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Jim @jimfhahn.bsky.social · 1d

This Friday, join me online for my prelim presentation (central US, Chicago time): ischool.illinois.edu/news-events/...

PhD student Jim Hahn will present his dissertation proposal, "Algorithmic BIBFRAME and Social Signaling." His preliminary examination committee includes Professor Bertram Ludäscher (Chair); Professor ...

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Jim @jimfhahn.bsky.social · 7d

Finally, some good news for us in the low quintile.

Jim @jimfhahn.bsky.social · 20d

Teaching "Linked Data and AI Part 1: A Primer," next month: academy.dublincore.org/courses/dca0...

Linked Data and AI Part 1: A Primer | Dublin Core Academy

Metadata Education for the Digital Age

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Jim @jimfhahn.bsky.social · Sep 26

Just an amazing hacker movie w/ Robert Redford et al: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneaker...

Sneakers (1992 film) - Wikipedia

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Jim @jimfhahn.bsky.social · Sep 18

Presented virtually to the BIBFRAME workshop in Europe earlier this week: repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.50... excited to see how students engage in this kind of library discovery system. Hope it improves the way they learn and explore!

BIBFRAME Discovery Using Generative AI

The principles of knowledge representation that underpin the BIBFRAME RDF/OWL ontology provide a powerful foundation for reasoning over bibliographic data and inferring new connections utilizing linke...

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Jim @jimfhahn.bsky.social · Aug 11

... if I include myself in Gen X, then I might say as a very Gen X thing to say that I did not know I would be published in ACL and now I wish I had tried to find a better team name than Jim. Or whatever, aclanthology.org/2025.semeval...

Jim at SemEval-2025 Task 5: Multilingual BERT Ensemble

Jim Hahn. Proceedings of the 19th International Workshop on Semantic Evaluation (SemEval-2025). 2025.

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Jim @jimfhahn.bsky.social · Aug 4

I remember that episode! What a valuable service.

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Jim @jimfhahn.bsky.social · Jul 12

Ohio, the Casey’s / Sheetz interface.

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Jim @jimfhahn.bsky.social · Jul 12

This is true, only in Ohio can I go to both a Casey’s and a Sheetz within about an hour…

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Jim @jimfhahn.bsky.social · Jul 6

We need more consideration of upsides and perhaps less trying to convince skeptics, because I think practice is going to win out over theoretical arguments against AI.

Ted Underwood @tedunderwood.com · Jul 2

This post tries to explain why I find language models exciting. But it doesn't try to persuade skeptics that they should agree. It's aimed more at people already working with AI, and its goal is to sharpen our collective sense of what the upside potential might be. #MLSky 🤖 🧪

A more interesting upside of AI

Does AI provide anything to look forward to, if “super-intelligence” sounds boring?

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Katherine Ahnberg @teach-research.bsky.social · Jun 30

“Did Frederick Douglas ever give a speech in Philadelphia?” Speaker Jim Hahn is happy to share that the response as designed, which indicated insufficient information and referral to a subject librarian #ALAAC25

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Jim @jimfhahn.bsky.social · Jun 15

I like all these bands, would listen to the companion playlist

Jim @jimfhahn.bsky.social · Jun 14

arxiv.org/abs/2210.13382 a schema of a board game (x) found to emerge with only legal moves provided (y) - not sure if that was what you were after

Emergent World Representations: Exploring a Sequence Model Trained on a Synthetic Task

Language models show a surprising range of capabilities, but the source of their apparent competence is unclear. Do these networks just memorize a collection of surface statistics, or do they rely on ...

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Jim @jimfhahn.bsky.social · May 26

Whelp there goes any hope for Starbucks— my good friend took a Harvard extension class which directly led to his notes on my Starbucks coffee as “pedestrian” …

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Jim @jimfhahn.bsky.social · May 17

For those attending the ALA conference in Philadelphia next month, consider attending our session on piloting BIBFRAME in production: cdmcd.co/gam7Ep

ALA 2025 Annual Conference

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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · May 13

Rep Morelle requested the Library of Congress Inspector General investigate and monitor improper communications between the LOC—a legislative branch agency—and the executive branch, including the unauthorized transfer of congressional or Library data to executive branch agencies.

Ranking Member Morelle Leads Request to Library of Congress Inspector General into Improper Communications, Potential Unauthorized Transfer of Congressional Data to Trump Administration

Today, Rep. Joe Morelle (NY-25), the top Democrat on the Committee on House Administration, led a request to the Library of Congress Inspector General Kimberly Benoit seeking an investigation and…

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Jim @jimfhahn.bsky.social · May 10

Sign the petition to stop Trump's attack on the Library of Congress. Help show that Americans will not stand for another attack on our library institutions. action.everylibrary.org/congresshayden via @everylibrary.bsky.social

PETITION: Stop Trump's Attack on the Library of Congress

We need to show that Americans will not stand for yet another attack on our institutions. Sign the petition today!

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Jim @jimfhahn.bsky.social · Apr 6

“Calvin over there with his work ethic…” part of the sermon I heard this morning.

Jim @jimfhahn.bsky.social · Apr 5

Feeling ok about the IMC book sale haul this morning.

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Jim @jimfhahn.bsky.social · Mar 6

Thanks!

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Ted Underwood @tedunderwood.com · Feb 21

Postdoc opportunity at the School of Information Sciences, Urbana-Champaign. Teaching one course a semester. Application deadline April 1, but they recommend conversation with potential faculty mentors in advance of that date. Renewable for a second year. Pls RT! ischool.illinois.edu/research/pos...

Postdoctoral Research Associate Program

Description of the postdoctoral research associate program including requirements and application process.

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Jim @jimfhahn.bsky.social · Feb 15

ALA Core interest group week coming in March. I have a talk Thursday March 6 (10AM central). Catalog and Discovery Systems Interest Group on a pilot project, “The BIBFRAMinator” browser plugin (addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo...), register here: ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Stacey Vanek Smith @svaneksmith.bsky.social · Feb 7

It’s been… a week. The through line in all of Trump’s (and DOGE’s) actions is supposed to be getting the government’s finances and debt under control. Are they succeeding? My latest for @marketplace.org

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Douglass Day @douglassday.bsky.social · Feb 6

*For immediate release*

Join the Library of Congress for a Douglass Day 2025 Transcribe-a-Thon and Other Black History Month Events

Press release (Feb 4, 2025)
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Join the Library of Congress for a Douglass Day 2025 Transcribe-a-Thon and Other Black History Month Events

Join the Library of Congress for a Douglass Day 2025 Transcribe-a-Thon and Other Black History Month Events On Feb. 14, history enthusiasts and the public can celebrate the extraordinary legacy of...

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · Jan 31

In a rebuke of President Donald Trump’s mass pardon of Jan. 6 rioters, Gov. JB Pritzker has blocked anyone who participated in the 2021 U.S. Capitol insurrection from getting a job with the state of Illinois.

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After Trump pardons, Gov. JB Pritzker bars Jan. 6 rioters from state jobs, calling the conduct 'disgraceful'

“No one who attempts to overthrow a government should serve in government," the Democratic governor wrote in a directive to block participants in the Capitol insurrection from state jobs.

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