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Academic library use of chatboxes book

By Lesley Farmer posted 3 days ago
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Primary Research Group Inc. has published the  Survey of Academic Library Leadership, Development & Use of Chatboxes , ISBN 979-8-88517-167-0           The dawn of artificial intelligence has opened up new possibilities for chatboxes.  This study looks closely at how academic libraries deploy chatboxes, and how the availability of ChatGPT, Bard, AI-enabled Bing and other programs is influencing their chatbox plans and proclivities. The study gives detailed data on use of programs used for chatboxes, such as LibAnswers and LibPress.   It also looks at the use of artificial intelligence programs and at applications commonly used in industry, ...
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June 9 webinar on book challenges

By Lesley Farmer posted 4 days ago
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The next free webinar hosted by the Special Library Association Academic & Education Community and ACRL's EBSS Education Committee will occur at 1:30pm EST on June 9. It will feature Library Dean Julie Garrison, who will lead a conversation on book challenges and censorship. Book challenges and censorship are not solely K–12 school or public library issues. What happens in our local schools, libraries, and communities has implications for our colleges and universities, along with the wellbeing and intellectual curiosity of our future students. During this conversational webinar, Julie Garrison will share an overview of the current landscape and ...
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UNESCO Media and Information Literacy Curriculum Book

By Lesley Farmer posted 04-24-2023
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UNESCO has published a new book:  Media and information literate citizens: think critically, click wisely! This publication offers media and information literacy curriculum for educators and learners. It is available online in English, Albanian, Arabic, French, Russian and Spanish at https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000377068
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AI Webinar

By Lesley Farmer posted 03-30-2023
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The April 14 webinar hosted by the Special Library Association Academic & Education Community, ACRL's EBSS Education Committee and CSLA featured Hall Davidson, Global Learning Senior Director for Discovery Education. He shared his insights about the educational role of AI in libraries. The presentation resources are available at http://tinyurl.com/LibrarianAIresources
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English Conversation Webinar

By Lesley Farmer posted 02-21-2023
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A free Zoom webinar on March 10 at 10:30am PST featured Christine Sabina of Windsor Public Library and Shuzhen Zhao, Rong Luo and Karen Pillon of the University of Windsor. They discussed their English conversation group: a library-led virtual program for international students. Their sessions have been successful in continuing to support international students and have allowed for students to engage with the university, the library, and each other despite being physically separated. The authors detailed the process, challenges, and outcomes of hosting this group. Their presentation was recorded at https://zoom.us/rec/share/kiNwoS6BhtktwE4JhK5Gs1wdVVTEWRwwIu7a3JFZ0uucYxkEHM5kftFlQsgDsAey.eaXinM_qB2-NGlYt  ...
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ACRL Book on Academic Librarians and Undergraduate Research

By Lesley Farmer posted 02-01-2023
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ACRL announces the publication of   Undergraduate Research & the Academic Librarian: Case Studies and Best Practices, Volume 2 ,   edited by Merinda Kaye Hensley, Hailley Fargo, and Stephanie Davis-Kahl. This all-new volume contains lesson plans, activities, and strategies for connecting with students, faculty, and undergraduate research coordinators in support of undergraduate engagement and success.   Undergraduate research is a specific pedagogical practice with an impact on teaching and learning, and the definition of what counts as research continues to expand to include different types of projects, mentors, and institutions. Diversity, equity, ...
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IFLA Trends Report

By Lesley Farmer posted 01-31-2023
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IFLA issued an update  to its 2022 Trend Report, stating, “Since the original version almost ten years ago, the IFLA Trend Report has become a platform for sharing key ideas and insights from exciting thinkers inside and outside of our field. Across this all, the key theme has been that of looking to the future, identifying emerging issues and how we can respond.” The update “looks to provide a response to the emerging issues identified in the last report by suggesting how it is that the global library field—and IFLA as the body bringing it together globally—can act. … It has been co-drafted, on the basis of the ideas that twelve people from five world regions ...
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February Native American Webinar

