Category: AI
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Qualitative Data in the News
It seems a rarity, but I have two really interesting sites open in my browser talking about qualitative data in the relatively current environment. The first, Pandemic Journaling Project Archive Opens for Research, is notable because it fills a big gap. As the article notes, “There are several large quantitative surveys in the social sciences…
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2023 Access Conference Recordings
There's not (yet?) a link to each recording in the original schedule, but the recordings from the 2023 Access Library Conference, held in Halifax on October 23-25, 2023, are now live on YouTube. Definitely some good stuff worth checking out!
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llamafile is the new best way to run a LLM on your own computer
I lifted the title directly from Simon Willison’s post: llamafile is the new best way to run a LLM on your own computer, even though I don’t have the expertise to know if it’s the BEST way. I can tell you it’s a damn easy way, even on Windows! Simon’s explanation works on a mac,…
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AI Linkdump
I just came out of a webinar that generated a slew of good-looking links, and was off on Friday, so have a handful of newsletters, also with tasty-looking links. The rest of the day is full, and I fear I may not get to these for some time, so here, maybe you have time: In…
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Trying Trinka for automatic citation checking
Last week some colleagues and I were discussing the use of AI in library services, and someone wondered if there was a tool that would automatically and correctly check a list of citations to see if any were, in fact, hallucinations. I'm pretty sure the more robust bibliographic management tools can tell you whether your…
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ChatGPTLibrarian is still finding his (its?) voice
One of my alerts just tripped over a new blog called ChatGPTLibrarian. The site was launched in March 2023 by librarian Victor Santiago, and I think he's still trying to decide if he's going to write as him, or as an AI-assisted author. The header of each page reads, Welcome to ChatGPTLibrarian, a blog dedicated…
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Bing Chat and a quick Library Metadata test
I just got access to Bing Chat, so let's see what it can do in the library world. I found myself on the monthly AI4LAM Community Call first thing this AM, and the topic was the use of ChatGPT in Libraries, Archives and Museums. While not my area of expertise, one of the examples shared…
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New Artificial Intelligence LibGuide
I wish I'd put it together, but it was my colleague, Bronte Chiang, who just released this fantastic LibGuide on Artificial Intelligence. It's not a hard-science guide, but "…has been created for students and instructors to explore how to responsibly and ethically use AI in their work. There is information about how to critically engage…
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How to cite ChatGPT
Last week, a colleague forwarded the following from a listserv, where someone was asking how to cite ChatGPT using IEEE style. A response from another user, – I can’t speak to IEEE style yet, but a colleague of mine reached out to APA’s style experts just yesterday to ask how to handle citing ChatGPT in…