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Guidelines for AI use in OER Creation

Hi y'all, I know that not everyone's involved in the open education space so this may not be broadly interesting, but I thought I'd share it here in case anyone's curious: My organization runs OER Commons, and this past Friday we published some guidelines we've been using as we evaluate submissions ...

RE: Webinar: The Oversight Fallacy: Why Humans-in-the-Loop Aren't Enough for AI agents?

Thanks for sharing this, Laurie -- looks like a good learning opportunity! Mozilla Foundation just released their first "State of Open Source AI" report, and aside from the fact that they conflate "Open Weights" with true Open Source AI, it's got some good info in it. One of the things the report touches ...

ALA Conference AI&ML happenings post-game

I hope everyone who traveled to ALA is now back safe and sound. I thought it'd be nice to give folks a discrete space to talk about anything at ALA they sat in on/saw/heard that they felt was relevant, and also highlight a couple of things I know of. Maybe the biggest thing with a minimum of attention ...

AI @ ALA 2026 Big List of Sessions

Hi all, ALA's annual conference is nearly upon us again, with a whole mess of sessions talking about AI! If you poked around the scheduler you may have already found the "Timely Topics" section that calls out 20 sessions, but by my count there are at least 45 sessions, as well as 30 poster sessions. ...

AI4LAM Fantastic Futures 2026 CFP now open, theme "Trust in the Loop"

Hi all, sharing this on behalf of the folks at AI4LAM. If you're working on something that explores how libraries, archives and museums can build trustworthy, accountable, and human-centered AI ecosystems, consider submitting a proposal by April 6. Details below: AI4LAM Fantastic Futures 2026 - ...

Core IG Week is still going!

Thanks again to everyone who joined us on Monday, great to see y'all. For those who missed it, it's (still) Core IG week, and there are lots of events still coming! You can find the page to register and see what sessions are still pending here -- it's a great time to see what else is going on around ...

Core IG Week - Chat notes

Zoom gave the chat log which was great, but in its raw form it was a bit inelegant so I went ahead and broke it up into different categories and anonymized messages out of respect for folks in attendance who may not want their names tied to their identities. Behold: the library AI zeitgeist! And ...

2026 Core IG Week slides available!

Hi all, Thanks to everyone who made it to ALA Core's IG Week session for this lil old AI&ML in Libraries IG! It was great to see so many folks tuning in, and really active question-askers and folks supporting each other in the chat. To see the slides, along with the results of the Mentimeter ...

2026 Core IG Week Slides

RE: Introduction

Hey Randy, Sorry for the delayed "welcome aboard" message -- happy to have you! If anything comes up you want to discuss, the group's here for it. We just had the Core IG Week session, the results of which I'll be posting in a day or so. ------------------------------ Peter Musser Chair, ...

Core AI & ML at Core Forum!

Hi all, a little late coming but if you'll be at Core Forum in Denver this week, feel free to drop a note here or reach out to me -- I'd love to connect! I'll also be hosting a session on Friday at 11a where I'll be facilitating some group discussions around how AI's landing with you and yours these ...

AI & OER Community Hub

Hi all, As summer's just about done I wanted to share out a resource that that my colleagues at ISKME and UVA Libraries have been working on, the AI & OER Community Hub on OER Commons. The hub contains 28 collections of 564 openly licensed resources (and growing), sorted into 5 buckets: ...

RE: Has anyone promoted the use of AI to staff to improve communications (e.g., spelling, grammar, and overall writing quality)?

Hi Bill, this is as good a place as any to ask so thanks for bringing it up! At my org we haven't used AI tools for communication things, partly because we want to be conscientious about how and when we use it because of how many ways the dice can roll in not great ways. What's given us pause are ...

AI @ ALA 2025

Hi all (cross-posted to Core AI & ML in Libraries IG, and AIRUS), A bit later coming than the list I did last year, but it's been a wild, wild, wild time. In any case: I've put together a list of all of the sessions and posters at ALA 2025 in Philly this year for your browsing pleasure. This year ...

Upcoming Event: AI-Powered Assistants

Description: This presentation explores how librarians can use AI-powered writing assistants to improve their professional writing. Attendees will learn how to use these tools for various writing tasks, such as summarizing research, brainstorming, and editing. The presentation will offer practical examples ...

2025 Core IG Week slides

Core IG Week recordings available (AI&ML in Libraries IG slides here)

Hi all! In case you missed it, the recordings for the IG week sessions from last week are out and free for all to access! IG Chair privilege means I don't feel bad posting a link to the AI & ML in Libraries IG session first, but I'm excited to find some time and have a look at some of the others, too. ...

RE: AI Competencies for Academic Library Workers - feedback to the draft needed by March 26

Thanks for sharing this, Jason! Great to see movement on this. ------------------------------ Peter Musser Chair, ALA Core IG for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Libraries Head, Library Services ISKME He/Him/His ------------------------------

Guiding Principles for responsible AI in the world of Open

Hi y'all, I wanted to share out ISKME's Guiding Principles for Responsible AI in the World of "Open." My organization put a cap on these last week so that we can be more transparent, directed, and accountable about how we're using generative AI in our particular context (knowledge management and ...

Open Access Week events discussing Generative AI (cross-posted)

Hi all, the following events crossed my path as the academic world is winding up for Open Access Week, and I thought I'd share them with y'all in case they sparked interest! Thanks to Leila Malkin at UBC Library for sharing them out on the SPARC OE newsletter. -- "Stop Generating": Generative ...