By Lesley Farmer posted 01-31-2023
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The February 2023 webinar hosted by the Special Library Association Academic & Education Community and ACRL's EBSS Education Committee featured Renée Gokey shared her expertise on culturally-responsive ways to explore Native American literature. Renée Gokey is an enrolled citizen of the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma and holds a bachelor’s degree in Cultural Anthropology and Native American Studies from the University of New Mexico and Master’s degree in Education from George Mason University. She began her career at the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) in 2000, where she stewards American Indian collections from the Western ...
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ACRL Critical Reading Book

By Lesley Farmer posted 01-26-2023
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ACRL announces the publication of   Teaching Critical Reading Skills: Strategies for Academic Librarians , edited by Hannah Gascho Rempel and Rachel Hamelers. This two-volume set —   Reading in the Disciplines and for Specific Populations   and   Reading for Evaluation, Beyond Scholarly Texts, and in the World   — provides ready-made activities you can add or adapt to your teaching practice.   This collection explores the experiences, approaches, and roles of librarians who teach reading: using pedagogical theories and techniques in new and interesting ways, making implicit reading knowledge, skills, and techniques explicit to students, presenting ...
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Ed Trends Webinar

By Lesley Farmer posted 01-13-2023
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The January 2023 free webinar hosted by the Special Library Association Academic & Education Community and ACRL's EBSS Education Committee  featured  Matt Leger, a Research Manager on IDC’s Government Insights team responsible for the Worldwide Education Digital Strategies research practice.  Mr. Leger’s research focuses on key education IT and digital transformation trends, as well as emerging solutions impacting how primary, secondary and higher education and related services are delivered.   Mr. Leger discussed his top 10 global tech trends to watch in education for 2023. The presentation was split into three sections: The first section covered ...
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Webinar on Supporting Individuals with ASD

By Lesley Farmer posted 12-06-2022
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please disseminate the following widely:   December's webinar hosted by the Special Library Association Academic & Education Community and ACRL's EBSS Education Committee featured Rachel Combs, who shared ways that academic librarians can support students with ASD. Here’s the link to the slides:  R.Combs: SLA/ACRL Webinar   The recording is available at https://zoom.us/rec/share/HScRutmdtngnq7FAeXKrVuZOkJM1wNGYiHLC7I1bUJYs5lUJ3jpiuXK5F3ATW0R1.vEvReKg8CwALCyyP Passcode: b@=BJF4Q Rachel G.   Combs , MSLS, is   Disability Accommodations Consultant at the University of Kentucky Disability Resource Center and part-time Instructor ...
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November webinar on Ed Librarian responsibilities

By Lesley Farmer posted 11-02-2022
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November 11th SLA/ACRL webinar (at 1:30pm EST) focused on "The Changing Role of the Education Librarian. This presentation provided an overview of the findings of a pre-COVID-19 survey on the job roles and responsibilities of Education librarians. These findings give insight into the diverse educational backgrounds and varied responsibilities of Education librarians related to instruction and instructional design, reference, embedded librarianship, outreach, collaboration, and collection development.” The PPT is embedded, and the recording of this webinar is available at https://zoom.us/rec/share/tjEVIXETI72MH6GEl8D-cUkJWmXApU_qJ3zW94gUgjw3w09JB4bEZQ9F-Hr3JYLr.bj6iUePmEuIJiyvA ...
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Project Information Literacy

By Lesley Farmer posted 10-17-2022
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Project Information Literacy will be sunsetting PIL's 14-year study of U.S. college students at the end of 2022. However, a new research initiative at PIL is now being envisioned.  In preparation for ending "PIL's College Study," the project has released a new report,  "The Project Information Literacy Retrospective: Insights from more than a decade of information literacy research, 2008-2022"  ( https://projectinfolit.org/pubs/retrospective/ ), authored by PIL Team members Alison J. Head, Barbara Fister, Steven Geofrey, and Margy MacMillan. This 22-page report summarizes the entirety of PIL's research on college students for the first time, all 14 years and ...
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ADA and Libraries Webinar

