This is exciting! Congratulations, Peter!
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Anne Slaughter
Director of Technology Services
Reaching Across Illinois Library System
Chair of Core Technology Section Leadership Team
She/Her/Hers
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Original Message:
Sent: Sep 23, 2024 04:08 PM
From: Peter Musser
Subject: ITAL Special issue on AI & ML in Libraries is out!
Hi all, just a quick note that the most recent edition of ITAL Journal is out today, and it's a special issue all about AI & Machine Learning in Libraries! It was a privilege to guest edit, and there's plenty of food for thought in there.
Peer-reviewed articles in the special issue:
- "Responsible AI Practice in Libraries and Archives: A Review of the Literature" by Sara Mannheimer, Natalie Bond, Scott W. H. Young, Hannah Scates Kettler, Addison Marcus, Sally K. Slipher, Jason A. Clark, Yasmeen Shorish, Doralyn Rossmann, and Bonnie Sheehey. The authors explore the existing literature to identify and summarize trends in how libraries have (or have not) considered AI's ethical implications.
- "It Takes a Village: A Distributed Training Model for AI-based Chatbots" by Beth Twomey, Annie Johnson, and Colleen Estes, discusses the steps taken at their institution to develop and implement a library chatbot powered by a large language model, as well as lessons learned.
- "'Gimme Some Truth' AI Music and Implications for Copyright and Cataloging" by Adam Eric Berkowitz, details modern developments in AI-assisted music creation, and the resultant challenges that these surface regarding copyright and cataloging work.
- "Adapting Machine Translation Engines to the Needs of Cultural Heritage Metadata" by Konstantinos Chatzitheodorou, Eirini Kaldeli, Antoine Isaac, Paolo Scalia, Carmen Grau Lacal, and MªÁngeles García Escrivá provides an overview of the process used to hone general-use machine translation engines to improve their outputs when translating cultural heritage metadata in the Europeana repository from one language to another.
- "Exploring the Impact of Generative Artificial Intelligence on Higher Education Students' Utilization of Library Resources: A Critical Examination" by Lynsey Meakin applies the Technological Acceptance Model to higher education students' perceptions and adoption of tools using generative AI models.
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Peter Musser
Co-chair, ALA Core IG for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Libraries
Head, Library Services
ISKME
He/Him/His
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