From 2023 but I wanted to share. For background, please see: https://www.wndu.com/2023/08/29/discussion-sexually-explicit-books-st-joseph-county-public-library/ I worked for 15 years at SJCPL. This issue felt close to home for me. This is the statement read by Dawn Mathews, Director of Branch Services at SJCPL at the meeting. I think it is powerful. The first amendment to the Constitution … Continue reading “SJCPL Response to Book Challenges”
Written by Michael Stephens
From a former #hyperlib student: TPL has announced the AI Innovator in residence. The programs sounds very interesting! https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/using-the-library/computer-services/learnai/innovator-in-residence-artificial-intelligence.jsp AI related programming: https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMEVT571269&R=EVT571269 This might be useful as inspiration for future assignments.
Written by Michael Stephens
Greetings all. I caught this on the socials during the flight over. This is well stated! It might be good to track down the piece for a full read. I gave a look but plane wifi was spotty.
Written by Michael Stephens
Greetings all – As I said in our class chat I am leaving for Scotland today! I will just be an email away if you have questions, etc. Remember next week is time to breathe and catch up. Image: Your professor in fall 2023 on the Isle of Skye, climbing up to the Old Man … Continue reading “Scotland Bound”
Written by Michael Stephens
Dear Hyperlinked Library Class, I wanted to take a moment to reach out and share some thoughts. Recent national and international events have weighed heavily, and I imagine they may have slowed some of you down as well. Please know that I completely understand and empathize if you’ve felt similarly. During challenging times, supporting each … Continue reading “Checking In & Sharing”
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Hey all – I’ve heard from some of you that there’s just so much going on in personal life as well as in the world. (Same here!) To help ease the pressure, FLUID DUE DATES are in place for the rest of the term. This means you can work on assignments as you are able, … Continue reading “Fluid Dates”
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Greetings all. There’s been a lot of discussion about artificial intelligence of late. Here is something that was shared in a recent faculty technology section. Notebook LM from Google actually allows users to upload an article or some such and create a PODCAST using AI. If you like to reinforce your learning with audio files, … Continue reading “Notebook LM Makes a Podcast from Course Reading”
Written by Michael Stephens
Hey all – I am super pleased with the growing cohesion and reflection of this group as I read through your updates and posts.
Written by Michael Stephens
I wanted to share a quick update about accessing our Zoom links. I recently heard from the university’s IT security team that storing our meeting password on WordPress (out on the open web) was not a best practice. I completely understand their concern, so I’ve moved our Zoom information to the front page of our … Continue reading “Zoom Passwords Moved for Class Chats”
Written by Michael Stephens
Hello everyone! I just finished the OPML for all the blog URLs. I am excited to add it to my Feedly and dive into your blogs this term. There may be one or two updates but I wanted to get this out to you all. Let em know if I missed on of the student … Continue reading “Behold! Our OPML File!”