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RE: Budget Surplus 2026

Posted By Wilhelmina Randtke Mar 24, 2025 09:07 AM
Found In Egroup: GAMERT (Gaming) Round Table \ view thread
I agree that paying speakers and funding smaller publishers are better uses of this money than is food at the ALA Play event. I also feel that travel scholarships are a good use of available funds. My understanding is that ALA Play is at the conference center, with the conference. It's a conference center, ...

RE: Anyone with experience with low-resource libraries?

Posted By Wilhelmina Randtke Aug 30, 2024 02:47 PM
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Go is a game with just stones/seeds/coins on a grid and has lots of strategy. And, since it's played on a grid, even a checkboard would work. Clear instructions about how to play Go could be an option where game pieces can only be replaced with found objects. ------------------------------ Wilhelmina ...

"What is a Machine Learning Librarian?" blog post by Huggingface's Machine Learning Librarian

I saw this blog post, which is really interesting. "What is a Machine Learning Librarian" https://machinelearninglibrarian.substack.com/p/what-is-a-machine-learning-librarian . It is by the Machine Learning Librarian with Huggingface. Huggingface is an AI company with offerings similar to ChatGPT. In ...

RE: Open Discussion Board

I'm Wilhelmina Randtke (I use "Mina" for short). I'm interested in this group claiming the role of libraries in artificial intelligence. Machine learning and analyzing large amounts of text started out heavily rooted in my field, which actually is government documents and libraries. Because that's where ...

RE: Seeking advice re: LexisNexis cancellation

Posted By Wilhelmina Randtke Aug 01, 2023 07:52 AM
Found In Egroup: GODORT (Government Documents Round Table) \ view thread
She should get pricing and then request that the university purchase her a Lexis Nexis or Westlaw subscription.  With a multi-year contract, she probably can get monthly pricing down to around $65 for her seat to have a basic state and federal plan.  For someone working full time in law, the secondary ...

Barcode scanners

Posted By Wilhelmina Randtke Jul 27, 2023 08:59 AM
Found In Egroup: Core Library Facilities and Interiors Interest Group \ view thread
Does anyone have a recommendation for a barcode scanner for a checkout desk, which can scan physical barcodes as well as scan off a screen? We are having to change our barcode scanners, due to the need to scan off a cell phone screen as well as off of books. With barcode scanners, I can look up the ...

Artificial intelligence relate topics at ALA Annual

For anyone attending ALA Annual, here are some presentations and posters relating to artificial intelligence: ------------------------ Saturday, June 24, 2023 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT Core Top Ten Technology Trends: Libraries Take On ChatGPT Location: Hilton Chicago, Continental B Presenter: ...

Call for participation - the U.S. President's Office of Science and Technology Policy is seeking public input on what U.S. artificial intelligence policy should be

AI and machine learning interest group, The U.S. federal government is currently in the process of regulating artificial intelligence (AI) ethics. The President's Office of Science and Technology Policy has a list of questions posted for the public to provide input on what artificial intelligence ...

Opportunity to comment to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration about artificial intelligence and ethics issues

Apologies for belatedly posting about this. This past year, I've periodically been checking the Federal Register, and there has been a drip drip of government action on regulating artificial intelligence within specific industries. Right now, there's a much more general ask from the National Telecommunications ...

RE: E-forum about AI in libraries?

Mary, I am interested in co-moderating an e-forum on large language models. Best, -Wilhelmina ------------------------------ Wilhelmina Randtke Head of Libraries Systems and Technologies Georgia Southern University ------------------------------