Opens slush pile.
Reads generated story... Bans.
Reads generated story... Bans.
Reads generated story... Bans...
Screams.
Closes computer.
Screams again.
Runs off into the woods.
Sees squirrel.
Hmmm... Squirrels have never submitted a generated story.
Squirrel gets treat.
We are not in the "AI era." We are in the "source: trust me, bro" era.
Read this: epic waste on consultants by uni VCs, superbly critiqued by @gsoh31.bsky.social. We need a positive substitute to this "hawking".
There's a gaping gulf between uni practice + real research on the "Big Con" by @rosiecollington.bsky.social+@mazzucatom.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/5032...
Why did OpenAI shut down Sora, and what does it mean for the future? For forensic researchers battling disinformation, it's both a relief and a stark cautionary tale for an industry moving too fast, write Sarah Barrington and Hany Farid. There are lessons for platforms and policymakers, they say.
“Ministers justify cutting help for people too disabled to work by arguing it will remove the “perverse incentives” for benefits, as if a 25 year old bedbound with ME just needs incentivising to get back to the office.”
My col. on next week’s Universal Credit cut www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I assume that fabricated citations are a pretty trivial fix for the current GenAI models people are using to write fraudulent science papers. I don't mean this in an optimistic sense.
Rosalind Bucy is in Lecture Theatre 1 reporting on a Library Services and Technology Act grant project to form a cross-sector Professional Learning Community (PLC) to support #infolit for concurrent enrollment students. Bringing school librarians & an academic librarian together. #LILAC26
Two articles/researchers whose papers about political information literacy I really like (and bonus, they are based on actual research rather than click bait) are Simon Cloudesley and @walkyouhome.bsky.social . #lilac26 Try: ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid... and scholar.google.com/citations?vi...
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Check out @shoutoutuk.bsky.social
What an inspiring and powerful talk. About vulnerability, creating change by teaching librarians who will then go and teach others, and this! “My first ‘aha’ was her. My whole life changed in that moment.” #LILAC26 #Collaboration #KnowledgeJustice #InformationLiteracy #Librarians
Join Heather Campbell, Lea Sansom & Ashley McKeown in Workroom 2, as members of a knowledge justice research collective at @westernu.ca they will share what they have learned by working across disciplines & professional boundaries, navigating discomfort, & partnering with students. #LILAC26
Jane & Amanda cited Amanda Nichols Hess, here's a podcast discussion with here on her ALA Editions book @alaeditionsns.bsky.social
newbooksnetwork.com/information-...
Join Jane Hammons & Amanda Folk in Workroom 2 as they share preliminary themes & examples from an ongoing research study focused on evaluating the effectiveness & impact of participation in an open, no-cost, online Teaching #InfoLit Certificate program facilitated by librarians. #LILAC26
Zero to Heroes! This was great to hear about King's University Library starting and developing such a successful 1-to-1 library tutorial and workshop program.
Really impressed by the posters at #LILAC26. I definitely want to find out more about the new Digital and Information Literacy Framework from @ucclibrary.bsky.social
Interesting focus on ‘wise’- several @jinfolit.bsky.social articles are exploring how IL can also not be ‘wise’ - also, questioning whose understanding of wise prevails #lilac26
Our Shop in the Student's Union is good, I love their waste-free shop at the back
At 11.00am we have the pleasure of introducing our second #LILAC26 keynote, Sheila Webber, in Lecture Theatre 1. Sheila will be discussing 'Information Literacy in a time of polycrisis and cherry blossom'.
Fantastic tour of the Western Bank Library this morning, plus a quick peek at the continuous lift in the Art Tour! #LILAC26
Brilliant talk and discussion, shame this session has to end
Related - "Resisting AI", Catarina Carvalho talks to Dan McQuillan on the podcast, Diversifying and Decolonising the University [in two parts]
podverse.fm/episode/9qj3...
If you’re a new professional or attending LILAC for the first time, head over to the First Timers and New Professionals Welcome! Meet other people that are new to the conference or the profession before sessions begin on Level A of The Wave #LILAC26
Join Louise Speakman & Rebecca Beaumont in Workroom 1 as they introduce the innovative Information and Academic Literacies (I&AL) Toolkit. #LILAC26
The image is a white background with gold triangles in three corners, the bottom right corner has the logo for the Information Literacy Award. The logo is all text in gold with the letters iLA in a large font with a thin line below it. Underneath this line it says Information Literacy Award in block capital letters. The black text on the white background says "On a personal level my role has blossomed since winning this award. The IL Award continues to open further opportunities, and I am certainly using this as motivation for new goals and challenges for myself and have recently started in a new role as Information Specialist (Systematic Reviews)." Louise Speakman, Information Specialist (Systematic Reviews), University of Lancaster (Winner in 2023).
Have you thought about making a nomination for the @infolitgroup.bsky.social Information Literacy Award?
The award is open to all practitioners, researchers & academics working in the #infolit field in the UK. Self-nominate or nominate others before 14 Feb: www.lilacconference.com/awards/infor...
Madelene Logren is in Lecture Theatre 4 discussing findings from a qualitative study of social media content published by a Swedish network of nurses who challenge widely accepted truths about COVID-19 & the pandemic. #LILAC26
Michelle Rawlings @michellerawlins.bsky.social fascinating presentation on Sheffield's Women of Steel at #LILAC26 @lilacconf.bsky.social
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