By Lesley Farmer posted 10-14-2022
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Oct. 14's webinar featured Teacher Librarian Debra Palmer who shared her ethnographic study on making libraries ADA-accessible. Her presentation is recorded at https://zoom.us/rec/share/TcDULq60PIiCUBv3zHcGvXC8wH2N8fTjh516gdK7vAznlI-khTnU0_qltjmMOCvA.SglbIyFR8eX0qDqi Passcode: eC6kP40#
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Tech Needs of College Students

By Lesley Farmer posted 10-04-2022
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Inside Higher Ed has an article titled "Undergraduates' Technology Problems and Needs" (https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftinyurl.com%2FIHE-TechnologyProblems&data=05%7C01%7CLesley.Farmer%40CSULB.EDU%7Cd68b8d7a08a345596f6008daa60d7042%7Cd175679bacd34644be82af041982977a%7C0%7C0%7C638004873894823049%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=63MWE3MjBkegGPcO3ri3y89GbawXUtSyW7KmprpVrW4%3D&reserved=0 ).
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Media Literacy Report

By Lesley Farmer posted 09-22-2022
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This report provides a comprehensive overview and a road to follow in seeing that media literacy becomes part of every nation's cultural fabric, and notes the library's role in supporting and advancing media literacy. Jolls, T. (2022). Building resiliency: Media literacy as a strategic defense strategy for the transatlantic. Center for Media Literacy. https://www.medialit.org/sites/default/files/Building%20Resiliency-Media%20Literacy%20as%20a%20Strategic%20Defense%20Strategy%20for%20the%20Transatlantic%20%28Final%29%20copy.pdf
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September Webinar

By Lesley Farmer posted 08-29-2022
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September's webinar hosted by the Special Library Association Academic & Education Community and ACRL's EBSS Education Committee will occur at 1:30pm EST  featured Marc Jeffy, who discussed Franklin University's eweeding project.  Marc Jaffy graduated from Northwestern University and received his M.L.I.S. degree from Kent State University. He is currently the Scholarly Communications and Affordable Learning Librarian at Franklin University in Columbus, Ohio. Before moving to that role in June, 2022, he was the Acquisitions Librarian at Franklin University. “Weeding Ebooks at an Academic Library” discusses an ebook weeding project at Franklin University ...
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August Webinar

By Lesley Farmer posted 07-25-2022
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The August webinar hosted by the Special Library Association Academic & Education Community and ACRL's EBSS Education Committee featured UNC Chapel Hill Entrepreneurship and Business Librarian Nancy Lovas, who will discuss inclusive library instruction.      Nancy Lovas works as the Entrepreneurship & Business Librarian at UNC Chapel Hill, where she explores her professional interests of instructional design, teaching, and collaborative partnerships. Nancy is a co-founder and author of the  BizLibratory blog   about academic business librarianship, and holds an MLIS from the University of Maryland-College Park.     Session outcome:  ...
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Webinar on Faculty Partnerships

By Lesley Farmer posted 07-08-2022
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On July 8's  SLA's A&E and ACRL/Education webinar Amber Eakins, Instructional Librarian at Strayer University, discussed how academic librarians can build instructional programs by partnering with faculty. Her PPT is linked at https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1pwpdJOj6hvAJoJj8V-XEdpObIW7qDDgX/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=107167216046356013902&rtpof=true&sd=true .
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Fakes News Webinar

By Lesley Farmer posted 06-10-2022
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On June 10's webinar, the A&E community, along with the ACRL  EBSS Education Coommittee,featured School District Librarian Cassandra Jones. She shared her resesarch on on teachers' perceptions of students' news literacy and possible news curricuum, using fake news as the focus. Her presentation is available at https://bit.ly/CassFakeNews .  The recording is found at https://zoom.us/rec/share/QtKkerNFs92ORwoDef37lmDyggkXGTqkZLqhytcM98fX-I5mdbasH1uY-8GSOBYM.uAC5Ad8ggp3OT8wA
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