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Purpose: Provides a forum for researching potential applications of Machine and Deep Learning in library science, including discussions, publications, and outreach to the wider Library community. Its goal is to educate librarians on uses of the complex techniques of machine learning and to provide a space for critically thinking both about new applications, and about the ethical and social impact of these technologies , as the field rapidly expands in the coming decade.

This group is part of Core's Technology Section.

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  • 1.  Information Technology and Libraries article selected by SIG AI as the Publication of the Year

    Posted Oct 07, 2022 08:48 AM

    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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  • 2.  RE: Information Technology and Libraries article selected by SIG AI as the Publication of the Year

    Posted Oct 07, 2022 09:46 AM
    That's terrific news Ken--thanks for letting us know!  Definitely adding this article to my reading list.   ---Mary

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    Mary Aycock
    Database and Metadata Coordinator
    Texas State University
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  • 3.  RE: Information Technology and Libraries article selected by SIG AI as the Publication of the Year

    Posted Oct 26, 2022 09:08 AM
    And for anyone else who has an interest in this topic...it's just been announced that the CORE Reading Club will be discussing this article during the week of November 14th. Sounds like a great opportunity to read about and discuss algorithmic literacy!

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    Mary Aycock
    Database and Metadata Coordinator
    Texas State University
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