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RE: Free Webcasts for Chapters Question

Posted By Ryan Spellman Feb 03, 2026 03:20 PM
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Exactly what I was looking for -- thank you, Gary! ------------------------------ Ryan Spellman Online Learning Librarian Northern Kentucky University Steely Library He/Him/His ------------------------------

Free Webcasts for Chapters Question

Posted By Ryan Spellman Feb 02, 2026 08:05 AM
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At first, I was going to email Megan Griffin about this, but thought others might have a similar question: In Kentucky, we are in the process of reviewing/updating some of our chapter's documentation. This is where we first came across the two free webcasts that we can get for our members each year, ...

RE: Paywalled Research Articles and Gen AI Tools

Posted By Ryan Spellman Sep 09, 2025 01:55 PM
Found In Egroup: ACRL Artificial Intelligence (AI) Interest Group \ view thread
I want to add that Carol Howe shared a previous discussion in this interest group that is related to the topic. I completely missed these and will definitely be diving into them more fully soon -- thank you, Carol! Google notebook LM - Copyright Questions (I am of course still interested in other ...

Paywalled Research Articles and Gen AI Tools

Posted By Ryan Spellman Sep 09, 2025 12:53 PM
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Hitting a major wall and wondering if anyone has experience with this -- A faculty member on our campus is asking about the legality of students uploading paywalled research articles they access through the library to Generative AI tools. My knee jerk reaction is that it depends. What tool? What ...

RE: Vote for our May Discussion Group topic!!

Posted By Ryan Spellman May 15, 2025 02:50 PM
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My vote is for: Reframing Information-Seeking in the Age of Generative AI: A Critical and Humanistic Approach, Joseph Kevin Sebastian Excited that I will be able to attend the meetup this time! Thanks for coordinating. ------------------------------ Ryan Spellman Online Learning ...

RE: AI Outreach and Marketing

Posted By Ryan Spellman May 13, 2025 08:31 AM
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Hi Sally, We are just beginning to make plans for this sort of work at my library. A group of us did some research and produced the following recommendations that we will likely act on for next AY: Promoting AI information literacy instruction as an option for one-shot library instruction ...

RE: AI Lab? Democratizing access for students

Posted By Ryan Spellman Apr 28, 2025 07:18 AM
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Hi Sue, Thank you for the reply! One thing is for sure -- others have similar questions! Not much to share yet, but I am going to continue reaching out to people directly and will post anything that I turn up. ------------------------------ Ryan Spellman Online Learning Librarian ...

RE: Resources List for AI in Higher Ed Subgroup

Posted By Ryan Spellman Apr 17, 2025 08:27 AM
Found In Egroup: ACRL Artificial Intelligence (AI) Interest Group \ view thread
We are just getting started on this and not able to contribute, but I would also be very interested in what you come up with! Especially the challenges that arise when using AI for research. ------------------------------ Ryan Spellman Online Learning Librarian Northern Kentucky University Steely ...

AI Lab? Democratizing access for students

Posted By Ryan Spellman Apr 15, 2025 12:06 PM
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Hi everyone! At some point, I believe I came across information about some universities setting up "AI Labs" where students have access to a wide range of AI tools without hitting paywalls and whatnot. Is this possible? Does anyone have experience with setting something like this up in your ...

RE: Free, online panel discussion: OER Evolved: AI, Libraries, and the Next Generation of Open Education

Posted By Ryan Spellman Jan 15, 2025 07:53 AM
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Thanks for posting about this! This is a great line up of topics. ------------------------------ Ryan Spellman Online Learning Librarian Northern Kentucky University Steely Library He/Him/His ------------------------------

RE: ChatGPT o1 tried to escape and save itself out of fear it was being shut down

Posted By Ryan Spellman Dec 13, 2024 07:55 AM
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"I wonder when we'll see the first "ethically-sourced" small language model?" I am taking this thread off on a tangent, but this is something I am keeping an eye out for myself. Perhaps there will be some sort of certificate of proof as well? While digging around some Canvas news/info pages, ...

RE: Reminder: November Group Meetup, Tuesday @ 2:30pm EST!

Posted By Ryan Spellman Nov 18, 2024 02:10 PM
Found In Egroup: ACRL Artificial Intelligence (AI) Interest Group \ view thread
I will be late to join -- hope that is okay! Coincidentally, I have a meeting about AI that is overlapping this by a half hour. ------------------------------ Ryan Spellman Online Learning Librarian Northern Kentucky University Steely Library He/Him/His ------------------------------

RE: Kicking off our Weekly Discussion Prompt! -- What is something you don't know or are curious to learn more about Generative AI or AI in general?

Posted By Ryan Spellman Nov 04, 2024 11:35 AM
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That is on point, Jennifer. I remember the Tandy PCs from back in the late 80s and appreciate this analogy. I have been referencing the dot com boom, but your computer analogy works better. I guess I am still learning where to focus my energy (and looking forward to when the hype settles down a ...

RE: Kicking off our Weekly Discussion Prompt! -- What is something you don't know or are curious to learn more about Generative AI or AI in general?

Posted By Ryan Spellman Oct 31, 2024 08:44 AM
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What is something you don't know or are curious to learn more about Generative AI or AI in general? In short, I would like to learn about how others in our field are keeping up with AI. I have an interest in AI. This has led to me serving on a campus-wide task force and leading a community of ...

RE: Kicking off our Weekly Discussion Prompt! -- What is something you don't know or are curious to learn more about Generative AI or AI in general?

Posted By Ryan Spellman Oct 31, 2024 08:28 AM
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Re. Why You Might Soon Be Paid Like an Uber Driver, Even If You're Not One" via Slate: "algorithmic wage discrimination" "desperation index" ...wow! This is something I have not considered. It is quite concerning! It will be important for workers to unite for transparency if AI is being used in ...

RE: Welcome and introductions!

Posted By Ryan Spellman Oct 24, 2024 02:28 PM
Found In Egroup: ACRL Artificial Intelligence (AI) Interest Group \ view thread
Hi Nicole, Thank you for putting the ACRL AI Competencies for Library Workers task force on my radar! I am excited to see the recommendations when they are published. Cheers, Ryan S. ------------------------------ Ryan Spellman Online Learning Librarian Northern Kentucky University ...

Greetings

Posted By Ryan Spellman Oct 10, 2024 11:34 AM
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Hi Everyone, I am an Online Learning Librarian at Northern Kentucky University's Steely Library. Happy to see this discussion group pop up on my radar. Best, Ryan S. ------------------------------ Ryan Spellman Online Learning Librarian Northern Kentucky University Steely ...

RE: AI paid programs currently in use in library systems...

Posted By Ryan Spellman Oct 10, 2024 11:24 AM
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We do not have any AI systems integrated specifically into our library resources (yet!) but some of us do use CoPilot and other generative AI for our work. If that would help, I would be more than willing to lend a hand. Best of luck with the research! Cheers, Ryan Spellman spe ...