'learning experience.' This shift involves the cessation of numerous physical materials and digital subscriptions.

The company started reducing its news subscription services in November, signaling this shift with an email announcement to publishers.

Important providers like Strategic News Service (SNS), which served Microsoft employees for over two decades, have been discontinued. An announcement made clear that all library contracts will not be renewed.

Microsoft's internal communications suggest the move aims to modernize learning through something called the Skilling Hub. The physical library spaces have already been closed to support this new direction.

The change is part of a broader trend of integrating AI into corporate functions, blending cost-cutting measures with technological upgrades. It remains uncertain which digital subscriptions will remain post-transition.

The revamp affects not only the resources available to employees but also the physical layout of Microsoft’s campus, as the company phases out traditional library spaces. #

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