Hi, y'all! I'm Andromeda Yelton, your chair for this year (I'd love a cochair -- is it you?) Let's take this thread to 1) introduce ourselves and 2) say something we'd like to get out of the IG this year. It's really here for you and your interests, and I'd like to make sure you get what you need out of it.
1) My introduction! I'm a freelance software developer, currently on contract with the Library of Congress applying machine learning to their collections. In the past I've worked for a variety of library and library-adjacent organizations, including the Berkman Klein Center, the MIT Libraries, and the Wikimedia Foundation, after getting my MLS from Simmons. I'm also an adjunct faculty member at the San José State University iSchool, where I teach a course on AI and libraries. (
Reading list here, if you're curious.) I come to Core through LITA, where I was on the Board for six years, including a term as President, where we kicked off the Core merge process. I'm pretty excited to watch Core develop and have the chance to connect to a new and wider set of colleagues.
2) Again, I want to make sure this IG ends up useful to you! Are we wanting to learn about machine learning, teach it, write code and apply it? Are you into conference presentations, online discussions, giving webinars, writing (blog, articles, books), being part of Interest Group week? I want to make sure this group does a concrete thing that advances your interests.
Looking forward to getting to know you.
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Andromeda Yelton
Humanistic Machine Learning for Library Data
Lecturer, San José State University iSchool
https://andromedayelton.com@ThatAndromeda
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