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iSchool Reception at the American Library Association (ALA) Conference

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New book explores how AI is reshaping cultural heritage

Glen Layne-Worthey, associate director for research support services for the HathiTrust Research Center (HTRC), and J. Stephen Downie, professor and HTRC co-director, have edited a new book, Navigating Artificial Intelligence for Cultural Heritage Organisations, which was recently released by UCL Press. 

Johnson enjoys rewarding, lifelong career as librarian

Most of Jeannette C. Pearson Johnson's ninety-five years have been spent in a library. Over the course of her lifetime, Johnson has served as an elementary school librarian, a public librarian, and a church librarian, as well as a library volunteer until as recently as last year. 

Jeannette C. Pearson Johnson

Library Trends examines generative AI in libraries

The iSchool at Illinois is pleased to announce the publication of Library Trends 73 (3). With the rapid adoption of AI, coupled with increasing ethical concerns relating to AI usage, bias, and authorship, "Generative AI and Libraries: Applications and Ethics, Part I" is the first of two special issues that examine how librarians are grappling with the effects of AI on the field.

Cover of Library Trends 73 (4), Generative AI and Libraries. The cover design is shades of blue with abstract connection points.
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