Posts by Lydia Middleton
Past President’s Reception 2021
Past President’s Reception 2021 Twenty former and current ASIS&T Presidents met up on Zoom last week for a delightful catch-up! Return to Inside ASIS&T, November 2021
Read MoreAM21 Photo Gallery
AM21 Photo Gallery Did you miss all the fun at ASIST21? Were you there and want to relive the memories? Click the photo below to view the ASIS&T AM21 Photo Album. VIEW THE AM21 PHOTO GALLERY Return to Inside ASIS&T, November 2021
Read MoreGovernance Update, November 2021
Governance Update, November 2021 October 29, 2021 The Board of Directors met on October 29, 2021 in Salt Lake City and via video conference. In attendance were Brian Detlor, PhD (President); Naresh Agarwal (President-Elect); Clara Chu, PhD (Past President); Ina Fourie, PhD (Treasurer); ); AJ Million (SIG Cabinet Director); Anna Maria Tammaro, PhD; Lydia Middleton,…
Read MoreFrom Your Executive Director, November 2021
From Your Executive Director, November 2021 Greetings colleagues, Having had a couple of weeks to recover from the mayhem of the Annual Meeting, ASIS&T staff are now settling back in and looking forward to a productive and exciting year. At the Annual Business Meeting, Brian Detlor covered our many accomplishments this year, and I want…
Read MoreGovernance Update, August 2021
Governance Update, August 2021 The Board of Directors met on August 9, 2021 via video conference. In attendance were Brian Detlor, PhD (President); Naresh Agarwal (President-Elect); Clara Chu, PhD (Past President); Ina Fourie, PhD (Treasurer); ); AJ Million (SIG Cabinet Director); Anna Maria Tammaro, PhD; Dan Wu, PhD; Lydia Middleton, MBA, CAE (Executive Director); and…
Read MoreFrom Your Executive Director, August 2021
From Your Executive Director, August 2021 Greetings ASIS&T Members, As is always the case around this time of year, most of our thoughts and activities focus around the Annual Meeting. This year’s meeting is particularly challenging as we strive to simultaneously produce an in-person meeting and an online meeting. This presents unique challenges that we…
Read MoreSkepticism and “Wow!” in Library AI
Skepticism and “Wow!” in Library AI by David Hurley I am suspicious of many claims about AI. The immense power of artificial intelligence is undeniable every time I ask my phone for directions, or search my photos using just the word “recipes” and find pictures of cookbook pages and handwritten note cards that do, in…
Read MoreThe Fine Line Between Exploration and Self-Destruction
The Fine Line Between Exploration and Self-Destruction by Rachelle Brandel Before this institute, I, like most people, thought of AI as humanoid robots and super computers. So, when my idea of creating a program to help students improve search skills by comparing search queries to the subsequent chosen resource came to mind, it seemed relatively…
Read MoreThe IDEA Institute on AI is such a necessary resource for the library field
The IDEA Institute on AI is such a necessary resource for the library field by Trevor Watkins Prior to the pandemic in August 2019, I, on behalf of my research partners, presented a poster at the International Federation of Library Association and Institutions World Library and Information Congress in Athens Greece. The project, which had…
Read MoreAI in library from learning to application
AI in library from learning to application by Gang Shao With the increasing computational capacity, AI and machine learning, particularly deep learning, are becoming leading technics and have more and more impacts in our daily life, from face recognition phone lock to security camera to the whole smart home systems, from learning information with big…
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