Colleagues,
I'm excited to share that an article published in June 2021 by Core's peer-reviewed, open-access journal Information Technology and Libraries was named by ASIST's SIG AI as the "Publication of the Year." The article is "Algorithmic Literacy and the Role for Libraries" by Michael Ridley and Danica Pawlick-Potts (DOI: 10.6017/ital.v40i2.12963).
Abstract: Artificial intelligence (AI) is powerful, complex, ubiquitous, often opaque, sometimes invisible, and increasingly consequential in our everyday lives. Navigating the effects of AI as well as utilizing it in a responsible way requires a level of awareness, understanding, and skill that is not provided by current digital literacy or information literacy regimes. Algorithmic literacy addresses these gaps. In arguing for a role for libraries in algorithmic literacy, the authors provide a working definition, a pressing need, a pedagogical strategy, and two specific contributions that are unique to libraries.
As ITAL's editor, I'm glad to see this well-earned recognition for two of our journal's contributors. ITAL publishes articles covering a range of topics at the intersection of technology and libraries, archives, and museums. For more information about the journal, please visit the About the Journal page.
Sincerely,
Ken Varnum, Editor
varnum@umich.edu
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Ken Varnum
Senior Program Manager and Discovery Strategist
University of Michigan Library
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